This “ultimate” summer salad recipe is filled with a fantastic mix of summertime fruits and vegetables, and is topped with a creamy, low-calorie buttermilk dill dressing. 134 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP A great summer salad recipe is essential! I love a good steak as much as the next cavewoman, but please tell…
Light Chicken, Quinoa & Vegetable Soup Recipe
Fuel your body and warm it right down to your toes with this healthy soup recipe, chockfull of chicken, quinoa and vegetables. As many of you are freezing off your behinds in these crazy temperatures, I thought it was time for some soup. And since many of your have expressed that you’re joining me on…
Recipes for Health & Weight Loss in 2014
Dive into these healthy recipes for a year of healthy living and weight loss. There’s something for everyone, from snacks and soups to vegetarian dishes and desserts. Add six weeks to January 1st and you hit the time that knocks the resolve out of most New Year’s resolutions. If promises to yourself involve losing weight…
Tricolor Thai Salad Recipe with Zucchini & Yellow Squash
This raw salad pairs fresh, crisp zucchini and yellow squash with a spicy Thai dressing for a dish that will catch your tastebuds by surprise. I’ve never been one for raw zucchini, or raw squash of any kind for that matter. This salad changed all of that. I don’t remember what actually inspired me to…
Easy Grape & Gorgonzola Topping Recipe for Chicken, Pork or Crostini
This 3-ingredient topping of grilled grapes and Gorgonzola cheese works beautifully over grilled meat or on toasted slices of bread. I can tell that you are giving me a strange look, one that clearly says, “Grilled grapes?! What is she thinking?” This is one of those “don’t knock it until you’ve tried it” types of…
Triple Berry Gingersnap & Granola Yogurt Parfait Recipe
A healthy yogurt parfait with berries and a sprinkling of gingersnaps. July always brings on a personal identity crisis. Today is Canada Day and as a hockey jersey-wearing and maple leaf-flying Canadian, my national pride is shining brightly. But this week also brings the 4th of July, the Independence Day celebration of my adopted country…
One-Pot Cumin & Smoked Paprika Chicken with Potatoes Recipe
Today is a big day for my youngest son (T), and it’s appropriate that I’m posting this one-pot chicken and potato recipe, one of his favorite dishes. Today is T’s ninth birthday and, little does he know, but he has a big surprise coming his way this afternoon, something that he has been wishing and…
Low-Fat Chicken Salad Recipe with Curry & Apricots
Before we move onto the chicken salad recipe, I want to thank all of you for your kind words and support on my personal account of our time at the Boston Marathon. Your comments were so touching, and they truly help to make this time easier. And now, onto the recipe. It’s time for another…
10-Minute Thai Shrimp, Cucumber & Avocado Salad Recipe
“Quick lunch” does not have to mean “boring lunch”. Believe me, I’ve had my fair share of lackluster sandwiches or past-their-prime leftovers, but leaving the table dissatisfied leads to trouble. Snacking kind of trouble. And I don’t mean the good kind of snacking. A couple of cheese and crackers here, a handful of chips there….
Asparagus Hummus Recipe for Healthy Snacking
The baskets of Easter candy are trying to lure me into the pantry. But I won’t go. They can’t make me. To resist their persistent beckoning, I am turning my mind to healthy snacks, such as my newly found loves, No-Bake Carrot Cake Granola Bites and this hummus, spiked with one of springtime’s wonders…asparagus. And…
Hearty Chicken Sausage, Roasted Pepper & Whole Wheat Orzo Soup Recipe
Hearty Chicken Sausage, Roasted Pepper & Whole Wheat Orzo Soup Recipe: a hearty and healthy dinner option. It’s amazing what happens whenever I cook with sausages. Two boys, who conveniently disappear when I mention that it’s time to clean their room, emerge from their nook-and-cranny hiding spaces as soon as the savory aroma reaches their…
Low-Fat Salmon Salad Sandwich Recipe with Capers
This low-fat salmon salad sandwich recipe with capers is a quick and easy lunch option that will help you stick to your healthy eating goals. This low-fat salmon salad sandwich recipe with capers is a quick and easy lunch option that will help you stick to your healthy eating goals. When I wrote about My…