What Keeps a Salad from Being Healthy? Part 2

Dressings can also be unhealthy when it comes to a salad. When measuring salad dressing we look at a 2 tablespoon serving. Many of the full salad dressings when measured this way have as much […]

What Keeps a Salad from Being Healthy? Part 1

Almost everyone loves a salad. All that lettuce and those favored toppings, makes your mouth water just thinking about it doesn’t it? Yet many of us ask ourselves if the salads we’re eating really are […]

Healthy Valentine’s Meal Ideas Part 2

Toss a salad to go with dinner. Instead of store bought croutons on the top, use cubed pieces of wheat bread. Wash them with a little butter or reduced fat margarine and pop them into […]

Healthy Valentine’s Meal Ideas Part 1

Everyone used to look forward to Valentine’s Day. They got to eat sweets from their sweetie. But now that we are trying to be a bit more health conscious these days, so that holidays won’t […]

Healthy Christmas Dinner Suggestions Part 2

When making gravy for the turkey, begin with a can or jar of fat free turkey gravy. Add the turkey drippings from the baking pan to the fat free gravy. Season the food to taste. […]

10 Strategies for Successful Weight Loss Part 8

Weight-Loss Strategy #8. Evaluate your personal relationship to food. Behavioral and emotional cues frequently trigger an inappropriate desire to eat. The most common cues are habit, stress, boredom, sadness, anxiety, loneliness, and the use of […]

Eating Right for Weight Control 1

Good nutritional habits aren’t just important for preventing diseases.  They can also help you control your weight, or even lose weight. It is a sad fact: the number overweight and obese people, including those who […]

My Food Pyramid 1

How to eat right, even if you haven’t got much time You may not yet be familiar with the new food pyramid recommended by the USDA, called MyPyramid. It has vertical bands of color and […]

Quick Quiche

Pre-heat oven to 350 F. Grease a large, flat pan at least 12 inches in diameter and 2 inches deep. Take a cup of ham, broccoli, spinach, pepper, or whatever you want to put in […]

6 Healthy Breakfast Ideas Part 2

4. Pigs in a blanket. This is the homemade version. Whip up a batch of pancakes and freeze them in short stacks of three. A package or two of frozen link sausage is needed to […]

Helpful healthy weight loss tips

Look at the size of your dinner plate. Choose a smaller one and don’t pile up the food on it. Eat small portions of a variety of foods, to eliminate cravings or feeling deprived. That […]