Saturday, February 6, 2010

Portion Size Chart

Here are some visual clues for estimating proper portion size.
  • 3 oz. beef, chicken or fish, deck of cards
  • 1 serving cold cereal, baseball
  • 1 medium potato, tennis ball
  • 3 oz. deli meat, 3 CDs
  • 1 serving cheese, domino
  • 1/4 cup grated cheese, golf ball
  • 1 teaspoon butter or jam, tip of your thumb
  • 1 tablespoon peanut butter, your thumb
  • 1 average bagel, hockey puck
  • 1 serving pasta or rice, cupcake wrapper (yeah right!)

Our very first recipe

As of today, Lettuce Cook is officially up and running!!
The cookbook that we chose to cook through is:

Everything in here is under 300 calories and promises to be delicious!
We aren't going to be going in any particular order, but we will be cooking everything from this book!


I hope you enjoy our first recipes of choice!
Here are all of the ingredients:



Chicken Stuffing Bake (247 calories)
1 can (10-3/4 oz) condensed reduced-fat reduced-sodium cream of mushroom soup
1 cup fat-free milk
1 package (6 oz) stuffing mix
2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast

2 cups fresh broccoli florets, cooked
2 celery ribs, finely chopped
1-1/2 cups (6 oz) shredded reduced-fat Swiss cheese, divided

  • In large bowl, combine soup and milk until blended. Add stuffing mix with contents of seasoning packet, chicken, broccoli, celery and 1 cup cheese. Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9 in. baking dish.
  • Bake, uncovered, at 375 degrees for 20 minutes or until heated through. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese; bake 5 minutes longer until cheese is melted.
Yield: 8 servings


And for dessert:

Fruity Cereal Bars (105 calories)
3 tablespoons butter
1 package (10 oz.) large marshmallows
6 cups crisp rice cereal
1/2 cup dried chopped apple
1/2 cup dried cranberries

  • In a large saucepan, combine butter and marshmallows. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Remove from heat; stir in cereal, apples and cranberries.
  • Pat into a 13-in. x 9 in. x 2 in. pan coated with cooking spray; cool. Cut into squares.
Yield: 20 servings


THE FINISHED PRODUCTS:

What we thought:
If you like broccoli, this recipe is for you!! We are not big calorie-counting people, so for something that is under 300 calories this was pretty tasty.
On a scale from 1 to 10, we give it a
7.....

Healthy Eating Tip of the Day:
Shoot for 10,000 steps per day.