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<\/p>\nSo, in your quest to eat healthy – some days you want something fast, easy, and something that tastes a little sinful, while of course still being low in calories and fat.\u00a0 This fits the bill – two yummy hot dogs (spark up the grill if you can, if not, you can cook them on a pan or on a foreman grill – microwaving or boiling NOT recommended) with loads of toppings, and a creamy, cheesy broccoli salad.<\/p>\n
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Looks way too good to fit into a reduced calorie plan, right?\u00a0 Comepletely wrong.\u00a0 The whole plate there has approximately 400 calories, you just have to follow my directions pretty carefully or you’ll end up busting your waistline or with tasteless, icky food.<\/p>\n
Hot dogs:<\/p>\n
You gotta get ones that are low fat, but not fat free.\u00a0 The name escapes me right now of the kind I always get, but the closest calorie equivalent is Healthy Choice, which I believe are a-ok too.\u00a0 Fat free hot dogs taste like butt.\u00a0 If I could get my weiner on for 40 calories I totally would, but it just doesn’t work.\u00a0 The ones I get are around 70, and I believe low fat ball parks and other brands are closer to 90-100.\u00a0 To contrast, the delicious full-fat jumbo size hebrew national ones we used to get were 350.\u00a0 Each.\u00a0 But oy, they were so good!<\/p>\n
As for buns, I recommend whitewheat ones.\u00a0 Hot dogs just don’t taste the same to me on on wheat buns, and these are fortified with 25% of your day’s iron, something I usually don’t get enough of anyway.\u00a0 You can dress them anyway you want, but let me recommend ketchup, mustard, dill relish, diced onions, and diced jalapenos.<\/p>\n
So about an hour before you put the dogs on, you should have started your broccoli salad.\u00a0 Take one small package of frozen broccoli (chopped), nuke it until it’s warm and mostly unfrozen.\u00a0 Then, take about 1\/3 of a package of low fat (or neufachnel) cream cheese, and nuke for another 2 minutes or so.\u00a0 Mix that together until it’s a creamy, goopy, yummy mess.\u00a0 Add about half to 2\/3 of a small can of olives, half a cup of diced onions, pepper and garlic powder to taste, and (optional) crumble 4 strips of bacon.\u00a0 Chill in the refrigerator until cold (it’s better that way), and before serving, mix in 1\/4 cup of shredded cheese (I added blue cheese this time instead and it came out awesome).\u00a0 If you do not add the bacon, let me suggest drizzling bbq sauce over the top.\u00a0 Makes about 4 servings which are about 100 calories each.<\/p>\n
Sure, it’s not the most nutritionally dense meal ever.\u00a0 But, if you’re anything like me, some days it’s about the lesser of two evils.\u00a0 This fills the void for those days we used to bbq those 350 calorie dogs, regular buns, and a side of potato salad.\u00a0 I can imagine that this would be a good meal for kids, and get some nutrients and veggies in them even if they’re picky eaters.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n