Quick & Healthy Recipes from Families, Food & Fitness. Families, Food and Fitness. What's For Dinner. Top 25 Foodie Moms - 2012. Civilized Caveman - Award Winning Gluten Free Paleo Recipes. Italian Chicken Fried Steak: Beef Milanese. Fabio's classic Italian recipe provides decadent American comfort.
Tips: How to work with cheap cuts of meat: Pounding cheaper meats not only tenderizes them, it literally stretches your dollar. Pound meat between pieces of plastic to minimize mess and food borne illness. Tricks to perfect chicken fried steak. Add salt to your egg wash to help break down the collagen and promote better breading. Fabio's Beef MilaneseBEEF MILANESE and SALAD Recipe by Fabio Viviani Yield: 4 servings Ingredients: 1 ½ cups flour 2 cups Panko breadcrumbs 3 large eggs pinch salt 4 (6-oz.) sirloin steaks, pounded to ¼-inch thickness ¼ cup Extra-light olive oil Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper ½ lemon, cut into wedges Method: Prepare your breading station: Add flour and panko breadcrumbs in two separate, shallow dishes.
In a third dish, beat the eggs with a pinch of salt. Dip each steak in flour, then egg, then panko, pressing the breadcrumbs into the meat to adhere. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. 246 Healthy Recipes (That Won't Break the Bank) 10 Replacements for Surprisingly UnHealthy Snacks You Eat Daily. While it’s ideal to always sit down and eat properly, sometimes you need foods you can grab and eat on the go.
With busy lives, it’s easy to understand how individually packaged convenience snacks have become such a strong marketplace. If you wander the aisles of any grocery store, your mind will boggle at just how many snack choices you have. Unfortunately, these convenience foods can be detrimental to your health..and your looks. Even those that seem healthy may not be so good for you on closer examination. Think organically, think natural, you want foods that help burn fat!
Recipes and meal ideas - Healthy eating. Sneaky Ways to Eat More Veggies - Diet and Nutrition Center. Recipes. Recipes. Foodist Approved: Maple Coconut Macaroons As I wrote in my previous post, the holidays are a time to indulge a little.
Recipes - Food Recipes & Ideas. Recipes - Kids' Party Food and Fun Recipes. Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes. The Natural Ingredient That's Wrecking Your Gut. Carrageenan is unnecessary but provides a more pleasurable food and drink texture, experts say.
A completely unnecessary food additive used in conventional, natural, and even some organic food and drink products could be causing digestive problems and even cancer, according to a report from the organic watchdog group the Cornucopia Institute. Soy milk dangers, along with almond milk and even ice cream threats, are included in the report. The compound in question is carrageenan, a seaweed-derived ingredient used to create a better texture, or "mouthfeel," in low-fat dairy products and dairy alternatives like soymilk. Often found in things like chocolate milk, sour cream, creamers, yogurt, ice cream, and juices, carrageenan helps keep different ingredients in suspension so they don't separate, eliminating the need to shake the product before you consume it.
To be sure, carrageenan use is rampant in nonorganic food and drinks, and used in only some organic products. Tiny Tomatoes: Big Taste. Healthy Baking Substitutions {healthy living} I can’t lie, I have a major sweet tooth and I love to bake.
Most of the recipes I gravitate toward are loaded with butter and sugar, so when I did make them in the past it was always a rare treat. This just wasn’t cutting it. I wanted to eat sweets more often and NOT feel like I should have to go on an all lettuce diet for the next week. This is when I started exploring healthy recipe substitutes for baking. Skinny Broccoli Alfredo Pasta {recipe} The Skinny BBQ Chicken Pizza {Recipe} Who doesn’t love pizza?
But it’s no secret that it’s not exactly “healthy” for you, so we tend to eat it in moderation, sometimes feeling guilty after we overindulge, sigh…but wait! Could it be possible? A pizza recipe that’s delicious and actually good for you?! Yes. No Bake Granola Bars {recipe} I’m not one for a big breakfast, especially during the busy work week…but, like they say, breakfast IS the most important meal of the day so I always try to incorporate something healthy & quick (like my Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Breakfast Cake).
