PRODUCT: Skinnygirl Margarita

What if you’re one of those “Real Housewives Of…” ladies, enjoy cocktails but have to watch every calorie (the camera adds 10 pounds)? With a typical four-ounce Margarita weighing in at 500 calories (the majority due to sugar in the liqueur or the cocktail mix), what’s a housewife do? If you’re Bethenny Frankel, one of…
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NEWS: Inko’s White Bottled Tea In NYC School System

Five of Inko’s 11 bottled flavors. Photo courtesy Inko’s. For those of you with an idea for the next great bottled beverage, be forewarned: No matter how brilliant your idea is, there’s the marketing conundrum. It’s very, very hard to get your products on the shelf of major retailers. And you probably can’t make a…
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PRODUCT: Tropicana Trop50

Juice with half the calories. Photo by Jerry Deutsch | THE NIBBLE. Do you enjoy a glass of juice but not the high calorie and sugar content? Tropicana has addressed those concerns with Trop50 juice beverages: 50% less sugar and calories. An eight-ounce glass has 50 calories. We tried two flavors of Trop50: Pineapple Mango…
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PRODUCT: DiGiornio 200-Calorie Pizza “Without The Guilt”

A great, 200-calorie pizza fix. Photo by Evan Dempsey | THE NIBBLE. Love pizza but avoid it because of the calories? Love pizza but don’t have enough “takers” to order an entire pie? Love pizza and wish you could have it more often? Need something quick to feed the kids? DiGiorno has a solution you’re…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Low Calorie Party

This barbecue pork loin saves many calories with a sugar-free blackberry sauce. Here’s the recipe. Photo courtesy The J.M. Smucker Company. Want to throw a get-together but fear for your strict diet? Have a pot luck diet lunch or dinner. Everyone brings his or her best low-calorie dish, along with copies of the recipe to…
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