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 Ingredients
Prep Time: 12 mins
Total Time: 12 mins

1/3 cup(s) cheese, ricotta, part-skim
2 1/2 tablespoon cream cheese, light, softened
2 1/2 tablespoon orange marmalade
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup(s) whipped dessert topping, fat-free, thawed
1 1/2 cup(s) strawberries, sliced
1 cup(s) blueberries
2 medium kiwi, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon chocolate, semisweet, grated
2 tablespoon […]

 Sherman and Heidi Mercer’s HealthyHeart Shopping
 This great dish can be served chilled or at room temperature. This salad can be a very healthy lite meal, or if you wish, it can be combined with grilled fish, chicken, or seafood. Enjoy!
The ingrediants are :
1 cup of corn (about 2 ears),  2 cups of papaya diced(about 1/2 of a medium […]

Good to the Last Bowl!!!
 Iam not sure where the recipe came from, but is is good and healthy at the same time.

Nutritional Info (Per serving): Makes 8 Servings Calories: 165, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 81mg, Dietary Fiber: 2g, Total Fat: 4g, Carbs: 11g, Cholesterol: 51mg, Protein: 21g Carbohydrate Count: 0.5 Recipe
Source: The National Heart, […]

Nutritional Info (Per serving): Makes 8 Servings
Calories: 165, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 81mg, Dietary Fiber: 2g, Total Fat: 4g, Carbs: 11g, Cholesterol: 51mg, Protein: 21g Carbohydrate Count: 0.5
Recipe Source: The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). The NHLBI does not recommend or endorse any company advertised on this site.
Ingredients

1 teaspoon oil, […]

Nutritional Values (Per serving): Calories: 190, Saturated Fat: 3g, Sodium: 214mg, Dietary Fiber: 0g, Total Fat: 9g,
 Carbohydrate Count: 1g,
Cholesterol: 74mg, Protein: 24g
Exchanges: Lean Meat: 3.5  
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Rest Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 h 10 minutes
Ingredients

3 cup(s) wood chips, apple or orange, or 6 to 8 apple wood or orange […]

Makes 8 (3-skewer) servings Prep time: 15 minutes
Start to finish: 10 minutes Ingredients
3 tablespoons trans-fat-free margarine
2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce, or more to taste
1 teaspoon canola oil
3 (6-ounce) boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into 24 (1-inch) cubes
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3 celery stalks, cut into 24 (1-inch) pieces
Blue Cheese Dipping SauceInstructions
1. Cut […]

Ingredients

4 chicken, breast, skinless, boneless
1/4 cup(s) oil, olive
1/4 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon pepper, black
1/4 cup(s) water
10 tomatillo(s), fresh, husks removed and cut in half
1/2 medium onion(s), quartered
2 clove(s) garlic, finely chopped
2 pepper(s), jalapeno
2 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt (Optional)
1/4 cup(s) sour cream, nonfat
2 lime(s), juice […]

Growing up in an apple raising area I have taken the value of apples for granted. My Grandfather had apple and peach orchards, and  I just thought apples were grown for a crop, and were good almost any way they were prepared. Little did I know apples have as much nutritional value as they do.
Ben Franklin, in Poor Richards Almanac wrote;…”an apple a […]

First of all, let me tell you about something I learned about from some friends of mine called Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP). This stuff is really quite incredible, especially for those of us having trouble controlling our cholesterol. It has all the texture and positive qualities of meat without the negative affects meat can have […]