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Fast Food Calorie Savers

By on May 6, 2013 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Food for Fun and Thought, Lose 5 Pounds in 5 Weeks, Manage Your Weight, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food

Would you like to save a few calories when you eat at fast food (or fast casual) restaurants? Here are some easy small changes you can make that don’t drastically change your meal (and they don’t include skipping dessert or having a cup of broth instead of a burger). Here are some suggestions: Pay very [...]

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What’s A Food Desert – And What Happens There?

By on July 26, 2011 in Food for Fun and Thought, Shopping, Cooking, Baking

It’s not stretch of hot white sand.  It’s also not where you can come upon an oasis, shimmering in the heat, and find platters laden with fresh fruit like in old-time movies. Here’s what it is:   the CDC defines a food desert as an area “that lack(s) access to affordable fruits, vegetables, whole grains, low-fat [...]

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Road Trip? Why Not Roadmap Your Miles And Your Meals?

By on July 19, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating on the Job, Manage Your Weight, Shopping, Cooking, Baking, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

Planning a road trip?  You know that you’re going to have to stop for a snack or a meal along the way.  Do you leave your food choices to chance? I drive a lot.  I have three long road trips coming up in the next month. I know that I’m going to stop for a [...]

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Buy Me Some Peanuts And Cracker Jacks

By on June 28, 2011 in Shopping, Cooking, Baking, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

Happy Summer!  Baseball season is in full swing and so are visits to amusement parks.  What do you usually do at these places – other than watch the game, ride the roller coaster? EAT, of course! Oh, the food!  Oh the calories!  Hang on – this post is not about ignoring the good time food.  [...]

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Fast Food Facts For Kids And Their Parents

By on June 14, 2011 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating with Family and Friends, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

After sugar sweetened beverages, fast food is the most unhealthy food product marketed to children. Fast food companies speak to children early, often, and when parents aren’t looking. Fast food is aggressively marketed toward children as young as two. In 2009 the fast food industry spent more than $4.2 billion on TV advertising and other [...]

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Why Are Americans Getting Fat???

By on June 10, 2011 in Food for Fun and Thought, Manage Your Weight

The reasons why Americans are getting fat at an alarming rate might surprise you… An infographic courtesy of Healthy Meal Experts.   Learn more about Healthy Meals Send to Kindle

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What’s For Lunch At Amusement Parks?

By on September 21, 2010 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Restaurants, Diners, Fast Food, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

The Boardwalk at Coney Island I spent most of Saturday at Coney Island.  It was an absolutely beautiful day and I was there for a birthday party.  What a fantastic idea. We all had lunch at a Peruvian chicken place.  Chicken, rice and beans, plantains, and some French fries thrown in for good measure.  The [...]

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Take Me Out To The Ballgame . . . And Let Me Eat For Nine Innings

By on June 4, 2010 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Eating with Family and Friends, Manage Your Weight, Snacking, Noshing, Tasting, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food, Travel, On Vacation, In the Car

Batter Up Baseball season is in full swing. If you’re going to be at a game – major league, minor league, or little league – it’s become almost a habit to chow down on the food being hawked by vendors or purchased from the food court. Listed below are examples of some snacks and drinks [...]

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Turn Your Nightmare Salad Into A Delicious Daydream

By on April 23, 2010 in Calorie Tips, Healthy Eating, Food Facts, Manage Your Weight, Shopping, Cooking, Baking, Takeout, Prepared Food, Junk Food

If It Says Salad Does It Mean It’s Healthy? Short answer:  No.  Maybe your salad is healthy and delicious, or maybe it’s just delicious and far from a healthy meal. This is something I see all of the time:  You are in line at a buffet or waiting to order your meal in a cafeteria.  [...]

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Double Down: KFC Not Blackjack

By on April 9, 2010 in Food for Fun and Thought

KFC’s One-Of-A-Kind Bunless Sandwich D-Day:  April 12th, the premier day for KFC’s Double Down one-of-a-kind sandwich.  What is it?  A bunless sandwich made of two boneless white meat chicken filets stacked around two pieces of bacon, two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese, and Colonel’s Sauce (mayonnaise based). As KFC says in [...]

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