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Body for Life Recipe: Chicken Salad

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Having a vegetable salad or just a green salad for lunch can leave you hungry and cranky before your lunch hour is even over. It is our good-intentioned salad crunching mid day that kills many of our weight loss efforts. We try to go through the day on a bran muffin for breakfast and a salad for lunch but we know that no active adult can do anything of the sort. Eating a salad is very much like eating Chinese food. You will be hungry a half hour later. Knowing this is half the battle. The biggest problem with trying … Continue reading →

Body for Life Recipe: Taco Salad

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Body-for-Life authorized foods aren’t the bland, basic foods that you are allowed on your average diet. The beauty of the Body-for-Life program is that you can eat a variety of regular everyday foods that can be made in your own kitchen and you will never have to skimp on flavor. This taco salad is a great example of that and takes just a few minutes to prepare. It is a complete and balanced meal that has plenty of flavor and lots of color. This recipe feeds two and you can be sure that your significant other will never know they’re … Continue reading →

Thai Chicken Salad and Parcel Post Bars

Now you know what my family will be eating for Christmas dinner. Well, at least some of what we’ll be eating. The following simple recipes are ones I plan to make and take to a Christmas potluck we’ll be attending later today. The first dish is a hearty salad that you could easily eat as a main entrée or contribute to a potluck. Most of the ingredients are ones you likely have in your kitchen right now, which means you could whip together this dish on a moment’s notice. The other dish is a dessert (who goes anywhere on Christmas … Continue reading →

Keep Your Salads Healthy and Tasty

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A healthy salad doesn’t need to consist of just lettuce and lemon juice. In fact, you could be sabotaging your weight loss efforts by boring yourself out of salads altogether! Try jazzing up your next salad by adding some of these healthy items to it. A quarter cup of avocado is high in good fat, low in saturated fat and cholesterol free. The high fat content in avocado will also help you to feel more satisfied after eating your salad. The right salad dressing can make a huge difference in your diet. By slathering on a cream or mayonnaise based … Continue reading →

Affordable Apple Recipes

I’ve given you simple ways to prepare fall’s bountiful crop of juicy, delicious apples in previous blogs, now let’s talk about dough. I’m not rolling in it and if you aren’t either then you might want to check out the following apple recipes. They are made from everyday items that can easily be found in your refrigerator and pantry. Let’s start with one of the cheapest apple recipes I have. BAKED APPLE RAMEN Yes, ramen noodles. As in the stuff most college students live off of. The instant-style, deep-fried noodles that are sold in cellophane packages, sometimes with bits of … Continue reading →

Just How Healthy Is Your Salad?

I’m really not a burger and fries kind of person. Which is not to say that I don’t indulge in high calorie foods, it’s just that when I pig out it’s usually on pulled pork and bread pudding. The rest of the time I simply have a salad. Wait! Don’t stop reading. I’m not bragging… I’m segueing. For months (nay, years) whenever I was forced to eat at a fast food restaurant (I must confess I despise fast food restaurants but I have a kid who loves McDonald’s fries—hence our visits) I would order the salad. I did so simply … Continue reading →

Chicken Caesar Salad

This is a great recipe for the summer. The chicken can easily be made ahead of time, such as during the cooler part of the day. This will help keep the heat out of your house when it is warm. For economy and convenience, you can also make some extra chicken and pair it later with a veggie for a meal in itself. The salad is refreshing, yet filling, and it has earned two thumbs up from even my pickiest eaters, ages six and two. I hope your family likes this recipe as much as mine does. This recipe will … Continue reading →

Delicious Orange-Almond Salad

I’ve been eating a lot of salads lately. This one sounds particularly delicious because of the flavor combinations. The chicken makes it savory. The almonds give it a crunch. And the oranges give it a sweet tang. The end result is a delicious salad that is not only figure friendly, it’s also palate friendly. And the best part? You can substitute already-cooked rotisserie chicken if you’d like. What could be easier than that? For this recipe you’ll need: 2 medium oranges 6 cups torn romaine 1 medium red sweet pepper, cut into bite-size strips 1/2 of a small red onion, … Continue reading →

To lose weight—eat your salad LAST???

Americans are used to eating their salad before their main dish. In restaurants, salads are served after the drinks are delivered. At home, we often eat salad first, or we might have it on our plate along side our other dishes. But in France and also in other countries, salad is eaten after the meal, prior to dessert. According to Dr. Mehmet Oz, this is a good practice. The reason being is that salad can curb our sweet tooth’s. It makes sense if you think about it. Typically salads have tomatoes. Tomatoes are sweet and tart at the same time. … Continue reading →

Quick and Easy Party Dishes

My daughter’s playgroup meets this week for our Halloween bash (eight moms and 12 kids under the age of four—so it’s not a huge gathering). Since we are celebrating a holiday we decided to forgo our usual small-snack-only rule, instead each mom is required to bring one main or side dish. Since I am not hosting the party (whew) it means I need to find a versatile dish that will travel well. The following are some of my tried and true party/potluck dishes. I will be making and taking one of them along on Tuesday (I haven’t decided which one … Continue reading →