Healthy Summer Food Swaps
Maintain your hard-earned bikini (OK, tankini) body and keep the kids from bouncing off the walls by replacing sugar- and calorie-loaded summer favorites with these tasty, healthy alternatives.
- Swap high-fat hamburgers and hot dogs for healthy turkey burgers or Portobello Mushroom Burgers.
- Instead of downing a sugary Frappucino, brew some cold toddy and pour it over ice with a splash of skim milk.
- Pack veggie-rich pasta salad or Edamame Basil Salad for your picnic instead of fattening potato and macaroni salads.
- Make your own Popsicles out of 100 percent fruit juice or frozen fruit.
- Trade your kid's fruit snacks for frozen grapes or bananas.
- Sweeten iced tea with a quarter cup of orange juice instead of sugar.
- Try some sugar-free flavored waters, like Hint, instead of sugary waters and juice drinks.
- Cool off with Dairy-Free, Sugar-Free Soft Serve instead of ice cream.
- Serve homemade baked chips instead of fried ones.
- Make your own smoothies out of fruit and juice—'cause the ones you buy are often packed with sugar, ice cream and corn syrup.
- Talk with other calorie-cutting parents on the message boards!
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