Health and Fitness Tips - Halloween Recipes - Royal Icing:
This is the traditional recipe that glues gingerbread houses together or makes a hard candy-like surface on cookies or cakes.
Makes enough to ice 5-6 dozen sugar cookies.
16 oz powdered sugar (icing sugar)
3 egg whites
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
Beat until peaks firmly hold their shape, and the more you beat it, the firmer it gets. This hardens when exposed to air, but dissolves in water, so keep a moist towel over the bowl while working with it. Use a tight-fitting plastic container to store in the refrigerator for a couple weeks, but the egg whites begin to separate from the sugar any longer than that.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Health and Fitness Tips
Health and Fitness Tips - Low Fat Haloween Recipes:
Crispy Caramel Pumpkins:
6 c crispy rice cereal
14 ozs caramel candy
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 c skim milk
1/4 c orange decorating icing
8 pcs gumdrops, green, small
1. Pour cereal in a mixing bowl and set aside.
2. Combine caramel, milk, and pumpkin pie spice in a saucepan over low heat. Stir until smooth.
3. Pour caramel mixture over cereal in bowl, tossing to coat all sides.
4. Chill for ten minutes, or until easy to handle.
5. Place a piece of wax paper on countertop.
6. With wet hands, form cereal mixture into three-inch balls. Place balls on wax paper.
7. Place gumdrop on top of each to form stem.
8. Pipe icing around side of balls to resemble a pumpkin and carefully smooth icing.
Makes 8 servings; Cal 351, Fat 6g, Pro 4g, Carb 62g, Chol 9mg, Sod 342mg.
More info at: www.fitnessattitudes.com
Crispy Caramel Pumpkins:
6 c crispy rice cereal
14 ozs caramel candy
1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1/4 c skim milk
1/4 c orange decorating icing
8 pcs gumdrops, green, small
1. Pour cereal in a mixing bowl and set aside.
2. Combine caramel, milk, and pumpkin pie spice in a saucepan over low heat. Stir until smooth.
3. Pour caramel mixture over cereal in bowl, tossing to coat all sides.
4. Chill for ten minutes, or until easy to handle.
5. Place a piece of wax paper on countertop.
6. With wet hands, form cereal mixture into three-inch balls. Place balls on wax paper.
7. Place gumdrop on top of each to form stem.
8. Pipe icing around side of balls to resemble a pumpkin and carefully smooth icing.
Makes 8 servings; Cal 351, Fat 6g, Pro 4g, Carb 62g, Chol 9mg, Sod 342mg.
More info at: www.fitnessattitudes.com
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Health and Fitness Tips
Health and Fitness Tips: Atkins Diet Recipes:
Avocado, Cheese, And Flavoured Tuna
Ingredients and Directions:
Prep Time: 5 mins
Ingredients:
1 cucumber
1 small tin of flavoured tuna
1 avocado block cheese (your choice depends on your preference)
How to Prepare:
Slice the cucumber to reasonable thickness. Put a slice of cheese on the cucumber. Add some avocado then finally some flavoured tuna on top. Great snack.
More at www.fitnessattitudes.com/atkins.html
Avocado, Cheese, And Flavoured Tuna
Ingredients and Directions:
Prep Time: 5 mins
Ingredients:
1 cucumber
1 small tin of flavoured tuna
1 avocado block cheese (your choice depends on your preference)
How to Prepare:
Slice the cucumber to reasonable thickness. Put a slice of cheese on the cucumber. Add some avocado then finally some flavoured tuna on top. Great snack.
More at www.fitnessattitudes.com/atkins.html
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Health and Fitness Tips
Health and Fitness Tips: Water Works for Weight Loss:
Nothing quells the appetite like water, lots and lots of water. Start out with two quart bottles in the morning and carry one with you to work or wherever you go. If you like, divvy up the 64 ounces of water into eight (8-ounce) bottles or four pint (16-ounce) bottles to carry around with you all day. Freeze half of them the night before and they will last all day, even in a hot car. Keep some unfrozen so they will be ready to drink immediately.
Yes. You will have to make more frequent bathroom trips, but it is worth it. Drink your 64 ounces of water before dinner, if possible, so you're not up half the night going to the bathroom.
Water not only fills you up and lessens your appetite, it prevents those "hungry horrors" we all encounter when our blood sugar drops and we reach for cookies, candy, ice cream, fries or other high-calorie treats. Water also flushes out the system, rids the body of bloat and toxins and rosies up the complexion.
More at: www.fitnessattitudes.com
Nothing quells the appetite like water, lots and lots of water. Start out with two quart bottles in the morning and carry one with you to work or wherever you go. If you like, divvy up the 64 ounces of water into eight (8-ounce) bottles or four pint (16-ounce) bottles to carry around with you all day. Freeze half of them the night before and they will last all day, even in a hot car. Keep some unfrozen so they will be ready to drink immediately.
Yes. You will have to make more frequent bathroom trips, but it is worth it. Drink your 64 ounces of water before dinner, if possible, so you're not up half the night going to the bathroom.
Water not only fills you up and lessens your appetite, it prevents those "hungry horrors" we all encounter when our blood sugar drops and we reach for cookies, candy, ice cream, fries or other high-calorie treats. Water also flushes out the system, rids the body of bloat and toxins and rosies up the complexion.
More at: www.fitnessattitudes.com
Health and Fitness Tips
Health and Fitness Tips: Daily Health Task Lists:
Just like brushing your teeth, healthy habits should be cultivated on a daily basis. The following is a guide to daily tasks:
1. Activity should be a daily occurrence. Walk, run or jump for a minimum total of 20 minutes a day.
2. Protect your skin. Sun block should be applied on face, neck, arms and hands even in the dead of winter. It protects against climatic toxins too. Moisturize skin daily.
3. Eat fruits, vegetables, grains, low-fat dairy products and small amounts of protein. Avoid sweets and other processed foods.
4. Meditate or spend a minimum of five minutes daily in quiet time.
5. Find your spiritual self. Discover what inspires you, raises your level of consciousness, motivates you, and satisfies your soul.
6. Exercise your brain. Read, study, solve problems, and learn new skills. As does the body, the brain atrophies with lack of use.
7. Hug somebody.
Just like brushing your teeth, healthy habits should be cultivated on a daily basis. The following is a guide to daily tasks:
1. Activity should be a daily occurrence. Walk, run or jump for a minimum total of 20 minutes a day.
2. Protect your skin. Sun block should be applied on face, neck, arms and hands even in the dead of winter. It protects against climatic toxins too. Moisturize skin daily.
3. Eat fruits, vegetables, grains, low-fat dairy products and small amounts of protein. Avoid sweets and other processed foods.
4. Meditate or spend a minimum of five minutes daily in quiet time.
5. Find your spiritual self. Discover what inspires you, raises your level of consciousness, motivates you, and satisfies your soul.
6. Exercise your brain. Read, study, solve problems, and learn new skills. As does the body, the brain atrophies with lack of use.
7. Hug somebody.
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