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Monday, March 09, 2009

Instant Coffee - I Can Mess It Up

Okay. So, I don't cook. Or I rarely cook. And when I do I stick with the basics. Something easy. Something with a clear cut recipe.

I just noticed that I've been making my instant coffee wrong. That's right - it can be messed up. I was looking today to see how many calories I've been consuming every day since I gave up my diet pop and noticed that the directions say to use 4 teaspoons. I've been using 4 tablespoons. If I had been using 4 teaspoons I would have only been having 60 calories a day. I'm not even going to try to figure out that math, but I'm guessing it's at least double that - not to mention all the extra caffeine I've been getting.

My plan is to eventually take caffeine out of my diet completely, but I can tell you that that's not going to happen tomorrow. Looks like I'll have to start using less and less of that instant yummy goodness in the morning.

4 comments:

Christie said...

I say substitute donuts for the instant yummy goodness that is coffee. Or bacon.

Amy said...

I hate to break it to you, but there are a little more than 3 teaspoons in 1 tablespoon--

Cathy said...

Oh my god. That's a whole lot of sugar and caffeine. no wonder I got a withdrawal headache the other day when I got Diet Pepsi when we went out for breakfast. Today I only used 3 tablespoons. Looks like I need to get it down to about one...

Anonymous said...

WOW. That must have been some STRONG coffee.

Sounds delicious.

And this highlights exactly why I love you so much.

 

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