Daily Dish for Sunday 6/5

Denise85 · 06-05-2005, 09:17 AM

Chocolate Dipped Apricots

Looking for a great Phase 3 recipe that will satisfy even the biggest chocoholics? Try the Chocolate Dipped Apricots — absolutely delicious!

Serves 2

Ingredients
1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate
6 dried apricots
1/4 tablespoon chopped pistachios

Instructions
Microwave the chocolate in a microwaveable bowl on high for 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute. Stir until completely melted. Dip the apricots halfway into the chocolate. Let the excess chocolate drip off. Place the apricots onto waxed paper. Sprinkle the pistachios over the chocolate-covered portions of the apricots. Place in the refrigerator until the chocolate is set.

Nutritional Information:
99 calories
3 total fat (2 g sat)
0 mg cholesterol
17 g carbohydrate
1 g protein
2 g fiber
1 mg sodium

justmarvi · 06-05-2005, 10:50 AM

I had forgotten about apricots, 3 is a fruit serving on P 2 and P 3, they need to be added to our portable foods thread. Thanks Denise!

Denise85 · 06-05-2005, 11:27 AM

I just went to Sams and bought a box (3 1/2 pounds) of them. They are sooo good. I too had forgotten and then I was looking throught the fruit when I saw them. I've been eating them since. The recipe sounds good too.

RoseWaddles · 06-05-2005, 11:36 AM

I have an apricot tree in my backyard and the timing will be perfect when I go into phase 2.

thanks for reminding me!

karlak85218 · 06-05-2005, 11:48 AM

Back to Story - Help found on the web
A Good Laugh May Help Shed Extra Weight By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer
Sat Jun 4, 7:50 PM ET

Dieters looking for another edge might want to consider exercising their sense of humor — scientists have found that a good laugh is a calorie burner not to be ignored.

It may not be as good for reducing the waistline as going to the gym or resisting that ice-cream sundae, but American researchers have found that 10-15 minutes of genuine giggling can burn off the number of calories found in a medium square of chocolate.

The findings on the weight-loss possibilities of the uniquely human experience of laughter were presented at the close of the annual European Congress on Obesity on Saturday.

Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, recruited 45 pairs of friends, shut them in a room decorated like a cheap hotel — scientifically known as a metabolic chamber — played them comedy clips on a TV screen and measured how many calories they burned when they laughed.

The researchers separately tested seven pairs of male friends, 17 pairs of female friends and 21 mixed couples.

"We didn't tell them that the goal of the study was to measure laughter, because then they might have forced it and forced laughter is regulated by a totally different part of the brain. We wanted it to be genuine laughter," said the lead researcher, Maciej Buchowski, director of bionutrition at Vanderbilt.

The volunteers were told the researchers were testing emotional reactions to various video clips.

The room was specially designed so the scientists could measure how much oxygen the volunteers inhaled and how much carbon dioxide they exhaled — the gold standard for measuring energy burning.

Noting differences in the oxygen and carbon dioxide patterns before and during laughter allowed the scientists to calculate whether laughter used more energy and how big the difference was.

Heart rate monitors were also fitted on the volunteers as a back-up measure of changes, as heart rate tends to respond to changes more quickly than breathing does. Microphones were fitted to record the laughter.

The volunteers were told not to talk or move and to just kick back in the reclining chairs and watch what was on the screen.

"First it was half an hour of something boring — an English landscape," Buchowski said. "During that time we measured the baseline, the resting metabolic rate."

Five different comedy clips, starting with a take-out from the Cosby show — minus the canned laughter _were then shown for 10 minutes each, interspersed with five minute intervals of sheep wandering around fields in England.

The heart rate, laughter and breathing information was then lined up in the special laughter lab and the tapes were analyzed second-by-second.

"They burned 20 percent more calories when laughing, compared to not laughing," Buchowski said.

"Then we calculated what would happen if somebody laughed for 10 or 15 minutes a day and we found that it was up to 50 calories, depending on your body size and the intensity of the laughter."

