Calories And Fat

Many of us are trying to eat more fish these days because we know it's healthful, but somehow, there never seem to be enough easy recipes for cooking it. There's always the "broil-it-with-a-dab-of-butter" technique, but that treatment can get boring quickly.Here is a simple, fast and efficient fish dish that makes use of a pantry staple -- canned salmon. (Yes, canned salmon or tuna still is a good way to get the great nutrients from fish.)In fact, all of the ingredients in the fish cakes are items you probably keep on hand.

Right from the start, I knew we would have problems in our relationship. We were too much alike, he and I. Type A. Achievers. The kind who love lists and checking things off. The kind who love control. And yet, as the new year rolled in with all its resolutions and promises of change, I made a commitment to him. I downloaded the app to my phone and linked myself for the foreseeable future to MyFitnessPal. He made promises, and I did, too. But could we keep them? After all, we both wanted the same thing: We were determined to get rid of the eight pounds that had crept onto my frame in the last year.

The Ultimate Peanut Butter Book Savory & Sweet, Breakfast to Dessert, Hundreds of Ways to Use America's Favorite Spread Peanut Butter Planet By Robin Robertson Rodale / 2006 / $15.95 This celebration of peanut butter comes from a vegan chef, though it includes suggestions for adding meat, milk and other animal products to its 80 recipes. Robin Robertson says that after years of avoiding peanut butter because of its calories and fat, she has embraced it as an alternative source of protein, rich in vitamins and monounsaturated fat. This compact paper- back includes several tasty-sounding soups.

Both Yoplait Kids Lowfat Yogurt and Stonyfield Farm's YoKids Organic Lowfat Yogurt have less sugar (each has 13 grams) than some regular kids' yogurt brands. But there are differences in calories and fat between the two. You'll save 20 calories, 1 gram of saturated fat, 4 grams carbohydrate and 5 milligrams cholesterol if you choose the 4-ounce serving of Stonyfield Strawberry Vanilla over the same size Yoplait Kids Strawberry Vanilla (which does advertise 16 milligrams of healthy Omega-3 fatty acids per serving)

Hungry for a challenge? Of course you are. This is America, after all, where everything is bigger and better -- until it isn't. Restaurants have long offered food challenges, from impossibly enormous steaks to milkshakes big enough to drown in. You know the drill: Clean your plate in a certain time and keep it down long enough to leave the restaurant and you get a free meal, your name on the wall -- maybe even a year's worth of free food. But in the past few years, food challenges have become even more epic, thanks in no small part to the hit TV show "Man vs. Food.

The folks at Tufts University's Diet & Nutrition Letter went to the candy counter to find out the highs and lows when it comes to calories and fat.Here's what they found:The highest: Mr. Goodbar, 1.65 ounces, 240 calories, 15 fat grams (56 percent fat calories); Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, 1.6 ounces, 250 calories, 15 fat grams (54 percent fat calories); Hershey's Milk Chocolate, 1.55 ounces, 240 calories, 14 fat grams (52 percent fat calories); Almond Joy, 1.76 ounces, 250 calories, 14 grams of fat (50 percent fat calories)

Pasta and tomato sauce goes uptown in this delicious recipe. Crab meat, fresh vegetables and herbs combine for a knock-out dish that's low in calories and fat.Pasta with Crabmeat and Tomatoes1 teaspoon olive oil2 tablespoons white onion, chopped1 teaspoon garlic, minced3 ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped2 tablespoons tomato paste1/2 cup white wine1 cup chicken stock or broth1 tablespoon fresh parsley, finely chopped1 tablespoon fresh basil, finely...

In most cases it's not the salad, it's the dressing that contains the calories and fat. To slim a salad use as little dressing as possible so the salad is moist but not soggy with dressing. Also, let ingredients such as vegetables and pasta chill in the minimum amount of dressing for at least two hours to absorb dressing flavor.WHAT YOU NEED2 ounces corkscrew macaroniOne 10-ounce package frozen cut broccoli, thawed and drained, or 2 cups sliced halved zucchini1 cup chopped seeded tomato2 tablespoons sliced green onion1/3 cup oil-free Italian salad dressing1/4 cup sliced radishes2 cups torn lettuceCook macaroni according to package directions.

Each week a nutritionist from the University of Maryland Medical Center provides a guest post to The Baltimore Sun's health blog Picture of Health (baltimoresun.com/pictureofhealth), which is printed here. This week, Amy Reed weighs in on coconut drinks. Coconut products, such as coconut water and coconut cream, are among the hot new items hitting grocery store shelves. Are these drinks beneficial for your health? Coconut water is the liquid inside a young coconut. One cup of coconut water contains about 50 calories and no protein or fat. Coconut water is low in calories, although the amount varies depending on added ingredients such as sugar or juice.

If you ask David Beares, complex new-age exercise machinery is not required to get a good workout. His class at a Columbia gym is taking workouts old school, and by that we mean Old World Russia - circa 1700. Kettlebells, the cast-iron cannonball-shaped weights that once served as counterweights on farm equipment, have found a new following in the gym. The weights have long been popular as a fitness tool in Russia, where they're featured in strength and endurance competitions and used in training for the Russian Olympic team and special forces.