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Chicken & Garbanzo Bean Soup
With a light licorice flavor and celery-like texture, fennel melds with the marjoram and thyme in this hearty soup.
Tip: Look for firm, smooth fennel bulbs without cracks and brown spots. Stalks should be crisp and leaves a bright green color.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups sliced carrots
1 15-ounce [...]
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These veggie-filled rectangles are an easy way to fix eggs for a crowd. And with only 84 calories and 2 grams of fat each, they’re a healthful way to start the day.
Ingredients
Nonstick cooking spray
12 ounces fresh asparagus or one 9- or 10-ounce package frozen cut asparagus
1 small yellow sweet pepper, cut [...]
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Salt-and-Pepper Chips
Skip those high-fat, high-sodium store-bought chips and replace them with these easy-to-fix fat-free ones.
Ingredients
Olive oil nonstick cooking spray
12 wonton wrappers
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat a large baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. Using [...]
Grilled Chicken with Cucumber Yogurt Sauce
This cool, refreshing sauce (which gets its taste from green onions, fresh mint, and cucumbers) pairs nicely with seasoned grilled chicken.
Tip: If you prefer, peel the cucumber for the sauce before you chop it.
Ingredients
1 6-ounce carton plain low-fat yogurt
1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
2 teaspoons snipped [...]
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These mouthwatering heart-healthy rmethod prove that you don’t have to give up taste when you eat healthfully. And with just 3 grams of fat or less per serving, you won’t feel guilty either.
Mini Spinach Calzones
At only 56 calories each, these petite calzones are perfect as appetizers. Or choose a few and make a [...]
Obesity may raise the risk of getting migraines, the latest health problem to be associated with being much too heavy, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
People ages 20 to 55 who were obese — either by a measure of belly fat or using the standard body mass index based on a person’s height and weight — [...]
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From The editors of Cooking Light
You have access to more nutrition information than ever — from magazines like Cooking Light to the Internet, newspapers, and television. When you add to that the hype about fad diets, the resulting information overload creates more confusion than clarity.
“Many people are still uncertain about what they should eat [...]
By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER, Associated Press Writer Susanne M. Schafer, Associated Press Writer – Mon Jan 12, 9:08 am ET
FORT JACKSON, S.C. – The Army has been dismissing so many overweight applicants that its top recruiter, trying to keep troop numbers up in wartime, is considering starting [...]
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By Amy Norton Amy Norton – Tue Jan 13, 5:15 pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Obese women may have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer than their thinner counterparts, a large study of U.S. women suggests.
Ovarian cancer is a particularly deadly type of cancer [...]
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U.S. researchers may have found an obesity treatment that unlocks the fat-fighting promise of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone once hailed as the answer to the battle of the bulge.
The problem with leptin is that it loses its power in obese people, but a team at Harvard Medical School may have found a way around that [...]
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