Healthy Meal Planning

Healthy Meal Planning

Roasted Asparagus Recipe

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My favorite way to cook asparagus is to roast it in the oven with a little garlic, salt & pepper - and viola! In 15 minutes, you will have a deliciously flavorful veggie side to eat with dinner.

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Weekly Healthy Meals & Menu Plan. Starting the New Year Right

The goal of this meal plan is to help get you back on track after holiday over eating. I have already shared an "After Thanksgiving" meal plan, and this is similar but with a focus on reducing snacks & sugar plus incorporating more vegetables & beans. I'm following this plan myself this week and posting daily recaps + pictures over at my personal blog Girlxoxo.com.

Breakfast: Oat Bran + 1 Apple (or Breakfast Oats with Pears).
Oat Bran

Saturday & Sunday: Waffles topped with Fruit Preserves and Yogurt.
Waffles and Fruit

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Cubano Panini Recipe

Cubano Panini and Salad

I have been totally crushing on The Diabetes DTOUR Diet Cookbook by Barabara Quinn, MS, RD and the Editors of Prevention. My favorite sandwich of late has come from this cookbook - The Cubano Panini.

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Low Calorie Breakfast: Waffles & Fruit Preserves

Waffles and Fruit

I had no idea Waffles with Fruit Spread and Yogurt could taste so good. I've always drizzled waffles with syrup but after this experience - never again! In this case, the brand of product you choose will make a difference.

* Select a whole grain waffle (or as close to it as you can get), with fiber and protein if possible.
* The fruit preserves should be sugar free, but if you're a natural food purist then this option is out for you so try and choose something where you can see the chunks of fruit and is not laden with sugar.
Polaner Sugar Free Strawberry Preserves with Fiber
* As for the dollop of yogurt on top - don't be tempted to skip this to save calories! Choose a thick Greek yogurt - plain, non-fat if you can - and your mouth will be rewarded with bursting flavor when you bite into this waffle. And trust me - all this can be achieved for less than 300 calories!

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Recipe for Quinoa Salad with Sweet Potatoes and Bell Peppers

Quinoa Salad with Sweet Potatoes and Bell Peppers

Quinoa looks like a grain (sort of like rice) and tastes sort of like it too (with a slightly nuttier flavor and stickier texture) - but unlike rice it's gluten free and is a complete protein (which means it has all the 12 amino acid building blocks of a protein). If you're still cooking with white rice - because the kids or healthy eating hating boyfriend won't let go (slight mini rant there) - then let them get a taste of this quinoa recipe and they will probably relent to introducing something that's healthy into their diet.

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