That means that if you laugh for 10-15 minutes a day, you'd burn enough calories to lose two kilograms (4.4 pounds) in a year, Buchowski said.

Physiology experts say it's not exactly an effective way to shed extra weight — but the idea is worth a laugh or two.

Karla

RoseWaddles · 06-05-2005, 12:01 PM

justmarvi · 06-05-2005, 12:10 PM

I'm willing!

Good article Karla

on the apricot tree, I have a fig tree, and I love them but they (figs) have the most sugar of all fruit...

like 1 is a fruit. Mine rippen in August, and as I think back, that's usually when my weight starts upward, think I'll give the biggest share of them away this year! It might as well be a snicker tree for me.

karlak85218 · 06-05-2005, 01:11 PM

FYI/IF YOU GOTA HAVE IT.

Engineering News
SPLENDA Brand Transforms - SPLENDA Brown Sugar Blend
Monday April 4, 6:30 am ET

Leading Sweetener SPLENDA(R) Brand Introduces a First-of-its Kind Product that Combines SPLENDA(R) Sucralose with Brown Sugar

FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, the maker of SPLENDA® Brand retail products, announced today the launch of the all-new SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, marking another significant innovation in the U.S. sweetener category. SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, a first-of-its-kind reduced calorie brown sugar product, is a proprietary blend of brown sugar and SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose.

The introduction of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend considerably broadens the landscape of the sweetener market, as SPLENDA® Brand, the #1 player in the retail sweetener category, now offers a full spectrum of low- and no-calorie options to consumers. SPLENDA® Brand products enable the home chef to set virtually no limits on what he or she can do to reduce sugar and its calories in his or her favorite dishes.

The increasing popularity of using low and no calorie sweeteners in cooking and baking, shown in part by the unprecedented success of SPLENDA® Brand products, signifies a fundamental shift in the way Americans think about sweetness today. The addition of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend to the product line up provides another alternative to reduce sugar, calories and carbohydrates in traditional recipes.

Available at retail in September of this year, a serving of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend has half the calories, half the sugar, and half the carbohydrates of brown sugar and can be used anywhere brown sugar is used. Whether it is sprinkled atop a cup of hot cereal or used for a classic chocolate chip cookie, Americans can for the first time enjoy a lower calorie version of their favorite brown sugar recipes.

"In the multi-billion dollar sweetener industry, brown sugar constitutes 14 percent of all sweetener unit sales.(1) We saw an opportunity to provide consumers with another option that was as of yet untapped," said Debra Sandler, General Manager, North America, McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company. "When simply presented with the idea of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, 40 percent of consumers said they definitely or probably would buy it. Moreover, our research showed that almost 84 percent of those who tried the SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend at home would purchase it if available, signifying overwhelming interest from consumers."(2)

After the successful launch of SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking (a proprietary blend of sugar and sucralose) presented a viable baking alternative to white sugar, the makers of SPLENDA® Brand saw an opportunity to transform the category yet again. The launch of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend further establishes SPLENDA® products as alternative sources of sweetness in America's kitchens.

"As a restaurant owner, many customers approach me with requests for low- sugar items, and I feel that their requests are representative of the country's need for lower-calorie options," said Chef Stephen Pyles, of Dragonfly Restaurant in Dallas, TX. "Until now, brown sugar was difficult to substitute because it is a more complex sugar, one that adds texture and rich flavor. But, with the new SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, I can now bake anything from chocolate chip cookies to baked beans and my customers will never know the difference. I believe this is an important innovation that will satisfy a previously unmet demand."

About SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend

SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend is a proprietary blend of brown sugar and SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose. The brown sugar in the product allows consumers more of the browning, rising, texture, moistness and molasses-like flavor characteristic of baked goods made with brown sugar. Consumers will only need to use one-half cup of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend to replace the sweetness of a full cup of brown sugar.

SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend will be available at all grocery, supermarket and club stores nationwide beginning September 2005, available in a 1/2 lb. bag that provides the sweetness of 1 lb. of brown sugar, and a 1 lb. bag that provides the sweetness of 2 lbs. of brown sugar. Suggested retail price is $2.69 for the 1/2 lb. bag, and $4.69 for the 1 lb. bag.

About SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking

SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking contains SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener (sucralose) and sugar, which gives baked goods the ability to brown, rise and spread more like baked goods made with real sugar. Consumers only need to use one-half cup of SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking to achieve the sweetness of a full cup of sugar.

SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking is sold at grocery, supermarket and club stores nationwide. It is available in a 2 lb. bag that provides the sweetness of 4 lbs. of sugar. Suggested retail price is $6.29.

About SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener

SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener products are marketed by McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, and are available at retail stores in packet and granular form. SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener (sucralose), the non-nutritive sweetening ingredient found in all SPLENDA® Brand products, is also used in more than 4,000 products of major food brands worldwide. You can find out more about SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener and get recipes and tips on cooking and baking with SPLENDA® at http://www.SPLENDA.com or by calling 1-800-7-SPLENDA (1-800-777-5363).

About McNeil Nutritionals

McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, is a global marketer of innovative nutritional products, including SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking, VIACTIV® Calcium Soft Chews, VIACTIV® Multi-Vitamin Soft Chews, LACTAID® Milk and Dietary Supplements, and BENECOL® Spreads and Smart Chews. The company's mission is to give people the ability to actively manage their own health. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pa.

Source: McNeil Nutritionals, LLC

Engineering News Archive

06-05-2005, 10:50 AM	#2
justmarvi Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,218 Gallery: justmarvi	I had forgotten about apricots, 3 is a fruit serving on P 2 and P 3, they need to be added to our portable foods thread. Thanks Denise! Last edited by justmarvi : 06-05-2005 at 10:51 AM.

06-05-2005, 11:48 AM	#5
karlak85218 Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 139 Gallery: karlak85218	LAUGH IT UP/OT Back to Story - Help found on the web A Good Laugh May Help Shed Extra Weight By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer Sat Jun 4, 7:50 PM ET Dieters looking for another edge might want to consider exercising their sense of humor — scientists have found that a good laugh is a calorie burner not to be ignored. It may not be as good for reducing the waistline as going to the gym or resisting that ice-cream sundae, but American researchers have found that 10-15 minutes of genuine giggling can burn off the number of calories found in a medium square of chocolate. The findings on the weight-loss possibilities of the uniquely human experience of laughter were presented at the close of the annual European Congress on Obesity on Saturday. Researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, recruited 45 pairs of friends, shut them in a room decorated like a cheap hotel — scientifically known as a metabolic chamber — played them comedy clips on a TV screen and measured how many calories they burned when they laughed. The researchers separately tested seven pairs of male friends, 17 pairs of female friends and 21 mixed couples. "We didn't tell them that the goal of the study was to measure laughter, because then they might have forced it and forced laughter is regulated by a totally different part of the brain. We wanted it to be genuine laughter," said the lead researcher, Maciej Buchowski, director of bionutrition at Vanderbilt. The volunteers were told the researchers were testing emotional reactions to various video clips. The room was specially designed so the scientists could measure how much oxygen the volunteers inhaled and how much carbon dioxide they exhaled — the gold standard for measuring energy burning. Noting differences in the oxygen and carbon dioxide patterns before and during laughter allowed the scientists to calculate whether laughter used more energy and how big the difference was. Heart rate monitors were also fitted on the volunteers as a back-up measure of changes, as heart rate tends to respond to changes more quickly than breathing does. Microphones were fitted to record the laughter. The volunteers were told not to talk or move and to just kick back in the reclining chairs and watch what was on the screen. "First it was half an hour of something boring — an English landscape," Buchowski said. "During that time we measured the baseline, the resting metabolic rate." Five different comedy clips, starting with a take-out from the Cosby show — minus the canned laughter _were then shown for 10 minutes each, interspersed with five minute intervals of sheep wandering around fields in England. The heart rate, laughter and breathing information was then lined up in the special laughter lab and the tapes were analyzed second-by-second. "They burned 20 percent more calories when laughing, compared to not laughing," Buchowski said. "Then we calculated what would happen if somebody laughed for 10 or 15 minutes a day and we found that it was up to 50 calories, depending on your body size and the intensity of the laughter." That means that if you laugh for 10-15 minutes a day, you'd burn enough calories to lose two kilograms (4.4 pounds) in a year, Buchowski said. Physiology experts say it's not exactly an effective way to shed extra weight — but the idea is worth a laugh or two. Karla __________________ See the best in everyone

