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Low Fat Cooking

Recipe of the Week 1/16/10

January 24, 2010

Tweet Farro Soup with Kale and Cannellini (adapted from Whole Grains Every Day, Every Way) Ingredients 1 cup farro picked over and rinsed (or kamut) 1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, diced 2 medium carrots, diced 2 stalks celery, diced 4 garlic gloves, minced 1 cup dried cannellini beans, soaked overnight in ample […]

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January 21st Food and Exercise Journal

January 22, 2010

Tweet Ate 25.5 of 25 points. Earned 5 activity points. Breakfast(5) –cherry Vanilla Oatmeal (5) Lunch (8)–Sausage, Barley and Kale (6), cashews (2) Dinner (9.5)–Chicken Biryani (7), green beans with butter (1), 1/2 beer (1.5) Snack (3)–chocolate pudding (1)cashew clusters (2) Week 3 day 3 of couch to 5k  done, got my best time ever […]

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Recipe of the Week 1/9/10

January 20, 2010

Tweet Tortellini-Spinach Soup (adapted from Ellie Krieger So Easy) Ingredients •    1tsp canola oil •    1 medium onion, chopped •    3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced •    2 medium carrots, sliced •    2 stalks celery, chopped •    1 tsp dried oregano •    1 tsp dried thyme •    1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes •    1 14 […]

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January 18th Food and Exercise Journal

January 19, 2010

Tweet Ate 20.5 of 25 points. Earned 6 activity points. Breakfast(4.5) –peanut butter, banana on a sandwich thin Lunch (4)–Farro Soup with Kale and Canellini (3), mandarin oranges (1) Snack (2)–Greek Yogurt Dinner (7)–Thai Veggie Curry with Tofu(6), WW candies (1) Snack (3)–low fat chocolate pudding (1) milk (2) Did strength training again today and […]

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Keywords and Health Claims

January 13, 2010

Tweet Did you know that foods must meet strict definitions in order for their packaging to include key tersm such as “fat free,” “low-fat,” “lean,” “light,” “cholesterol-free,” “low sodium,” and the like? I didn’t I thought words like light were sort of nebulous.  I knew that to claim a food was “free” of fat or […]

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Kitchen tools that I can’t live without for low calorie cooking

January 3, 2010

Tweet There are many tools that any cook can’t live without, ever try cutting a ton of vegetables without a sharp knife? But for low calorie cooking I have specific tools that I look to. I love having steamer baskets for veggies, you can always add some fat later if you want it. My misto […]

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