Yield: 6 servings
Exchanges: 2 Medium-Fat Meat, 2 Vegetable
Ingredients:
1 pound ground chuck
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup skim milk
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
Vegetable cooking spray
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
3 tablespoons chopped onion
1 1/2 cups tomato juice
3/4 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
Procedure:
Combine first 6 ingredients, stirring well. Shape [...]
Here are the calories, fat, and carbohydrate counts for 3 tablespoons ( standard restaurant serving) of a few popular salad dressings.
Blue Cheese: 231 calories, 24 g fat, 3 g carbs
Caesar: 233 calories, 25 g fat, 2 g carbs
Ranch: 222 calories, 23 g fat, 2 g carbs
Thousand Island: 177 calories, 17 g fat, 2 g carbs
Creamy [...]
Most of us don’t know that eating just three meals per week at a fast food restaurant was associated with increase in body weight. Read these tips that will surely help with your diet.
Know what you are going to order in advance. Almost every fast-food restaurant has their nutrition information on the Web or at [...]
Yield: 6 Servings
Exchanges: 2 Lean Meat, 1 Vegetable
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup thinly sliced celery
1 pound medium-size fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
6 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 cup shredded fresh spinach
4 ounces frozen peas, thawed
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
Procedure:
Coat a wok or large heavy [...]
Yield: 5 servings ( 2 pancakes each)
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
These pancakes are made with rice bran, which has cholesterol-lowering properties similar to those of oat bran. Serves topped with Strawberries in Orange Flavor (refer to the site).
Ingredients:
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
3/4 cup rice bran
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 [...]
Yield: 5 servings
Ingredients:
3 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1 (12-ounce) can unsweetened frozen apple juice concentrate, diluted with 1 can water
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
5 cups peeled, sliced apple
1 tablespoon reduced-calorie margarine
Procedure:
Combine gelatin, apple concentrate, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg in a large skillet, stirring well. Let it stand for 1 minute.
Cook over low heat for [...]
Buying ten kinds of ice cream to find one that you really like may at first sound to you like a waste of money rather than a bargain, but it’s really important that your bargains be foods that you like, and there’s no way of knowing that until you’ve tasted them. If a client had [...]
All crash diets begin with a claim as to why the plan works: more protein, less protein, all the bacon you want, all the cabbage you want, more fruit, no fruit, only fruit before noon – whatever. But the real secret behind all these diets is not the special combinations of foods or the magical [...]
Yield: 12 small muffins or 6 large muffins (2 small muffins or 1 large muffin each).
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 35 minutes
Fresh or frozen whole cranberries and oats are the featured ingredients in these wholesome muffins. Pureed prunes are substituted for fat in this recipe. Serve with Apple-Carrot Pick-Me-Ups (refer to the site).
Ingredients:
1/2 cup pitted [...]
Yield: 4 cups (141 calories and 2% fat per 2/3 cup serving)
Ingredients:
1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 1/4 cups plain nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup skim milk
Procedure:
Combine first 3 ingredients in container of an electric blender or food processor; top with cover, and process until smooth.
Add yogurt and milk, process for 30 [...]