06-05-2005, 01:11 PM	#8
karlak85218 Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 139 Gallery: karlak85218	Good NEWS FYI/IF YOU GOTA HAVE IT. Engineering News SPLENDA Brand Transforms - SPLENDA Brown Sugar Blend Monday April 4, 6:30 am ET Leading Sweetener SPLENDA(R) Brand Introduces a First-of-its Kind Product that Combines SPLENDA(R) Sucralose with Brown Sugar FORT WASHINGTON, Pa., April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, the maker of SPLENDA® Brand retail products, announced today the launch of the all-new SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, marking another significant innovation in the U.S. sweetener category. SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, a first-of-its-kind reduced calorie brown sugar product, is a proprietary blend of brown sugar and SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose. The introduction of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend considerably broadens the landscape of the sweetener market, as SPLENDA® Brand, the #1 player in the retail sweetener category, now offers a full spectrum of low- and no-calorie options to consumers. SPLENDA® Brand products enable the home chef to set virtually no limits on what he or she can do to reduce sugar and its calories in his or her favorite dishes. The increasing popularity of using low and no calorie sweeteners in cooking and baking, shown in part by the unprecedented success of SPLENDA® Brand products, signifies a fundamental shift in the way Americans think about sweetness today. The addition of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend to the product line up provides another alternative to reduce sugar, calories and carbohydrates in traditional recipes. Available at retail in September of this year, a serving of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend has half the calories, half the sugar, and half the carbohydrates of brown sugar and can be used anywhere brown sugar is used. Whether it is sprinkled atop a cup of hot cereal or used for a classic chocolate chip cookie, Americans can for the first time enjoy a lower calorie version of their favorite brown sugar recipes. "In the multi-billion dollar sweetener industry, brown sugar constitutes 14 percent of all sweetener unit sales.(1) We saw an opportunity to provide consumers with another option that was as of yet untapped," said Debra Sandler, General Manager, North America, McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company. "When simply presented with the idea of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, 40 percent of consumers said they definitely or probably would buy it. Moreover, our research showed that almost 84 percent of those who tried the SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend at home would purchase it if available, signifying overwhelming interest from consumers."(2) After the successful launch of SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking (a proprietary blend of sugar and sucralose) presented a viable baking alternative to white sugar, the makers of SPLENDA® Brand saw an opportunity to transform the category yet again. The launch of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend further establishes SPLENDA® products as alternative sources of sweetness in America's kitchens. "As a restaurant owner, many customers approach me with requests for low- sugar items, and I feel that their requests are representative of the country's need for lower-calorie options," said Chef Stephen Pyles, of Dragonfly Restaurant in Dallas, TX. "Until now, brown sugar was difficult to substitute because it is a more complex sugar, one that adds texture and rich flavor. But, with the new SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend, I can now bake anything from chocolate chip cookies to baked beans and my customers will never know the difference. I believe this is an important innovation that will satisfy a previously unmet demand." About SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend is a proprietary blend of brown sugar and SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener, or sucralose. The brown sugar in the product allows consumers more of the browning, rising, texture, moistness and molasses-like flavor characteristic of baked goods made with brown sugar. Consumers will only need to use one-half cup of SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend to replace the sweetness of a full cup of brown sugar. SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend will be available at all grocery, supermarket and club stores nationwide beginning September 2005, available in a 1/2 lb. bag that provides the sweetness of 1 lb. of brown sugar, and a 1 lb. bag that provides the sweetness of 2 lbs. of brown sugar. Suggested retail price is $2.69 for the 1/2 lb. bag, and $4.69 for the 1 lb. bag. About SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking contains SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener (sucralose) and sugar, which gives baked goods the ability to brown, rise and spread more like baked goods made with real sugar. Consumers only need to use one-half cup of SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking to achieve the sweetness of a full cup of sugar. SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking is sold at grocery, supermarket and club stores nationwide. It is available in a 2 lb. bag that provides the sweetness of 4 lbs. of sugar. Suggested retail price is $6.29. About SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener products are marketed by McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, and are available at retail stores in packet and granular form. SPLENDA® Brand Sweetener (sucralose), the non-nutritive sweetening ingredient found in all SPLENDA® Brand products, is also used in more than 4,000 products of major food brands worldwide. You can find out more about SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener and get recipes and tips on cooking and baking with SPLENDA® at http://www.SPLENDA.com or by calling 1-800-7-SPLENDA (1-800-777-5363). About McNeil Nutritionals McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, a Johnson & Johnson company, is a global marketer of innovative nutritional products, including SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener, SPLENDA® Sugar Blend for Baking, VIACTIV® Calcium Soft Chews, VIACTIV® Multi-Vitamin Soft Chews, LACTAID® Milk and Dietary Supplements, and BENECOL® Spreads and Smart Chews. The company's mission is to give people the ability to actively manage their own health. McNeil Nutritionals, LLC is headquartered in Fort Washington, Pa. Source: McNeil Nutritionals, LLC Engineering News Archive

