Thursday, 15 July 2010
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Healthy Foods to Cool Down in Summer
Dear Freezer, I love you. I especially love to stick my head in you while I suffer without air conditioning in the student residences of Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières! My freezer is everything that is keeping me sane this summer!
Last week, our residence rooms were about 40 degrees celcius inside. I was eating a freezie to cool down, but found it was pretty sugary. And once I finished eating it, I would get hot again and need another! At 100 calories per freezie pop, I'd probably be looking at a fast-track to diabetes since it's all straight sugar. It's like downing can after can of coke!
I started sucking constantly on ice cubes instead because they are calorie-free and keep me cool. You can also try placing fruit juices in your ice cube tray. Make sure your juice has lots of vitamin C!
My roommates and I unpeeled some bananas, stuck toothpics in them, dipped them in melted hershey's chocolate, and then stuck them in the freezer. They look kind of funny because there were almond chunks but it was soooooo goooooood -- and its great even without chocolate too! Way to get your fruit servings in!
I've been munching on frozen grapes and berries too. Grapes are easier to freeze because you can just put the whole bag in with the stems and they freeze separately. Blueberries need to be separated first. I wrote a how-to-post here:
http://www.thehealthrabbit.com/709440047/stock-up-on-blueberries-for-winter/
Frozen fruit skewers are a great idea too! Be creative!I went to the bar this week with my roommates thinking that there would be wonderful air conditioning there, but nope! We bought cold drinks and immediately placed them against our necks and faces. The coldness didn't last long!
You can see the sweat glowing on our faces = =
The summer heat is killer this year! Please let me know if you have any cool-down tips for the air-conditioner deprived individuals like me!Follow me on Twitter: @Elizabbit
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Comments (9)
I'm snacking on watermelon right now. It's the perfect season for it! :)
@JL789 - ohh yea i totally forgot about watermelon! ~*heads out to grocery store*~
mmm banana :)
what a great idea!!!~~
Italian ice ice baby!
Chocolate covered frozen banana is genius! I had some failing grapes in the fridge, they've been rinsed and removed from the stems for a couple weeks but I just haven't gotten around to them. When I read this I jumped up and threw em in the freezer! (Can't believe they're still good). Thanks for the reminder, they'll be great to-go, it's been HOT and humid lately!
I like the new name! It confused me at first when I read my subs. I was like "Rabbit wha??!" then I saw you picture! lol
Those ideas are awesome! I'm gonna try it. I just make alot of smoothies & sugar free milshakes (1 cup of 2% milk & 1 chopped up frozen banana). It's soooo awesome!
No AC and no fan? Damn!
I'm going to try the banana and chocolate on a stick!
lol sucks to not have A/C! but those frozen grapes do look tasty!