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	Asian Spinach Spinach is a highly nutritious and diverse veggie can be served in many delicious recipes. It stands well alone, or in combination with other ingredients to make a savory entree. Spinach is full of the nutrient folic acid, which is critical for women who are planning on becoming pregnant or who are already pregnant. For those who are not expecting a child, spinach is loaded with other minerals and fiber that we all need to maintain good health. Spicy Fruit Salad This dessert is brought to us by Dr. Larrain Gillespie the author of the wildly popular weight loss book The Goddess Diet .Dr. Gillespie, a well respected urologist/gynecologist and doctor to the stars, has written an amazing book for women to lose weight, keep it off,and feel great and look great. Cher the diva herself follows Dr. Gillespie's Goddess recommendations to look and feel terrific. Her Spicy Fruit Salad is a good dessert alternative or breakfast dish. It is tasty and simple to make. Each portion contains only a 100 calories! Australian Sugar Free, Non-Fat Muffins We received this yummy recipe from a member of our healthy cooking's online group from down under in Australia. These muffins would be best served for breakfast and snack time. Red & Black Bean Salad This week's Recipe of the Week is brought us by Nancy Burton who has a tremendous interest in taking good care of her family. Thanks Nancy for our your ideas!! This is an easy low fat recipe which is delicious and very good for us ! It can be topped with fat free sour cream and chopped green onions. Calcutta Chicken in spinach & yogurt sauce This week's Recipe of the Week is brought to us from the popular Goddess Diet created by Larrian Gillespie, MD. Her Calcutta chicken in spinach and yogurt sauce is perfect for dinner. The Goddess Diet was developed by Larrian as an effective and safe way for women to lose weight and to keep unwanted pounds from creeping up. Larrian has developed diets for such celebrities as Cher and the start of Lord of the Dance Michael Flately. Cher continues to eat the "goddess" way and strongly endorses Dr. Gillespie's book. Treat yourself like a goddess and make this delicious recipe and see our interview with Larrian Gillespie and free book excerpt. Soft Pretzels This recipe toasts February as national heart month, sponsored by the American Heart Association, and Valentine's Day. Soft pretzels are both low in fat and delicious. If you are watching your cholesterol and fat grams this will be an excellent snack choice. Pretzels, which are baked, not fried, keeps away all those unwanted calories. These can be shaped into hearts before they are baked. This is fun for kids of any age. Spinach & Mushroom Stir Fry This very easy and delicious dish is very satisfying as a lunch and coupled with a grilled chicken breast and rice makes a perfect dinner or it is good all by itself. I use fresh spinach and button mushrooms. The amounts of ginger and garlic for this recipe can be adjusted to your taste. Whole Wheat Linguini & Fresh Tuna This week's Recipe of the Week features Whole Wheat Linguini and Fresh Tuna. We receive many letters from women and men looking to eat for health. They want their food to not only nourish them but to also make them feel better. Mood swings and bouts of irritability can be traced to what we eat. The kind of foods and yes, the amounts, affect our temperaments. This recipe is from Molly Siple's best seller *Recipes for Change. This recipe goes a long way to satisfy hunger, load you up on important nutrients, and eliminate those mood sings and periods of irritability. Low Fat Almond Cake* This almond cake was a whim of the moment, so to speak. I had eaten a similar wonderful mazarin cake at a relative's house, and I thought I could do something like that myself. Pineapple Cheesecake I don't know about you, but cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts. This cake is not only tasty but low fat- only 196 calories per slice with 5 grams of fat. No guilt here! Coconut Ricotta Cheesecake This recipe features a decadent Coconut Ricotta Cheesecake. This luscious dessert is the perfect ending to any dinner. You can decrease the calorie count by using low fat ricotta cheese, sour cream, and cream cheese. Using fat free products don't fare as well in this recipe, so use either full fat or low fat products. Vegan Recipes Red & Black Bean Salad Asian Spinach Sauces Sue's Marinara Sauce Salads Sea Shell Salad Desserts Dark Chocolate Candy Fresh Summer Compote Ambrosia Gelatin Mold Rice Pudding Sunburst Fruit Salad Strawberry Parfait Sugarless Apple Pie Baking Soft Pretzels Sugar Free, Non-Fat Muffins Beef Italian Beef Soup Chicken Broiled Chicken on a Vega-Rice Nest Classic Roasted Chicken Chicken Paprika with Yogurt Sauce Braised Chicken with Vegetables Turkey Turkey Chili Healthy Cookies Old-fashioned Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Whole Grain Muffins with Sunflower and Flax Seeds		Meet the Author Larrian Gillespie, MD Diet Doctor to the Stars interview & FREE excerpt Author of "The Goddess Diet" hosted by Sue Spataro, RN, BSN Everyone wants to lose weight and keep it off. Now, Larrian Gillespie, doctor to the stars has written The Goddess Diet to take off the pounds and keep them off. The Goddess Diet is not a gimmick but a real and successful plan for both healthy eating and weight loss. Larrian's techniques and ideas work and have helped thousands of women lose unwanted pounds. The Solution: 6 Winning Ways to Permanent Weight Loss click here to find out more by Laurel Mellin Now dietary expert Laurel Mellin offers a scientifically proven, agony-free, breakthrough program for weight loss that doesn't require deprivation or superhuman willpower. The Diet-Free Solution presents a practical six-step plan that succeeds where other diets fail because it identifies the psychological, physical, and lifestyle causes of weight problemsthe powerful mind and body drives that lead to overeating and inactivityand offers the cure for each. You can change your bodyand ultimately your whole lifewith: The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet: The Lifelong Solution to Yo-Yo Dieting by Rachael F. Heller, Richard Ferdinand Heller Filled with sound advice and effective strategies, a guide to putting the individual in charge of eating and weight--for life--includes recipes and menu plans from leading professionals in the field of carbohydrate addiction. The phenomenal New York Times national bestseller--now in an updated mass market edition. By offering "upbeat, positive advice for weight loss success" (Library Journal), the Hellers show how it's possible to correct the physically-based cause of carbohydrate addiction--suffered by 75 per cent of Americans--and experience easy, permanent weight loss. The New Family Cookbook for People With Diabetes by The American Diabetes Association (Editor), Ann M. Coulston Prepared jointly by the American Diabetes Association and The American Dietetic Association, The New Family Cookbook for People with Diabetes is the most authoritative and comprehensive cookbook available for people with diabetes and their families. With more than 375 recipes that taste as good as they are good for you, this book makes it easy to prepare satisfying and delicious meals that the whole family will enjoy.

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