Herbal One Oshawa

12/19/2025

Get creative with Christmas Food Art & Holiday Snack Ideas, while staying on track. :)

Creative Christmas Food Art & Holiday Snack Ideas
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12/19/2025

Peppermint Mocha
Serves 1 = 1 protein or 1 one choice, 1 condiment
Ingredients:
Herbal One Chocolate Bean protein powder
1 tsp peppermint extract
1 cup coffee
2 tbsp Gay Lea Real Whipped Cream Light
Directions:
Mix Chocolate Bean protein powder and peppermint extract with 2 oz cold water until smooth. Add hot coffee and stir to combine. Top with whipped cream. Optional - sprinkle with cinnamon, to preference.
Note: you can substitute peppermint herbal tea bag if you don't have peppermint extract.

12/19/2025

Spinach Dip
Serves 4
1 Serving = 1 dairy, 1 fat
Ingredients:
1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed/drained
1 tbsp roasted garlic
1 oz fresh shredded Parmesan
1 oz feta
1 tbsp + 1 tsp olive oil
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F. Combine ingredients in an oven-safe baking dish. Bake for 25 minutes. Stir. Divide into four equal portions and serve warm with fresh vegetables and/or crackers.
Enjoy!

12/19/2025

"Old ways won't open new doors."
A gentle reminder to be honest with yourself this holiday season.
It's very easy to sabotage yourself with seemingly innocent bites and nibbles or splurging on liquid calories. Treats become readily available and specialty holiday beverages are cleverly marketed to promote holiday indulgence.
Keeping track of your food and beverage selections will help ensure that you are making conscious choices rather than switching into autopilot and ignoring unhealthy habits.
What is your favorite festive food or beverage?

12/19/2025

To successfully navigate party landmines, you need a strategy. Having a plan in place will help you handle night after night of eating and/or drinking. Set goals even if this includes maintaining your current weight rather than attempting to lose weight over the holidays. However, just because you might be placing your weight loss efforts on hold does not mean that you can indulge every craving and/or allow your portions to grow astronomically. Plan your menu in advance so that you can enjoy treats in moderation and allow room for festive foods.

12/18/2025

"All of our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them."

12/15/2025

Christmas Shortbread Stars
1 cup flour
1/2 cup butter
1 tbsp. orange peel
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. Splenda
2 tsp. icing sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon (for dusting)
1/2 tsp. icing sugar (for dusting)
Place the butter and flour in a bowl and rub together until mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Stir in the rest of the ingredients along with 2 tsp. cold water and combine to form a a ball. Roll out onto a lightly floured surface. to a thickness of 2.5 mm. Cut out approx. 40 star shapes with a cutter. Bake at 350F for 10 - 12 minutes. Mix together the remaining cinnamon and icing sugar and lightly dust over cookies.
Makes 40 stars: 2 stars = 1 one choice

12/15/2025

You don't need a new week, a new month or a new year. You need a new mindset!
Holidays bring family and friends together to celebrate traditions and spread good cheer.
They also bring many opportunities for socializing, eating, and drinking.
It's perfectly okay to treat yourself once in awhile but make it a CHOICE not a CHEAT.
Although you cannot control every holiday moment, you can control how you respond and the choices you make when faced with temptation.

