How To Grow Your Geek: Parenting and More! » Healthy Recipes http://www.howtogrowyourgeek.net Parenting while being a Geek, and maybe, just maybe, getting your kids to be Geeks too! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ©Susie the Southern Geek howtogrowyourgeek@gmail.com (Susie the Southern Geek) howtogrowyourgeek@gmail.com(Susie the Southern Geek) Family and Hobbies 1440 Kids, family, Parenting, games, hobbies, humor, science fiction Parenting while being a Geek, and maybe, just maybe, getting your kids to be Geeks too! Parenting while being a Geek, and maybe, just maybe, getting your kids to be Geeks too! Not just for parents, HTGYG is for any Geek who really wants to enjoy sharing your favorite geeky pastimes with younger friends or family members. We will discuss games, tv shows, news, and cultural issues, as well as try to have a lot of fun! Come join us! Susie the Southern Geek Susie the Southern Geek howtogrowyourgeek@gmail.com No clean http://www.howtogrowyourgeek.net/images/HTGYG144x144.jpg How To Grow Your Geek: Parenting and More! http://www.howtogrowyourgeek.net 144 144 David reports on some new healthier products in stores! http://www.howtogrowyourgeek.net/2009/03/24/david-reports-on-some-new-healthier-products-in-stores/ http://www.howtogrowyourgeek.net/2009/03/24/david-reports-on-some-new-healthier-products-in-stores/#comments Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:12:36 +0000 susiethegeek http://www.howtogrowyourgeek.net/?p=118 David wrote in to give us some new products that are healthier alternatives to snacks. He went down the ice cream aisle and made note of what different companies are calling the same thing.  These products have either 1/2 fat or added bacteria or both to aid digestion.

Breyer’s Smooth and Dreamy (with new packaging)

Hood Churned frozen yogurt with Live and Active Cultures

Turkey Hill Cold Churned with Live and Active Cultures

Friendly’s Smooth and Churned

Stop and Shop (a store brand where I am) Churn Style

Edy’s Slow Churned Yogurt Blends with Live and Active Cultures

David also found  Kraft Live Active cheese.
http://brands.kraftfoods.com/liveactivefoods/products/products.aspx?cheeseSnacks

He also found that Tropicana has a OJ that has half of the sugar removed from it.  Less sugar = less calories, thumbs up. However, he reports that it does not taste like OJ.
Tropicana just did a packaging redesign and the OJ is now “Trop 50″ in the blue font.

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Listener Tania from Abbotsford, BC sent in this great recipe for a light, refreshing treat – she got it from a Kraft recipe magazine.

Thanks Tania!

Mocha Freeze

Ingredients:
ice cubes
2 tbsp frozen COOL WHIP Light Whipped Topping
1 pkg.  (4-serving size) JELL-O Chocolate Fat Free Instant Pudding
1 Tbsp. Instant Coffee
skim milk (approximately 1-2 cups)
Make It:
Add pudding mix and Cool Whip to a blender. Add ice to just under 5 cups. Add milk; cover.
BLEND on high speed until smooth.
POUR into glasses. Serve immediately.
Serves 4, 1.25 cup servings. <100 calories per serving
Try different flavours than the chocolate for a different taste, like switching the chocolate for vanilla and strawberries/banana for the coffee.

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This week I answer some voicemails from Tim and Gary, present a progress report, and discuss some strategies formed since last week. Also, Gary starts our discussion for next week of vaccines.

Here is a great recipe and some good links from Jenny, Tim’s wife:

Awesome Fruity Yogurt Smoothie!

Prep Time: 5 min Makes: 1 serving

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups frozen vanilla yogurt
  • 1/4 cup Smucker’s® Squeeze™ Strawberry Reduced Sugar Fruit Spread
  • OR Smucker’s® Concord Grape Jelly
  • 1/4 cup milk
  1. PLACE yogurt, fruit spread, jelly and milk in blender container; process until well combined.

Other links that you might want to look at are:

http://www.eatright.org/ada/files/Snacks_for_Kids_English.pdf

http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Healthy-Snacks-for-Kids/Detail.aspx
Let me know your thoughts and ideas! Thanks for listening!

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]]> http://www.howtogrowyourgeek.net/2009/02/13/htgyg-show-24-heading-off-obesity-in-our-geeklings-pt-2/feed/ 2 00:01:01 Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast This week I answer some voicemails from Tim and Gary, present ... Sponsor: Try GotoMyPC free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.GotoMyPC.com/podcast This week I answer some voicemails from Tim and Gary, present a progress report, and discuss some strategies formed since last week. Also, Gary starts our discussion for next week of vaccines. Here is a great recipe and some good links from Jenny, Tim's wife: Awesome Fruity Yogurt Smoothie! Prep Time: 5 min Makes: 1 serving Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups frozen vanilla yogurt 1/4 cup Smucker'sreg; Squeezetrade; Strawberry Reduced Sugar Fruit Spread OR Smucker'sreg; Concord Grape Jelly 1/4 cup milk PLACE yogurt, fruit spread, jelly and milk in blender container; process until well combined. Other links that you might want to look at are: http://www.eatright.org/ada/files/Snacks_for_Kids_English.pdf http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Healthy-Snacks-for-Kids/Detail.aspx Let me know your thoughts and ideas! Thanks for listening! Don't forget to check out the 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast! Please email me with your own comments at howtogrowyourgeek - at-gmail -dot-com, or call my voicemail number at 206-202-7309 and leave your thoughts. You can also visit our forum at the Farpoint Forums.And last but not least, you can follow me on Twitter! Promo:nbsp; Podculture Promo: Dragon Page Cover to Cover Logo Art by Tim Coffey Theme music courtesy of Jonathan Coulton Sound effects and other music courtesy of pacdv.com Healthy,Recipes,,Shows Susie the Southern Geek clean No