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The frustrating thing about my food sensitivities has been the lack of ready made desserts. I have a sweet tooth and love a piece of chocolate after a meal. Unfortunately, almost all commercially made chocolate bars are made with sugar or cane sugar, which is on my “avoid this” list. There are a few companies [...]
This is another risotto recipe from The Ultimate Rice Cooker Cookbook : 250 No-Fail Recipes for Pilafs, Risottos, Polenta, Chilis, Soups, Porridges, Puddings and More, from Start to Finish in Your Rice Cooker by Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann. What I like about this recipe is that it uses dried mushrooms instead of fresh ones. [...]
According to Wikipedia, congee is: A type of rice porridge popular in many Asian countries. It can be eaten or served with a side dish. It can be considered as a porridge or thick soup. In many Asian cultures, it is also called juk (Cantonese, Korean), chao (Vietnamese), chok (Thais) or kayu (Japanese). In some [...]
Here’s another healthy recipe (and gorgeous picture) from 400 Calorie Fix: The Easy New Rule for Permanent Weight Loss! that I had to share. It’s perfect to bring to breakfast meetings or to make on the weekend. Serve it with some fresh fruit or berries. Soy cheeses Due to my food sensitivities I’ll be substituting soy cheese [...]
Going through my weight loss and healthy eating journey, I’ve realized that there is no diet, exercise routine or eating plan that works for all. For some people, they need to go to Weight Watchers and get the support that group meetings offer. Others need to eat clean and combine certain types of food like [...]
For Christmas, my husband bought me a Cuisinart rice cooker. The timing couldn’t have been more perfect since I found out about my food sensitivities just a few days before the holiday and knew I’d be eating a lot of rice in the months to come. Since I’ve had the rice cooker, I’ve made brown [...]
You may know Cynthia Sass, MPh, RD, as the nutritionist behind and coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Flat Belly Diet. She’s just come out with a new book, Cinch!: Conquer Cravings, Drop Pounds, and Lose Inches. After going through her book a few times, I find that it reminds me a little of [...]
Are you stuck on trying to figure out some healthy weight loss and exercise gifts for the person who’s trying to improve his or her health, drop a few pounds or improve their fitness? Here are some last minute healthy weight loss gift suggestions. Workout Wii games I adore exercising with the Wii since I [...]
I love yogurt! Greek, plain, non-fat – it’s all good to me in everything from breakfast dishes to healthy party dips. Besides the taste, I love it because there are only two Weight Watchers POINTS in one cup of plain, non-fat yogurt. Plus, it’s full of protein, too! When I have the time, I like [...]
I recently tried out sous vide cooking with a SousVide Supreme Demi demo unit. Sous vide is a method of cooking food in vacuum sealed plastic bags in a water bath at a low and consistent temperature for a long amount of time. You can read my product review at Mom Central Food – Cooking [...]
If you’ve been trying to eat healthier and lose weight, you’ve probably noticed Clean Eating Magazine at your local newsstand or bookstore. The editors of the magazine just introduced The Best of Clean Eating: Over 200 Mouthwatering Recipes to Keep You Lean and Healthy, their first full-length cookbook. The cookbook contains over 200 healthy recipes [...]
This year, we experienced a bountiful harvest from our backyard apple tree. We think it’s a Macintosh – at least that’s what the apples taste like to me. When I asked my husband, Paul, what type of tree he planted, he said, “The nursery told me it as a miniature apple tree.” I have to [...]
You may be familiar with Food Network’s Claire Robinson and her show 5 Ingredient Fix on Food Network. She’s just come out with a new book called, what else, 5 Ingredient Fix: Easy, Elegant, and Irresistible Recipes. While it’s not a healthy cookbook per se, I’m intrigued by anything that makes cooking from scratch convenient [...]
Hooray, the canned pumpkin shortage is over according to the Associated Press. So now you have no excuse to indulge in some healthy pumpkin recipes this fall. Pumpkins are high in beta-carotene, an antioxidant, as well as potassium and magnesium. Dieters love pumpkin because it’s high in fiber and perfect to add flavor, moisture and [...]
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