12/12/2025

✨ Festive Protein Shake Roundup! ✨
’Tis the season for healthy, high-protein holiday flavours, without the sugar crash.
Here are THREE crave-worthy shakes you can make with your Herbal One protein this week:
Gingerbread Protein Shake 🤎💪
Serves 1 = 1 protein or 1 one choice
Ingredients:
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
Sprinkle nutmeg
1 package Herbal One Vanilla Bean protein powder
1 cup cold brewed coffee
Directions:
Blend coffee, ginger, ice cubes, and protein powder until smooth. Garnish with cinnamon and nutmeg.
Creamy Cranberry Protein Smoothie 🎄
Serves 1 = 1 protein (or 1 one choice), 1 fruit
Ingredients:
1 package Creamy Berry Herbal One protein
1 cup frozen cranberries
8-12 oz water
Directions:
Blend ingredients until smooth! Enjoy this festive spin on your morning shake.
Optional - garnish with mint leaves.
Peppermint Mocha 🍫 🌿
Serves 1 = 1 protein (or 1 one choice), 1 fruit
Ingredients:
1 package Herbal One Vanilla Protein powder
1 cup cold brewed coffee
1/2 frozen banana
1 tsp peppermint extract
Directions:
Blend ingredients until smooth. Enjoy!
Optional - garnish with 15g Light Whipped Cream (30 calories, 2g sugar per 15g)
💬 Which one are you trying first?

12/12/2025

Holiday baking is a festive highlight for many, but it can easily hinder weight loss efforts. However, by carefully selecting ingredients you can still enjoy this seasonal pastime without sabotaging your healthy lifestyle. ⁠
Here are some simple swaps to cut calories and fat so that you can enjoy your festive baking traditions while continuing to work towards your health goals.
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Add sweetness and moisture while boosting vitamin C and fiber by substituting unsweetened applesauce for butter or oil (1:1 ratio).⁠
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Slash calories by substituting a calorie-free sweetener for sugar. One of my personal favorites is Swerve (1:1 ratio) as it tastes just like sugar and doesn't have the bitter aftertaste or digestive discomfort of other sweeteners. ⁠
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Pureed black beans add protein and fiber, and they can be used instead of white flour in brownie recipes (1:1 ratio).
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Many baking recipes call for peanuts or peanut butter, which drastically increases the fat and calories. Powdered peanut butter is made by removing the oil and water from peanuts and thus has 85 percent less fat calories than traditional peanut butter. ⁠
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Another swap to reduce the caloric burden of oil in recipes is substituting canned pumpkin (1:1 ratio). Pumpkin is a good source of potassium, vitamin C, fiber and antioxidants.⁠
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By swapping in half of a tablespoon of avocado for one tablespoon of butter, you can cut the fat and calorie content significantly while still enjoying a rich, creamy texture.⁠
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Use these simple swaps to level up your baking game this holiday season without falling off track with your healthy eating habits. ⁠
Save this post for easy reference. 👇

12/10/2025

Holiday Sugar Cookies
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar substitute
1 med. egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
1 pkg. Sugar Free Fruit Flavored Gelatin
Beat butter and sugar substitute in medium-sized bowl on medium speed of mixer until well combined. Mix in egg and vanilla until blended. Add combined flour, baking powder and salt. Mix until blended. Drop dough by rounded teaspoons onto cookie sheets sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Sprinkle with sugar-free gelatin. Bake in preheated 350 F oven 8-10 minutes. Remove from cookie sheet and cool completely on wire rack. Store in tightly covered container at room temperature.
Makes 20 cookies - 3 cookies = 1 one choice

12/10/2025

Believe it or not, you can lose weight while maintaining a healthy social life. In fact, practicing healthy choices while attending social functions will help transform your new habits into permanent lifestyle changes.⁠
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Healthy Holiday Tip!
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Beware of booze! Many are fooled into disregarding the caloric burden of alcohol because of clever marketing. Just because a beverage is sugar-free doesn't mean that it is calorie-free! Furthermore, alcohol switches the brain into starvation mode, increasing hunger and appetite.
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This effervescent mocktail looks and tastes festive, and it's under 5 calories per beverage.
Holiday Spritzer
1 Serving = free beverage
Ingredients:
355 ml Aelo Aperitivo Spritz (0 calories, 0g sugar)
1 oz Sun Rype Super Slim Cranberry Juice
(10 calories per 1 cup - no ASPARTAME)
Optional - Garnish with fresh or frozen cranberries, orange wedges or apple slices, and rosemary sprig.