I generally dont drink “energy drinks” other than 5 hour energy drinks before long runs. I just dont need that caffiene and sugar. I get jittery very easily but my husband loves those types of drinks. He purchased a Rockstar Recovery Lemonade during our last road trip and I had a few sips. It was surprisingly good. It was a light, non carbonated not overly sweet lemonade. The entire can has only 20 calories! But I still wont buy it for myself, all of the ‘add-ins’ like 160mg of caffiene remove the appeal for me but hey its an energy drink, its not marketed for people like me. Its too bad they include all that junk, it was tastey drink that probably would have replaced my diet coke on more than one occasion.
I wish this dish was twice the size, not becuase it was not filling, quite the opposite in fact but because it was so incredibley good! My two year old loves noodles so I gave her a taste and then I had a vaulture on my hands! “More mummy!!More!!” was what I heard as soon as her mouth was empty from the first bite. I loved this. The dish is described as “Roasted chicken tenderloins in a creamy Parmesan cheese sauce with bacon, mushrooms, basil and garlic. Served over a bed of linguini tossed with roasted red peppers” Seriously cheese and bacon? does it get better than that? The linquini was very tender, some may not like that but it fit with the chicken and mushrooms. This could become a not-so-guilty pleasure of mine. I could easily eat it every day.
The Lean Cuisine CHicken Carbonara has 310 calories and 8 grams of fat. Im going to need to find a recipe for this and covert it to low fat. It was really just that good.
I stocked up on Lean Cuisine meals this week. My kids love fish sticks, my hips do too so I try not to eat them. It helps to have a quick tastey replacement that I can make while their not so healthy dinner cooks. I went with Beef Chow Fun for this meal. It is described as “Tender strips of beef over bed of flat noodles with snap peas, red peppers and water chestnuts tossed in a sweet and spicy Asian-style sauce.” I thought, “Yummy!” It fell way short of that yummy. The beed was not tender but rather very chewy and a bit grisley. The noodles were great though, but the sauce was neither sweet or spicy it was very bland. The dish tasted like a lot of salt and a little red pepper. How unfortunate, this could have been a really great dish.
Lean Cuisine Beef Chow Fun has 320 calories and 5 grams of fat.
I love pizza, and my family loves pizza unfortunatly pizza isnt generally known for its low fat content but swapping out the crust and cheese for lower fat options brings it right into the relm of healthy eating. Instead of the regular crust try building your pizza on a non fat or low fat tortilla. It sounds not so tastey but my whole family gave it a thumbs up. I used regular pizza sauce, 99% fat free ham, pineapple, mushrooms, onion, tomato and a mixture of fat free sharp cheddar and reducded fat mozzerella. Stick it in a preheated 500F oven for 5-10 minutes. I liked leaving it in the oven a little long so that the edges of the tortilla were almost burnt because it gave the crust a really great taste and texture.
My husband saw an ad in the newspaper for a Bowflex XTL Power Pro and mentioned it to me. I said Id love to get one but the cost was entirely too high. For several weeks I had been using a full paint can (about 10lbs) to work my upper body until my youngest son grabbed it one afternoon and threw it against his bedroom door (which his older brother had barracaded) the dark blue paint exploded all over the hallway carpet. That was the end of my paint can weights. My husband surprised me by calling the number and we went down to look at it. It included the lat tower and the leg extension attachement, instruction manual and all the little attachement extras (pull down bar etc). We ended up purchasing it and bringing it home that day. We paid $550, new they are easily over $1500. A gym membership here costs around $50 a month per person so in a year it will pay for itself-if I use it several times a week.