Here is a very easy snack with lots of vegetables. It can be used also as an appetizer, for a picnic or even for lunch. If you like you can change the ingredients of even add new ones to make it a richer recipe.
Easy Snack Wraps
INGREDIENTS

12 (10 inch) flour tortillas
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
1 head lettuce
1 (6 ounce) package sliced deli-style turkey
2 cups shredded carrots
2 cups minced tomato

DIRECTIONS
1. Spread cream cheese evenly over the tortillas. Top the cream cheese with lettuce leaves. …

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 ready, ingredients are very easy to find and we usually have them at home, no fat ingredients so…let’s cook for the family.

6 cups mixed salad greens
1 cup shredded carrots
2 tablespoons chopped red …

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. I found an article that show us Healthy Ways To Cook Vegetables, here they are:
Steaming
Steaming is fast, preserves nutrients, and it works best for fresh and frozen vegetables such as carrots, broccoli, spinach and roots …

This is a personal record. My husband who has been and still is over weighted for a few years, since he changed jobs last October he also started having a little care with his meals.
As he eats in the factory, he takes from home a dish of soup and A LOT of fruit specially oranges and apples. Drinks around 1.5 to 2 liters of waters a day and already lost 7 Kgs (+/- 15 pound). Dinner is pretty much what we all eat in the house.
I think the reduction of …

Our bones, muscles and joints are the structure that supports the body, protects the internal organs and make our movements possible. Simple actions like walk, sweep the house or even write depends, in a long term, of the food we eat.
What can we eat that help us keep moving for a long time?

Blue Fish (tuna, sardines, salmon, etc) and their Omega-3 help to reduce the inflammation of articular diseases. They also contain vitamin D.
Vegetables: contain vitamin C with antioxidant power.
Vegetable Oils: great source of omega-3 and vitamins.
Fruits, dry fruit and …

Broccolis are not my kids favorite vegetable, in fact they don’t like to eat them. Broccolis are a green vegetable that is great for anemic people. Their main component is water, followed by carbonate hydrates and proteins. They are a great source of vitamin C, folic acid and carotenes, as well as a good provider of vitamin E and B6. Regarding minerals they have potassium and phosphor.
Broccolis have an anticancer function, with a main role in the heart disease and cancer prevention. Due to the high quantities of calcium and …

As I mentioned in my family blog my husband is overweighted. He’s not careful with what he eats and his diet includes cookies, sodas, chocolates, etc. There are several products available he could take like hydroxycut which burns calories and controls appetite, but he’s not very fond of taking pills so he prefers to eat more soup, vegetables and fruits. The problem is when he eats a full package of cookies…
He’s already having high blood pressure and it can be cause by the overweight besides the dangers of stroke and …