The tradition around here is to come up with a Leaner Living approved dessert for every Thanksgiving. We have done pumpkin bites, muffins, and bars in the past. This year it was decided to tackle everyone’s favorite turkey day pie (well maybe not everyone’s – apple and pecan pies are good too!). Just looking at […]
ParmeLean Chicken
I can’t think of many people who don’t like a good parmesan chicken dinner. The good news is that the chicken provides ample protein for getting lean, the bad news is that the added bread crumb crust provides ample carbohydrates/unnecessary calories for gaining fat. There is a solution! Just like our Mozzarellean Cheese sticks, we […]
Super Bread
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s SUPER BREAD! Okay so hopefully this bread isn’t flying in the air because that means you probably didn’t like it. I want to share with you a bread I recently tried at a coffee shop in Christiansburg, VA called Lucie Monroe’s. One of […]
MozzarelLEAN Cheese Sticks
Sometimes it seems as though it is truly impossible to match the taste of some restaurant food without making the meal pretty bad for you. I always figured mozzarella sticks would fit that category… until now! One of the snacks we recommend to patients as a good source of lean protein are low-fat cheese sticks […]
The Strawberry Popeye
Now before you think I have gone mad, I need to tell you that I tried this recipe because of how powerful my blender is (A Vitamix). The demonstrators said that you can blend anything into a smooth consistency because of its great power. So because of this I figured I might as well try […]