Velvetta Spinch Muy Muy Scrumptious Dip
This is not exactly a health food. This one is just for fun. I’ve been talking about this cheese dip for a few days now and how it has plagued my diet goals a little. I’m exaggerating a little I know. I did good on my weight loss over the weekend. This is more just a symbol of things are can be distractions if we are not careful.
It is my firm belief that moderation in all things can allow us to have a healthy relationship with food. It will allow us to lose weight, allow us to feel good about ourselves, and it will allow us to live a comfortable life that does not outlaw food simply because it is not the most health around.
I do think that we have to be careful of these foods. I for one have had to avoid them for a while in order to develop more control over them. I still over indulge on the crunchy and salty items. I just cannot get enough chips! So dips are dangerous ground for me. Now that I recognize that I can plan for it and mitigate the potential atom bomb that this can be to a diet
The first line of defense is portion control. The recipe will be for just 2 servings. I don’t know about you, but if I have more lying around after my first serving – I will inevitable eat it. This is what I call the Second Law of Weight Loss Dynamics: You will eat whatever is on the plate – so control the plate.
The second line of defense. Modification. I will give you two recipes below. If you want to full flavor and calorie version you can do that. You can also add the substitutes and enjoy basically the same food with almost 1/2 the calories.
Low fat Velveeta Cheese: 1 oz (about 1 Tablespoon) – double it for the full recipe (62 calories)
Fat free Cream Cheese: 1 oz (about 1 Tablespoon) – double it for the full recipe (14 calories)
Low Fat Cottage Cheese: 1 oz – omit for full recipe – (20 calories)
Frozen Spinach: thawed. – put in an equal option to all the cheese combined (14 calories)
Canned tomatoes and green chillies – about 2 Tablespoons (5 calories)
Some bacon bits – omit for the “healthiest” version (25 calories)
Now, mix it all together in a small bowl and microwave until it is warmed and throughly mixed together. Be careful not to let it boil over the sides while microwaving. Which it will have a tendency to do.
Now, grab an hand full of chips. A bunch of celery stalks, and enjoy. Per serving this dip is just under 70 calories. It will be the chips that will kill it now. 1 oz will be about 140 calories (typically about 16 or so chips). So you can see how that adds up.
But if you’ve controlled the portions from the start there will not be as much dip to eat to begin with, and if you add celery, there are even fewer to consume. Anyway, you can end up with a 200 calorie snack easy enough. Just make sure it is a snack! As a full meal this would move from just scrumptious to sinful:)
Enjoy!
Matthew Stearmer
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Comments
I have to admit that Matt has modified many of our “dips” and snacks using cottage cheese and other things to make them a smidge more healthy for snacks. I really can't taste much difference myself, but I like skim milk a lot more than other kinds of milk too, so maybe someone else would notice the difference. The one thing I do not like to substitute is sour cream. Sour cream, in my opinion, tastes nacky in the fat free version. It needs some fat in it. So that is one thing I rarely will substitute for the less fat versions. And I do not like celery, but will dip carrots.
I have to agree about the sour cream. Some things are just not worth
sacrificing! So if I want to lose weight I will modify what I can, enjoy in
small portions what I cannot – and then exercise so that I can really enjoy
them all.
Thanks again for the post
Did you mean 'Velveeta Spinach”? I do love cheese and spinach but sometimes it's hard to make those healthy. Thanks for this tasty healthy recipe!
It is a nice article especially for the people who wants to loose weight buy eating not exactly a health food and by eating low fat food.
This is nice article which tells us how to make changes in your Diet by Recipes to reduce our weight. I am trying this for past three months and better than past.
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