By using a few simple steps, you can easily turn a traditional main dish into delicious vegetarian fare. You don’t have to use all the tips, just whatever suits your fancy to help you achieve the goal of a wonderful tasting vegetarian main dish recipe. 1. Replace chicken broth with vegetable broth. Often a recipe is so close to being vegetarian already, that all...

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Do you love eating out, but loathe the fact that you can’t fully control what is actually in your food, the way it’s prepared and the often-hefty amount of calories your meal contains? Well, worry no more! Here is one of three healthy restaurant-inspired dinners that you can make at home, while controlling all of these factors—and it’s all at a fraction of the...

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Do you love eating out, but loathe the fact that you can’t fully control what is actually in your food, the way it’s prepared and the often-hefty amount of calories your meal contains? Well, worry no more! Here is one of three healthy restaurant-inspired dinners that you can make at home, while controlling all of these factors—and it’s all at a fraction of the...

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Do you love eating out, but loathe the fact that you can’t fully control what is actually in your food, the way it’s prepared and the often-hefty amount of calories your meal contains? Well, worry no more! Here is one of three healthy restaurant-inspired dinners that you can make at home, while controlling all of these factors—and it’s all at a fraction of the...

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--From Fruits & Veggies More Matters 10.  Balsamic & Berries. Reduce balsamic in a sauce pan by bringing to a boil then simmering over low heat until it has a syrup consistency. Top low-fat frozen yogurt with fresh strawberries and finish with a drizzle of the balsamic reduction. 9.  Sweet Greens. Add sliced berries to mesclun greens (or other mixed greens) along with chopped walnuts...

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Adapted from a post by Lisa Stollmanm, MA, RDN, CDE, CDN "You want to eat healthy but–let’s face it—you might not know how to get started. Quite often when you have a busy schedule, healthy meals and snacks fall to the wayside and you grab and go from the deli and the vending machine throughout the day. But with a little planning, you can...

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Shopping for whole grains (Handout) Main Points: There are several different recommendations to identifying healthy whole grains Foods with a ratio of 10 grams carbohydrate:1 gram of fiber tend to have less sugar, sodium and trans fats Whole grains provide nutrients, keep us fuller for longer, and help fight against disease    What's the best way to identify a healthful whole-grain food? There are several...

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Ever since I started sharing pictures of my kids’ lunchboxes and wrote this post about the mechanics behind them, I realized how many people find the topic of lunch-packing as fascinating as I do. Someone asked me recently how long I was taking to pack lunchboxes in the morning. I said that it takes me only about 10 to 15 minutes to pack everyone’s lunchbox including my...

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