Chicken & Fruit Salad

Serves 4 Each serving equals 2 cups of fruits and vegetables Ingredients 1 lb roasted chicken breast 1 medium-size bunch spinach 2 medium-size pink or white grapefruit 2 medium-size red delicious apples 3/4 lb seedless green grapes 1/3 cup fat-free Dijon salad dressing Remove and discard skin from chicken; tear chicken into bite-size pieces. Chop 1 cup loosely packed spinach leaves; set remaining leaves aside. Cut peel from grapefruit; remove sections with knife. Cut unpeeled apples into 3/4-inch chunks. In large bowl, combine chicken, chopped spinach, fruit, and salad dressing; … [Read more...]

Sweet Potato Pancakes

Makes 8 servings. Ingredients 6 cups peeled and finely shredded sweet potatoes 1 cup finely shredded onions 1 tsp salt-free herb seasoning 1 2/3 cup unbleached flour 1/3 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley 2 cups finely shredded zucchini ¼ cup lemon juice 1½ cups egg substitute 6 tsp canola oil, divided In a large bowl, mix the sweet potatoes, zucchini, onions, lemon juice, herb blend, egg, flour, and parsley. In a large no-stick frying pan or griddle over medium-high heat, warm 2 tsp of the oil. Drop a large Tbsp of the batter into the pan and spread it with a … [Read more...]

It’s February. Love Your Heart!

Welcome to February; also officially declared “Heart Month” by the American Heart Association (AHA). And if you’ve wondered why it should matter to you, take note that heart disease is the number 1 killer of women in the United States today. Now, many of you may be thinking to yourself, “It doesn’t run in my family, I’m not a smoker, I exercise 4-6 times a week and I eat clean”…that doesn’t matter. Statistics show that today, thousands of women daily are diagnosed with stroke or a form of heart disease; “an estimated 42 million American women live with cardiovascular disease, but too many are … [Read more...]

5 Mistakes Mom’s Make that HAULT Fat & Weight Loss!

18 months

1.     Not eating breakfast 2.     Not eating after you get done working out 3.     Counting “calories” only 4.     Not eating enough food 5.     Working out too much Not eating breakfast When a woman neglects to eat breakfast due to lack of time or not being hungry she actually slows her metabolism for the entire day by up to 15%.  Why is this?  The body is beautiful in the way it works, and if you aren’t feeding it, after fasting for 8-12 hours, it automatically goes into SLOW mode to preserve the energy it needs for the rest of the day.  Many moms say the reason they don’t … [Read more...]