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Sweet Taste of Success

Let the excitement surrounding the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games inspire you to taste the sweetness of success with healthy eating and living. Embrace the energy and spirit of the event by hosting your very own Olympic Games themed barbeque for family and friends.

Party planning
Send out invitations that highlight your party theme and encourage guests to come ready to participate in fun, physical games. As you plan party activities, consider dividing players into teams for some games and asking each guest to represent a participating country. Let the excitement surrounding the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games inspire you to taste the sweetness of success with healthy eating and living. Embrace the energy and spirit of the event by hosting your very own Olympic Games themed barbeque for family and friends.

Let the games begin!

To make sure all your guests have the opportunity to participate in at least one fun activity, we recommend you organize at least three or four games. Try these for starters:

100-metre hop: Ask each participant to place a balloon or ball between his or her knees and start hopping. The first one to reach the finish line wins.

Roll and throw: Prepare to get soaked! Participants somersault their way from the starting line to three water balloons that they must then throw into hula hoops or baskets.

Volleyball or badminton: The first team to acquire 10 points is declared the winner.

Jump rope: Whoever jumps rope the longest without stopping wins. After a practice run, this favourite childhood pastime is sure to come back to you all!

Party food
People love to congregate around food, especially during barbeque season. Prepare tasty, healthy dishes that will fuel up the crowd and have them coming back for more. Check out our SPLENDA^® recipes for all occasions, plus more developed by the Canadian Living Test Kitchen.

You can lower the sugar in your favourite dishes while maintaining great taste by using SPLENDA^® Brand products. Simply use 1 cup of SPLENDA^® Granulated in place of 1 cup of sugar or use 1/2 cup of SPLENDA^® Brand Brown Sugar Blend in place of 1 cup of brown sugar.

SPLENDA^® Brand Products. Feel good about using less sugar. No one will taste the difference. Cook and bake with SPLENDA^®, add it to your coffee and tea or sprinkle it on your cereal. Great taste. No aspartame.

SPLENDA® Recipes

Fit for the Grill
Fire up the barbecue - the warm weather is here!
On a hot summer day, there's nothing like a delicious barbecue with family and friends. The only downside is that traditional barbecue sauces and recipes can be high in sugar. You can easily lower the sugar in all of your recipes by replacing the sugar with SPLENDA® Brand products.

Try these mouth watering recipes below made with SPLENDA® Brand products:
• BBQ Sauce
• Grilled Asian Steak Salad
• Scallion and Habanero Marinated Pork Loin
• Soy Ginger Chicken Burgers
• Soy Marinated Chicken Breast with Grilled Asparagus
• Sweet and Sour Sauce

Summer Salads
Crisp and cool - salads are a great side for your grilled dishes.
Quick and easy-to-prepare salads are ideal for a barbecue. Consider making two different salads for variety, and to please picky eaters.
Try the following recipes - they're made with SPLENDA® Brand products - so they're lower in sugar!
• Cabbage and Cranberry Slaw
• Salad Caprese with Mozzarella Biscuits
• Spring Greens with Citrus Vinaigrette
• Tuna Salad Niçoise

Refreshing Beverages
Icy cool drinks to quench your thirst.
Iced tea and lemonade are summer favourites. The combination of tart and sweet always seems to hit the spot. The amount of sugar found in some traditional recipes, however, can be hard to swallow. But by replacing the sugar in your recipes with SPLENDA® Brand products, you keep the taste, and lower the calories.
• Black Currant Mango Iced Tea
• Lemonade
• Peach Green Tea Punch
• Raspberry Tea Punch
• Summer Citrus Ade
• Watermelon Lemonade with SPLENDA^®

Cool Treats
Refreshing desserts for a hot summer day.
On a hot summer day, just the idea of spending the day in front of a hot oven is enough to make you sweat! So hang up your oven mitts and try these sweet treats. They're delicious and refreshing, and because they're made with SPLENDA® Brand products, they're lower in sugar!
• Berry Berry Ice Cream (Chef Nelson Borges)
• Frozen Grasshopper Pie
• Lemon Chiffon Pie
• Mango and Orange Juice Granite