1 small chicken breast
1 teaspoon ground onion
½ cup chicken broth
¼ cup soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground ginger
½ teaspoon ground pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon honey

Start at least 5 and a half hours before serving.
Cut the chicken in three equal parts. Set aside.
Combine all the ingredients from the ground onion until the sugar. Stir well. In a bag or small container, mix half of it with the chicken. Put the rest in another bag or container, and put them both in the refrigerator for at least 5 hours.
Set the oven at high heat. Cook the chicken in a non-stick pan, adding the remaining marinade from time to time. When the chicken is brown, remove from heat.
With a brush, glaze the chicken with honey and serve.
Makes one serving.

Aprox. Nutritional Information Per Serving
Calories…………………….378
Fat………………………..….5
Carbohydrates………......32
Protein……………………...50

I personally love Piña Colada... Too bad it's so high in calories, about 500 calories per small serving. Luckily, you can make a great tasting, reasonably low-calorie one at home, that has half of those calories and is so huge you can even share it, cutting by half the calories again! Just follow these steps:

Super Piña Colada

Ingredients
1 cup canned pineapple, unsweetened
1/2 cup low-fat vanilla ice cream
2 tablespoons coconut milk
2 individual packets Splenda
1 cup ice
1 cup water

Put all the ingredients in a blender.
Blend until smooth and serve.
Makes one huge serving.


Aprox Nutritional Information Per Serving
Calories..........................................................265
Fat....................................................................10
Carbohydrates.............................................42
Protein............................................................5

Bay Chicken and Rice

Ingredients
7 ounces chicken breast, precooked, cut in strips
3/4 cup brown rice
1 medium onion, chopped
½ red bell pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon oil
½ teaspoon bay powder (made from bay leaf)
1 tablespoon flour
½ cup tomato sauce
1 medium tomato, chopped

Preheat oil in a non-stick skillet. After 30 seconds, add the onion and the red bell pepper. Sauté until browned. Remove excess oil, and set the vegetables aside.
Meanwhile, cook the rice in a sauce pan.
When it is cooked (taste it after 10 minutes, and every minute after that), add the sautéed vegetables and the remaining ingredients. Cook until the sauce thickens.
Remove from the heat and serve.
Makes 2 servings.

Aprox. Nutritional Information per Serving
Calories…………………….370
Fat………………………….6
Carbohydrates……………...53
Protein……………………...26

Goat Cheese and Chicken Salad

Ingredients for salad
-1 cup mixed vegetables (lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, onions, your choice!)
-1/2 medium chicken breast, cooked
-1 and 1/2 ounces goat cheese, soft, chopped in small squares

Ingredients for dressing
-1 tablespoon mustard
-1/2 tablespoon honey
-1/2 tablespoon of your favorite vinegar or lemon juice
-A bit of garlic powder

Mix all the ingredients for the dressing. With a spoon, stir well. Set aside.
In a bowl, put all the ingredients for the salad. Add the dressing and mix it well.
Makes one huge serving.

Aprox. Nutritional Information per Serving
Calories……………………………..338
Fat…………………………………..12.3
Carbohydrates………………………21.9
Protein………………………………36.2

Yes, I know I haven't been updating this blog much, but the wait was worth it, I promise. I'm posting what I believe is my best recipe yet: Pumpkin Cream Filled Zucchinis. They are good because they taste great, they're filling, healthy, low-calorie and can be eaten as a snack, a main dish or for the side. I hope you like it!

Pumpkin Cream Filled Zucchinis



Ingredients
4 medium zucchinis
150 grams (about 3/4 cup) of pumpkin
3 tablespoons of low-fat cream cheese (or use same quantity of low-fat cottage cheese)
2 tablespoons of dry grated parmesan cheese
A bit of pepper
A bit of nutmeg
A bit of salt
A bit of garlic powder

Boil water in a sauce pan. Mix it with a vegetable broth cube.
Wash the zucchinis and put them in the sauce pan, set at medium heat. Wait until they are cooked.
When you see they're cooked, take them out of the water and leave them aside, but don't turn off the heat.
Put the pumpkin in the sauce pan and leave them there until they're cooked. Take them out, leave them aside and turn off the heat. Wait until both the zucchini and the pumpkin are warm (not hot, as they were when you took them out).
Cut each zucchini in half. With a teaspoon, take out the part of the seeds of the zucchini and put it in a bowl. Leave the zucchinis aside.
Add all the rest of the ingredients to the bowl and mix well with a fork.
With a teaspoon, fill the zucchinis with the mixture. Then put it in the microwave or the oven until they're hot and serve.
Makes two servings (one serving: 4 zucchini halves)

Aprox. Nutritional Information per Serving
Calories.....................128
Fat.............................4.8
Carbohydrates.........17
Protein......................8.8

I know how people say that to keep a good figure, you have to give up dessert. Well, that's not necessarily true. The thing is, your dessert has to be healthy, and you don't have to sacrifice flavor for that. Here are a few ideas for a healthy, yummy dessert:

-Mix low-fat yoghurt, small apple pieces and a bit of cereal krispies (I recommend some that have honey). It tastes heavenly!
-If low-calorie, no sugar gelatin bores you, try mixing it with small pieces of fruit or low-fat fruit salad. When you make the gelatin (Jell-O has many healthy flavours), before putting it in the fridge, add some fruit to it. Lemon gelatin with pineapple pieces and cherry gelatin with apple pieces are my special reccomendations.
-Why not make a double-flavour pudding dessert? Buy a JELL-O PUDDING & PIE FILLING INSTANT CHOCOLATE SUGAR FREE & FAT FREE package and a JELL-O PUDDING & PIE FILLING INSTANT VANILLA SUGAR FREE & FAT FREE package. When putting them in small bowls for serving, fill the bowls with half chocolage pudding and half vanilla pudding. It makes a great dessert!

Hey everyone, I know I haven't been updating much but life has been keeping me busy.

Anyway, I found a link too good not to share. You know that to be healthy, you don't only have to to eat right, but also exercise. I'm the lazy type. And I know there are many times going to the gym isn't too motivating. So, I found my solution when I don't wanna dress in gym clothes and go there. At Women Workout Routines, you have some great videos to download and workout at home, in your PJs if you want to! They're totally free. And the website also has some other great information. You better check it out!