{"id":98581,"date":"2014-06-08T08:30:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T13:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=98581"},"modified":"2014-06-05T17:11:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T22:11:38","slug":"work-it-off-3-warm-weather-workouts-to-blast-away-a-320-calorie-bowl-of-mac-and-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/06\/work-it-off-3-warm-weather-workouts-to-blast-away-a-320-calorie-bowl-of-mac-and-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Work it Off: 3 Warm Weather Workouts to Blast Away a 320-Calorie Bowl of Mac and Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Portland houses the International Test Garden for roses, which basically means there are thousands of different varieties of the fragrant flower planted in a handful of large gardens around town. Thanks to our warmer than usual weather most of these are already in bloom, so earlier this week I decided to organize a picnic<\/a> <\/strong>among the roses. To start I made a salad topped with strawberries straight out of my garden (those are already in season too!). For the main I made a tasty\u00a0 dish with campanelli noodles, caramelized onions, fresh herbs, goat cheese, and a little bacon. While I thought of this as a fancy pasta dish my boyfriend pointed out that it was really just fancy mac and cheese. Tom-a-toes Tom-ah-toes, people!<\/p>\n

\"mac<\/a><\/p>\n

This dish was a hit and simple to make, but healthy it is not. For a 1\/2 pound serving (which is a small bowl-full) this dish clocks in at 320 calories. Not awful at face value, but when you factor in the dish contains 7 grams of saturated fat and 850 mg of sodium\u2014basically 35% of your recommended daily allowance of each\u2014you can see why this was a meal I definitely needed to burn off, stat! (Here’s a healthy mac and cheese recipe<\/a> <\/strong>to try, if the craving strikes.)<\/p>\n

How could I melt away those 320 surplus calories?<\/p>\n

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\"walk<\/a><\/p>\n

I could have spent 44 minutes walking up the steep hill to the rose garden.<\/p>\n

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\"bootcamp\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I could have done a boot camp class<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on and around the garden for 33 minutes.<\/p>\n

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\"volleyball\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Or I could have organized an outdoor game of volleyball between the blooms for 33 minutes.<\/p>\n

I chose to walk the hill. Boy, was the view worth it!<\/p>\n

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Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Healthy and Fresh Picnic Side Dishes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t Stop Till You Drop Workout<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Asparagus Pasta Salad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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