This one hits different
I’m upset that I didn’t have this combination sooner but this has been nice when I want something filling, caffeinated, and slightly sweet. ☕️
Caramel protein shake and cold brew! Totaled to 175 calories and 30 grams of protein.
My safe hot drinks 🍁
In honour of fall / autumn 🍂 coming in for Americans (and my continual cold despite the weather) here’s some hot drinks!
Hot chocolate 🍫
Misery Hot Chocolate - 15 calories
Tastes like hot chocolate if you squint... I drink it before every school test for the energy and fullness it gives me! Honestly kind of a miracle
Ingredients
- Hot water
- Almond milk (unsweetened) - 7 cals
- Teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa powder - 7 cals
- Shit tonne of fake sweetener - 1 cal
- Teaspoon instant coffee - 0 cals (optional)
- (Half a teaspoon of cornflour / cornstarch - 10 cals COMPLETLY OPTIONAL but makes it so thick like a fancy cafe)
Method
Pour boiling water into a mug. Add cocoa, sweetener and coffee and stir because it’s gonna CLUMP. I mean you can stop here and not add milk but I’m assuming you’re not a psychopath so just splash in a tiny bit. Cry as you drink this abomination
Tea ☕️
Chai masala - 7 calories
If you can bear the weight of how culturally incorrect this is compared to the creamy delight that is actual chai masala, this is incredible! You can sub in honey, or my favourite sticky honey chai I don’t since honey has so many calories it terrifies me :/ sucks because I keep bees
Ingredients
- Chai loose leaf black tea mixture - 0 cals
- Almond milk (unsweetened) - 7 cals
- Sweetener - 0 cals
Method
Fill your cup with a tiny bit of milk then up to the top with water. Pour this into a little saucepan, add the tea and put it on the stovetop. Boil it then simmer for ages like 7-10 minutes until it smells good. Strain into a cup, add your preferred sweetener (or don’t) and drink that creamy incredibleness
Matcha 🍵
Matcha latte - 10 calories
Genuinely my favourite drink. Allegedly good for the metabolism but honestly who trusts that. If you can froth your brand of almond milk do it’s so good
Ingredients
- Matcha powder (don’t buy the weirdly cheap health supermarket one it’s a bad idea it’s so grainy and bitter honestly just buy like the second cheapest or it’s unbearably bad ok rant over) - 3 cals
- Almond milk (unsweetened) - 7 cals
- Sweetener - 0 cals
Method
Boil your water, then add a little tiny bit of cold so it’s not boiling. Idk I heard it on a podcast it stops it burning or something don’t ask me. Whisk in a tiny bit of matcha with a fork while wishing you owned a cool bamboo whisk. Drink it in a tiny bowl if u want to be fancy - bonus of warming up your hands!! Sweeten and pour in your almond milk (or drink without)
Coffee 🎃
Pumpkin spice latte but it’s really goddamn sad - 10 calories
I’m not American so I couldn’t drink a real one if I wanted to but according to the internet the high cal version is pretty similar to Starbucks. I get the feeling someone is lying. Either way it tastes good to me! Get into the Halloween spirit
Ingredients
- Watered down shot of espresso - 0
- Pumpkin pie spices (cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves etc) - 0 (at least I don’t count it)
- 1 tsp pumpkin (you can use a purée but I just grab a chunk of cooked pumpkin) - 3 cals
- Almond milk (unsweetened) - 7 cals
Method
You can use a blender but who has time to wash that. Take your pumpkin and add whatever spices and sweeteners and some hot water and MASH IT!!!!! Until it’s liquidy enough that it can dissolve. Add your coffee and almond milk and stir until you can just pretend it isn’t lumpy. I would Not recommend drinking the last few sips it will be sludge but the rest? Pretty good
Dirty tea 🧉
London smog (hear me out) - 7 calories
Ok so every time I mention this to someone they look at me like I’m crazy but I swear it’s good. Works really really well with chai too!!!
Ingredients
- Earl gray / lady gray tea bag honestly just any flavour you have - 0 cals
- Shot of espresso - 0 cals
- Almond milk (unsweetened) - 7 cals
- Sweetener - 0 cals
Method
Boil a kettle and brew your tea strong. Add it to a cup and sweeten as desired. Add a shot of espresso and some almond milk. Cross my heart it’s good
Tips:
Almond milk calculated as .2 of a glass of unsweetened! Feel free to use any amount of any milk if you don’t have a ridiculous fear of milk like I do :D
Honey will make most of these drinks 100 times better
If you have any sugar free / low calorie drink flavouring things add them and let me know how they go!!
You always deserve the full calorie version. If you are looking for permission to have a 300 calorie hot chocolate, this is it. Go ahead. You always deserve food. Never limit something you enjoy.
Send me pictures and let me know if you like these!!!(particularly the London Smog and pumpkin, my irls think I’ve lost my mind and I’d like some backup)
Enjoy and stay safe <3
this was me two years ago when i was about 114lb. my LW was 108. i’ve gained so much since then and i need to get back to this :/
Recipe for this awesome soup!!
Only 165 calories for the whole thing!
1 cup of water- 0
1.5 cups of vegetable stock- 15
1 small can of sliced carrots- 35
1.5 cups of fresh baby spinach- 10
.5 servings of egg noodles- 105
Obviously calories vary by brand and you could use fresh carrots or add other ingredients if you’d like this is just how I made mine
