Quick Fast Food Guide
Let’s face it, there will always be those nights when cooking is simply out of the question. Here’s my quick Fast Food Guide to making smart choices when you’re stuck eating a fast food dinner… Choose Grilled: many fast food restaurants serve grilled chicken – choose this as often as you can. Ditch the Bun: If a sandwich or burger is the only option then lighten it up by asking to have it lettuce wrapped or simply ditching half (or...
Greek Stew Recipe
Butter beans and Kalamata olives make this hearty stew a memorable one. It’s important to season the pork well before browning it, so get crazy with the seasoning. Remember that it’s going into a big pot of soup so the flavor won’t be overwhelming once it’s swimming in broth with the other ingredients. You could certainly play around with the protein used in this stew – next time I plan on using good ’ol chicken breast. And it’s also...
Squash and Fennel Salad
This salad wins the award of the most refreshing side dish ever! The combined essence of fennel and lemon give ordinary zucchini extraordinary flavor in this simple, invigorating salad. Consider it your new go-to side dish to enjoy with grilled steak or chicken. Here’s another flavorful reason to ask more from your side dishes. Do you really need traditional, grain-filled noodle salads when it’s possible to create a veggie noodle...
Oregano and Lemon Roasted Chicken Thighs
Here is a chicken dish that is great to make on busy weeknights. It’s quite simple, yet yields tremendous flavor with very little effort on your part. While many chicken dishes turn out dry, these bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs come out moist and tender every single time! For the olive mixture, feel free to use a combination of whatever olives and roasted peppers and garlic that you like. If your market has an olive bar, then that’s...
Deceptive Food Packaging: Don’t Be Fooled
Yesterday morning I was in line at the supermarket when I noticed the “healthy” pop tarts on display. The packaging was deceptive to give it a wholesome look that would make you believe the snack was a healthy one. I flipped it over and read the ingredients: Refined flour. Refined sugar. Additives. Loads of simple carbs and sugars.There was nothing remotely healthy about it! A snack like that causes weight gain and further poor food...
Curried Cauliflower
This dish is filled with tender cauliflower, nutrient-dense spinach, sweet pickled pimento peppers, and plump garbanzo beans all swimming in a creamy, dreamy curry sauce. With a flavor this deep and satisfying, you may forget that it’s filled with all wholesome ingredients. Enjoy! Courtesy of RealHealthyRecipes.com Servings: 16 Here’s what you need 2 heads cauliflower, chopped into florets 2 Tablespoons olive oil 1 large yellow...
Hearty Spiced Turkey Soup
Calling all turkey lovers! Now here’s a turkey soup that’s worth getting excited about. Not only do we jazz it up with a bunch of spices, the addition of baked sweet potato takes the comfort and heartiness of this soup to a new level. The flavors of this dish are so tasty that it’s worth adding this in to your regular dinner rotation using whatever leftover roasted meat you may have on hand. Enjoy! Courtesy of RealHealthyRecipes.com...
Italian Pasta Salad
This isn’t your mama’s pasta salad recipe! Welcome to a whole new pasta salad, one that has ditched the chewy pasta for crisp, fresh veggies, and contains all of the Italian flavors that you love. It’s a salad worth getting excited about! It’s hard to argue with fresh ingredients, and this salad is bursting with ‘em! Courtesy of RealHealthyRecipes.com Servings: 12 Here’s what you need for this recipe For the Italian Vinaigrette...
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