This chapter contains some of the BEST and most fun recipes in the book. One of the HG rules (and there aren't many!) is that you should, in general, avoid drinking tons of calories. Chewing and swallowing food is more satisfying than sipping stuff through a straw. But that doesn't mean you have to write off decadent drinks. The key is to find that balance—stick with shakes and smoothies that taste great yet top out at about 200 calories or less (especially if they're just snacks!). You'll find plenty of those right here. Some of the recipes actually beat out high-calorie versions in side-by-side taste tests (this is 100 percent true). Try 'em out and see for yourself!
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 103 calories, 1g fat, 117mg sodium, 17g carbs, 0g fiber, 9g sugars, 4g protein |
My secret weapon for making blended coffee swaps taste creamy (without adding lots of fat and calories) is DEFINITELY Coffee-mate Fat Free French Vanilla powdered creamer. That stuff is amazing—and a little goes a loooong way. Even a teaspoon or two (which has just about 13 to 25 calories) can make your drink CRAZY-creamy!
Ingredients5 ounces light vanilla soymilk
1 ounce sugar-free calorie-free vanilla syrup
1 tablespoon Coffee-mate Fat Free French Vanilla powdered creamer, dissolved in 1 ounce warm water
1 teaspoon instant coffee
3 no-calorie sweetener packets
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice
2 tablespoons Fat Free Reddi-wip
DirectionsPlace all of the ingredients in a blender, except for the Reddi-wip. Blend on high speed for 30 to 45 seconds, until thoroughly blended. Pour into a tall glass and then finish off with whipped topping. It's a vanilla dream!
MAKES 1 SERVING
HG SHOCKER! |
A large blended vanilla coffee drink with whipped cream contains an average of 540 calories and more than 15 grams of fat! |
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 55 calories, 0.5g fat, 37mg sodium, 13g carbs, 0g fiber, 4g sugars, 0g protein |
Ingredients1 ounce sugar-free calorie-free peppermint syrup
1 tablespoon sugar-free chocolate syrup
2 teaspoons Coffee-mate Fat Free French Vanilla powdered creamer, dissolved in 1 ounce warm water
1 teaspoon instant coffee
3 no-calorie sweetener packets
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice
2 tablespoons Fat Free Reddi-wip
DirectionsPlace all of the ingredients in a blender, except for the Reddi-wip. Add 6 ounces of water. Blend on high speed for 30 to 45 seconds, until completely blended. Pour into a tall glass and top with whipped topping. Enjoy your magical, minty-licious frozen treat!
MAKES 1 SERVING
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 119 calories, 1g fat, 102mg sodium, 21g carbs, 2g fiber, 14g sugars, 4g protein |
This blended beverage is so good that it actually beat out Starbucks' version in a blind taste test. Try it!!!
Ingredients
cup frozen strawberries
5 ounces light vanilla soymilk
2 teaspoons Coffee-mate Fat Free French Vanilla powdered creamer, dissolved in 1 ounce warm water
1 ounce sugar-free calorie-free strawberry syrup
3 no-calorie sweetener packets
3 to 4 ice cubes or ½ cup crushed ice
2 tablespoons Fat Free Reddi-wip
DirectionsPlace all of the ingredients in a blender, except for the whipped topping. Blend on high speed for 30 to 45 seconds (until mixed thoroughly). Pour into a tall glass and top with Reddi-wip. Strawberrylicious!
MAKES 1 SERVING
HG SHOCKER! |
Sure, a strawberry shake SOUNDS like it would be a healthy treat, but an average one contains about 650 calories and 20+ grams of fat. Berry scary! |
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 188 calories, 6.5g fat, 324mg sodium, 29g carbs, 2g fiber, 9g sugars, 7g protein |
Ingredients½ cup light chocolate soymilk
1 Jell-O Sugar Free Chocolate Pudding Snack
2 teaspoons reduced-fat peanut butter
3 no-calorie sweetener packets
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice
Optional: Fat Free Reddi-wip
DirectionsPlace all ingredients in a blender and blend at high speed for 45 to 60 seconds (until smooth). Pour into a tall glass and enjoy!
MAKES 1 SERVING
For Weight Watchers POINTS® values and photos of all the recipes in this book, check out hungry-girl.com/book. |
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 168 calories, 1.5g fat, 132mg sodium, 34g carbs, 2g fiber, 20g sugars, 6g protein |
This frozen dessert drink (or breakfast smoothie) tastes exactly like a banana cream pie . . . except frozen and through a straw. Yum!
