Fall Season Means Good Food

October 5, 2007 · Filed Under · 4 Comments 

TurduckenAhh….the smell of pumpkin pie is coming from the kitchen and stuffing from heaven fills the nostrils with pure joy! I love autumn, or I should say I love eating my way through autumn. For me, setting the clocks back is always a reminder to hide the scale behind my shoes in the closet. So delicious, so fattening, such a shame. As a public service announcement of what foods to avoid this fall, at least avoid going back for thirds, here are the 8 most unhealthy foods for fall according to Newsweek.

  1. Halloween Candy – 4 Pieces of “Fun” sized candy is approximately 320 calories. Wow, I am in trouble, I need at least eight pieces to have anything close to fun.
  2. Mashed Potatoes - 1/2 cup servings can have up to 200 calories. Of course this depends how much butter and bacon you put in. Personally, I like the double stuffed potatoes that have cheddar cheese with the butter and bacon. Ay Caramba!
  3. Venti Pumpkin Spiced Latte – This bad boy weighs in at 510 calories with 20 grams of fat. Starbucks Coffee should be renamed Starbucks Milkshakes!
  4. Apple Pie – The All-American dessert packs 400 calories and 20 grams of fat. This one surprises me, is it the shortening that makes the calorie count so high? Pumpkin pie would seem to be a healthier alternative.
  5. Cider – Hot cider on a cold fall afternoon, sitting by the fire with a good book. Need I say more? Forget that it has some sugar in it and enjoy it anyways!
  6. Stuffing - I love stuffing, more than the actual turkey. It does pack some butter and is high in carbs, thus 1 cup of this goodness packs about 350 calories. Ahh, forget about it, who can eat just 1 cup of stuffing anyways? 
  7. Candy Apple – Never big on the candy apple, always so much work to try and eat it and not end up with sticky stuff ALL over your face. A candy apple will cost you about 540 calories this fall.
  8. Turducken - John Madden first introduced me to the idea of Turducken a few years ago during halftime of the Lions game on Thanksgiving Day. It contains turkey, duck and chicken wrapped together. One servings is said to contain 750 calories and 34 grams of fat. Never ate one of these deformed fowls. Anybody out there every tried Turducken?

This post has nothing to do with what I usually blog about. You know how they say to never grocery shop when you are hungry? Well you can add to that never blog when you are hungry, you tend to ramble on about scrumptious food! 

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4 Responses to “Fall Season Means Good Food”

  1. Jennifer on October 5th, 2007 12:59 pm

    Pumpkin pie is higher in vitamin A than apple as well, although I bake everything with real butter. Shortening will kill ya, and margarine just doesn’t give foods the right texture or flavor. ..maybe try pumpkin cake or pumpkin pudding instead?

    Make your cider with no sugar added apple juice, have some protein with it to balance the glycemic index and drink up!

    Fun sized chocolates are not candy, they are medicine, and should be fully enjoyed for mental health reasons. Same goes for stuffing.

    Duck is not a food, it is a cute little animal to take your children to feed at the pond.

    Candy apples-not worth it. Try raspberry m&ms. Maybe chocolate dipped strawberries…there are lots better places to get 500 calories of fruit & chocolate than from a candied apple.

  2. Kyle on October 5th, 2007 1:43 pm

    Jennifer, great tips. LOL, I agree on your duck comment. Apparently some people use the bread crumbs at the pond to entice them in and then they snatch ‘em!

    I love pumpkin pie with real whipped cream! I actually heard on Oprah that butter is better for your body because your body knows how to handle it where the fake stuff is hard on your system.

    Good tip on the cider as well.

  3. Mrs. Micah on October 7th, 2007 7:08 pm

    I always found Thanksgiving foods stressful. Well, I like duck as a once or twice a year food, but we got that at home, not at Thanksgiving. Fortunately, now I actually enjoy turkey a bit. But I normally skip most of the offerings and take a bit of turkey, mashed potatoes, a little stuffing, and corn with a slice of apple pie as a follow-up. Otherwise I pretty much ignore fall foods.

    Mr. Micah likes the Seattle’s Best pumpkin latte, but he gets a small one and only one or two per year, so I don’t scold.

  4. K T Cat on October 8th, 2007 8:20 am

    Squash soups make for a great change of pace from all the fattening foods.

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