Archive for: February, 2018

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Chicken and Bacon Roll-Ups

Made hearty with shredded chicken, these easy sandwiches can be endlessly adapted to suit any taste. Ingredients 1/2 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise 1 teaspoon minced fresh tarragon 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 4 (2.8-ounce) whole wheat flatbreads (such as Flatout) 2 cups shredded romaine lettuce 2 cups chopped tomato (about 2 medium) 4 center-cut bacon slices, […]

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Cilantro-Lime Chicken with Avocado Salsa

A three-minute dip into a pungent cilantro-lime marinade is all that’s needed to deliver big flavor to chicken breasts. Serve with saffron rice. Ingredients Chicken: 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 1/4 teaspoon salt Cooking spray Salsa: 1 […]

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Lemon-Grilled Chicken Breasts

Save three of these grilled chicken breast halves to make our Hearts of Romaine Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken. Garnish the plate with grilled lemon slices. Ingredients 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 7 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly […]

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Arugula Salad with Chicken and Apricots

This main course salad is an ideal lunch or light supper option. Plums would be a delicious substitute for the apricots. Ingredients 2 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley 2 teaspoons minced fresh tarragon 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Cooking spray 3 tablespoons olive oil […]

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Chicken and Farfalle Salad with Walnut Pesto

Total time: 26 minutes. To make sure the walnut pesto ingredients are evenly minced, stop the food processor halfway through processing, and scrape down the sides. Ingredients Salad: 2 cups uncooked farfalle (bow tie pasta; about 6 ounces) 2 cups cubed cooked skinless, boneless chicken breast 1 cup quartered cherry tomatoes 2 tablespoons chopped pitted […]

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Why You Still Got Sick Despite Thinking You Ate Healthy

It’s been years since you started eating healthy, so when you got sick, you then stopped believing eating healthy can actually prevent disease… For millions of people here, this is their eventual thought, even if they don’t admit it. No one wants to admit what they thought was healthy and preventing disease, actually never did, […]

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5 Warning Signs of Magnesium Deficiency

Many Americans do not understand the importance of magnesium in the same way they understand calcium or iron, for instance. Nonetheless, adequate magnesium levels are crucial for brain, cardiac and muscle function and it is needed, along with silica and Vitamins D and K to promote bone health. Magnesium deficiency is more common than many […]

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Big Pharma fostered the opioid epidemic

In U.S.A. Today, on 2/13/18, there was an article entitled, “Pharma paid patient groups.” It was written by Deirdre Shesgreen, Jayne O’Donnell and Terry DeMio and depicted Big Pharma’s complicity in the opioid epidemic. Here goes: “The five biggest opioid manufacturers shelled out more than $10 million to patient advocacy groups, professional medical societies and […]

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Ten herbs that will annihilate cold and flu viruses naturally

Common colds are the main reason why children and adults miss school an work.  Adults get an average of 2-3 colds per year and children often have more.  Colds are commonly shared in the winter and the spring but are possible to get any time of year.(1) Four out of ten adults use alternative remedies […]

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Health Clever Ways to Get Kids to Eat Their Veggies

As parents, it can be a never-ending battle to get your kids to eat their vegetables. You want them to have the nutrition they need, but when you set their dinner plate down in front of them, you end up fighting to get them to even taste some broccoli. But the battle of wills can […]