Hungry Girl 1-2-3 (22 page)
Authors: Lisa Lillien
Caramel Rice Cakes + Cool Whip Free
PER SERVING (2 rice cakes plus ¼ cup whipped topping): 130 calories, 0.5g fat, 70mg sodium, 28g carbs, 0g fiber, 8g sugars, 2g protein
Three words, humans. ICE. CREAM. SANDWICH. Just place your Cool Whip between the cakes and FREEZE. Or use minis and make a bunch of teeny-tiny ice cream sandwiches!
Rice Cake + Sugar-Free Preserves
PER SERVING (1 rice cake plus 2 tablespoons preserves): 69 calories, 0.5g fat, 29mg sodium, 20g carbs, 0g fiber, 2.5g sugars, 1g protein
If your rice cake needs a makeover, smear some preserves on top. Ta-da!
Cheese-Flavored Mini Rice Cakes + Salsa
PER SERVING (10 mini rice cakes plus 1/3 cup salsa): 101 calories, 3g fat, 765mg sodium, 17.5g carbs, 1.25g fiber, 3g sugars, 2.5g protein
Why should tortilla chips have all the fun? Salsa up your rice cakes, humans. Get dippin’!
Rice Cake + The Laughing Cow Light Original Swiss Cheese
PER SERVING (1 rice cake plus 1 cheese wedge): 80 calories, 2.5g fat, 420mg sodium, 9g carbs, 0g fiber, 2g sugars, 3.5g protein
Take cheese and crackers to the next level. Spread a wedge of Laughing Cow onto a lightly salted, butter-flavored, or cheddar-flavored cake. Mmmmm…
Cheats:
Add lean deli meat or turkey pepperoni.
Starring…Pudding Snacks
Small cups of sugar-free pudding are not only delicious on their own, they’re also AWESOME partners for a bazillion other foods. Wanna know which ones? Keep reading.
Jell-O Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding Snack + Mandarin Oranges Packed in Juice
PER SERVING (1 pudding snack plus ¼ cup oranges): 85 calories, 1g fat, 193mg sodium, 19g carbs, <0.5g fiber, 6g sugars, 1g protein
Lightly drain the orange segments and roughly chop. Toss ’em together with pudding in a bowl and dig in! Creamsicle pudding, anyone?
Jell-O Sugar Free Chocolate Pudding Snack + Reduced-Fat Peanut Butter
PER SERVING (1 pudding snack plus 2 teaspoons peanut butter): 124 calories, 5.5g fat, 252mg sodium, 18.5g carbs, 1.5g fiber, 1g sugars, 4.5g protein
Soften PB in the microwave for a few seconds, and then stir it into your favorite chocolatey pudding. Somewhere, a peanut butter cup is getting jealous. This is a fact.
Jell-O Sugar Free Vanilla Pudding Snack + Canned Pure Pumpkin
PER SERVING (1 pudding snack plus ½ cup pumpkin): 100 calories, 1.5g fat, 196mg sodium, 23g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 4g sugars, 2g protein
When Thanksgiving just feels too far away, mix up this pie-inspired pudding combo. That should hold you over.
Cheats:
Mix in some pumpkin pie spice and/or top with Fat Free Reddi-wip and crushed low-fat graham crackers.
Jell-O Sugar Free Vanilla or Chocolate Pudding Snack + 100-Calorie Pack Cookies
PER SERVING (1 pudding snack plus 1 pack cookies): 160 calories, 4g fat, 330mg sodium, 31g carbs, 1g fiber, 7g sugars, 2.5g protein
Crushed cookies in pudding is soooo good! Mix ’n match with this one. Try Vanilla + Oreo Thin Crisps, Chocolate + Planters Peanut Butter Cookie Crisps…and MORE!
Starring…Laughing Cow Light
These creamy light cheese wedges are one of the most important ingredients in the Hungry Girl kitchen. Find them at the market in the fridge section, by the “gourmet” cheeses, or on display in the cracker section. (They’re shelf-stable.) There’s a reason they’re used in so many HG recipes—they make almost EVERYTHING better. Here are a few quick and easy examples of how this cheese can change your life. Cow power!
