Hey guys. With Halloween now less than 30 days away, you're probably starting to see pumpkins popping up all over the place. While pumpkins are traditionally used to create spooky Jack O'Lanterns, they're also a highly nutritious vegetable and are loaded with carotenes, copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9, vitamin C and vitamin E. Today I'm going to be discussing how you can take advantage of all this good nutrition by listing 4 Healthy Halloween Pumpkin Soup Recipes. Each one contains less than 400 … [Read more...]
Top 10 High Calorie Foods & Drinks To Avoid At BBQs
Over the last few weeks I've been discussing how to eat healthy at BBQs and providing you with a selection of healthy recipes and low calorie alcoholic drinks that you can use to keep the weight off this summer. However, staying healthy isn't just about eating the right foods, it's also about avoiding the wrong ones. Today I'm going to help you avoid the foods and drinks that can seriously sabotage your weight loss efforts by listing the Top 10 High Calorie Foods & Drinks To Avoid At BBQs. 1) Mud Slide Cocktail = 783 Calories If you're heading to a late evening barbecue, you may be … [Read more...]
5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Dessert Recipes To Try
If you're a regular reader of Free Fitness Tips then you'll know that recently I've been focussing on how to eat healthy at barbecues and providing you with a wide selection of healthy barbecue recipes. However, so far I've been focussing on savoury dishes only. Today I'm going to be addressing the balance and providing you with 5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Dessert Recipes. Desserts probably aren't the first thing that pop into your head when you think of healthy eating and many of the desserts on offer at barbecues are high in calories, high in sugar and low in nutrition. However, these … [Read more...]
5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Salad Recipes To Try
If you're trying to eat healthy at barbecues, you may think filling your plate up with salad is the right thing to do. Unfortunately, a lot of the time, the salads at barbecues contain just as many calories as the processed burgers or hot dogs on offer. For example, most Caesar salads and ranch salads contain over 500 calories per serving. The reason for this is that while the meats and vegetables these salads contain are relatively light, the salad dressings are absolutely loaded with calories. The good news is that by getting a little creative in the kitchen, you can come up with your … [Read more...]
5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Kebab Recipes To Try
In my last few blog posts I've been providing you with a range of healthy, natural burgers and sausages. However, if neither of these float your boat, today I have 5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Kebab Recipes To Try. Not only are these healthy, natural kebabs super easy to prepare but they're also an excellent choice if you're trying to eat right and stay slim this summer. Each recipe uses a combination of meat, fish, vegetables or fruit and then combines it with a natural marinade to create a full flavoured, healthy kebab that contains no more than 266 calories. To prepare each of these … [Read more...]
5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Sausage Recipes To Try
Over the last few weeks I've been providing you with tips, tricks and recipes to help you eat healthier at barbecues. Today I'm going to be carrying on that trend and providing you with 5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Sausage Recipes To Try. Like burgers, the majority of sausages that get cooked at barbecues are loaded with calories, low in nutrients and generally not very good for your health. When you add to this the bread and processed condiments that you often eat with sausages at barbecues, they're not exactly the best weight loss food. However, these healthy and natural sausage recipes … [Read more...]
5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Burger Recipes To Try
In my last few posts I've been discussing some of the low calorie alcoholic drink options you can take advantage of at barbecues to reduce the liquid calories you consume and listed some light beers and low calorie cocktails for you to try. Today and in the next few posts I'm going to be getting back to food and providing you with more healthy, natural barbecue recipes to try. In this post I'm going to be providing you with 5 Healthy & Natural BBQ Burger Recipes To Try. As you probably know, most burgers that you find on offer at barbecues are highly processed and filled with calories … [Read more...]
5 Low Calorie Cocktails To Make For A BBQ
In my last post I discussed how you can cut the calories in your alcohol when you attend or host barbecues, by drinking light beer instead of regular beer. However, I understand that not everyone's a fan of beer, so today I'm going to be providing you with some alternatives to light beer and listing 5 Low Calorie Cocktails that you can make before attending or hosting your next barbecue. As you probably know, cocktails are a perfect summer drink and are an excellent way to stay cool, hydrated and refreshed at a barbecue on a hot day. Unfortunately, most traditional cocktails are loaded with … [Read more...]
6 Light Beers To Try At BBQs
Over the last few weeks I've been covering how to eat healthy at barbecues and helping you on your way with a selection of healthy meat, healthy fish, healthy vegetable and healthy condiment recipes. In the next couple of posts, I'm going to be taking the focus off food and instead looking at how to cut the calories in the alcoholic drinks you consume at barbecues. As you probably know, alcoholic drinks aren't the best thing for your waistline. However, if you enjoy drinking alcohol, going all summer without drinking any isn't going to be much fun, especially when almost every barbecue you … [Read more...]
3 Healthy & Natural BBQ Condiment Recipes To Try
In my last few articles I've been covering how to eat healthy at barbecues and provided you with a range of healthy barbecue meat, fish and vegetable recipes to try. Today, I'm going to be continuing with the focus on barbecues and providing you with 3 Healthy & Natural BBQ Condiment Recipes. Currently, you probably don't put much thought into the condiments you consume at barbecues. After all, if you're eating relatively healthy and avoiding the processed burgers and hot dogs, a small amount of condiment doesn't sound like it's going to have much of an impact on your health. However, … [Read more...]