One of my favorite things for a quick breakfast are fruit & nut granola bars (Kashi brand), but those can get boring and pricey too…so I’ve been experimenting with lots of different granola bar recipes lately. After a more than a few fails, I finally hit on an awesome NO BAKE granola bar recipe (adapted from a recipe on Cooking Classy)…here’s the recipe for some amazing No Bake Granola Bars No Bake Granola Bars {recipe makes 12} Approx. 150 calories per bar 2 cups quick cooking oats1 cup Rice Krispies Cereal1/3 cup raw almonds (chopped)1 Tbsp poppy seed4 Tbsp coconut oil1/4 cup packed light-brown sugar1/4 cup honey1/8 tsp salt3/4 tsp almond extract. Chicken Tikka Masala {recipe} Ever since I discovered the benefit of spices for your metabolism, I’ve been trying to integrate them into more of my meals.
It’s no surprise that most Indian dishes are packed with tons of delicious spices and ingredients, most of which are great for you. Braised Sea Scallops with Peanut Glaze & Coconut Milk Rice {recipe} Living on the coast in New England, I find tons of inspiration for amazingly unique seafood dishes.
Our favorite restaurants are always coming up with innovative and delicious ways to prepare fresh seafood…dishes I could certainly never come up with myself! This was the case with an amazing scallop dish I ordered recently. The dish consisted of fresh braised sea scallops on a bed of sweet/creamy rice with a delightful peanut glaze sauce. It was simply euphoric. I knew I had to try to recreate it at home. Pesto Pasta with Grilled Chicken & Sweet Potato {Recipe} Have I mentioned before that I LOVE pasta and that I usually have it at least once a day?
Yes, I know it’s not the best choice but it’s really not a problem! Let me explain. I love almost every pasta dish, and I’m always experimenting with different flavors and new combinations. The trick to enjoying a yummy pasta dish without packing on the pounds is loading up the dish with great flavors, healthy vegetables and clean protein. Chicken & Black Bean Mexican Lasagna {Recipe} 24 favorite products that bridge the gourmet/natural divide.
Your cheese case may be stocked by a bona fide cheesemonger and your antipasto bar brimming with a rainbow of international flavors, but such offerings are de rigueur these days. Yawn. To attract today’s epicurean consumers, gourmet-like foods must touch every corner of your store—including the vegan, gluten-free and even nondairy sections, where taste once took a back seat to other quality standards. Not anymore. 18 healthy, easy school lunch recipes. Here in Colorado, kids head back to school next week. Moms, Dads, you know the math: That’s looking at roughly 180 days of healthy lunches to pack over the next nine months! We’re lucky to have healthy-chef Ann Cooper overseeing our school lunch program, but still my kids like to pack their own lunches most of the time. How to stay out of the PB&J rut? It takes some creativity.
Photo Gallery: Kid-friendly veggie recipes. Photo Gallery: Kid-friendly veggie recipes. The Fresh 20, Weekly Plans — The Fresh 20. Alkaline-Grain Veggie Burgers Recipe. I love me a good burger- veggie burger that is. Sometimes it’s so nice to pick up something and eat it, since a lot of what I eat is with a fork. It’s a great thing to rotate in your menu. I cut up my Alkaline Grain Veggie burger into strips and load into a collard green to eat as a wrap, or sometimes I use gluten-free bread.
Most commercial veggie burgers you buy in the frozen section of supermarkets are made with processed soy or texturized vegetable protein (TVP). We say no thanks to those! When wanting a good side dish, check out my tabouli salad recipe, perfect for family gatherings. Taste test of healthy pastas. Standard-issue semolina pasta, low in fat and sodium, isn’t exactly an evil food, but that doesn’t stop manufacturers from trying to make it better. One way: boost pasta’s fiber, either by using whole grain or by adding fiber sources such as oats, inulin, or legume flour blend.
Another way: add nutrients such as calcium, folic acid, iron, thiamine, or omega-3s. A recent survey by the Food Marketing Institute found that the proportion of consumers who reported they were buying more foods with “plus” claims was up 32 percent compared with a year earlier. Garden Vegetable Turkey Roll-ups {recipe} In my opinion, gatherings should feel uncontrived and casual, this way people feel free to relax and enjoy themselves.
In fact, some of my best get-together’s have been thrown together at the last minute with just light bites to eat made from ingredients I already had at home. Whenever I find myself in this position, one of my go-to dishes is usually a tray of garden vegetable roll-ups with sliced turkey. These are so simple to make, and they look beautiful too!