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Hungry Girl: Holiday Food FindsBy: Want to enjoy holiday treats without adding unwanted fat and calories to your diet? Check out Hungry Girl Lisa Lillien's favorite festive food finds. Egg Nog DaVinci Syrup If you love eggnog but hate the fat and calories that come with it, you need to stock up on DaVinci's Sugar Free Egg Nog syrup. Use this calorie-free holiday favorite to make healthier eggnog or to add seasonal flavor to coffees and smoothies. Eggnog isn't the only yummy holiday flavor DaVinci has added to its line; it also makes gingerbread and butter rum. Dreyer's Grand Light Limited Edition Peppermint Ice Cream Serving Size: 1/2 cup, 110 calories, 3.5 grams fat, 17 grams carbs, 3 grams protein, 13 grams sugar, 0 grams fiber Dreyer's Slow Churned Grand Light ice cream is almost too good to be true. It's without a doubt the best-tasting diet-friendly ice cream on the planet. Their limited-edition holiday flavors are awesome. My fave? The peppermint. It's as if vanilla ice cream and a candy cane got married and gave birth to the most delicious baby ever! Okay, that sounds a little scary, but you get the point. Reminder: On the East Coast, this ice cream brand is called Edy's, not Dreyer's. Fabe's Pumpkin Pie Serving Size: 1/6 pie, 150 calories, 7 grams fat, 21 grams carbs, 3 grams protein, 13 grams sugar, 1 gram fiber I love Fabe's All Natural Bakery. They have an entire line of healthy baked goods, including pies, cakes, cookies and doughnuts. This pumpkin pie is so low in calories and fat, it'll rock your holidays! Completely dairy-free and sweetened with fruit juice, it tastes so good it's hard to believe it's actually good for you. Find Fabe's Pumpkin Pie at Whole Foods, or online at HeavenlyDietStore.com. Jenny's Country Kitchen Creamers Serving Size: 1 tablespoon, 30 calories, 1.5 grams fat, 4 grams carbs, 0 grams protein, 3 grams sugar, 0 grams fiber I am completely obsessed with Jenny's coffee creamers. They come in many holiday-rific flavors, like winter white chocolate, Christmas candy cane, St. Nick's nog and gingerbread man. These nondairy treats are an awesome way to turn any cup of coffee into a winter wonderland. They're great in iced coffee too, but you need to melt them in an ounce or two of hot water first. By the way, we think half the recommended serving size is sufficient, and that will only add about 10 to 15 calories to your beverage. You can only buy these special creamers at JennysCountryKitchen.com. Alpine Sugar Free Spiced Cider Serving size: 1 packet, 15 calories, 0 grams fat, 4 grams carbs, 0 grams protein, 0 grams sugar, 0 grams fiber If you love hot apple cider, you must try Alpine's Sugar Free Spiced Cider. With just 15 calories per serving, you can drink it all day long, guilt-free. It's as good as (or better than) any hot cider we've ever tasted. Add a teaspoon of T. Marzetti's Light Caramel Apple Dip to your cup of cider to turn it in to a caramel apple dream. Available at supermarkets.
Holiday Shockers! Warning: These holiday foods may cause you to pile on pounds. Hungry Girl urges you to steer clear.
Merry Bloat-mas! Dairy Queen's Merry Mint Chip Blizzard Large: 1180 calories, 41 grams fat, 183 net carbs I was horrified to learn how many calories and how much fat is in Dairy Queen's frightening frozen blended mint-chip concoction. Try to avoid this one, even if you love mint. By the way, Dreyer's Grand Light peppermint ice cream tastes just as good as this terrifying treat.
Holiday Horror! Starbucks Holiday Gingerbread Cake 480 calories, 16 grams fat, 81 grams carbs This run-of-the-mill gingerbread cake is nothing special, but it is especially high in calories and carbs. This cake is quite possibly the world's most boring way to blow almost 500 calories. By the way, our thoughtful friends at Starbucks recommend pairing it with their 510-calorie, 29-grams-fat, 46-grams-carb grande-size eggnog latte! Not quite the breakfast of champions, is it?
Gotta Skip It! Coldstone Creamery Pumpkin Ice Cream 1 serving: 900 calories, 52 grams fat, 96 grams carbs I feel a little queasy just thinking about all the fat and calories in this massive tub of frozen fat. Nine hundred calories! The only way you should be enjoying this decadent dessert is if you plan on sharing it with your extended family (and their pets).
Not Worth the Spice! Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Pumpkin Spice Cake 340 calories, 18 grams fat, 21 net carbs This embarrassingly tiny doughnut crams in large amounts of calories and fat. At about four bites (if you have a very small mouth), each one packs in more than 4 grams of fat and about 90 calories. Eek!
Pie in the Thighs! Marie Callender's Apple Pie 1 slice: 863 calories, 49 grams fat, 92 grams carbs Marie Callender's pies are popular, and they taste good, but I can't even begin to figure out why a slice of their apple pie contains 863 calories and almost 50 grams of fat. That's way more than even a Big Mac! Personally, I'd rather have the burger, but I'm certainly not suggesting you gobble up one of these either.
More holiday treats you can indulge in!
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