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Sunburst Fruit Salad
Shrimp & Pasta Salad
 Now that
the warmer weather is here you probably want to spend more time outdoors, Who doesn't?
This is a terrific salad dish with seafood that the whole family will enjoy. You can
make it in the morning and serve it for dinner with bread. You're done! This recipe serves
4 and takes only 30 minutes to prepare.
Taco Salad
Here is a recipe that is perfect for our hot weather. Taco salad is
easy to prepare and will keep you out of the heat and into the swim of things. You can
substitute the ground beef with ground turkey or chicken. For those that are vegetarians,
tofu cut into small chunks will work well too. Hasta luega !
Sandra's Chicken Salad
This
week's Recipe of the Week is brought to us by Sandra David of Spanaway, WA., a busy stay
at home mom and good cook. Her chicken salad recipe is very popular with her family
and friends. This is a terrific dish for lunch in a green salad or as an entree for dinner
along with a quiche or other vegetable dish.
Fresh Summer Compote
This week's Dessert of the Week is brought to us by the authors
of "Recipes for Change" Molly Siple and Lissa DeAngelis. This easy to
prepare and lightfruit delight is not only delicious but low in fat and high in nutrition.
Fresh Summer Fruit Compote is only one of many exciting and delicious recipes in Siple and
DeAngelis' book. Kick off the warm weather with this bright and sparkling dish!
Sue's Fabulous Potato Salad
 I have been making this salad for years; and I have to say, everyone
loves it! It is easy to prepare and can be made in the morning and served for
dinner. This recipe will easily serve four hungry people!
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!
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.
Cranberry
Molded Salad
This is a tasty and beautiful treat. Not
only will this make a terrific centerpiece for your Thanksgiving family dinner it will
also be delicious. I like to use miniature marshmallows to top the mop and decorate
around the mold.
Tuna
Noodle Salad
This recipe is brought to us by a good friend
of Families First, Nancy Burton. Nancy is an active mom always looking for new
recipes and activities for her children. This is a cool and light summer dinner.
Why do we overeat?
And why do we
overeat the foods we do?
by Sue
Spataro, RN, BSN
 This is not a simple question and
the answer is not easy to find - in fact the answers will be different for each person.
There are so many emotional ties to food that we all find it difficult to separate what we
need to eat from what we want to eat. Find out why we overeat and what you can do to
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