Category Archives: Interesting Tidbits

I Didn’t Buy The Cookies (Poem)

I didn’t buy the cookies.
I didn’t buy the cake.
I didn’t buy the donuts,
And that was my mistake.

Junk is calling, I’ve got the munchies!
Body’s craving salt, sweet, crunchy.

I didn’t buy potato chips,
I didn’t buy a candy bar.
I want to eat a snack food, but
I don’t want to get in the car.

Junk is calling, I’ve got the munchies!
Body’s craving salt, sweet, crunchy.

If I want a brownie,
I’m going to have to make it.
Heat the oven, measure flour,
Mix, wait, dishes, I can’t take it!

Junk is calling, I’ve got the munchies!
Body’s craving salt, sweet, crunchy.

My cabinet holds some oatmeal.
My fridge is full of carrots.
I’ll settle for some hummus
And plants with all their merits.

Eat what’s easy, I’ve got the munchies.
Oats and carrots, sweet and crunchy.

I didn’t buy the cookies.
I didn’t buy the cake.
I only bought the vegetables,
And that was no mistake.

Posted by Katie Robles. Categories: Interesting Tidbits, Putting It All Together. Tags: craving junkfood, healthy shopping, healthy snacks, lose weight, munchies, poetry. 4 Comments

Aug. ’14

Mouth Health and Orange Smiles

The Flexie Foodie recently came out with a post called Eating For Oral Health. I’m going to hit the highlights for you. Bare your teeth, stick out your tongue, and read on!

Her first point is that saliva cleans your mouth. I recommend ringing a little bell before each meal and wearing a bib for the extra drool. (#Pavlov joke…too easy, I know. I’ll try harder!)

Crunchy foods cause you to produce more saliva, so if you end your meal with raw apple, celery, carrots, or nuts, you can say you brushed your teeth. If anyone doubts you based on the bits of orange and brown clinging to your gum line, simply pull out your celery toothbrush and show them how it’s done.

Raisins are a good snack for two reasons. 1. Raisins have phytochemicals which discourage the growth of bad bacteria in the mouth. That’s right, teen readers, you should be carrying snack boxes of raisins with you to Make Out Point, not Altoids. 2. Raisins help curb hunger by sticking to your teeth. When you feel the munchies coming on, grab a toothpick and collect your leftovers. Mmm-mm.

Foods with Vitamin C help with the growth of collagen, connective tissues, blood vessels…all of the parts that work together to hold your teeth firmly in your mouth. We’re going for the opposite of Scurvy here. “Arrr, ye scurvy blogs!” Scurvy is caused by a lack of Vitamin C and one of the symptoms is loose or lost teeth. Not that any of us are in danger of getting scurvy, but history just made a little more sense to me. When you think of pirates, grab an orange.

Speaking of oranges, rubbing citrus peels on your teeth helps to remove stains and orange peels are the most gentle on enamel. Our teeth don’t stain as we age because of wear and tear over the years, but because we’re less likely to make orange peel smiles.

The Flexie Foodie’s post really hit home because yesterday we took my four year old to the dentist and he has more cavities than birthdays. From now on, snack time at our house will start with a ringing bell, include raisins and orange peels, and end with a celery brush. If I let my boys wear pirate eye patches during snack, they just might go for this.

Gentlemen, if you’re looking to compliment your lady, look no further than the Bible: “Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing. Each has its twin, not one of them is missing.” Song of Songs 6:6

Posted by Katie Robles. Categories: Interesting Tidbits. Tags: celery, oral health, orange peel smile, remove teeth stains, scurvy. Leave a comment

Jul. ’14

Two Fisted Blueberry Recipes

During blueberry season each summer, my family eats about a pound of berries a day. I’d like to share a couple of my favorite blueberry recipes with you. They can be prepared in under a minute, are chock full of antioxidants, and have no added sugar or preservatives. As a bonus feature, if you try all three recipes in the next 24 hours, you get a free gentle colon cleanse.

Two Fisted Blueberries

1. Wash blueberries.

2. Grab two fistfuls of blueberries (don’t squeeze too hard unless your fists are hovering over toast and you’re looking to make Instant Jam).

