Archive for the 'Healthy Recipes' Category
Taste pop quiz Tuesday: Pepperidge Farm Baked Natural Wheat Crisps
Pepperidge Farm Baked Natural Wheat Crisps - Toasted WheatThese crackers have zero trans fats and only 1 gram of saturated fat per serving considering partially hydrogenated oils and saturated fats aren’t used to produce them. Vegetable oils are the 6th ingredients listed, including sunflower, canol…
A sweet way to treat burns
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There was a great deal of chatter on the World Wide Web final week about Olympic gymnasts’ use of honey during competition. With a bottle of the sticky stuff next to the chalk basin, everyone wondered what purpose it served. Many speculated that it was used for a quick shot of energy, but that t…
Grilling for two
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When I plan out meals for the week, I often look for ways to cut some corners on duration. For example, whether I’m going to brown ground turkey for lettuce wraps, I assemble certain to buy ample meat that I can reserve half of the browned meat for spaghetti or lasagna the next day. (If you’re w…
Baby eggplant: Healthy and delicious
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Substantial abundant to substitute for meat in a meal, eggplant is chock-full of phytonutrients as well as being rich in many vitamins and minerals. Other than in pasta dishes, I haven’t cooked much with eggplant in the past. I don’t know why… I think it’s wonderfully tasty. Baby eggplants are…
Frugal Friday: 2 Final Healthy Foods for $2 or Less
Week 5Here are the final two healthy foods for 2 dollars or less in that Frugal Friday series!#9 Canned Refried BeansGreat for: burritos, nachos, dips, enchiladas, or a quick side dish!What’s a serving? Each can contains about 3.5 (1/2-cup) servings.Price per serving? About 36 cents. You can buy a 1…
Olympics “Hangover”
Anyone else have an Olympics “hangover”?As I woke up nowadays, tired and with a headache, it occurred to me that I’ve got an Olympics “hangover.” The staying up late watching the Olympics (into the wee hours of the morning) and soon after waking up to work has caught up with me.I feel like I need to…
Taste tryout Tuesday: Fat Free Half and Half
I’ve caught some grief by the final couple of years for using fat free half and half in some of my recipes. I use it in some of my lightened recipes considering it has more of a rich look and texture than lowfat milk and that difference comes in handy in assured recipes (like light Alfredo sauce and…
Frugal Friday: 2 Additional Healthy Foods for $2 or Less
Week 4#7 Potato (Russet)Great for: baked potatoes, breakfast potatoes, salads, casseroles, and stews.What’s a serving? 1 medium or large baked potato.Price per serving? About 23 cents per potato. You can buy a 5-pound bag of Russet potatoes for around $2.39 (on sale) and a bag contains around 11 to …
Are You Afraid To Eat Out In Restaurants?
Be afraid. Be very afraid. According to The Center for Science in the Public Interest’s new review of restaurant inspection reports, twenty-six percent of restaurants surveyed had contaminated food contact surfaces; 22 percent had improper food holding temperatures, and 16% had inadequate hand washi…
Taste experiment Tuesday: Boca Italian MEATLESS Sausage
Do you have recipes that sign for greasy Italian sausage either whole or sliced? Well, there’s a low fat alternative that might cut the mustard: Boca Italian Meatless Sausage.You have to have an open intellect with that new product. whether you are comparing it to the greasy fat-laden pork Italian s…
Wow ‘em with summer ice box muffins
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I like to bake, but I’m not the kind of stay-at-home mom churning out delectable, healthy, homemade goodies on a regular basis. I generally frantically bake for a birthday or fundraiser, with a calmer, mom/child cooking hour thrown in on those ‘good mom’ days.
So when I came across that recip…
Homemade energy bars save you money
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If you are addicted to working out and eating on-the-go, chances are you ingest a few energy bars during the course of a week. that may or may not be a good thing, depending on the grade you pick, as most energy bars are high in sugar and calories.
Regardless, whether you can’t habitable with…
Cook with beets and the greens
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Yep, we’re crazy about belonging to a CSA Farm. Fresh, local veggies every week fit our healthy lifestyle, and we look forward to choosing fun recipes to use each week’s harvest.
Lately, we’ve been getting red and golden beets, total with rich, green beet greens still attached. Want to know o…












