Eating Healthy Without Being Wealthy

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Eating Healthy Without Being Wealthy - Cucumber Yogurt Salad Dressing

Similar to Mediterranean Cucumber Salad, but spicier, this dressing is a delicious and inexpensive healthy alternative to commercial dressings.  Low in both fat and calories, it’s great on salads, tomatoes, steamed vegetables, or baked potatoes.
 Ingredients

2 medium cucumbers - peeled and seeds removed (organic not necessary)
1 cup low fat organic yogurt
2 cloves crushed garlic
1/4 cup fresh […]

8Sep2008 | User ImageLisa | 0 comments | Continued
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Eating Healthy Without Being Wealthy - Kale

Do you hear the word kale and run for the hills?  Well, hang in here with me.  Kale is packed with a combo of vitamins and minerals that will help keep you going for the long term.  And I have recipes that can get you through the actual flavor of it.
Why is kale good for […]

23Aug2008 | User ImageLisa | 4 comments | Continued
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Eating Healthy Without Being Wealthy - Garlic

For thousands of years garlic has been hailed as a food, a medicine, and in folklore, as a powerful herb, capable of mystical feats such as warding off vampires, or keeping away evil spirits.
Most of us are familiar with the white papery type found in grocery stores, but actually there are over 600 varieties of […]

12Jul2008 | User ImageLisa | 8 comments | Continued
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Eating Healthy Without Being Wealthy- Avocados

I love writing about eating healthy, though I’m not always that good with its actual implementation. Better to confess this now, rather than be outed by my spouse, in a rousting comment, later on. Anyway,
 
At $1.19 each, avocados are a great deal.
The California Avocado’s Association states that “California avocados contain 25 nutrients, including […]

7Jun2008 | User ImageLisa | 10 comments | Continued