This doesn't really qualify as cooking but I accidently created a relatively lo-cal alternative to a Detroit favorite. When made at home, you can have coney dogs & fries for under 600 calories! Who knew? I didn't until I put it in my SparkPeople Diet & Food Tracker app out of curiosity. Actually, it came out to 527 calories ...
Lo-Cal Coney Dogs & Fries
1 reduced-calorie hot dog bun
2 fat-free Oscar Mayer Wieners
1 cup Hormel Chili, No Beans
3 oz. Ore-Ida Zesties Fries (approx. 12 pieces)
Place hot dog bun open-faced on plate. Put one hot dog on each bun "half." Cover with chili (and onions and mustard, which are not technically in this calorie count but would still not put it over 600) and serve with fries.
There should be enough chili to cover your fries too. You can reduce the calories even further if you can give up some of the chili. However, at under 600 calories, I say treat yourself and indulge. I bet this is probably a third or less of the calories this meal would be at the local Coney restaurant where you would get two full-calorie buns, two full-fat hot dogs, and three times as many deep-fried fries. I will still frequent our awesome Coney joints occasionally but can kill a craving with this easy at-home switcheroo!
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