Watkins Healthy Eating Tips

Here are some great (and simple!) healthy eating tips - the Watkins way!

• Reduce coffee intake to 2-3 cups per day.  Slowly work on eliminating cream and sugar from your coffee.  Instead, flavour your coffee with Watkins Cinnamon or one of our many great Extracts, such as Vanilla, Vanilla Nut, Black Walnut, Butter Pecan, Butternut, Chocolate, Raspberry or Rum.  Drink more Watkins healthy Chai Tea , too!

• Use Watkins healthy instead of Grapeseed Oils butter or margarine whenever you can.  Create a healthy alternative to butter or margarine by blending 1/2 Original Grapeseed Oil with 1/2 butter for a delicious and healthier spread.  Try Garlic and Parsley Grapeseed Oil and butter for an exciting taste sensation!

• Sauté foods with Watkins Liquid Spices .  You'll be using the healthier Grapeseed Oil and adding great flavour, too!

• Rather than using butter on cooked vegetables, sprinkle with your favourite Watkins herbs such as Cilantro, Minced Green Onion, Dill, or Basil   - remember, just a light sprinkle is all it takes with Watkins pure Gourmet Spices and Seasonings!

• Instead of adding oil or butter to rice, cook it with a little Watkins Chicken or Onion Soup Base .  Great flavour with no fat!

• Use Watkins Garlic and Dill, Bacon and Cheddar, Bacon and Onion, or Cucumber and Dill  Dip Mix with no-fat sour cream or yogurt for an excellent baked potato topping - tastes great with perogies, too!

• For healthy low-fat garlic mashed potatoes, leave about 1/4 of your potatoes unpeeled (this adds colour and "character" to your dish); while they are boiling, sauté fresh minced garlic cloves (or 1 tsp. of Watkins Garlic Flakes) in 2 tbsp. Watkins Garlic and Parsley Grapeseed Oil.  When potatoes are cooked, drain and then mash in the garlic, skip the butter, use skim milk and about 3-4 tbsp. of low or no fat cream cheese.  Sprinkle generously with Watkins Black Pepper.   Fabulous!

• Instead of adding salt to soup, add Watkins Lemon Peel or Watkins Lemon Pepper Blend - extra flavour without the extra sodium!

• If water isn't your favourite drink, flavour it with a drop of your favourite Watkins Fruit Flavoured Extract and add ice!  

• Make your own "home fries".  Wash potatoes and slice into strips.  Precook in microwave oven on High for 5 minutes.  Toss with 1 tsp./ 5 ml of Watkins Garlic and Parsley Grapeseed Oil and bake in 375ºF / 190ºC oven for 15 - 20 minutes.  For added flavour, sprinkle with Watkins Seasoning Salt !