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  • Incredible Nutritional Difference: Mayo vs. Non-Fat Greek Yogurt

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    Last post I mentioned that I’d show the nutritional difference between regular mayonnaise and non-fat Greek yogurt. Before showing that difference, though, I will say that I’ve used non-fat Greek yogurt not only as a more nutritious substitute but also as a fresh and lively flavor-enhancing alternative to mayonnaise. Most importantly, when making this comparison…

  • Sweet and Savory Power Tuna Salad – All in Pictures

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    Not too long ago, I showed how to turn plain old tuna salad into much more flavorful and nutritious POWER TUNA SALAD by replacing high fat, high calorie mayonnaise with high protein, low calorie non-fat plain Greek yogurt. I’ll write up a mayonnaise to non-fat Greek yogurt nutrition comparison next. But first, here’s a great…

  • Sugar Is NOT Just Sugar

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    Until about a month ago, I believed all sugars were about the same. Wrong. Briefly, as shown in the diagram below,… …sucrose – white table sugar – is made of one part glucose (the energy of life) and one part fructose (what I now regard as “feast or famine” energy). Bottom line: glucose and fructose…

  • “Snowful” Exuberance!

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    Anyone else have a tough time going to sleep last night knowing a good pounding of snow was on the way today? I’d only first heard it was really coming as I finished up a terrific winter walk in the woods at Lake Chauncy late yesterday afternoon. I ran into a woman walking her dogs…

  • Power Tuna Salad Step-By-Step Video

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      Click this link or the picture above for a short step-by-step video that uses a combination of video, sound and text-over-video to show how to make power tuna salad that substitutes high fat and calorie mayonnaise with high protein, low calorie non-fat Greek yogurt. Great stuff and all quick and easy to make using…

  • Snow Changing Perspective

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    It’s about perspective. Sometimes you don’t get what you want, but what you do get turns out even better – if you give it a chance. I remember the weather guess about a week and half ago calling for just enough snow to make driving – and cycling – a problem for that Saturday and…

  • Transforming Plain Tuna Salad into Power Tuna Salad

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    Here’s a quick and easy way to substitute traditional mayonnaise, which is high in fat and calories, with non-fat, high-protein plain Greek Yogurt (2-3 times the protein content of regularly processed plain yogurt) along with a little mustard to turn plain old tuna salad into reinvigorated fantastically flavorful Power Tuna Salad. Ingredients are shown below.…

  • What I’ve Learned From 1 Week of Coffee Without Sugar

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    Earlier this week I wrote that I was going to try a full 7 days of coffee without sugar in an effort to be more personally aware of how much sugar I take in day to day. Yesterday was day 8. I started out trying coffee again with no sugar and didn’t like it at all.

  • Pre-XC-Ski Lower Sugar Power Breakfast

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    Doing the sugar research I’ve been doing lately has made me look a lot more closely at my own sugar intake. In the last piece, I wrote about cutting sugar completely for a week from the coffee I look forward to every morning. That week just ended yesterday. More about that soon.