Ingredients
cup light vanilla soymilk
2 ounces fat-free vanilla yogurt
½ medium banana, sliced and frozen
3 no-calorie sweetener packets
1 teaspoon Coffee-mate Fat Free French Vanilla powdered creamer, dissolved in 1 ounce warm water
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice
½ sheet (2 crackers) low-fat honey graham crackers, crushed
2 tablespoons Fat Free Reddi-wip
DirectionsPlace soymilk, yogurt, banana slices, sweetener, creamer mixture, and ice in the blender. Add 2 ounces of water. Blend on the highest speed for 30 to 45 seconds (until completely blended). Then stir in half of the crushed graham crackers.
Pour into a tall, pretty glass. Top with whipped topping. Sprinkle remaining graham cracker pieces on top. Enjoy!
MAKES 1 SERVING
TOP ATE Ways to Zazzle Up Your Guilt-Free Blended Beverages! Stock your kitchen with these and your blended bevs will thank you . . . 1. Sugar-Free Flavored Syrups (1 ounce = 0 calories, 0g fat) 2. Splenda Flavors for Coffee (1 packet = 0 calories, 0g fat) 3. Fat-Free Flavored Powdered Non-Dairy Creamer (1 teaspoon = 13 calories, 0g fat) 4. Fat-Free Whipped Topping (2 tablespoons = 5 to 15 calories, 0g fat) 5. Frozen Fruit (½ cup = 35 calories, 0.5g fat) 6. Light Vanilla Soymilk (4 ounces = 35 calories, 1g fat) 7. Sugar-Free Powdered Drink Mixes (1 serving = 5 calories, 0g fat) 8. Tall Pretty Glasses with Cute Straws (no calories and no fat!!!) |
Nutritional information based on averages.
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 60 calories, 1g fat, 150mg sodium, 12g carbs, 0g fiber, 4g sugars, 0g protein |
Frozen Cool Whip Free is a fantastic low-calorie swap for ice cream! Try this out with diet root beer, too!
Ingredients½ cup Cool Whip Free, frozen
1 can diet orange soda
1 flexy straw
DirectionsPour soda into a glass. Top off glass with ½ scoop of the Cool Whip. Insert straw and enjoy!
MAKES 1 SERVING
HG Tip:About an hour before preparing this drink, put a glass mug in the freezer for a frosty float! |
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 160 calories, 2.5g fat, 189mg sodium, 28g carbs, 1.5g fiber, 14g sugars, 6g protein |
This is sooooo much like an Oreo McFlurry from McDonald's, but it has a tiny fraction of the calories!
Ingredients5 ounces light vanilla soymilk
¼ cup fat-free vanilla ice cream
½ pack of 100 Calorie Packs Oreo Thin Crisps or ¾ sheet (3 crackers) chocolate graham crackers
1 teaspoon Coffee-mate Fat Free French Vanilla powdered creamer, dissolved in 1 ounce warm water
2 no-calorie sweetener packets
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice
Optional: Fat Free Reddi-wip
DirectionsPlace all ingredients in blender. Blend on high for 45 to 60 seconds (until mixed thoroughly). Pour into a tall glass and enjoy. Mmmmmm!
MAKES 1 SERVING
For a pic of this recipe, see the photo insert. Yay!
HG SHOCKER! |
The average cookies and cream shake packs in a ridiculous 900 calories and 55 grams of fat. How embarrassing! |
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 69 calories, 1g fat, 62mg sodium, 11g carbs, 0.5g fiber, 4g sugars, 2g protein |
This is one of my most popular coffee treats. It's so easy to make (no blender required) and it's really decadent and fun. The cocoa and the malted milk powder taste especially great together. It's hard to believe this huge, creamy, sweet drink has less than 70 calories!
Ingredients¼ cup light vanilla soymilk
1 tablespoon fat-free non-dairy liquid creamer
2 teaspoons malted milk powder
1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon instant coffee
3 no-calorie sweetener packets
5 to 8 ice cubes or 1 cup crushed ice
DirectionsPut all dry ingredients in a tall glass. Add 2 ounces of hot water and stir until ingredients have completely dissolved. Add ice and 5 ounces of cold water. Top off with soymilk and creamer, and give it a stir. AWESOME!
MAKES 1 SERVING
For Weight Watchers POINTS® values and photos of all the recipes in this book, check out hungry-girl.com/book. |
CHEW ON THIS:
Americans spend about $10 billion annually at coffee outlets, according to the Specialty Coffee Association of America. |
Oops! You ordered a large blended coffee frappé and slurped it down while running errands. That frozen faux pas cost you about 550 calories and 20 grams of fat! To burn that off you'd have to: |
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Times based on estimates for a 150-pound woman.
Hand wash your car in the heat for nearly 3 hours or