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<br>Hungry Girl Today: 8.5.15
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<br>Hi Hungry Girl,
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<br>I'm obsessed with Wendy's Baconator Fries, but they have like 500 calories! Please tell me you've got a healthy swap for these delicious fries...
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<br>Fry Fanatic
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<br>Hi Fry Fanatic,
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<br>Those fries are everywhere! And you're right, they're a nutritional disaster: 490 calories and 28g fat (PointsPlus® value 13*). Not surprising, considering we're talking about fried potato spears topped with a mound of shredded cheese, copious amounts of bacon, and a gloppy cheese sauce. But you're in luck -- I've got a recipe for cheesy bacon fries in my cookbook HUNGRY GIRL TO THE MAX!, and today, I'm sharing that recipe (with a slight 2015 upgrade: reduced-fat cheese instead of fat-free). I love potatoes, but for this recipe, I swapped out spuds for low-calorie turnips. After all, when you're preparing to top off a dish with bacon and cheese, you want to keep the base as low in calories as possible. Plus, baked turnips make an excellent fry swap. Add a light cheese sauce and lean bacon, and you've got crave-worthy fries with less than half the calories and a small fraction of the fat...
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<br>Bacon 'n Cheese Turnip Fries 
<br>1/2 of recipe: 243 calories, 9.5g total fat (4.5g sat. fat), 775mg sodium, 24g carbs, 6g fiber, 14.5g sugars, 14.5g protein -- PointsPlus® value 6* -- SmartPoints® value 5*
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<br>Prep: 10 minutes
<br>Cook: 30 minutes
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<br>Ingredients:
<br>1 1/2 lbs. (about 2 medium) turnips
<br>2 slices center-cut bacon or turkey bacon
<br>1/4 cup light plain soymilk
<br>2 slices reduced-fat cheddar cheese
<br>2 wedges The Laughing Cow Light Creamy Swiss cheese
<br>Optional seasonings: salt and black pepper
<br>Optional topping: chopped scallions
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<br>Directions:
<br>Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Spray 2 baking sheets with nonstick spray.
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<br>Cut turnips into French-fry-shaped spears, and lay on the sheets. Bake for 15 minutes.
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<br>Flip spears. Bake until tender on the inside and crispy on the outside, about 15 more minutes.
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<br>Meanwhile, cook bacon until crispy, either in a skillet over medium heat or on a microwave-safe plate in the microwave. (See package for cook time.) Chop or crumble.
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<br>Pour soymilk into a small nonstick pot. Add cheese slices and wedges, breaking them into pieces. Bring to medium-low heat. Cook and stir until sauce is hot and uniform, 5 - 8 minutes.
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<br>Top fries with cheese sauce and chopped or crumbled bacon.
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<br>MAKES 2 SERVINGS
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<br>HG FYI: If made with fat-free cheese slices (as called for in TO THE MAX!), each serving will have 195 calories and 4.5g fat (PointsPlus® value 5* -- SmartPoints® value 3*).
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<br>There you have it... Enjoy!
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<br>Today, August 5th, is National Oyster Day. A medium Pacific oyster has just 40 calories... but if you're not into shellfish, have half an ounce of oyster crackers (about 15 crackers) for around 60 calories.
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