No Drip Ice Pops Ingredients * 1 cup boiling water * 1 (3 ounce) package fruit flavored gelatin mix * 1 banana * 1 cup plain yogurt Directions 1. Combine boiling water and gelatin in a blender and pulse until gelatin is dissolved. Blend in banana until smooth, then blend in yogurt. Pour mixture into… Continue reading
Category: Healthy Nutrition
Diabetic-Friendly Cooking: mainly dishes
Quinoa Side Dish Ingredients * 1 tablespoon butter * 1 cup uncooked quinoa * 2 cups vegetable broth * 2 teaspoons chopped garlic * 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley * 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 1 small onion, finely chopped * 1 dash fresh lemon juice (optional) Directions 1. Melt… Continue reading
Diabetic-friendly cooking: soups
Rainbow Roasted Pepper Soup Ingredients * 1 green bell pepper * 1 large red bell pepper * 1 large orange bell pepper * 1 yellow bell pepper * 8 cloves garlic * 1/2 lemon * 3 cups vegetable broth * 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt * ground black pepper to taste * 1 teaspoon fennel seed… Continue reading
Eat more and lose more weight
Unlike other diet books that make big promises, Eat More, Weigh Less, by Dean Ornish, MD, soft-pedals the health claims for this diet for the masses, adapted from his regimen to reverse heart disease. Ornish is well known in the medical community because of his success in reversing blockages to the heart, once thought impossible… Continue reading
The effective cabbage soup’s diet
The Cabbage Soup Diet: What It Is If eating a bottomless bowl of cabbage soup, along with a few other low-calorie foods, for a solid week appeals to you, the Cabbage Soup Diet is sure to lead to quick weight loss. However, since the food choices are so limited and the calories so low, boredom… Continue reading
A diet with baby food?
Pureed carrots, meats, and mashed bananas are typical foods for babies without teeth, but they are also the latest weight loss trend to hit Hollywood. Created by celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson, The Baby Food Diet is the latest weight loss fad promising to curb cravings, allow eating on the run, and lose weight quickly. Strange… Continue reading
Side salads
Easy Three-Bean Salad Ingredients: 1 can (16 oz) low-sodium cut green beans, drained 1 can (about 15 oz) low-sodium red kidney beans, drained 1 can (about 16 oz) low-sodium garbanzo beans, drained 1 onion (small), sliced and separated into rings Salad greens Grated peel of 1/2 lemon 1/4 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice 2 tablespoons… Continue reading
Mixed salads
7-Layer Salad This is a very popular potluck recipe in some areas of the United States. Now you have a lighter version to bring, and no one will be the wiser. Ingredients: 8 cups of shredded Romaine or green leaf lettuce 1 green pepper, chopped 2 cups sliced mushrooms or carrots 1 1/2 cups canned… Continue reading