Remember those New Year's resolutions you made a couple weeks ago to eat healthier and exercise more? Well it's NEVER too late to start, especially if you have a food-loving dietitian on your side, cheering you along with small, sensible steps. I’m all about realistic, not radical, ways to eat smarter and add activity. Here are my five favorite tips to help you create lifelong healthy habits. #1. Eat more protein at breakfast. More protein means more fullness, or satiety. And more fullness ...
Thai Pumpkin Coconut Lentil Soup
Take a trip with your skillet to your stovetop for some global, Thai-inspired soup. The only ingredients requiring prep are the onions and garlic - some fast chopping. Other than that, this savory fruit soup - that's right, pumpkin is a fruit - needs only dumping from cans, jars and containers. My kind of soup-making. But how's this for an added perk? Filled with immune-boosting ingredients to keep you healthy and hopefully keep colds and flu at bay. Lentils offer lean protein for muscle ...
Beef Barley Vegetable Soup
A big bowl of immune-boosting nutrients to help fight flu, but keep you overall healthy, too. That's what my Beef Barley Vegetable Soup is. Before I blather on with all the health benefits, let me say this is EASY to make. And it makes a BIG BATCH - perfect for big eaters or big families. About 18-20 cups, so that would be 9 to 10 servings of 2 cups each. And it'll last a couple days (leftovers = no cooking!). Now, those health-boosting benefits: lean beef (zinc and protein for muscle ...
Spicy Tomato Red Pepper Soup
Three cheers for tomato soup that's fast, easy and filled with all the right nutrients to keep you healthy and happy. Except for chopping the onion and garlic, you simply open and dump canned and jarred ingredients. Technically, you could use already chopped fresh or frozen onion and ready-to-use chopped garlic to save even more time. Tomatoes, red pepper, garlic and onions give you tremendous immune-boosting, disease-fighting nutrients. Good for healthy blood pressure and heart health, ...
Bipartisan Shortbread Bars. The Recipe. The Story.
Sigh. Big sigh. Today is National Shortbread Day. I felt like sharing my favorite shortbread recipe - my Bipartisan Shortbread Bars. So I searched for my old blog post from days long ago. Found it! Read it. Sighed. Then sighed again. With sadness. And wistfulness. I’m definitely not one for wishing that things would be “the way they used to be,” but geez…. 2017? And now already in 2018? It just keeps getting worse. I’m going back to calling them Obama Bars. But if you don't like ...
Zesty Turkey Pumpkin Chili
Canned pumpkin...accessible and versatile any time of year. Works in more than just desserts. So be adventurous and add canned pumpkin to your favorite chili. Chili?! Yes, it's easy and adds richness and even MORE nutrients. Chili is already filled with good nutrition because of the onions, garlic and canned tomatoes and beans: immune-boosting, heart-healthy and disease-fighting phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals. Canned pumpkin adds even more of those nutrients, especially vitamins A, C ...
Hot, Spicy, Sweet & Smokey Mixed Nuts
Perfect party food for me means easy to make and easy to serve. And of course, filled with healthy nutrients for my guests as well. Oven-roasting mixed nuts is so easy. Just toss a bunch of sweet, hot, and smokey spices together in a bowl, then stir into your favorite nuts. Add a couple tablespoons of oil so the spices will stick to the nuts. Oven-roast. Watch closely and stir a couple times so they don't burn. Cool. Enjoy. These freeze well. Store in tightly covered container or ...
Fast Family-Friendly Meals
Fast, easy and healthy. I've got you covered when you need inspiration for any meal or occasion: lunch, dinner or even breakfast. Tailgating. Hectic weeknight meals. Hungry kids home from school. Pitch-in, parties and more. First up, my favorite side-salad that packs easily in lunches or is a great "make-n-take" dish for get-togethers. Also, it's my husband Jeff's favorite salad for lunches. Asian Sweet & Sour Bean Salad. Asian Sweet & Sour Bean Salad Save Print ...
Halloween Pizza Inspired Party
Halloween Party with Pizza-Inspired Foods for the Entire Family Notice I said "pizza-inspired" party, not just "pizza" party. That's because instead of just a bunch of traditional round pizzas, I thought it would be fun to throw together a main dish, side dish and dessert that all "resemble" pizza in one way or another. So my Pizza-Style Sloppy Joe's are like Pepperoni Cheese Pizza, but in a quick, stove-top skillet sloppy joe recipe. Italian seasoning, onion, garlic, ground beef and plenty ...
Curried Chicken Salad with Dried Cherries and Cashews
Basic chicken salad gets a flavor, texture and nutrient boost when you start adding fruit, nuts and spices. First, the fruit. Of course you can add chopped fresh fruit like apples, pears, mango or grapes. But I think dried fruits work the best, because they add all the typical "fruit nutrients" without extra moisture. Raisins, dates, cranberries, figs and my top favorite - dried cherries - compliment any chicken salad. Dried fruits offer fiber, vitamins and minerals for optimal health. And ...
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