Posted on 03/20/2006 7:16:51 AM PST by retrokitten
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Todays theme is HEALTHY RECIPES! Please share your favorite! Here are a few I found...
Spinach, Grapefruit and Almond Salad
This recipe serves: 6
Preparation time : 15 minutes
Cooking time : 10 minutes
Ingredients
For the vinaigrette:
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon finely chopped shallots
1/3 cup olive oil
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper
For the salad:
1/2 cup slivered almonds
4 cups spinach, cleaned and torn into bite-size pieces
1 grapefruit, peeled and sectioned
Cooking Instructions
For the vinaigrette:
1. Place all the ingredients in a container with a tight-fitting lid. Shake well.
2. Add the salt and pepper to taste.
For the salad:
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Spread the almonds on a baking sheet and roast in the oven until lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
3. Place the spinach in a bowl and toss with the vinaigrette.
4. Transfer the dressed spinach leaves to a serving plate. Arrange the grapefruit sections on top and sprinkle with the almonds.
To roast whole, slivered, chopped or sliced almonds: Spread in an ungreased baking pan. Place in a 350°F oven and bake 10 minutes or until golden brown and fragrant; stir once or twice to ensure even browning. Note that almonds will continue to roast slightly after removing from oven.
This recipe makes: 8 servings
Preparation time : 30 minutes
Cooking time : 25 minutes
Ingredients
1 teaspoon olive oil
1/3 cup finely chopped onions
1/3 cup finely chopped green or red bell peppers
1/3 cup finely chopped zucchini
1/3 cup finely chopped celery
1/3 cup peeled and finely chopped eggplant
1/3 cup chopped tomatoes
1 teaspoon chopped, fresh basil (dried is fine)
salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
1/3 teaspoon sugar
Cooking Instructions
1. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and peppers. Cook for 2 minutes.
2. Add the zucchini, celery and eggplant. Cook 2 minutes more.
3. Add the tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper. Simmer about 20 minutes, uncovered. Let cool.
4. Add the vinegar and sugar. Adjust the salt and pepper to taste.
5. Serve cold as a dip with pita bread, crackers or tortilla chips.
Atkins Broiled Orange-Chili Chicken Breasts
Servings: 4
Prep time: 0:10:00
Bake/Cook time: 0:15:00
Calories: 402
Fat: 22 grams
Protein: 47 grams
Carbohydrates: 1 grams
Fiber: 0 grams
Net Carbs: 1 grams
1/4 cup orange juice
2 teaspoons chopped garlic
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon granular sugar substitute
1 teaspoon grated orange rind
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
4 boneless chicken breast halves, with skin (about 2 pounds)
salt and freshly ground black pepper
In a large resealable plastic bag, mix orange juice, garlic, oil, chili powder, sugar substitute, orange rind and cayenne pepper. Add chicken breasts; toss to coat. Refrigerate 6 to 8 hours, or overnight Heat broiler. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Position broiler rack 6 inches from heat source and broil chicken 12 to 15 minutes, turning halfway through cooking time, just until cooked through.
Servings: 4
Prep time: 0:15:00
Bake/Cook time: 0:00:00
Calories: 458
Fat: 48 grams
Protein: 5 grams
Carbohydrates: 3 grams
Fiber: 0 grams
Net Carbs: 3 grams
1 cup heavy cream
1 (8-ounce) container mascarpone, slightly softened
1 tablespoon granular sugar substitute
4 small mint sprigs and strips of lemon peel, for garnish
In the large bowl of an electric mixer, beat heavy cream on medium-high to soft peaks. Reduce speed to medium; add mascarpone and sugar substitute, beating just until smooth, 15 to 30 seconds. Divide and spoon the cream mixture into four parfait cups. Garnish with mint sprigs and lemon peel, if desired.
Food Fit.com's guide to summer vegetables
See, my knees fight and shout on squats or lunges.....If you know any good substitutes, clue me in!
I do wall sits as a means of tightening my thighs some and they burn like the dickens as well! But I am always in the market for additional suggestions.
See a professional then.
Bring a list of all your meds, your food and exercise log.
Also, maybe start measuring your body fat. It may be changing too.
Funny story...
