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Planning Healthy Meals for 1 or 2
Are you sick of eating leftovers? Do you find it wasteful to throw away extra food?If your family rarely find time to eat together and meal times include just one or two people then you have to rethink how you prepare your meals. The MayoClinic shares the following tips on how to make small-quantity cooking easier and more interesting. ConvenienceBuy frozen foods in bulk. Examples of foods that yo... [Read More]
How to Make Your Favorite Recipes Healthier
Eating healthy and trying to lose weight doesn't mean that you have to say goodbye to your favorite foods. Helpguide.com says there are a number of ways to improve your favorite recipes and make them healthier - while keeping the tastes, textures, and flavors that drew you to them in the first place. Below are some tips to make your recipes healthier as listed by Helpguide.com:Stews and casseroles... [Read More]
4 Delicious Ways to Eat Berries
Berries are not only delicious, they are also packed with nutrients that prevent diseases and boost overall health. On top of that, berries can also help with your diet - providing you with maximum health benefits with minimum calories.That said; why not add berries to your desserts, salads and even breakfasts? Below are four ways to enjoy your favorite berries. All recipes are from health.com. Fr... [Read More]
Bethenny Frankel’s Skinnygirl Margarita
We all like to relax and have fun once in a while. Having friends over for dinner and drinks is a nice way to unwind and have fun. But even then, you can should still watch out for weight-gain contents that could be lurking in your drinks. For the weigh-conscious fitness junkie, Celebrity natural-foods chef Bethenny Frankel has concocted the perfect drink that will now "blow your diet."I... [Read More]
Diet-Friendly Dessert
Don't you wish there's a delicious treat or a scrumptious dessert out there that does not end on your thigh or belly. Well, now there is - thanks to celebrity natural-foods chef Bethenny Frankel. The celebrity chef shares Fudge Chocolate Chip Muffins that promises to have all the good stuff we look for in muffins, and not of the bad. Ingredients:1 cup unsweetened applesauce1⁄2 cup raw sugar1... [Read More]
Healthy Picnic Pastas
Your favorite pasta dish can now be both delicious and nutritious - and easy on the waistline as well. Health.com has put a healthier twist on your popular pasta dishes:Green-and-white pastaGreen-and-white pasta reproduces the richness and the taste of your favorite cream-pasta, minus the calories. The trick is to mix fat-free sour cream and cottage cheese with a smidgen of pesto. This dish also c... [Read More]
30-Minute Meals: Sausage and Peppers
Working folks' excuse for eating frozen TV dinners and/or takeout is that they don't have time to cook. And you have to admit the excuse is getting old since we've got dozens of cookbooks and TV shows which give out healthy recipes that we can cook (and eat) in a matter of minutes. Websites like health.com also feature such recipes. Here's one from the Health website:Sausage and PeppersIngredients... [Read More]
Beet-Orange Salad With Ricotta
For people on a diet, but still would like to enjoy a delicious meal or snack, you might find this recipe fits the bill perfectly. It's delicious, and nutritious at just 132 calories. Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds medium beets2 navel oranges1 1/2 tablesp... [Read More]
Chili: Your Favorite Food Made Healthier
Chili is one of the most favorite and beloved foods. It seems that certain occasions are not complete without Chili. Over the years, Chili has gone through several incarnations. Several new ingredients also made their way into this popular dish - some seem rather unfit for it, like say chocolate. Now, the Chili has gone through another reincarnation, and this time it's the MayoClinic that put thei... [Read More]
BBQ Pork Tenderloin
For this recipe you will need: 3/4 pound of pork tenderloinsome sweet barbecue sauce1 cup of tomato sauce3 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce1 tablespoon of vinegar1 tablespoon of liquid smoke3 packets of Splenda sweetenerTo begin, cut the pork into 3/4" slices and pound them until they become thin. Next, heat some oil in the pan and sprinkle it with some salt and pepper as well as some Old ... [Read More]