Lose Weight + Recipes

Healthy Baked Oatmeal **VIDEO**

Healthy baked oatmeal is always a hit in my house. It is like a muffin (and like a pudding).....

Low Calorie Cereal Recipe

Low calorie cereal is easy to make. I know you want to buy it - but it tastes much better to make it........

Low Calorie Rice: A Vegetable Makes Life Lighter

This low calorie rice is a win-win substitute for real rice......

Laughing Cow Cheese Wedges: A Little Cheese Goes a Long Way

These Laughing Cow Cheese wedges are an interesting take on cheese.....

Purple Pickled Eggs For Spring

How do you make these purple pickled eggs? There is zero FD&C Red #40 in those lovely hard-boiled eggs. That brilliant color is the product of a natural source....

Slow Cooker Butternut Squash

Slow cooker butternut squash is an amazingly simple way to prepare butternut squash without having to do hardly anything....

Roasted Sugar Pumpkin Recipe

This roasted sugar pumpkin recipe is not sweet. Instead it is salty, sour, sweet, and fun to make.....

Healthier Egg Nog Recipe

A healthy eggnog recipe? Can it be done?...

A "No Peel" Apple Recipe To Make You Swoon

The apple season is in full swing here in New England and I can't stop buying them. The taste of fresh apples is one of life's great joys....

Roasted Summer Squash Recipe **VIDEO**

This roasted summer squash recipe is so easy because summer squash, unlike winter squash, doesn’t have to be peeled. It arrives ready to go (which is my type of squash).....

Healthy Apple Crisp Recipe **VIDEO**

This healthy apple crisp recipe is THE dessert of fall. It only uses one apple!....

Turn Strawberry Shortcake Into Strawberry Healthycake

Have you ever made a traditional Strawberry Shortcake? Well, I have and the "shortcake" part calls for cream AND butter. Wowza!

Time for Santa Hats

You know how you have a holiday favorite that you make EVERY year....

Lighter Cheese Sauce Using Cauliflower

You know how pasta and cheese is the ultimate comfort food combination? What if the cheesy part was only 100 calories per cup?...

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

How many of you out there hate Brussels Sprouts? I bet you are really looking forward to them on your Thanksgiving table....

Vegan Creamed Spinach

I try to keep my guest list for Thanksgiving “vegan free” but that doesn’t work for everyone....

Low Calorie Blender Butter Cake

Every once in a while, I stumble upon a really good idea....

Indian Spiced Cauliflower & Potatoes Recipe

I have been called the “Queen of Cauliflower” and there have been complaints about my constant desire to work this vegetable.....

The Most Fun Apple Snack

Last year, I posted this concept and it got rave reviews. Sometimes simple is best.

Butternut Squash Coconut Soup

This soup is HUGE on flavor, low in calories, and incredibly healthy. Win, win, win....