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Good-4-You Recipe: Skinny Chinese Chicken Salad
INGREDIENTS:
-2 cups shredded boneless, skinless cooked chicken breast
-8 cups head iceburg lettuce or lettuce blend
-1 cup chopped red cabbage
-3 green onion sliced
-1 cucumber peeled and sliced into matchlike strips
-1 cup julienne carrots
-1 large red pepper sliced in strips
-1/2 cup chopped cilantro
-3 TBS toasted slivered almonds
-1 cup crunchy chow mein noodles
-2 TBS toasted sesame seeds
-1/2 cup [...]
Be Bar-B-Cute!
May is National BBQ Month!
We’re ready for some fun backyard BBQs with friends & family! You’ve all been working so hard to get bikini-ready so we want to give you some recipes & tips so that you can enjoy the picnics and parties and still keep that svelte figure. Grilling is a very healthy & [...]
Good-4-You Recipe: Yummy Tuna Melt
INGREDIENTS:
-6 oz. can tuna in water
-3 T. celery, diced
-3 T. red onion, diced
-2 T. carrots, diced
-2 T. tomato, diced
-2 T. apple, diced
-1/3 c. nonfat Greek yogurt
-1 1⁄2 t. white wine vinegar
-1⁄2 t. dried oregano
-1⁄4 t. parsley flakes
-1/8 t. pepper
-2 slices whole wheat or Ezekiel bread
-2 slices tomato
-2 (1 oz.) slices reduced fat Swiss
DIRECTIONS:
Stir together first [...]
Good-4-You Recipe: Quinoa-stuffed peppers
INGREDIENTS:
- 2/3 cup quinoa, rinsed/drained
- 6 bell peppers
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3⁄4 cup diced carrots
- 1⁄2 red onion – diced
- 10oz pkg frozen spinach, thawed/drained
- 15oz can red kidney beans, rinsed/drained
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1⁄2 cup grated part-skim mozzarella
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350. Boil 1 1/3 cups water in saucepan; add quinoa. Reduce heat, [...]