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Rainbow Cauliflower Crust Pizza. Low-carb Cauliflower crust rainbow pizza is packed with veggies inside and out, and is perfect for kids and adults.

Rainbow Cauliflower Crust Pizza

SaveRainbows are happening in the kitchen today! We’ve transformed the best cauliflower crust pizza into a rainbow cauliflower crust pizza. The rainbow veggies are so delicious and even more pleasing to the eye. My daughters fell in love with this pizza and could not eat enough of it! But why make cauliflower crust rainbow pizza? It’s beautiful and colorfulIt’s packed with veggies and veggies are good for youBecause cauliflower crust pizza is tasty! Top this delicious pizza with any type of veggies you have. SaveBegin by make the crust. Here are a few tips for making the best low carb cauliflower crust: Allow the minced and steamed cauliflower to cool before extracting the water.Using a soft kitchen towel to extract the water will give you the best results.Make sure to get all the water out of it, like every last bit!

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Healthy Avocado Chicken Salad. Take chicken salad to a new level with the addition of avocado.

Healthy Avocado Chicken Salad

This naturally creamy chicken and avocado salad is healthy and contains no mayo or sour cream. SaveEver since I tried avocado in a grilled chicken sandwich, I can no longer have chicken without avocado. The creamy avocado compliments chicken so well and the addition of cilantro and lime make it a combo to die for. This creamy salad is great in sandwiches, wraps, or with a side of vegetables if you are on a diet. I’ve added this salad to my healthy lunch rotation because the rotisserie chicken breasts are lean and a great source of protein, the avocado is packed full of nutrition and because no mayo or cream is added, you can enjoy the salad guilt-free. Save Watch how to make the salad here: Avocado Chicken Salad In a large bowl, add the shredded chicken, avocado, onion, avocados, corn, and cilantro.

Save. Crispy Sesame Cauliflower Bites. Crispy sesame cauliflower ‘chicken’ bites are crispy, sticky, spicy, sweet and make the perfect appetizer or snack! SaveThis is my 3rd cauliflower bites recipe and it just keeps getting better you guys. Imagination Gallery B - American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Literary Arts A Voice of Her Own The gifted young black poet Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753–1784) was celebrated as “the extraordinary poetical genius” of colonial New England even before this compilation of her poems was published in September 1773.

Imagination Gallery B - American Treasures of the Library of Congress

Not yet eight years old when she was brought to America from Africa in 1761, Wheatley was educated by her mistress, and her first poem was published in a Rhode Island newspaper when she was only fourteen. Her pious elegies for prominent English and colonial leaders became popular and were often reprinted in colonial newspapers or as broadsides.

Wheatley’s 1773 visit to London, ostensibly to improve her frail condition, was cut short by her mistress’ failing health. 7 Ways to Reduce Salt Intake and Lower Your Blood Pressure. We live in a society that measures and medicates.

7 Ways to Reduce Salt Intake and Lower Your Blood Pressure

All the tools and technology and medicines deployed to maintain heart health are a help — yet heart disease remains the No. 1 killer in America. And high blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major contributor. Even so, heart disease is largely preventable, and much of that prevention lies in small steps that can make a big difference; diet is foremost among them. To lower your blood pressure, you need to reduce salt intake. In ancient times, salt was so valuable that people used it for currency. Americans Are Still Eating Too Much Sodium Despite public health efforts over the past several decades to encourage people in the United States to consume less sodium, adults still take in an average of 3,400 milligrams (mg) per day — well above the current federal guideline of 2,300 mg or less daily.

Want to Cut Sodium? To stay under 2,300 mg or less a day, you must read food labels regularly. Try These 7 Tricks to Reduce Salt Intake Every Day. The 50 Healthiest Foods of All Time (With Recipes) Why it’s good for you: Light meat is a fine choice, but there’s no reason to be afraid of the dark.

The 50 Healthiest Foods of All Time (With Recipes)

The fat in dark meat contains a hormone called cholecystokinin, or CCK, which is partly responsible for satiety, so a little bit of dark meat can go a long way, especially if you’re watching your weight. Further, dark meat contains myoglobin, a protein which delivers oxygen to muscle cells. Dark meat also has more B vitamins than white meat, making it a nutrient-rich protein source that’s tasty and satisfying, and meat from the leg and thigh are rich in taurine. Studies have shown that taurine can lower the risk of coronary heart disease in women and it may also help protect against diabetes and high blood pressure. Serving size: chicken, dark meat, cooked thigh (one example) Nutrition per serving: Calories: 184 Fat: 8.7 g Cholesterol: 137 mg Sodium: 198 mg Carbohydrates: 0 g Dietary fiber: 0 g Sugars: 0 g Protein: 27 g Preparation Preheat oven to 425°.