Turkey on whole wheat makes the perfect healthy sandwich – unless you pile on the topping. Compare these two versions of the lunchtime favorite. (more…)

Continued from Healthy Eating Recipe.

Here are two more healthy recipes you might want to try.

Vegetable Stew

Yield: 4 servings
-1 cup brown rice
-2 cups water
-½ teaspoon salt
-1 tablespoon canola oil
-2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
-1 large red bell pepper, chopped
-1 medium onion, chopped
-1½ cups chopped carrots
-4 garlic cloves, minced
-3 cups fat-free, salt-free vegetable broth
-1 tablespoon dried thyme
-1 teaspoon paprika
-¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
-1 package frozen okra, thawed (about 2 cups)

In a saucepan, combine the rice, water, and ¼ teaspoon of the salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the water is absorbed and the rice is tender, about 45 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. (more…)

I could bore you to death with my babble about the importance of eating healthy, but I am not going to do that. These healthy eating recipes are great. Get cooking! (more…)

If you like Rachael Ray, chocolate, whipped cream, rum, and cranberries as much as we do – the Cranberry Chocolate Cake with Rummy Whipped Cream Rachel Ray’s recipe – could be a high point of your day.

At first, the nutritional profile for this recipe looks scary: 1,281 Calories, 138 g Carbohydrates, 65 g Fat, and 112 g Sugar. (more…)

When is Thanksgiving? Believe it or not, it is this month. Better yet, it is next week - November 23, Thursday, 2006. I cannot believe how fast the holiday season is approaching. Were we not just sunbathing?

Here is an example of a 40-30-30 Thanksgiving dinner recipe you may want to try.

Starter/Appetizer

Large, tossed green salad (romaine lettuce, diced scallion, pepper, carrot and tomato). 1 tablespoon oil and vinaigrette dressing. (more…)

Are you still holding out hope for a lemonade diet to do something useful? If you are, it appears that a lemonade diet could provide some health benefits after all.

This time the recipe is different, so it is not really the Lemonade Diet, but it still calls for drinking some lemonade.

If you are afraid of kidney stones, mix 4 ounces of (more…)