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Healthy Recipe of the Week - Fresh Mushroom and Parsley Salad

Posted by Juliet Ames

Oct 4, 2011

If you are like me, salad gets a little boring. Plain old lettuce can only take you so far. This salad by Giada De Laurentiis is a fun departure from a traditional salad and provide lots of beneficial nutrients like selenium, potassium, riboflavin, niacin, and vitamin D from all of those mushrooms.

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Topics: Healthy Recipes, healthy snack cravings, healthy recipe of the week, healthy snacks, healthy dinner recipes, get healthy

Healthy Protein Brownies - Sea Salt & Coconut meet Chocolate

Posted by Maritza Rodriguez

Sep 26, 2011

CHOCO-COCONUT PROTEIN BROWNIES

The best thing to do before going to the gym is being prepared instead of going with no clue of what to do. In my opinion, the same applies to nutrition - knowing what you are going to eat to help fuel your workouts and to have energy throughout the day is very important.

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Topics: Healthy Recipes

Healthy Protein Brownies - Sea Salt & Coconut meet Chocolate

Posted by Maritza Rodriguez

Sep 26, 2011

CHOCO-COCONUT PROTEIN BROWNIES

The best thing to do before going to the gym is being prepared instead of going with no clue of what to do. In my opinion, the same applies to nutrition - knowing what you are going to eat to help fuel your workouts and to have energy throughout the day is very important.

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Topics: Healthy Recipes, good protein, healthy brownies, top protein, coconut snacks, recipes for healthy snacks, healthy snack cravings

Healthy Puerto Rican Dish

Posted by Maritza Rodriguez

Sep 20, 2011

MASHED GREEN PLANTAIN

Here’s a trip to the Caribbean with a clean version of Puerto Rico’s favorite dish: Mofongo. This is one of my favorites, and I need to try it when I go home (once a year). You’ll definitely see it on the menu in Puerto Rican restaurants.

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Topics: Healthy Recipes

Healthy Puerto Rican Dish

Posted by Maritza Rodriguez

Sep 20, 2011

MASHED GREEN PLANTAIN

Here’s a trip to the Caribbean with a clean version of Puerto Rico’s favorite dish: Mofongo. This is one of my favorites, and I need to try it when I go home (once a year). You’ll definitely see it on the menu in Puerto Rican restaurants.

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Topics: quick and healthy, fast and healthy, Healthy Recipes, eating well, a side dish, recipes for healthy snacks, a vegetarian meal, meal healthy

Healthy Recipe of the Week - Roasted Chickpeas

Posted by Juliet Ames

Sep 14, 2011

Looking for a healthy, high protein, high fiber snack to help curb salty snack cravings? I have just the thing, roasted chickpeas. There are 1000 ways to make them, but here is my method.

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Topics: Healthy Recipes

Healthy Recipe of the Week - Roasted Chickpeas

Posted by Juliet Ames

Sep 14, 2011

Looking for a healthy, high protein, high fiber snack to help curb salty snack cravings? I have just the thing, roasted chickpeas. There are 1000 ways to make them, but here is my method.

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Topics: Healthy Recipes, high fiber snack, recipes for healthy snacks, healthy snack cravings, healthy recipe of the week, healthy snacks, roasted chickpeas

Healthy Recipe of the Week - Cucumber Cups

Posted by Juliet Ames

Aug 30, 2011

Looking for a healthy option to bring to a Labor day cookout? I have just the thing! These cucumber cups are so yummy and visually appealing that they will be the talk of the party.

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Topics: Healthy Recipes

Healthy Recipe of the Week - Cucumber Cups

Posted by Juliet Ames

Aug 30, 2011

Looking for a healthy option to bring to a Labor day cookout? I have just the thing! These cucumber cups are so yummy and visually appealing that they will be the talk of the party.

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Topics: recipe, Healthy Recipes, cookout, shrimp. cucumber cups, crab, labor day, cucumber

Healthy Recipe of the Week - Chicken Souvlaki Lettuce Wraps

Posted by Juliet Ames

Aug 23, 2011

Frankly, I miss nasty carnival food sometimes, but this weeks recipe can cure the craving for a big fat naughty gyro. I realized, after I made this for the first time, that I was not missing the gyro itself but the yummy (and healthy!) tzatziki cucumber sauce.

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Topics: Healthy Recipes