This is an easy, delicious and decadent snack. I love to make this in the afternoon whenever I get that urge to have something salty and sweet. Here is all that you’ll need : 1 ounce of sliced hard Parmesan cheese One green apple Slice cheese thinly and place it on-top of apple slice. Voila! [...]

Here is an email I received after I posted Tips For A Healthy Halloween. I thought is was such an interesting way to deal with Halloween Candy -  I wanted to share this readers advice with you. Definitely a different tactic, but one that really seems to work! “We have a ‘free for all’ rule [...]

You want healthier french fries? Here they are! Baked Sweet Potato French Fries 3 Sweet Potatoes 3 gloves of Gallic 3 teaspoons olive oil Kosher salt and pepper to taste Parchment Paper Preheat your oven to 425 Spray two cookie sheets with olive oil Peel and cut your sweet potatoes ***You can cut them to look like thin chips [...]

A few months ago I posted about the difference between a sweet potato and a regular white potato. CLICK HERE to check it out. The bonus with a sweet potato is that it does not spike your insulin levels the way a regular potato does partly because of the higher fiber content. Now, here is my issue [...]

It’s just coming to the end of blueberry season so we better take advantage of the few weeks we have left! Compared with over 20 other fruits including strawberries and cranberries, blueberries have shown to have the highest antioxidant activity. 1 Cup of Blueberries contains 14 mg of Vitamin C and .8 mg of Vitamin E. In addition to the high antioxidant [...]

Who said Pizza couldn’t be healthy. My very favorite thing to have for lunch is a crustless Pizza. CLICK HERE to see the recipe. This is yet another healthy, easy pizza recipe. And just like the real thing, it’s just as good cold as it is hot… maybe even better Feel free to add a [...]

Let me preface this post by saying that I always think real food (likea cheese string or an apple) is a better choice then reaching for a bar. But there are times when these things are not available and a bar is the next best option. There is so much crap out there that when I find [...]

I feel kinda sad for corn on the cob. It’s so delicious and so easy to make, yet so many people avoid it. After the Atkins diet came, corn got a really bad wrap. And even though the Atkins Diet has gone away, for some reason the assumption that corn is a bad food has stayed around. [...]

I write posts on topics like cholesterol, sodium and blood pressure to understand them better. So much of what we buy is pitched to us as ‘good for you cholesterol” or “low in sodium!”. If you don’t really know why that’s important or how it helps, then really what’s the point! O.K- Cholesterol. Here is how I see [...]

I really do love Quinoa. It’s technically a  grain, but it forms a complete protein! That means that it contains all eight essential amino acids your body needs in order to use protein properly in your body. No other grain ( that I know of does this!) Making this a great choice for vegetarians. Despite it’s hard to pronounce [...]