Five healthy and low fat things I really like

I try my best to eat healthy although I fail at times.   But I thought today I would share some of my favorite healthy things and if you haven't tried them, give them a try:

1) Kashi Island Vanilla Whole Wheat Biscuits Cereal - my favorite! So far I can only find this at Publix. I really wish they sold it at Sweetbay which is where I shop most often.

2) Chobani Greek Yogurt. Great stuff. Tasted it in Sam's the first time and fell in love with it.   Savanna and I are crazy about this -- the boys still like the Yoplait "Thick & Creamy" brand even though they are Greek! (I'm 50% greek, making my boys 25% greek...LOL)

3) I get a big bag of frozen blueberries from Sam's club. It's a resealable bag. In the morning sometimes I make a smoothie with one small container of vanilla lowfat yogurt, 1/2 a banana and throw in a small amount (maybe 1/4 to 1/2 c) blueberries, and about 7 pieces of ice, blend thoroughly and enjoy. I also keep these blueberries on hand to throw into pancake batter. I also smash about 1/2 to 1 whole banana and include it in the pancake batter. Just blend thoroughly and make like any other pancake. I don't use syrup -- don't need to, it's amazingly tasty.

4) I always have a Special K cereal bar in my purse.   I enjoy all the many flavors.

5) Laughing cow cheese. I eat the original low fat swiss. So good on a reduced fat cracker.

p.s. I will be posting an update on Maddie later today.

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