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EAT ORANGES!

Posted: 02/13/2012

A sweet and juicy naval orange contains a mere 64 calories…but WOW there’s a lot of nutrition “squeezed” into that orange: 4 grams of fiber, 0 fat, 2 grams protein, 8% of your DV for vitamin A, 7% of your DV for calcium, 1% of your DV for iron and a whopping 163% of your DV for vitamin C. Doesn’t get much better than that. P.S. DON’T drink...

Roasted Garlic Spread

Posted: 04/03/2011

Food Weight: 1.0 Delicious used as a spread instead of butter! Ingredients Yield: 2 servings (serving size: ½ a head of garlic) 1 large head of fresh garlic 1 tablespoon extra virgin extra virgin olive oil ½ teaspoon kosher salt  Directions Preheat oven to 325°F. Cut off the top third off the garlic head and discard. Sprinkle garlic with olive oil...

Tuna and Tofu Salad

Posted: 01/03/2011

  Food weight: 4.5  Yield: 2 servings Ingredients Dressing:1 clove garlic, minced1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar (well aged)1 ½ teaspoons Dijon mustard1/8 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil Salad: Yield: 2 servings4 cups red leaf lettuce, washed, dried and torn1 large ripe...

New Year: New You!

Posted: 01/03/2011

It’s that time of year again when many of us make New Year’s resolutions to improve our health and well-being. Unfortunately, we often have a tough time sticking to our goals, and by the time Valentine’s Day rolls around, our best-laid plans may have gone by the wayside. That’s why now is the time to create your recipe for New Year’s resolution success....

Tips for Avoiding Holiday Weight Gain

Posted: 11/02/2010

Gobble, gobble…that’s your cue that the holidays are upon us and it’s time to start putting on the brakes NOW before the real damage is done. The old adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” really applies to the holiday season. The following tips will help you fend off that holiday weight gain so that you won’t end this season...

Is it okay to splurge on Thanksgiving?

Posted: 11/02/2010

Nobody gains weight from just that one Thanksgiving Day meal. We gain weight from the “holiday mentality” that continues on from Thanksgiving to New Years Day. Yet, the busiest and most stressful time of year is precisely when we must be most vigilant about putting the brakes on our calorie intake and finding the time to fit in lots of calorie-burning, stress-releasing...

Nutrition Tip of the Week: Drink coffee, fight diabetes

Posted: 10/06/2010

Did you know that coffee is America’s leading source of disease-fighting antioxidants? That’s because coffee is simply water that’s been brewed up with ground-up plant beans—or what I call “plant juice.” You can also get your plant juice from tea, water brewed with ground-up plant leaves. A recent study found that people who drank coffee with...