They're convenient, cheap, fast and easy to make... We've all grabbed them off the shelf and served them up for dinner!
This takes 5 extra seconds but can save you SO many calories... When picking a packet, simply look at the "needed ingredients".. Most will say that you will need to add "water, milk or butter"... Try and buy the ones that only need water and butter! Milk contains WAY more calories than you realize and there are plenty of other ways to get your calcium!
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Pasta & You...Blunt The Carbs..Diabetic Or Dietetic
Amino acids in protein help manage blood sugar. When eating pasta chose Dreamfield's Pasta which has 5 digestible carbs & always pair it with turkey or chicken meatballs. Add green beans, brocolli, even chickpeas to the pasta...you will think your getting more pasta. Remember to have only 2 ounces of pasta which is about the size of a quarter raw. Try Jennie O tukey sausage links in your pasta too, they are juicey and great tasting @ 160 calories a link.
Donate High fat, high sugar, high carb foods to a food bank
Clean out your pantry, fridge and freezer! Remove all baked goods, anything white or that says enriched, anything that contains more than 3 grams of sugar per serving. All rice, except Brown rice,all corn or beets as they turn quickly into sugar, all white sugar, brown sugar, honey, molasses, and corn syrup. No ketchup. No white pasta... Any canned soup which has lots of sodium. Make a commitment to yourself to lose weight. Dump any processed foods. Eat fresh vegetables and fruit
MORE INFORMATION:
Make homemade soup it's lower in sodium Buy Smucker's sugar free jelly Buy Dreamfield's pasta which has only 5 digestable carbs for 2 ounces of pasta
Donate High fat, high sugar, high carb foods to a food bank
Clean out your pantry, fridge and freezer! Remove all baked goods, anything white or that says enriched, anything that contains more than 3 grams of sugar per serving. All rice, except Brown rice,all corn or beets as they turn quickly into sugar, all white sugar, brown sugar, honey, molasses, and corn syrup. No ketchup. No white pasta... Any canned soup which has lots of sodium. Make a commitment to yourself to lose weight. Dump any processed foods. Eat fresh vegetables and fruit
MORE INFORMATION:
Make homemade soup it's lower in sodium Buy Smucker's sugar free jelly Buy Dreamfield's pasta which has only 5 digestable carbs for 2 ounces of pasta