Sleep and Your Weight: What’s the Connection?
If you’re feeling tired all the time and also like you’re gaining weight, it may not be your imagination. Sleep deprivation can cause people to develop metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that may include insulin resistance (when the body doesn’t properly use...
Recipe of the Week: Fettuccini Primavera
Looking for a dinner option chock-full of veggies? This satisfying pasta dish can be made in a flash; handy for those week day dinner sprints and proves that dinner can be healthy, simple and fast! Servings: 6 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 20 minutes Calories per...
Recipe of the Week: White Bean Soup with Bacon
Looking for a low-fat, high-fiber recipe to fill you up? Try this scrumptious soup for tonight’s dinner! Recipe Nutritional Information: Servings: 4 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 55 minutes Calories per Serving: 536 Recipe Ingredients: 1 pound dried cannellini...
Recipe of the Week: Easy Turkey Chili
Our quick and easy version of chili will fill you up without all the fat. Recipe Nutritional Information: Servings: 4 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 25 minutes Calories per Serving: 556 Recipe Ingredients: 1 cup long-grain white rice, uncooked 1 lb skinless ground...
Recipe of the Week: Chicken Gyros with Greek Salad
Our version of this Greek specialty is easy to make and a definite family favorite. Recipe Nutritional Information: Servings: 4 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 25 minutes Calories per Serving: 547 Recipe Ingredients: 1 tbsp canola oil 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 cup...
Probiotics: Your New Best Friends
You may not know it, but there is a battle raging inside your body every second of every day that has a large impact on your ability to lose weight. It’s primarily taking place inside your gut. On one side we have the “good gut bacteria,” the ones promoting good...
Recipe of the Week: Lamb and Portabella Rigatoni
This delicious pasta combines the flavors of lamb and portabella mushrooms with some “secret” ingredients (like pineapple juice!) to give it some added zing. Recipe Nutritional Information: Servings: 6 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 45 minutes Calories per Serving:...
Recipe of the Week: Homestyle Meatloaf with Spinach-Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Our version of meatloaf is easy to make and, along with the mashed potatoes, a comfort food treat at any time of year. Recipe Nutritional Information: Servings: 4 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 35 minutes Calories per Serving: 529 Recipe Ingredients: 1 ¼ lbs 95%...
10 Stress Busters: Healthy Ways to Reduce Stress
Stress eating can quickly lead to weight gain, but there are plenty of healthy ways to reduce stress. Squash the burden for good with our 10 stress busters. Money is tight, work assignments are piling up, you just got into a fight with your friend, you don’t feel...
Recipe of the Week: Kombu Noodles with Peanut Sauce
Try something different for tonight’s dinner by cooking up these low-calorie Japanese seaweed noodles. Sambal olek is a chili-based hot sauce you can add at your discretion! Recipe Nutritional Information: Servings: 4 Estimated Total Preparation Time: 15 minutes...