3. Empty your fists into your mouth at a non-choking rate of speed and say “Mmm-mm-mm-mm-mmmmm”.

Blueberry Cereal

1. Fill bowl with blueberries. (Sometimes I add some Cheerios.)

2. Add milk and eat with a spoon.

3. When your children ask you what you’re eating, say “Blue Sugar Bombs, but you can’t have any”.

Two Fisted To Go Cup

1. Fill plastic cup with blueberries.

2. Carry it around with you and periodically shake berries into your mouth. This is great for car rides. Nothing draws stares at a red light like chewing your beverage.

“Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.” Genesis 1:11

And I’m so glad He did!

Posted by Katie Robles. Categories: Interesting Tidbits. Tags: blueberries, blueberry recipe, humor, maintaining a healthy weight. 3 Comments

Jul. ’14

Diet Dictionary: Hiking In The Woods

Posted by Katie Robles. Categories: Cartoons. Tags: exercise ideas, humor, maintaining a healthy weight, personal trainer, Weight loss. 1 Comment

Jun. ’14

Ode To The Sugar Snap Pea

Sugar Snap Peas are the best vegetable in the world, hands down. (Mouths open?) I love them so much, I composed a poem of pea celebration while picking them in the garden. You may comment and disagree with me, but you must do so in rhyme. 🙂

Eat the pea and eat the pod.

Please my palate and feed my bod.

Crunchy, sweet; the taste is groovin’.

Fiber keeps my insides movin’!

Vitamin C for healthy joints.

In Weight Watchers, you’re zero points!

Vitamins K and A galore;

A hit with kids; they all want more!

Had I the space and cash to spare,

I’d build a giant greenhouse where

I’d plant and pick and sing this song

and eat my snap peas all year long!

Posted by Katie Robles. Categories: Interesting Tidbits. Tags: Sugar Snap Peas. 4 Comments

May. ’14

Cartoon: Perspective

Posted by Katie Robles. Categories: Cartoons. Tags: Diet, healthy living, humor, maintaining a healthy weight, Weight loss. 1 Comment

Apr. ’14

3 More 100 Calories Snacks

Geese keep flying north past my house, so in honor of Mother Goose…yadda yadda yadda, let’s get to the food!

1. The Creamy: 1/3 cup of cottage cheese, a teaspoon of jam, and some berries. To make cottage cheese, a chemical called rennin is added to milk and the proteins either clump together (curds) or stay liquid (whey). Since we’re eating our curds and whey, I call it the Little Miss Muffet.

2. The Crunchy: 1 Tablespoon of hummus and a plate full of vegetables. Disclaimer: to keep the calories to 100, there should only be 10 carrots on the plate, but it sure is prettier this way! I call it the Jack Sprat. “Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean…”

3. The Vegetative: A peck of (non) pickled peppers. Or about a dozen small sweet peppers if you’re counting. I call it the Peter Piper. Pick yourself a peck and happy munching!

Posted by Katie Robles. Categories: Interesting Tidbits, SOUP: Water and Vegetables. Tags: Calorie, curds and whey, Diet, Eating, food, Fruit and Vegetable, healthy living, humor, maintaining a healthy weight, Weight loss. 3 Comments

Mar. ’14

3 Snacks 100 Calories or Less

Rabbits have the right idea: when they’re hungry, they eat, and they eat a lot of veggies. They also nap frequently and get plenty of exercise running for their lives, so they would love this blog. Be ready when your own hunger strikes by thinking ahead about healthy, low calorie snacks that you can grab when the munchies hit. Here are three snacks that total 100 calories or less each.

The Sweet: 1 Oreo cookie and 1/3 cup of 2% milk. I call it the “Depressingly Small Slice of Heaven Snack”.
The Savory: 1 slice American Cheese and a pickle. Wrap the pickle in the cheese and snack away. It sounds awful, but in my opinion it’s the best parts of a sandwich, simply sans bread and meat. Because it sounds like a crazy craving, I call it the “Pregnant Snack”.
The Vegetative: 1 Tb Ranch dressing and an entire head of lettuce. Or 3 plain heads of lettuce, your choice. I call it the “Pregant Rabbit Snack”. You’ll be tired of chewing before you fill up.
Happy munching!