One of my friends has me listed as a "friend" on Netflix and she has had Carmen Electra's Striptease Fitness video at home for about three months.
You go, GIRL!
;-)
INGREDIENTS:
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
3 tablespoons whole wheat flour (I used regular flour)
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup chicken stock
8 fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 sprig fresh tarragon
3 1/2 tablespoons port wine
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
DIRECTIONS:
In a deep skillet, heat oil on high. Coat chicken with flour, add to skillet, reduce heat and cook on low for 10 minutes (or until cooked through). Remove chicken breasts to a platter and keep warm.
To the same skillet, add the shallots, saute for 1 minute, then add wine and heat until reduced by half. Add stock and heat for 5 minutes until sauce thickens.
Meanwhile, in a small pan, saute mushrooms in a little oil. Add tarragon to mushrooms, then add both to the chicken and wine sauce. Cook all for 7 minutes, stir in port and cook for 5 more minutes.
Arrange the chicken on a platter and spoon sauce over it. Garnish with parsley and extra thyme sprigs. Serve.
NUTRITIONAL INFO:
Serving Size 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 224
Calories from Fat 47
Total Fat 5.2g 8 %
** Saturated Fat 0.9g 5 %
** Cholesterol 69mg 23 %
Sodium 161mg 6 %
Potassium 519mg 15 %
Total Carbohydrates 7.1g 2 %
** Dietary Fiber 1.2g 5 %
Protein 29.4g 59 %
** Sugars 1.3g
so where'd she find a pole? or is Carman Electra's video poleless?
Those tenders are fast and easy! And hey, toss them on a salad and you add a lot of taste, some very lean protein and make the whole thing a better meal. Make extra and they are even good cold for a TV snack.
Skewer the little dickens and you can pass them off as Hors D'oeurves!
Hey Max, did you survive the flooding? I saw it on the news.
That (exercise bike) doesn't sound excessive; sounds about right.
The squats I do use 0 weight, just my body weight and 9 at a time ain't bad but I don't go past a 90 degree on them. Wall sits are brutal but I tell ya, warming up before working out helps also drinking lots of water.
Figs and dates are two tasty and excellent sources of potassium. So are prunes, although some folks have an aversion.
Most dried fruits are really good as long as they don't have anything added beyond some sorbate. Anything dipped or salted is bad as sodium counteracts the potassium.
Here's a link to the Mayo Clinic Healthy Eating Pyramid. It gives caloric guidelines for losing weight. I played around with it and it seems like no matter what weight you put in it tells you to eat 1200 calories a day or 1400 if you are starving on that.
And here is a link to FitDay.Com. It's an online food journal (private). They calculate calories, fat, protein, carbs, all that stuff. It's free to sign up and they don't spam you with all kinds of crappy e-mail.
It's the sizzling new workout video that's sweeping the country! The regimen -- developed by Carmen Electra along with leading choreographers and fitness specialists -- teaches striptease basics, including some snazzy dance routines. With multiple music tracks to choose from, Carmen's cardiovascular-focused exercises offer programmable workouts tailored to all skill levels. All we can say is, Gypsy Rose Lee, eat your heart out.
I started exercising and modifying my diet last August when I fell in to the HBP, Type II diabetes, high cholesterol range. After a month of hard work, I lost 12 pounds and everything was normal. Since then, I've been experimenting to see what it takes to stay there. That one-month regimen is not something I would or could sustain indefinitely. I've kept the wait off over the winter, but the HBP is the hardest to normalize without meds and hard exercise. I go back to the doc soon to se how everything else is doing.
well, I would think this would be excellent exercise - working those abs, the legs! And better than falling off a pole nose first!
Dittomom! Hey, long time...etc.
Actually, I do a lot of web surving while ON the treadmill. I've got a notebook computer with WiFi and the treadmill's media tray was designed to hold a notebook PC. If you've got a notebook and your treadmill has a large media tray, you may also be able to do this. I find it lets me workout longer because I'm not so bored - it is a good distraction.
Congrats on the 10 lbs!!
I have the DVDs. The workouts aren't that easy, and you can feel the burn, so to speak.
Now I just need to make myself do them, perhaps in addition to the freakin' bike.
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