Archive for December, 2007
As promised, a delicious holiday soup recipe that you can serve before or with your meal. H3I’s Roasted Butternut Squash Soup is filled with nutrients and is low in calories too! Make use of the seasonal vegetables with this tasty treat.
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Serves: 6 Serving Size: 1/2 cup Calories: 50 Fat: 1 gram
1 Butternut squash
1 cup Chicken stock, low sodium
1/4 cup Apple Juice
1/2 Onion, diced
1 Celery stalk, washed, diced
1 Carrot, peeled, washed, diced
1/8 tsp Cinnamon, ground
1 tbsp Butterbuds
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Cut butternut squash in half, place in baking pan with 1/2″ of water.
Bake in oven for about 30 minutes. Let cool slightly, then peel off skin.
In a medium pot, saute carrots, onions and celery.
Add roasted squash to pot and mix well.
Place vegetables into a blender and puree until smooth.
Return back to pot and remaining ingredients and let simmer on low for about 15 minutes to let the seasonings marinate.
Serve warm before your favorite course.
Stay tuned tomorrow for the main course!
December 13th, 2007
This holiday season maintain your healthy lifestyle by preparing tasty and classic foods that are light and healthy too. Since it just wouldn’t feel like the holidays without all the traditional items, the following recipes will show you how to modify your favorites so you can enjoy all the great taste with none of the guilt. There’s no reason this time of year can’t be fun and healthy!
This Holiday Recipe special comes straight from this month’s newsletter. Stay tuned tomorrow for the another great holiday recipe!!
Spinach Artichoke Dip
Serves: 6 Serving Size: 1/2 cup Calories: 120 Fat: 3 grams
10 cups Spinach, trimmed, fresh
2 cups Artichokes, quartered
4 oz. Fat free cream cheese
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
1/2 cup Shallots, diced or white onions
2 tsp Garlic, fresh, minced
1/2 cup Skim milk
To taste Sea salt
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Heat up large saute pan with non-stick cooking spray. Saute shallots and garlic. Add cleaned spinach, artichokes, cream cheese, skim milk and salt. Mix well with wire whisk or rubber spatula.
Place mixture in small casserole dish and top with parmesan cheese. Bake until parmesan has a golden color.
Serve warm with pita chips.
Enjoy! Next up….Soups!
December 12th, 2007
Is your hometown on the list? Number one was Memphis, TN, with a 34% obesity rate, which is over the national average.
See where your city landed in this slide show.
Unfortunately, obesity affects over one third of the American population and does not discriminate between race, ethnicities, socioeconomic status or gender. The causes, researchers say, are numerous; which include a diet rich in calories and low nutrients, sedentary lifestyle and bad habits. Not only does this epidemic have many causes, but also brings major costs. Costs associated with obesity are as much as $93 billion to the nation’s medical bill each year, with over 112,000 people losing their lives due to obestiy related diseases. These include Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Forbes magazine collected data from the 2006 CDC reports on Body Mass Index (BMI) collected through phone interviews with those in metropolitan areas. Not only are larger metropolitan areas affected by obesity, but small rural towns struggle as well. For the survey purposes, only larger cities were questioned.
So how do we fix this national problem? Experts recommend a community wide lifestyle change, with a healthier diet, increased physical activity and environments that promote exercise.
Visit entire article here.
December 11th, 2007
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