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Frozen appetizer: Blue Horizon Organic Spring Rolls With Cilantro and Lemongrass ($4) Company’s coming and you have no predinner nibbles prepared? Enter Blue Horizon. Their spring rolls are crispy, nongreasy, and fresh-tasting. With organic ingredients like green beans, cabbage, lemongrass, and cilantro, three spring rolls have only 130 calories, 4 grams of fat, and no trans fat or preservatives.
Frozen pizza: Kashi All-Natural Thin Crust Frozen Pizza, Roasted Vegetable ($6) This pie helps us sneak in our veggies and whole grains. The thin, crispy crust is wood-fired and made with a blend of ground flaxseeds and whole-wheat and long-grain rice flour topped with two cheeses, broccoli, artichoke hearts, roasted peppers, onions, and garlic. One serving (one-third of the pie) has 250 calories, 9 grams of fat, 14 grams of protein, and 4 grams of fiber.
Frozen vegetarian entree: Amy’s Light in Sodium Indian Mattar Paneer ($5) When you’re craving the taste of India in the comfort of your home, Amy’s serves up a winner. This dinner has three tasty parts: delicately spiced organic peas and paneer (Indian cheese); organic basmati rice with carrots, onions, and cumin; and curried garbanzo beans and sweet organic tomatoes. All this for 320 calories, 8 grams of fat, and 11 grams of protein.
Beverages
Bottled tea: Honest Tea, Organic Peach White flavor ($1.69) This tasty tea is made with antioxidant-rich organic white tea (least processed of all teas), organic peach puree and cane sugar. Each bottle has 150 milligrams of the antioxidant ECGC and only 85 calories. Judge Roshini Rajapaska, MD, (Dr. Raj) loved the refreshing, just-sweet-enough flavor.
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Juice: Naked Açai Machine ($3.79) Dr. Raj liked this refreshing blend of antioxidant-rich açai berries, heart-healthy concord grapes, and fiber-rich plums, with a little apple and banana thrown in for texture. It is loaded with healthy vitamins, too; half of a bottle (160 calories) supplies 100% of your vitamin A and vitamin C needs and 300% of your vitamin E needs.
Sparkling beverage: Ooba Hibiscus ($2.49) Ooba is an effervescent drink infused with hibiscus extract and sweetened with a touch of cane sugar. Hibiscus was once used for its healing properties, and, according to some research, it reduces high blood pressure and bad cholesterol, and improves cardiovascular health. We like the bubbles and hint of sweetness and that one serving (90 calories) provides 50% of your daily vitamin C need.
Alternative beverage: Revolution 3D Blueberry ($1.59) With a subtle blueberry-and-white-tea flavor, this refreshing drink is a new spin on tea—and a great way to cool off on a hot summer’s day. Made with real blueberry juice and sweetened with agave syrup and pure cane sugar, it also gives you 100% of your vitamin C and 20% of your vitamin B daily—all for only 90 calories.
