Tips to feed yourself at work
Spending the day away from home at work can make us change our eating habits. In really busy days it’s difficult to find free to eat but we have to make an effort to eat throughout the day.
Here are a few tips for you to feed yourself at work:
Include in your weekly shopping list a [...]
Light Recipe: Light Coconut Pie
It’s time for another Light Recipe.
This time I bring here a Bitsy’s Kitchen recipe: Light Coconut Pie. This recipe brings together cream cheese, pina colada and flaked coconut.
Ingredients:
9-inch prepared graham cracker crust
8 oz. light cream cheese, softened
8 oz. low fat pina colada
or coconut flavored yogurt 2 Tbsp. white sugar
1 1/2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
8 oz. [...]
Fruit Slicer: Get your fruit sliced with only one movement
This is a product you probably want in your kitchen.
This is a Fruit Slicer that can be used with pears, apples, oranges and several other fruits. Besides cutting the fruit in 8 slices it separates the core from the rest. With only one gesture you have fruit ready to eat, to prepare pies, cakes or [...]
Great Giveaway at My Wooden Spoon
Lori from My Wooden Spoon is running a couple of giveaways. As her giveaways are always open for worldwide people I can participate.
The one I’m really interested in is the 10yr Memberships for 2 Winners to Emealsforyou.com. Being a full time worker for me is difficult to choose the meals I have to prepare everyday. [...]
Hotel, Restaurant and Bar Ideas 1
I’m going to post, at least once a week, about interesting hotels, restaurants and bars from all over the world.
Today let’s travel to Sweden and visit a Restaurant called: Fredsgatan 12.
Danyel Couet and Paul Svensson bring their clients colorful and tasty food confectioned with a wide variety of ingredients.
Relaxed is the main adjective [...]
Light Recipe: EatingWell Power Salad
It’s time for another Light Recipe. High temperatures and good weather (at least here in Portugal) make us want easy, light and fresh recipes that’s why this week I choose a healthy salad.
I found this EatingWell Power Salad at the EatingWell website.
This recipe is very easy to prepare, it only takes 10 minutes to be [...]
Anorexia Nervosa
There was an interesting documentary yesterday on TV about Anorexia Nervosa Disorder. The four cases that were shown were from four woman aged 15, 18, 23 and 32. The 32 years old is a person I know. I already knew she suffered for that disorder but I was never too close to ask for details.
All [...]
Kitchen tools I can’t live without
Being a full time worker (40 hours a week) time is not something I have to spare or waste, every minute counts, so meals are something I usually try to plan in advance.
I usually have some tools that allow me to save some time while preparing the meals, here are some of them:
1 -Onion Chopper [...]
Light Recipe: Light Tiramisu
It’s time for another light recipe. This time I’ve chosen a dessert I adore: Tiramisu.
This is a LIGHT TIRAMISU from Better Homes and Gardens, delicious as all their recipes. This recipe is easy to make and the ingredients are not difficult to find. Here it is:
Ingredients:
* 2 8-ounce cartons fat-free sour cream
* [...]
Healthy Ways to Cook Vegetables
Vegetables are a great source of healthy nutrients that should be preserved when we cook the vegetables. Vegetables that can be eaten in their natural state, preserve all the nutrients, those that are cooked can lose some of the great proprieties they have. The best thing is to cook them in the most healthier way. [...]
Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World
Are you hungry but you don’t want to eat because you might gain a few pounds? I have great news for you. Lisa Lillien just released a new cooking book with more than 150 recipes specially for those that like to eat but they feel guilty when they do.Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for [...]
Do you know why integral cereals help you control your weight?
Integral cereals have less calories than the refine ones, they also are rich in nutrients therefore when you eat them you feel you are full and don’t need any more food for a while.
The nutrients they have are of good quality so the urge to eat is less and you can control your weight naturally [...]
