Cooking Done Light

I firmly believe that one of our major obstacles when is comes to weight loss is this whole idea of “going on a diet”.
I believe that a healthy “lifestyle change” is what will equate to long term weight loss (and weight maintenance). When you go “on a diet”, you eventually – because of [...]

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I’m sure that is what most people think on those “way-to-busy-for-anything-but-fast-food-nights”. Well, guess what – no matter how many times you try to convince yourself that “it can’t be all that bad”, and that “Once a week won’t hurt”, you may be very, very wrong! Take a look at this list of the [...]

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I’m sure that is what most people think on those “way-to-busy-for-anything-but-fast-food-nights”. Well, guess what – no matter how many times you try to convince yourself that “it can’t be all that bad”, and that “Once a week won’t hurt”, you may be very, very wrong! Take a look at this list of the [...]

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I would like to thank you all for your patience as we get our site established in it’s new home. I am aware that some of the recipes have been negatively affected by the move and are incorrect/missing information or full directions/missing nutrition info, etc.
John has been working tirelessly to correct these problems, get [...]

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I have had quite a few questions regarding whole wheat pastry flour, whole wheat flour, and all purpose flour. I hope that this answers some of your questions.
You can substitute all purpose flour in place of the whole wheat with the same results, and the calorie count will stay pretty much the same. Most [...]

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As the seasons transition from one to the other, the foods that you eat should transition with them. There is such a huge variety of fruits of vegetables available to us, that there is no reason not to try them all at least once. You never know – you may just discover a [...]

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I have received quite a few emails from people asking how I obtain the nutrition information for my recipes. There really is no secret formula for figuring out how many calories are in a meal – it’s just some simple (yet time consuming) math.
Let’s say that for lunch today, I decided to have a simple [...]

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Flax seeds are found in every supermarket these days. If you don’t already keep a bag of them in your refrigerator, I highly recommend picking some up to have on hand. They are unbelievably versatile, have countless nutritional health benefits, and they have a “nutty” flavor which makes them taste great, too!Flax seeds [...]

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I know that we have visitors from all over the world, but here in the United States we are experiencing a major heat wave. So, out of sympathy (and self preservation!) I have searched through my vault for light, refreshing, no cook (or barely cooked) meals that I have created in the past which [...]

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