My Foodie Call

Hosting a fourth of July gathering? Or heading to one?

Homework assignment for you.

Try to do two of these. Or more.

1) Skip ketchup on your burger.

Why? Can you say high fructose corn syrup?

Instead? Go heavier on the mustard. It has no sugar and 1/4 the calories of ketchup.

2) Use whole wheat rolls.

3 grams of fiber per roll? Your white rolls can’t say that.

3) Skip cheese on your burger.

Really. Isn’t this just habit to slap this on a burger?? Let’s break that habit.

And 9 grams of fat per slice? You may as well just have bacon on that burger instead. Just kidding. Don’t do that.

4) Skip soda.

Seems pretty obvious, right?

For some creatures of habit  this might be a tough one. Try to get away from what you’ve always done and ditch the liquid calories. Also, wouldn’t you rather eat your food? I would.

5) Bring your own chips.

BYOC? Bring Your Own Chips. I will coin this phrase.

This is for those of you who can’t step away from the chip bowl. If you must polish of a bag of something, better pick something smarter than Doritos. BYOC.

6) Make this healthier pasta salad.

Seriously? Skip me.

7) Swap your burger for a veggie burger.

Just better. and with no heart attack as a side effect.

8) Don’t char grill your meat.

See that black stuff? Carcinogenic

Sorry grillmasters, but burning up your bbq at high temps creates Polycylic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PCAs). In short, PCAs cause cancer in animals.

9) Skip the butter and salt on your corn.

Don’t they call it “sweet corn” because it’s naturally sweet? Do we need to slather stuff on this? Try it without.

10) Make S’mores with transfat-free graham crackers

These are transfat-free.

But the ones on sale at the end of the aisle? Not so much. You have to venture into the healthy foods’ section.

Of course there are many more healthy modifications than 10. So let’s do this. Let me know your two (or more) changes this holiday weekend. Happy 4th!