Saturated and trans fats, found in beef, pork, butter and many processed snack foods, are detrimental to a healthy diet. As you should be eating at least nine servings of fruits and vegetables daily, you should eat more fruit to supplant the absent vegetables, because they lack the concentration of nutrients vegetables offer. If half a teaspoon seems like too much, reduce to your taste; I’ve added a good bit of it because the spiciness helps speed up your metabolism to counteract the fat in the chorizo.

A flat white meat chicken breast can be rolled with many different nutritious ingredients, including rice, Sue Spitler and Linda

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You can make this salad in three minutes or less, says Jennifer K. Reilly, RD, who created this recipe for the Cooking with Trader Joe’s Cookbook – Skinny Dish! I love this salad not only because it tastes, and looks, great, but because it uses the natural sweetness of beets paired with the incredible antioxidant, anti-cancer properties of orange zest,” says Jill Nussinow, RD, also known as The Veggie Queen.” These beets, which offer up a good dose of iron, served atop the nutrient-rich greens make for a wonderful flavor contrast.”

It provides the perfect balance of veggies, ‘good’ carbs, lean protein and healthy fat, so I feel both satisfied and

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