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10 Classic DIY Salad Creations

To honor National Salad Week (seriously… ) we’ve devised a list of our top 10 all-time favorite – and Mark’s Daily Apple-approved – salad recipes…
…and to think, you thought you’d never crave lettuce!
1. Cobb Salad

What’s not to love about this hearty (and protein packed) salad?
2 hard-boiled eggs, peeled
3 bacon slices, cooked
1 head romaine lettuce, leaves [...]

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National Salad Week

National Salad Week officially began yesterday. If you are a regular reader here you know that salads are at the core of the Primal diet. So to celebrate this momentous occasion we encourage you to whip up some fancy salad creations today, this week and the rest of your life for health and well-being!
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A taste of France on the Oregon Coast

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10 Delicious DIY Salad Dressings

Who Needs No-Fat, Store Bought Salad Dressing?
Last week we gave you Mark’s 2 Minute Salad recipe and while we learned that many of you are already heartily digging into a big bowl of the good stuff each day (or Kitchen Sink/Really Righteous/Primal salad as various readers have dubbed it) there was still a question as [...]

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Budget Eating Recipes

Sure, you want to save money at the market, but how does that translate to the dinner table? Here are just a few options (among so many) for serving up healthy food without breaking the bank. No need to concoct strange dishes no one recognizes. These are tried and true meals that show up among [...]

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Reader Recipe: Stuffed Peppers

[Posted by Crabby]This awesome looking Stuffed Bell Pepper recipe comes courtesy of Susan over at Nutrition, Fitness, Life.She even included this picture, and if you’re not hungry yet? Just hang on a second…How ’bout now?Anyway, rather than clutter …

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2 Minute Salad

Most readers here understand the concepts behind the Primal Blueprint, but some seem to be concerned about the amount of time it must take to prepare PB-style meals every day. Nothing could be further from the truth. My 4-egg breakfast or protein shake take but a few minutes. My evening lamb-chop or grass-fed porterhouse with [...]

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I need a great ribs recipe!

It’s my husband’s birthday weekend and he wants baby back ribs (pork) for our barbecue with his family tomorrow. I’m also making broccoli salad, an enormous cut fruit bowl, and grilled asparagus.

I’d love to hear your favorite ways to make ribs! I plan to cook them however makes tender ribs first…

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Primal Breakfast Suggestions for People on the Go

The all-American breakfast smorgasbord: cold cereal of every variety (from super colon blow to candy coated balls of sugar in the shape of the latest cartoon fad), toast, toaster strudel, bagels, croissants, donuts, coffee cake, pop-tarts, French toast, pancakes, blintzes, crepes, waffles, muffins, scones, hash browns, oatmeal, breakfast bars, breakfast squares, and now even breakfast [...]

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Reader Response: Alternatives to Grains? What about Quinoa?

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The Definitive Guide to Grains post last month got people talking about alternatives to the traditional rice, potato, and breads that load up the typical American dinner plate. For some, gluten is the major consideration. For others, it’s the glycemic load itself. While the Primal Blueprint recommends avoiding grains and higher glycemic foods altogether, at [...]

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Reader Recipe: Sweet Potato Chili

[Posted by Crabby]This recipe features the humble Sweet Potato.You would think sweet potatoes were the junk food of the vegetable world, wouldn’t you? “Sweet” plus “potato” sure sounds like something that should be naughty. An uninformed person might…

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How to eat healthy when dining out or traveling - Part One

I’m going to do something a bit different for the next two weeks. I have two trips coming up where I’ll be traveling in a car for 2 days to a course in BC, and overseas for work. So I thought I’d talk about how I deal with that in …

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Recipe: Steamed Dark Leafy Greens with Figs, Pine Nuts and Garlic

We eat a lot of steamed and cooked dark leafy greens and are always looking for and coming up with new ways to dress them up with different flavors. I love figs and a little crunch adds texture - so this recipe works great. You can never have too mu…

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The Karl Lagerfeld Diet

Few names are as well known in the fashion world as Karl Lagerfeld, but unbeknownst to many people, Karl has had a problem with his weight for many years. He finally sought help for his issue and once he successfully lost the weight, he decided to develop a new diet plan based on his regimen. [...]

