Its amazing what a good nights sleep will do for you. I woke up this morning refreshed, relaxed, and ready to take on the day.
I was feeling something a little indulgent for breakfast so I made french toast with bananas and syrup. All I did was whip an egg and dip two pieces of whole wheat toast into the mixture before grilling it on the stove and topping it with cinnamon. It was so tasty.
Since I normally have two eggs for breakfast I scrambled the other with some broccoli, tomatoes, and onions for a little veggie side dish that filled me up and gave me the energy to get to geology class.
My classes went great and I was even able to get a head start on some homework due later this week. When I was done I was excited to get home and get to another thing on my to-do list.
Last week Eat Smart contacted me to see if I would be interested in reviewing their Precision Pro Kitchen Scale. It was just featured on Dr. Oz as one of his top 3 products under $30 (the scale is $25 with free shipping on Amazon) to help you eat healthier in the kitchen. I was so excited to try this product because it helps you increase your awareness of how much food you are eating. I’m guilty of snacking by the handfuls instead of by the serving size way more often than I should. And when serving sizes are measured in weight? I normally have to eyeball it and I’m guessing my estimates are a lot more generous than they should be.
Take for instance this farro. I am obsessed with Wegman’s Farro with Mushrooms and Roasted Tomatoes and picked up a pound of it on my way home from school today. It is delicious, nutrient rich, packed with protein, and only 100 calories for 4 ounces. My only problem is I don’t have a reliable way of measuring out 4 ounces and if I don’t measure this out I can eat it in a sitting.
Enter the Precision Pro Scale. It can measure in grams, ounces, kilograms, and pounds and has a max weight of 11 pounds. Its also super compact, cute, uses batteries, and has only two buttons you have to deal with. The feature I was most excited about was the tare function.
If you’re new to kitchen scales, tare is a great feature that allows you to subtract out the weight of the container of the item so you’re getting just the weight of the food. Taring the Precision Pro was super easy. You just hit the on button, place the container on the scale, and then hit tare. It will zero out the weight and then you add your food to weigh.
The first thing I noticed when putting the food on the scale was how precise it was. Adding just a little extra farro was reflected in the numbers causing it to take a little while to get to my exact 4oz serving size. The biggest thing I noticed was how much I overestimated four ounces. When I eyeballed it I put 7 ounces onto the scale. I think this scale is so useful to me because it makes me aware of how bad I am at estimating what I eat. Bringing awareness to that is really important. I’m also really excited to use the scale for baking. I’ve heard a kitchen scale can greatly improve the quality of baked goods. They are my favorite things to make! 😀
After playing with my new scale for a while I also had a cup of Wegman’s broccoli and cheddar soup to round out my appropriate serving size dinner. It was delicious and I love how there’s whole huge pieces of broccoli in the soup.
After dinner I hung out with my family and made a hot shrub drink for dessert. I also celebrated National Peanut Butter day by eating some peanut M&M’s. (One of my weaknesses!) Its not quite the same but I figure any celebration is a good celebration! ;p
Question of the Day: What foods are you bad at eyeballing serving sizes of? I always seem to underestimate the amount of pastas and cheeses I’m consuming.
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