It's true! Healthy and cookie can appear in the same sentence!

Satisfy your sweet tooth with this tasty and actually healthy cookie recipe from The Skinny Fork!

You an give in to your inner cookie monster without regret. It is completely possible! I know it seems rather oxymoronic to think of cookies as healthy but it's a fabulous thing to think of and know to be real. What it is really that makes cookies so unhealthy? Tons of sugar, oil, white flour, butter... all things that can actually be replaced!

The Skinny Fork recipe for Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies does just that: food substitution! For example, instead of butter or oil, you'll find this recipe calls for apple sauce!

Try this recipe and add a dash of PGX Daily Singles for an even healthier treat and that extra fibre kick!

So without further ado, click to view the Skinny Fork recipe for Healthy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies (it has some chocolate in it too!).

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Carbohydrate-rich foods worse than white bread.

Here are a few treats which we should not indulge in regularly, especially when we are watching our waistlines!

Specialty coffee drinks loaded with whipped cream, movie theatre popcorn, and toasted bagels... Every once in a while these foods aren't so bad. But the key phrase here is, once in a while. These are the kinds of treats that if we were to have repeatedly, we would have some health problems and a growing waistline to contend with!

Shape Magazine has compiled a short list of eight treats that are full of carbohydrates and sugars and generally not good to have on a regular basis. Some of them are very obvious (like those coffee drinks with their mounds of processed whipped cream), while others you may be surprised to find on the list!

Get informed, stay healthy and enjoy these treats, just once in a while... Carbs Without Cause: 8 Foods Worse Than White Bread

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This Tasty Tuesday, we wanted to provide you with ingredients that can make all of your recipes guilt-free!

If I had more hours in the day, one of the many things that I would love to do more of is bake. Having had a sweet tooth since the beginning of time (okay, well since I can remember...), baked goods have always been a weakness of mine. Which is why I always thought that it was a good thing that I never have time to bake - until now!

The other day, as I was perusing Pinterest in search of neat things to share with all you PGX'ers, I came across this fantastic infographic from picklee.com that suggests several different, healthy options for standard baking ingredients such as sugar and butter. Needless to say, I will definitely be putting some time aside this week to try some of these fabulous ideas!

Have you tried any of these baking substitutions? Let us know how they worked out for you in the comments below.

Happy (and healthy!) baking!

Make smart choices at meal times. Fill up on the good stuff!

How much space does 400 calories occupy in the stomach?

I truly dislike the thought of dieting. But with a looming deadline to fit into a costume that doesn't quite zip up all the way for a performance, I really have no choice but to make a conscious effort to change my eating habits.

What is it about diets that have people dreading them? Hunger? Cravings? Guess what?! You don't need to feel hungry when you are making the change for a healthier lifestyle. And if you aren't feeling hungry, you will most likely have fewer cravings as well! There is no need to fear healthy eating! All we need to do is learn how to make smart choices. If we look for low calorie but dense foods full of nutrients and fibre (think low-GI foods), we'll definitely be better off! Take a look at what 400 calories of various foods look like in the stomach!

Add PGX to your food and the fibre will help you feel full and you won't feel the "diet hunger and cravings." Right now you you can get a free BONUS pack of PGX Singles with purchase of PGX Daily in Canadian stores! Stay healthy everyone; make smart food choices and be sure to get your daily dose of fibre!

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Another fabulous (and easy!) PGX SatisFast shake recipe from nutritionist, Kristin Metvedt, RHN.

Made with PGX SatisFast's delicious French Vanilla flavour and coconut water, try this new shake recipe from Kristin Metvedt! Nutritional sidenote: Coconut water from young coconuts provides minerals and electrolytes that provide valuable nutrition, so this smoothie is both yummy and healthy!

Ingredients:

• 240 ml  100% pure coconut water (e.g. O.N.E. Coconut Water or Blue Monkey Pure coconut water)
• 60 ml cold water
• 1 scoop PGX Satisfast French Vanilla
  
• Option: 2 ice cubes

Method:

1. Measure liquids into a shaker or blender cup.
2. Add 1 scoop of PGX Satisfast Very Vanilla. If using a blender, add 1-2 ice cubes if desired.
3. Shake or blend until smooth.
4. Drink an additional glass of water (375-500 ml) after taking PGX.

Nutritional Information:

Each serving contains: 146 calories; 1 g fat; 23 g carb (2g fibre, sugar 11 g); 10 g protein; 220 mg sodium; 330 mg potassium.

Have questions for Kristin about the smoothie? Or a nutrition question? Ask her here!

Enjoy!

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