Recipes, Food Swaps to Make Diet Eating Plans Palatable

I've lost 70 pounds and have 30 left to get back to my goal weight. To lose weight, I've completely changed how I eat. Some dietary changes were easy and others weren't. Here's are tweaks and recipes to make hard-to-swallow diet foods more palatable. Cut the yuck factor and boost the yum with these food swaps. You still get  low-calorie weight loss benefits without the stomach-turning taste. Recipes, Food Swaps to Make Diet Eating Plans Palatable

Memorial Day Picnic Buffet for Dieters, Vegetarians

Memorial Day is the first official picnic day of summer. With special diets: vegan, vegetarian, kosher, lactose intolerant, gluten-free, diabetic, etc. it's difficult to plan a picnic buffet that suits everyone. Throw some picky, fussy eaters (a.k.a. kids) into the party crowd and the harried Memorial Day hosts are at their wits end to know what to feed the hungry multitudes. Here's a Memorial Day picnic buffet that will have everyone and I do mean every single picnicker totally satisfied. Read more

Recipes to Use Up Leftover Ham

Easter was last week and you celebrated with a ham. Now seven days later, everyone is more than a little tired of it. You've sliced it, diced it, baked it fried it and you're out of ideas. Small problem, however. You bought a 15 pounder and there are still leftovers. You can freeze it, but why not try some of these recipes to use up that leftover ham in new and delicious ways. Here's one I forgot--halve and clean acorn squash. Fill cavity with cubed ham, chopped apples, dried cranberries and butter (watching calories? use olive oil or sunflower oil). Sprinkle on allspice, nutmeg and corriander. Feeling brave? Add green pepper. Drizzle with maple syrup. Bake. Or make pizza with ham and fresh-diced pineapple, green pepper, tomatoes and onion. Top with cheddar cheese. Recipes to Use Up Leftover Ham