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BargainQueen · Marc Jacobs

Will substituting these foods affect my diet?

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

hmm do you like any kinds of pudding? I think the vanilla pudding is in there to get a milk serving in. Maybe try a fat free chocolate or devils food (very good). Or maybe flavored yogurt - its about the same calorie wise.

For veggies how about some low fat cheese or ff cheese on them melted with some seasoning on top. That is how I usually eat them or some spray butter and seasoning.

ico · Dooney & Bourke

beans are more or less equivalent, so you should be fine (lentils have less calories, chickpeas more, the others are more or less thesame)

I think you can pretty much exchange/substitute veggies (except than for potatoes)as long as you keep the dressing the same

cocoa has more calories than coffee, even without milk. how about tea?

can't help you with the pudding. I think aurora is right about it being a dairy serving. How about FF, SF yogurt?

hth

BargainQueen · Marc Jacobs

I think I'll sub low fat yogurt for the pudding.

The reason I chose cocoa is because it's listed as a snack w/ fig cookies on another day, so I thought I could sub that for the coffee.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I think the grapes for the watermelon might not be an equal swap. From what I remember, grapesaren't the best fruit for you calorie-wise.

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

For your veggies, try a little Ken's Steakhouse light ceasar dressing or Wishbone salad spritzers on steamed veggies. It adds a lot of flavor with very few calories. The wishbone is 1 calorie per spritz and the light caesar, a little goes a long way. I put maybe a tad more than a teaspoon on a whole salad!

-gd