Diet & Fitness Blog

Comment: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:22:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

Light, fluffy Cocolate Mousse

Comment: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:10:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

You aked, sooooo====
I have 3 ultimate food fantasies=
1. Meaty, cheesy homemade lasagna,(a BIG hunk)
2. A date-nut tort my Mom makes==You bake a rich date-nut bread, break it into small pieces and re-assemble it wi REAL whipped cream and marischino cherries into a cake, and
3. Dunkin Donuts Large iced mocha latte with sugar.
These are just some of the reasons I'm on a strict diet.!!!

Comment: Monday, April 02, 2007 2:03:00 PM -  terrio said...  

I love ice cream, so I have it every day...I make my own by whirling no-fat cottage cheese in quizenart until it is like whipped cream, and using 1/2 cup of that with frozen cherries and a bit of white stevia or no-cal sweetener and a dash of lime juice. Whirl together for tasty, healthy, lo-cal soft icecream, healthy, filled with ptotein, guiltless and so satisfying (to me!)

Comment: Monday, April 02, 2007 4:14:00 PM -  Anonymous said...  

I am soooo bad compared to the rest of you....
Chicken Wings!
filet with gorgonzola
and the best dessert i've ever had - the chocolate bomb.

Comment: Monday, April 02, 2007 10:43:00 PM -  Anonymous said...  

You guys are good....
*Spaghetti Carbonara with mushrooms and chives
*Crusty Lasagna with Bechimale sauce
and of course...lots of garlic bread all with a nice glass of Merlot or cab Sav.

Comment: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:16:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

A Deep dish Pan Pizza which has melted cheese in the middle layer and also a handsome quantity on the top with chicken, olives and pineapples and a chilled glass of coke

Comment: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:07:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

I also have a steak fantasy. I satisfy it all the time with jerk-spiced portobello mushrooms. One is enough (they're huge, and a package of 3 costs a fraction of the price of a beef steak), and it tastes so good, it doesn't feel like I'm substituting--I actually get excited about being able to have the mushroom instead of the meat!

And when I occasionally crave chocolate, I have one of those dark chocolate squares (a real one, not artificially sweetened) with cayenne pepper generously sprinkled on it. The pepper amplifies everything that is exciting about the chocolate, boosts my metabolism slightly, and makes me want to drink water! I make a big production out of it, enjoy it slowly, when I can relax and do nothing else, and that way I can stop after one.

Comment: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:40:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

I love Ben & Jerry's Chubby Hubby ice cream! But with 21 grams of fat per pint, I don't eat it any more since I would always finish the whole pint in one sitting! YUM!

Comment: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:38:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

My weakness is macaroni and cheese! And for dessert I love banana pudding.

Comment: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 10:17:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

my food fantasy ......is everything my grand-mother makes : )

Comment: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 1:47:00 PM -  Anonymous said...  

Fantasy foods:
I gave up meat, bread, alcohol, sugar and chocolate for lent, so lately I have fantasizing about a bacon cheeseburger and a tall vanilla shake. A twice a year treat, that is worth the wait, and defiantly not on the daily (or monthly) eating plan.

Other food fantasies:
An evening of really good cheeses from around the world. I wouldn't have the awesome cholesterol I have if I did this very often!

Smoked salmon and mussel Linguine.

Cheese, Garlic and Olive Bread from Sonoma County wine country.

Whenever I get a craving for a fantasy food, I grab the one spot I want to loose weight the most. After a while I have come to associate that food craving with what it does to my body.

For healthy food I do the opposite, I rub the new muscles showing themselves through my hard work.
Now most of the time I am craving carrot sticks!

-K

Comment: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:05:00 PM -  Christine said...  

Hi, I just read your "How to Keep You Skin Looking Beautiful," article. I was impressed with the content and learned a lot about key ingredients in face creams. Under the second paragraph you mentioned that some of the best facecreams can be found at drugstores. I know I, as well as many other readers, would like to know what those reigning facecreams are. Maybe an addition or another article altogether could be made to post a list of these?
Thank you and I hope to see that list soon!
-Christine

Comment: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 8:31:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

God said spare the rod spoil the child. Enough said.

Comment: Friday, April 06, 2007 2:41:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

I have a passion for Red Lobster, even though I don't eat seafood. I love their Cajun Chicken Alfredo Pasta, and of course I eat the whole salad, the butter biscuits at least 2) and the all of the CC Pasta, and top it off, I order the huge slice of Layered Chocolate Cake to split with a friend mmm! (Twice a month is ok right?) :)

Comment: Sunday, April 08, 2007 7:29:00 AM -  Anonymous said...  

Cheese is definately my favorite indulgence. I eat it right out of the bag. And not that non-fat or soy stuff; I mean full-fat, full-flavored, high-calorie cheese. If I'm depressed I can easily eat a medium piza with triple cheese. Must be the Frenchwoman in me. I also have a special weakness for carrotcake and anything with white chocolate.
I also love fresh fruits and veggies and I don't eat much meat, so I balance everything in moderation.

Comment: Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:07:00 AM -  Gerald said...  

We are constantly being reminded how important a balanced diet is for good health. What always seems to be missing from papers issued by "Food Scientists and Nutrition experts" is what foods to consume each day in order to achieve a good balanced diet.
It seems to me, American Tax Payers are more then likely to have paid for much of the science that went into the discoveries, so it would seem only correct that findings by physicians and food scientists should be delivered to the American people free of charge.
The United States Congress has many obligations to perform and one they have steadfastly ignored is empowering the Department of Agriculture (D of A) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue specific meal-planning guidelines. Many home cooks (and restaurant chefs) lack sufficient knowledge concerning preparation of wholesome, balanced and delicious meals in proporations fit for adults and children.
While not every parent will immediately run to their local supermarket or specialty food store and buy every food on the list, it coould begin a trend towards preparing those foods for their families or customers. The prepared meals lists could be gradually implimented, especially if food growers got together and developed an advertising campaign designed to teach our citizens how to feed our families and how to prepare those foods to achieve maximum flavor and retention of minerals, vitamins, protein and fiber, while offering cooking instructions about how to prevent food poisoning.
The problem I find with chefs, in general and more specifically those on TV coking shows is that each chef seems to want to outdo a fellow chef on how to serve beef, pork and fish as uncooked as possible. I do acknowledge that most of those chefs have finally adopted the concept that poultry MUST BE COOKED THROUGH AND THROUGH. Halleluyah! But, all red meats and most fish, especially those that are either farm raised or caught in water that had previously been contaminiated by petroleum spills or chemicals washed into local waterways, those must be thoroughly cooked threw so that they have no pinkness or redness. With proper cooking instructions from the D of A and the FDA, homegrown food poisoning can become a thing of the past.