Delicious sugar-free fudge from Swiss Maid Fudge. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE.
December 2009
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Sugar Free, Gluten Free & Low Calorie Gift Ideas
2009 Picks For Enjoying Great Food With Fewer Calories
These “diet gifts” are great for people who stick to their diets all year long, as well as those who are about to make New Year’s resolutions. Choose from sugar free, calorie free, gluten free and lower calorie gifts. You can also check our prior year’s diet gift ideas.
Products are shown in alphabetical order. Prices and product availability are verified at publication but are subject to change. Shipping is additional. These items are offered by a third party and THE NIBBLE has no relationship with them.
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Americraft:
360 Waterless Cookware
We didn’t believe it until we saw an in-person demo; then we got our own cookware. Honest-to-goodness, you need zero added fat to cook with these pots and pans. It’s brand-new Vapor® Technology that uses the moisture inside the food to cook it fast—and good. Meats brown and taste great: perfect for calorie-counters. The company “set the standard for green manufacturing in the cookware industry.”
- 360 Waterless Cookware
$129.95 To $259.95
Buy online at BroadwayPanhandler.com
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 Everything cooked in this stockpot will have far fewer calories. Photo courtesy 360
Cookware.
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Bare Fruit:
Organic Dried Fruit Snacks
One of our favorite diet treats is simple dried fruit chips. They’re baked by the growers in wood-burning ovens with no added sugar, additives or preservatives (in fact, they’re USDA-certified organic). Crunchy, naturally sweet Cinnamon Apple Chips, Fuji Apple Chips, Granny Smith Apple Chips and Dried Pears Chips have just 29 calories per serving! Read our full review of Bare Fruit dried fruit snacks.
- Bare Fruit Organic Baked Fruit Chips
Two 2.57-Ounce Packs
$6.50-$7.58
- Three .63-Ounce Packs
$5.37
- Additional products available on
website.
Buy online at BareFruitSnacks.com |
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Snackilicious organic fruit chips. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE.
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Big Papi:
Gourmet
Hot Sauce
These hot sauces are truly exceptional—the best we’ve ever had. They’re not mere heat: You can actually taste the individual chiles used in each variety. Beautifully made from scratch, they’ll be a Top Pick Of The Week in early 2010. For a calorie counter, they give great flavor with virtually no calories—to soups, stews, eggs, vegetable juice, meat and seafood.
- Big Papi Hot Sauce
5-Ounce Bottle
$7.95
- The Sampler
Four 2-Ounce Bottles
$10.99
- Additional options on website
Buy online at BigPapiEnFuego.com |
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Hot stuff, negligible calories. Photo by Evan Dempsey | THE NIBBLE. |
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Cuisinart:
Vertical Rotisserie
Here’s a great gift for lower calorie, healthy cooking. The rotisserie, which cooks chicken, roasts, fish and kebabs, seals in nutritious juices and drains away the fat. A three-hour countdown timer with auto-shutoff lets you tend to other things as dinner cooks. Why buy a pre-cooked chicken that’s been sitting under a heat lamp when you can have your own fresh, juicy one? It’s also an easy way to teach kids a way to simple, healthy cooking. A recipe book is included.
- Cuisinart Vertical Rotisserie
$194.00
Buy online at Amazon.com with free Super Saver Shipping.
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The fat drips away for lower calorie meals. Photo courtesy of Cuisinart. |
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Le Whif: Chocolate Inhaler
Dieters may not be able to eat the chocolate, but they can inhale it. This little device, invented by a Harvard professor, is the chocolate equivalent of a plastic menthol cigarette. You place the inhaler between your lips and inhale gently; tiny particles of chocolate inside are sucked onto your tongue. You enjoy the taste of the chocolate without the calories of chocolate.
- Le Whif
Pack Of 3 Inhalers
$8.95
Buy online at LeWhif.com |
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Photo courtesy of Le Whif.
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Melissa's:
Exotic Fruit Club
What’s a better and healthier than fruit? Make it exotic fruit from Melissa’s, the best-known purveyor of unusual produce in the U.S., and it’s fun fruit as well. After all, how many of us have had ambrosia apples, cherimoyas, feijoas, plumcots, strawberry papayas or Saturn peaches?
- Melissa's Exotic Fruit Club
3-month, 6-month, or 1-year
subscription
$123.95-$403.95
Buy online at Melissas.com |
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Photo courtesy Melissa's/World Variety Produce, Inc.
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Nespresso: Aeroccino Plus
Dieting or not, this is perhaps our favorite kitchen appliance. In a minute, it whips up extraordinary cappuccino or latte foam. Just select which type, add cold fat-free milk and push the button. You’ve got a portion of delicious, low-calorie foam to top coffee or diet hot chocolate. We use the latte setting to create frothy hot milk, which we love with a bit of artificial sweetener.
- Nespresso Aeroccino
Holds 8.5 ounces of hot milk
$99.00
Buy online at Nespresso.com |
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Photo courtesy Nespresso.
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Organic Nectars
Agave Syrups
Agave is a natural sweetener that has half the glycemic index of sugar, and is recommended for diabetics and others that restrict their intake of sugar. Yet, it’s just as tasty as sugar—some like it even better, as it lacks the cloying aspects of sugar. Organic Nectars makes dessert syrups with agave, in chocolate, vanilla and goji. Certified organic and kosher. Read our full review.
- Organic Nectars Agave Dessert
Syrups
11-Ounce Jar
$9.99
- Additional Options On Website
Buy online at OrganicNectars.com
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Photo by Corey Lugg | THE NIBBLE.
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SodaStream:
PURE Seltzer & Soda Maker
Dieters drink lots of club soda and diet soda. PURE turns tap water into sparkling water or soda in 30 seconds, no electricity or batteries required, no mess or clean-up. Recyclable BPA-free carbonating cartridges do the carbonating. Soda lovers can choose from 25 delicious regular and diet soda flavors and an energy drink. The soda concentrates, made in Israel, are as natural-tasting as you’ll find. A delicious gift that also PURE is a new, minimalist version of the Penguin seltzer and soda maker (read our review). Certified kosher by OU.
- PURE Seltzer Startup Kit
Sale price $149.99
(Originally $169.95)
Makes 120 Liters
- PURE Soda Starter Kit
Sale price $159.99
(Originally $179.95)
Makes 36 Liters
- Additional products available on
website.
Buy online at SodaStreamUSA.com
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No need to schlep bottles of club soda and diet soda, no need to recycle. Make your own fresh, the minute you want it, with Pure Seltzer & Soda Maker. Photo courtesy Soda Stream.
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Swiss Maid:
Sugar-Free Fudge
Can’t have sugar? You won’t even notice it’s missing in this delicious sugar-free fudge. In chocolate, vanilla and chocolate walnut, these are real finds for those who can’t have sugar. While there is some calorie savings from the sugar substitute, they’re not “diet food,” though—no candy this delicious is low calorie!
- Swiss Maid Sugar-Free Chocolate
Fudge
By The Pound
$15.98
Buy online at SwissMaidFudge.com
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No one would guess this fab fudge is sugar free! Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. |
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Vital Choice: Organic Canned
Tuna & Salmon
How many dieters live on canned tuna or salmon? Treat your favorite dieter to these absolutely delicious organic varieties—so good, you’ll swear the tuna and salmon came from another planet. With Vital Choice, one will actually look forward to that can of tuna on lettuce with diet dressing. Certified kosher by OU.
- Vital Choice Albacore Canned Tuna
Sampler
Three cans
$20.00
Buy online at VitalChoice.com |
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Cans arrive gift-boxed.
Photo by Corey Lugg | THE NIBBLE. |
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