Health and Wellness Blog

My latest blog was inspired specifically by this book, Recipe Rehab – 80 Delicious Recipes That Slash The Fat, Not The Flavor. It is available in ebook format as well. Based on the show Recipe Rehab where celebrity chefs compete against each other to transform a family's unhealthy recipe into a healthier one, while still having it taste great! These chefs, including Spike Mendelsohn, Aida Mollenkamp, and Candice Kumai, team up in the book along with others, to teach readers how to make these amazing recipes.

 Breakfast Recipes: (Please check the book for exact measurements, but I have selected recipes in which you can use whatever measurements you like)

 Grab-and-Go Bagel and Lox Sandwich–

Basically a healthy alternative to the breakfast sandwich. Combine cream cheese, capers, chopped scallion tops. Mix these well. In a separate bowl mix some arugula, lemon juice, freshly ground black pepper. Spread both sides of a whole wheat bagel thinly with the cream cheese mixture, lay a slice of smoked salmon, tomato, cucumber and red onion slices on top, followed by the arugula salad. Enclose the bagel, cut in half and serve up!

 Tropical Parfait–

Basically a healthy alternative to the store-bought yogurt parfaits, which are full of sugar. This recipe does not have to be pretty or exact, simply mix together yogurt and fruit and save the granola and coconut for the top layer, if you don't want to be exact. Cut up tropical fruit: pineapple, mango, papaya, kiwi, etc., and place fruit mixture in your dish, add a layer of nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt, some dried fruit and almond granola, and repeat the layering process once more. Top it with shredded unsweetened toasted coconut.

 Cranberry-Ginger Oatmeal-

Basically a healthy alternative to the instant packaged oatmeal, or I'm sure the ones that coffee shops sell. Add butter to a pot over medium heat, melt, then add one cup of rolled oats, cook for just a few minutes. Pour one cup of unfiltered 100 percent natural apple juice and one cup water into the pot, along with 2 teaspoons peeled and grated fresh ginger, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Simmer 5 minutes. Stir in 1/4 cup dried cranberries, pinch of salt, 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract and cook for another 5 minutes or until soft. Top the finished oatmeal with banana slices.

 Enjoy these tasty healthy breakfast recipes!