Category Archives: Nutrition

Super Bowl Snacks that are Super Good!

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Super Bowl parties usually mean high calorie/fat foods and diet derailments.  Just because you are noshing doesn't mean it has to increase the scale the next day.  Healthier versions of high fat and high calories snacks are easy to prepare.  Using low-fat cream cheese and low-fat sour creams in dips gives you the same product with less calories and fat.  Not adding as much cheese, or using lower fat versions helps.  Lean meats versus higher fat varieties are also great. 
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Fuel Up to Play 60—Tasting Day!

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  Today was another wonderful tasting day.  The students tried fresh pineapple and whole wheat dinner rolls.  Our local grocery store has offered fresh pineapple for $0.99--$1.99 all winter long—so we purchased 16 pineapples.  We averaged 10 servings per pineapple.  They were VERY well accepted.  The plate waste was minimal, and only one student out of 120ish stated they hated pineapple.  The whole wheat dinner rolls were less accepted—texture may be an issue.  So we will try white whole wheat bread
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Portion Size–Knowledge versus Action

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Recently, I purchased a children’s meal from a fast food restaurant.  It came with a burger, fries and apple slices.  The burger seemed a proper portion, and the apple slices were about half a medium apple.  All OK.  The fries were SMALL!  There were about 10-15 French fries in the tiny container.  Now—I purchased this type of meal for numerous reasons—it is lower in calories (and Weight Watchers points!), it is less expensive, and the portions are more
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