Everybody's in a hurry. There's no time to cook. The drive-thru seems like the only option, right? Au contraire my friend, quick healthy meals are always possible, no matter how short your time may be! For starters, check out these easy meals for moms on the go to see just how easy it is to leave the pre-packaged junk food behind and include whole grains, nuts, and fresh produce in quick healthy meals. Some examples: … [Read more...]
Watching your fat intake? Trying a low-carb diet? Keeping an eye on your daily calories? Checking every item on your shopping list to see what damage it will do to your diet? If you're spending lots of time reading the nutrition labels on foods, here's a question: What do you do when it comes to homemade foods that you've made from a recipe? Good news, you can make your own nutritional labels from the recipe ingredient list! Make Nutritional Labels Here are … [Read more...]
Are you tired of cooking for yourself?Maybe you don't have the time to cook because of your busy lifestyle, including your job and family obligations. Maybe you're concerned about the kinds of foods you and your family are eating. Maybe you want to lose weight, but don't have the time to eat right.Whichever it is, there are a number of take-and-bake options available these days. They're perfect for busy people!Each provides fast, healthy meals to go. Here we will explore 5 meal … [Read more...]
The Internet is our recipe box. Sure, people are still buying cookbooks (and there are some good ones, but that’s for another post). The reality is that more and more of us are powering up our computers to find something to make for dinner. But where are we looking for that tasty dish? If you type “recipes” into Google, the search engine spits out just fewer than 100 million results. But according to data from Hitwise (a company that tracks Internet traffic and search … [Read more...]
Taco salad can be one of the most unhealthy dishes around when it comes to the fat content alone. In the past, I avoided taco salads for that very reason. I have enough problems controlling my weight. Like most of the women in my family as soon as I hit the age of 25 my metabolism began slowing down and I began putting on weight. That coupled with a job that required me to park myself at a desk all day didn't help either. It seemed like one of the only ways I could control my weight was to … [Read more...]
Synsepalum dulcificum is the Latin name for Miracle Fruit. The fruit was given its common name because of its effect on the taste buds. It makes everything sweet. Producers turn it into a powder that you swirl in your mouth before eating other things. When you’ve had it there for a minute or so, the powder on your tongue makes your taste buds ultra sensitive to sugar. So if, for example, you then ate a grapefruit, it would taste very sweet. It only works when cool though, so doesn’t … [Read more...]
All I've gotta say is... Wow, fast-food drive-thru's are FAST these days! I don't go to the drive-thru much. Fast grease food restaurants just aren't really my thing anymore. Kinda reminds me of a sign I saw when driving past a Hooter's in Florida. It read: "Fresh Grease Thursday!" Also reminds me of a Bud Light Real Men of Genius ad -- because I can never decide on what to order at a fast-food restaurant. It's all pretty much the same to me. Listen to Bud Light's Real Men of … [Read more...]
Adam Seifer has photographed every meal he's eaten in the past 3 years, and he posts the images daily in his blog. In fact, that's ALL that's in his blog... pictures of what he's eaten! At three pictures a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) -- that's something like 3,200 photos of food at this point. I WISH I ate "regular" like that. I'm afraid, if this were my project, you'd see primarily photos of cracker crumbs all over my desk at work (with the accompanying "soup-of-the-day"... now how … [Read more...]
Sticking to the Atkins weight loss plan has been a breeze for both Jim and I, but we still have a need for something sweet on occasion. We recently tried a low-carb smoothie from our all-time favorite: Smoothie King. In fact, it was part of the motivation for going on Atkins in the first place... that we would still be able to satisfy our craving for a Smoothie by ordering their "low carb" version, instead of the mega-carbed and mega-tasty "regular" Angel Food smoothie. One word: … [Read more...]
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