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Whole Wheat Whining; Plus… Plug for Panko?

You Know You ShouldNutritionists out there are always nagging us all to eat more whole grains because they’re so good for you. But if you don’t spend hours making things from scratch, you may have tried to buy packaged whole grain products at your loc…

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Recipe: Indian Spiced Lentil Burgers

Rob loves lentil burgers! We’ve made several different varieties now, I had no idea there were so many options. This one caught my eye because we love Indian food and anything with curry in it. Lentils have so many benefits including: low-fa…

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Reader Recipe–Commodity Cookies

[Posted by Crabby]This recipe was sent in by one of our favorite Cranky Fitness commenters, Mary Anne in Kentucky. It’s perfect for those of us who love cookies, but don’t like to go to a lot of fuss to make them. And the main ingredient is oats! Oat…

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Recipe: Chicken Dijon Marinade

As promised, this chicken dijon marinade is our second week of recipes for the BBQ or grill. We put this one in the fridge overnight to marinate, along with last week’s Garlic Herb Marinated Vegetables. The dijon flavor totally permeated the c…

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Recipe: Garlic Herb Marinated Vegetables

Well I figured it is almost summer here - knock on wood - so best time to have some BBQ or grilling type recipes, with a healthy twist. So here is the first of a couple, let’s start with marinated vegetables. You can eat them as a salad, or p…

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Bikini Bootcamp

With summer coming, many of us are focusing on how we’re going to look at the beach or the pool. There is a lot of money to be made off of spring diet books and every year, we are besieged with the latest plans that will help us get that bikini body we’ve always wanted. [...]

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Recipe: Roasted Root Vegetables With Orange Spice Sauce

We love roasted vegetables, especially in the winter and this recipe is great tasting with a zesty orange sauce. I’ve used three of our favorite root vegetables here but I’ll often mix it up and put in sweet potatoes, rutabaga, or even chop…

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Featuring Black Bean Recipes

This week’s whole food recipe will be a compilation of various bean recipes Darlene has done over the past year. These recipes include black beans, red beans and garbanzo beans. Darlene is away showing her art this weekend, so I (Rob) will be posti…

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Recipe: Gold and Black Bean Salad

This is another gem from one of my favorite recipe books Vegan Planet cookbook. This recipe sounded good and did not disappoint. I modified it slightly as I didn’t have any olive oil in the house, and I added tomatoes and we were happy with m…

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Free Recipes Blog - a Review

As I write my course on better eating, I’m realizing that many of the participants are enjoying the recipes that are provided. Great whole food recipes that my girlfriend and I create and eat ourselves here at home.Everyone loves recipes, and the mo…

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Recipe: Vegetable Chocolate Chili Mole

Yes I said CHOCOLATE! This Vegetable Chocolate Chili Mole is amazing!
If you’ve ever eaten as a real authentic Mexican restaurant, you’ve probably seen something with “mole” sauce on the menu. I’ve got one book that say…

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Friday Recipe: Quick and Easy Real Food Pasta Sauce

Editor’s note: This post is this week’s Friday Fit recipe. The idea is to try “real food” recipes that can be prepared on the weekend. Of course, each recipe can also be prepared during the week (that’s when I’m trying it), but with the hec…

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Recipe: Miso Lemon Tahini Sauce

We are always looking for healthy sauces and dips to make that are both tasty and multi-purpose, as well as being healthy. This Miso Lemon Tahini Sauce fits the bill perfectly. We both love miso and Japanese food in general, so this is a nice addit…

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Recipe: Black Bean Sweet Potato Almond Butter Burgers

We are always on the lookout for a great bean or lentil burger that we can make a huge batch of and eat for days. We have come to really dislike the store bought ones for the lack of taste and large amount of salt and other preservatives and unhealt…

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Recipe: Avocado Wasabi Sauce

I found this great sauce which is both healthy and tasty in the Vegan Planet cookbook, one of our favorites. You can use it as a spread, a dip or a sauce on just about anything. As you can see in the photo, we put it on lentil or bean burgers. [……

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Recipe: Ultimate Green Lentil Vegetable Burger

These lentil burgers with kale, walnuts and flax are a convenient food for us around our house. The flax seeds and kamut flour hold the burgers together without egg or other unhealthy options while kale is one of the 10 most nutritious foods you can e…

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Pan Fried Barramundi

At the grocery store this evening, I was chatting with the guy behind the counter and asked how to prepare a new type of fish that they are selling that I had never heard of called barramundi. He wasn’t really sure, but since it is a new offering and he couldn’t help with the [...]

