Peanut Butter Cookies for the Trail!...

I am now seriously on a cookie kick. Might I add a sweet baked desserts kick, as I also made some amazing chocolate brownies today? I’ve never eaten so well as since I’ve been blogging here at Thinlandia, trying out new recipes, and doing whatever I can to make yummy foods that will easily fit into a sensible diet plan! Yesterday’s Thinlandia Snack Mix inspired “Cookies For The Trail” completely...

Amazingly Rich Flourless Dark Chocolate Brownies (...

These treasures are also low sodium, low calorie, low fat, and gluten free! About this time you’re wondering WHAT on earth is in them? We’ll get to that in a minute! You might have deduced by now that I have a bit of a sweet tooth. A chocoholic sweet tooth is generally not compatible with a low calorie diet because as you know, most really yummy desserts have a correspondingly high calorie and fat gram count...

Cookies for the Trail!...

I am going to tell you right now, I am pretty jazzed about this recipe! One thing you pretty much figure you have to give up when you are on your journey to Thinlandia, is cookies. Well, who knows, perhaps a meringue cookie or two (if you can make them without killing the egg whites, as I managed to do earlier), but you pretty much give up hoping you’ll be allowed any cookies you can really sink your teeth into....

Curried Banana-Mango Chutney...

In Thinlandia, we’re always searching for new and creative ways to use fruit and vegetables in an exciting and healthful manner. This often involves putting ingredients together that might initially seem like an eclectic, even odd fit, but ends up actively stimulating your taste buds in an intriguing new way. This chutney is one of those “exotic taste adventures!” This very exciting recipe was modified...

Veggie Fajita Salad!...

Sometimes when you are trying to lose weight, you have to give up a few things. For example, I had veggie fajitas the other night, and they were fabulous! The tortillas, however, yummy and low-cal as they were, were NOT a low-sodium food; they had 210 mg of sodium apiece. When you are restricting your sodium intake like I am, that much really makes a difference. And I gained weight the next day! (It was likely water...

Thinlandia’s Eclectic Blend Lower Fat, Lower...

Sometimes I really get a yen for “good old-fashioned pasta salad.” However, “good old-fashioned pasta salad” is generally quite fattening! Here is an new, exciting pasta salad with amazing amounts of taste, a lot more nutrition, and very little of the fat and sodium you’ll find in traditional pasta salads. Thinlandia’s Eclectic Blend Lowfat, Reduced-Sodium Pasta Salad Four ¾ cup...

Light & Airy Pina Colada Sponge Cake...

When you are on your way to Thinlandia, fattening desserts are a thing of the past; you just don’t have room in your diet to waste 500 calories on a piece of pie! So, you have to truly make every calorie count. For me, that means that I generally like to keep my desserts around 100 calories or less. Now you can get about 9 peanut M&M’s for 100 calories, or about 1/5 of a piece of pecan pie. Or, you can...

While mourning the fact that they canceled the ...

“Corn on the cob is full of starch and terrible for any diet. You’d be better off eating a snickers bar!” So postulates one opinionated soul at yahoo.com in answer to the question as to whether corn on the cob is good for when you are on a diet. Low-carb diets, such as Atkins, seem to agree – they flat-out forbid its use in their “induction” phase. Add to this the fact that most people...

Thinlandia’s Low-Sodium Low-Calorie Guilt-Fr...

I have begun to think that all decent diet foods are invented out of sheer jealousy. I know that sounds a bit weird, but let me explain. Beau and the kids were having mashed potatoes with ranch dressing tonight as part of their supper, and I started feeling left out. I wanted some ranch dressing, doggone it, but could not overlook the fact that unfortunately, it is NOT very diet friendly; nor is it low in sodium. In...

The Miracle of Hibiscus Tea!...

Today – as I do many days – I spent a pleasant moment enjoying hibiscus tea, made from flowers growing in my own yard. Many people have not heard about this side benefit of this gorgeous tropical flower, but hibiscus tea is very good for you and has quite a few significant health benefits. According to one internet resource, one study was done using adults with pre-hypertension or mild hypertension. Those...