Diet info

The low calorie diet

In short, low calorie diet says that if you plan to diet successfully, then you have to eat less calories than you burn up.

What is a calorie?
The calorie is the standard unit for energy measurement in dieting. The calorie is the the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celsius. If a food contains more calories, then it will gives you a larger amount of energy when your body burns it.

Low calorie foods include green beans, swede, water melon, meals containing beef, and bamboo shoots.











Hot and Cold Salad Sampler Recipe
Hot and Cold Salad Sampler Category Salad Recipes 
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Ingredients And Procedures

1 lb Frozen potato wedges

-- with skins -- (about 4 cups) 1/4 c Light sour cream

1/4 c Prepared Italian dressing

-- (reduced calorie) 8 Lettuce leaves

12 oz Deli roast beef

-OR ham OR turkey -- thinly sliced 2 md Tomatoes; cut into wedges

1 sm Cucumber; sliced

1 sm Red onion; sliced

1 cn (14 ounces) artichoke hearts

-- drained and halved Heat oven to 450 degrees. Arrange potatoes on baking sheet; bake until lightly browned and crisp, 20 to 25 minutes, as package directs. Meanwhile, in small bowl mix sour cream and dressing to blend thoroughly; set aside. Line four serving plates with lettuce. Arrange beef, tomato, cucumber, onion and artichokes on lettuce, dividing equally. Add hot potatoes to plates just before serving. Accompany each serving with a small dish of sour cream mixture for dipping and dressing. Menu: Tomato Soup, Instant Vanilla Pudding with Toasted Sliced Almonds Nutritional Information Per Serving: 490 calories; 19 g fat; 90 mg cholesterol; 330 mg sodium; 45 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 34 g protein. Source: The Potato Board

 
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