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06-05-2005, 09:17 AM	#1
Denise85 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 21,921 Blog Entries: 11 Gallery: Denise85 Stats: 261/148/140-5'5" WOE: Dietician's plan	Daily Dish for Sunday 6/5 Chocolate Dipped Apricots Looking for a great Phase 3 recipe that will satisfy even the biggest chocoholics? Try the Chocolate Dipped Apricots — absolutely delicious! Serves 2 Ingredients 1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate 6 dried apricots 1/4 tablespoon chopped pistachios Instructions Microwave the chocolate in a microwaveable bowl on high for 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute. Stir until completely melted. Dip the apricots halfway into the chocolate. Let the excess chocolate drip off. Place the apricots onto waxed paper. Sprinkle the pistachios over the chocolate-covered portions of the apricots. Place in the refrigerator until the chocolate is set. Nutritional Information: 99 calories 3 total fat (2 g sat) 0 mg cholesterol 17 g carbohydrate 1 g protein 2 g fiber 1 mg sodium __________________ http://www.myspace.com/deniset85

06-05-2005, 11:27 AM	#3
Denise85 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Chicago burbs Posts: 21,921 Blog Entries: 11 Gallery: Denise85 Stats: 261/148/140-5'5" WOE: Dietician's plan	I just went to Sams and bought a box (3 1/2 pounds) of them. They are sooo good. I too had forgotten and then I was looking throught the fruit when I saw them. I've been eating them since. The recipe sounds good too.

06-05-2005, 11:36 AM	#4
RoseWaddles Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Northern California Posts: 16,055 Gallery: RoseWaddles Stats: 256/123/135 ~ 24/4/6 ~ 5'6" 46 years old WOE: Lower Fat/Moderate Carbs~ RNY 11/6/06 Start Date: November 2006	I have an apricot tree in my backyard and the timing will be perfect when I go into phase 2. thanks for reminding me!

06-05-2005, 12:01 PM	#6
RoseWaddles Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Northern California Posts: 16,055 Gallery: RoseWaddles Stats: 256/123/135 ~ 24/4/6 ~ 5'6" 46 years old WOE: Lower Fat/Moderate Carbs~ RNY 11/6/06 Start Date: November 2006

06-05-2005, 12:10 PM	#7
justmarvi Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,218 Gallery: justmarvi	I'm willing! Good article Karla on the apricot tree, I have a fig tree, and I love them but they (figs) have the most sugar of all fruit... like 1 is a fruit. Mine rippen in August, and as I think back, that's usually when my weight starts upward, think I'll give the biggest share of them away this year! It might as well be a snicker tree for me.