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Recipe: Green Smoothie

Last week’s recipe was a St Patrick’s day green soup which is a favorite around our house. Continuing with our “green theme” for the month of March, in honor of St Patty, We’ve got Darlene’s favorite green smoothie …

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Recipe: Super Green St. Patricks Day Soup

I am posting this recipe for Super Green St. Patrick’s Day Soup a week early so you can get the needed ingredients and be ready on the 17th. Rob and I created this recipe from a combination of a few different ones and just made it up as we went …

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Make Your Own Protein Bars

In a continuing collaboration with Scott over at Straight to the Bar, we will be writing about food and recipes for the month of January. This week, Scott shares a method for making your own protein bars out of a few simple ingredients.
Scott’s recipe calls for equal amounts of peanut butter, protein powder and [...]

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Recipe: Snow White Salad

Here is a Pure Weight Loss friendly recipe that would be perfect for the holidays!  Since I  will be making this for a party  I will probably use sugar instead of  splenda  since it  is only 1/4 cup, although it might  vary the exchanges  slightly.

Ingredients:

2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1/2 cup cold [...]

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Garden Dinner Recipe

My mother gave me this recipe and it is delicious! It is also very healthy and low in fat. You can vary the spices and veggies.
1 pound ground turkey or lean ground beef
1 onion; chopped
1 green pepper; chopped
1 pound package baby carrots
3 stalks celery; chopped
4 potatoes; peeled and sliced thick
large [...]

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NY Style Cheesecake

 
I found this Pure Weight Loss friendly recipe on another forum. I haven’t made it yet but it got rave reviews! This one looks like a great one to make over the holidays.
NY Style Cheesecake
Nutritional Value
1 Starch
1 Fat
1 Dairy
Optional: 1 fruit
Ingredients
50 reduced-fat vanilla wafers, crumbled
4 Tbsp diet margarine, melted
8 Tbsp [...]

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Yogurt: One of the Weapons in My Arsenal

I am not about to sit here and preach to you about the benefits of eating yogurt. Anyone could get on the net and do searches for what works for them. To be honest I don’t know all of the benefits that eating yogurt has, but I do know that it works for me. I [...]

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Creamy Chicken & Leeks (crockpot)

Leeks and currents are ingredients that I usually don’t have on hand but they are pretty easy to find. I do try to keep white wine on hand for recipes like this. I rarely drink but I love cooking with it.
8 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon ground black [...]

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Sinfully Spiced Plantains with Chocolate Sauce

Being that I am of Spanish decent, I love eating plantains (those banana looking things). Ever since I was a kid, my mother would cook some up with some salami or eggs and I would scarf them down. Ahhhh, the memory makes my mouth water.
Anyway, I was at Wal-Mart the other day and came across [...]

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Mandarin Walnut Salad

I am not sure what to call this but it is so good!  I actually meant to post this a few days ago but as usual life happens!
I don’t have the calorie counts or the points because I forgot to save the empty containers but I do know that the Marie’s brand  salad dressing is [...]

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Recipe: Chicken Slaw Over Noodles

 I love cabbage and this souds really good and easy to make.  I am not sure of the points because I don’t have the ingredients on hand  (I will probably cheat and buy the preshredded cabbage when I make this).  If I make this over the weekend I will let you know how it is!
Chicken [...]

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Decadent Low Point Dessert

I went ahead and experimented with the vitamiffin deep chocolate mix and came up with a delicious low point black forest cake. I used to make this alot with a regular chocolate cake mix so I figured I would try it. Be sure to read my tips at the end of the recipe:
1 [...]

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My Favorite Taco Salad

Tonight I thought I would post my favorite way to make taco salad.  The great thing about taco salad is you can fill up on few points  by going heavy on the 0 point ingredients and using the rest in moderation.  I know that alot of people use doritos in taco salad which always seemed a bit [...]

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