Tropical Fat Burner 1 cup pineapple juice 3 strawberries 1 banana 1 tbsp low-fat yogurt 1 scoop vanilla SLM protein powder Toss all ingredients into a blender and purée until desired consistency. Nutrients per serving: Calories: 370, Total Fats: 3 g, Saturated Fat: 2 g, Trans Fat: 0 g, Cholesterol: 35 mg, Sodium: 55 mg,… Continue reading Tropical Fat Burning Smoothie
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10 Foods that Hydrate your Skin
Your skin is an outer reflection of the foods you put in your body. Some of us are prone to dry skin, and seasonal weather changes can make our skin dryer as well. There are a few things you can eat to enrich and hydrate the skin from the inside out.
Spinach Alfredo Lasagna
1 egg, lightly beaten 1 15 ounce carton part-skim ricotta cheese 1 10 ounce package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and well drained 4 cloves garlic, minced 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 15 ounce jar Alfredo sauce 1/2 cup fat-free milk 6 whole grain lasagna noodles 2 cups shredded carrots (4 medium) 2 cups… Continue reading Spinach Alfredo Lasagna
Key Lime Pie in 3 Easy Steps
Key lime pie is a delicious dessert that is deceptively easy to make. My mom and I love this dessert and I used to make it every spring and summer for her when I visited. If you enjoy a citrus twist in your dessert, I think this will be go-to recipe for you. (It could… Continue reading Key Lime Pie in 3 Easy Steps
These Top 10 Truly Healthy Snacks Will Cut Your Hunger
Three square meals a day is all well and good, but we all sometimes need a little something in between, but there is no need to buy all the 100-cal snack pack but full of ingredients we can hardly spell, here are some real-food-snacks ideas that will boost our energy and without piling on the… Continue reading These Top 10 Truly Healthy Snacks Will Cut Your Hunger
Great Grandma’s Spanish Rice: A Recipe for Cinco de Mayo
Great Grandma V came to the United States from Mexico to begin a new life. She adopted many of the American traditions, learned English and started her own business. She acclimated speedily to the USA, adopting many of the American ways of life. However, Grandma’s cooking remained authentically Mexican. I loved eating her food and I am thrilled… Continue reading Great Grandma’s Spanish Rice: A Recipe for Cinco de Mayo
How to Simply Meal Making and Eat Healthier
As a food writer and home cook, I love to cook. But that doesn’t mean I want to spend every night in front of a cookbook and hot stove working on a recipe from Julia Child. So I took an idea of Tim Ferris’s (author of The Four Hour Workweek): simplify meals and diet by eating very… Continue reading How to Simply Meal Making and Eat Healthier
How to Make a Fabulous Zucchini Dinner
Spring is officially here and with spring come different vegetables to eat, cook and enjoy. I want to share one of my absolute favorite vegetarian dishes with you. It’s fairly easy to make, but after tasting it, your friends and family will think you are a gourmet cook- it is that good. But first, a… Continue reading How to Make a Fabulous Zucchini Dinner
Mystery Meat Found at KFC
This article will make you think twice about eating fast food, Ibrahim Lango, a 19 year old from Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom, found a piece of what they believe to be a kidney, which looked more like a human brain, in his Kentucky Fried Chicken. It has been known for a while that KFC ingredients… Continue reading Mystery Meat Found at KFC
The Quik Cook! International Favorites: Cambodia
The Quik Cook! continues with national cuisine favorites from around the world from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe! Today’s port-of-call: Cambodia for Cambodian Fish Amok! Cambodian Fish Amok (Curried White Fish Served With Coconut Sauce.) Active Time: 30 mins / Servings: 2 Ingredients: Curry Paste 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1 large shallot bulb, finely chopped 3 stalks lemongrass,… Continue reading The Quik Cook! International Favorites: Cambodia
How to Create the (Almost) Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie
Most of us love to indulge in a little of the anti-oxidant rich chocolate (yes, I shamelessly cling to every study promoting the benefits of my favorite food) a few times during the week. Working on a new bake book, my obsession with creating the almost-perfect recipe for chocolate chip cookies probably goes a bit… Continue reading How to Create the (Almost) Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie
Paleo 101: A Need-to-Know Guide to the Paleo Diet
Scrolling down the list of Amazon best-selling cookbooks & food books I was amazed at the amount of Paleo-related cookbooks and info. As a foodie, I’ve heard a lot about the Paleo diet but I really didn’t know what defined it- or why its followers are so passionate about it. At a glance it sounds… Continue reading Paleo 101: A Need-to-Know Guide to the Paleo Diet