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THE VEGGIE SERIES — Part Two – Better Preparation
A main key to tasty vegetables comes from good preparation. Boil them to death and I don’t care what the food — it will be gross.
Many vegetables need a very minimal steam. People who say they eat spinach (even me) eat spinach when my wife makes it because it is so lightly steamed that there is no gummy texture or dirty taste to it that many people think is the problem with spinach.
I always think you should start with fresh veggies. Canned veggies are all pretty gross so there is no need to even buy them like that.
Some veggies you can use frozen if you cannot get fresh but if possible always try to start with fresh.
Check back for SPECIFIC tips in Part THREE
THE VEGGIE SERIES — PART ONE!!
Ok, there is a great low calorie food that you can eat in almost limitless amounts and not worry about how much you are eating and how big was that portion and how many calories does this have anyway……THESE ARE CALLED VEGETABLES.
Most of us do not eat enough of them or we load them down with fats, butter – even deep fry them. But vegetables in their natural form are amazing for you. Whether you are trying to lose weight, control your blood pressure, help your diabetes, prevent cancer or heart disease or just to live longer and healthier – vegetables are a major key that people forget.
CALORIES – Vegetables have very little calories until you load them with toppings. Here are some examples:
- Raw Baby Carrots – 12 of them – 48 calories
- Green Beans – 1 cup cooked– 41 calories
- Asparagus – 10 small spears – 20 calories
Eating more vegetables will help to naturally reduce the calories you put in your body. Reduce your use of sauces and learn how to prepare veggies. Most veggies taste better fresh or frozen than they do canned. And veggies you have hated forever may just need to be better prepared. Nothing tastes good boiled to death so learn to steam and prepare them differently and you will start to LOVE THEM!!
New Recipes – Finally
Crazy past few weeks.
So here are some great recipes.
The first is a great use of that leftover turkey you are going to have after Thanksgiving and Christmas, it is a turkey noodle casserole and you will LOVE it. It is fast, easy and very easy on the calories!!!
TURKEY NOODLE CASSEROLE
The next is a great sweet treat for you to have — Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies. They sound sinful but at just over 100 calories, you can have one guilt free!!
Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies
Be sure to try all the other Great recipes from Douglasville Weight Loss and check back often for more!!
New Recipes – Healthy October Recipes from Douglasville Weight Loss
Great new recipes this month as we move into fall — a stew and a soup.
The soup is SUPER LOW CALORIE — so enjoy!!!!
Tomato Tortilla Soup – Make it as hot as you like by adding more chilies
Curried Turkey Stew — A great way to use up some leftovers and quick to make!!
ENJOY!!! Be sure to check out all of our great healthy recipes for losing weight or staying healthy — and always DELICIOUS!!
Great new Quiche Recipe
A great new quiche recipe — you can have a nice big slice and still be under 300 calories.
Yummy!!!
Enjoy
Great new Recipes for June from Douglasville Weight Loss
I have some great healthy recipes for June. They are summer fresh and they are all vegetarian so enjoy!!!
May Recipe of the Month
Well, this has something amazing in it — bacon.
And by reducing the fat in the dressing and skipping the butter on the bread — you get to have your salad, you bacon and bread — all for less than 350 calories — ENJOY!!
BLT SALAD WITH GARLIC TOAST — DOUGLASVILLE WEIGHT LOSS RECIPE OF THE MONTH
New Yummy Dessert Recipe from Douglasville Weight Loss
One of the hardest thing for some people is to change their attitude toward dessert.
You can have almost any dessert if you can hold yourself to only having a bite or two and you can limit that to once a week. Then you would not have a problem with sweets.
But one candy bar or one sugary coffee drink or one dessert at a restaurant and that can blow all of your hard work at the gym.
So for those times when you need more than just a taste and really want to enjoy a dessert. Try glazed bananas.
Great Fish Recipe
Ok — This is an AWESOME recipe for fish. It has less than 200 calories and a ton of protein. You can have a HUGE salad with it and still have a great healthy low calorie lunch or dinner.
If you don’t like fish or don’t know how to cook it, this is a great place to start. All of these fishes are firm and tasty. And the way it is prepared makes it tender and full of flavor
And it is EASY!!
So try it!!
New Smoothie Recipe
Lots of smoothie recipes this month because it is a great way to get a quick good for your breakfast — so get out of the fast food lane and into taking good care of yourself!!
This uses mango and papaya — if you can’t find any fresh or are just too lazy, there is great frozen mango in the freezer section at Publix (or your favorite grocery store if you are outside of the Douglasville area) So no excuses to get eating better — this is super quick!
