| For the best weight loss recipes, go to a healthy | | | | Spread mixture over bean dip. Grate cheese over top |
| cookbook, or create you own healthy cookbook from | | | | and bake for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven and |
| your own favorite recipes. | | | | top with tomato, green onion, olives, and cilantro. Serve |
| Almost all healthy cookbooks have weight loss recipes, | | | | with tortilla chips. |
| because weight loss recipes are healthy recipes. | | | | Serves: 8 Fat grams: 1.9 Phase: 4 Protein: 5.2 |
| Now, this simple article will not be able to give you a full | | | | Creamy Parsley Veggie Dip |
| cookbook of healthy weight loss recipes, but like Mary | | | | 1 cup fat-free mayonnaise 1/3 cup mined fresh parsley |
| Swint from Lima Ohio, losing weight is a choice to | | | | 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon light salt 1 cup |
| getting healthy. | | | | (8 ounces) fat-free sour cream 2 tablespoons finely |
| Mary says, "I chose to get healthy by losing weight. I | | | | chopped onion 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 teaspoon |
| did this by exercising and watching what I eat....I know | | | | pepper Assorted fresh vegetables |
| as a healthcare worker that obesity is just as deadly | | | | In a bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Cover and |
| as cancer." She lost 98 lbs. | | | | refrigerate at least 2 hours. Serve with vegetables. |
| Linda Hedington from Warsaw, IN lost 101 lbs. She said, | | | | Serves: 9 Fat grams: less than 1 Protein: 1.8 |
| "It's relieved some of my joint pain and has made me | | | | And who can live without pizza? Here's a pizza crust |
| move so much better. I am off one of my blood | | | | recipe that will be everybody's favorite: |
| pressure pills and my thyroid medicine has decreased | | | | Thin and Healthy Pizza Dough. These recipes can be |
| three times." | | | | found in the Thin and Healthy Forever Cookbook. |
| So where do you find recipes and a healthy | | | | Healthy cooking doesn't have to taste bad. Make |
| cookbook? They are everywhere. Magazines have | | | | healthy eating a habit. Everyone will thank you. |
| healthy recipes for losing weigh. Websites, book | | | | 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 package artificial |
| stores, hospitals, non-profit foundations, family, | | | | sweetener 1 package active dry yeast 1 teaspoon |
| friends...product sites, weight management | | | | canola or olive oil 1 tablespoon cornmeal 1/4 teaspoon |
| sites...everyone seems to offer recipes and help. | | | | light salt Non-stick cooking spray |
| Donna Krech is a weight loss professional who says it | | | | For crust: mix 3/4 cup of flour, yeast, sweetener, and |
| is lack of motivation that keeps us overweight. | | | | salt. Add oil and1/2 cup warm water (120-130 degrees). |
| In order to beat the yo-yo diet game, we need to find | | | | Beat with electric mixer on low for 31 seconds. |
| the motivation to DO it. Not just to lose the weight, but | | | | Scraping bowl beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Stir in |
| to retrain the metabolism so you can keep it off. That's | | | | as much remaining flour as you can, then knead |
| were a healthy cookbook proves it's worth. | | | | enough remaining flour to make a moderately stiff |
| Recipes for weight loss should be healthy recipes that | | | | dough that is smooth and elastic (5 minutes total). |
| we can live with and eat with our families, take to | | | | Shape into a ball. Place in a bowl sprayed with |
| parties and social gatherings. Here are a few recipes | | | | non-stick cooking spray; turn once. Cover; let rise in a |
| to help. | | | | warm place till double in size, approximately 30 minutes. |
| For vegetables and chips: | | | | Punch down; cover and let rest for 10 minutes. |
| Touch Down Taco Dip | | | | On a floured surface, roll dough into a 14-inch circle. |
| 1 can (9 ounces) bean dip 4 ounces fat-free cream | | | | Place on a pizza pan sprayed with non-stick cooking |
| cheese 1/4 cup fat-free sour cream 1 tablespoon taco | | | | spray and sprinkle with cornmeal. Build up edges |
| seasoning mix 1 garlic clove, pressed 1/4 cup (1 ounce) | | | | slightly. Bake crust for about 10 minutes in a |
| shredded veggie cheese 1/2 medium tomato, seeded | | | | 425-degree oven or until lightly browned. |
| and diced 2 green onions, sliced 1/4 cup pitted ripe | | | | Suggestions: to top, fat-free sauce, favorite vegetables |
| olives 1 tablespoon finely chopped cilantro | | | | and or browned ground turkey, shrimp, or chicken. |
| Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spread bean dip over | | | | Return to oven and bake for approximately 10 minutes. |
| bottom of baking dish. In a bowl, combine cream | | | | Serves: 8 Fat grams: 6.9 Phase: 2, 3, 4 Protein: 22. |
| cheese, sour cream, taco seasoning mix and garlic. | | | | |