The Diet Diary

Veggies are the secret to weight loss. At least, I’ve come to think so. That means we all need loads of simple, quick recipes for veggies.
This is how I fix Brussels sprouts:
Buy 5 medium size sprouts per person. Wash, cut off the root end. Fill a pot with enough […]

Do you miss dessert? Of course we all do. People often say “just eat fruit”, but grabbing an apple often doesn’t seem quite like dessert. For me, fruit salad does!
So, here is what I do: I take the juice of 1 lemon and add it to a bowl. I stir in 1 tablespoon […]

Fit this cucumber salad into your Volumetrics diet plan: you’ll eat less naturally. Cucumbers are nearly all water; sugar is the only ingredient with any significant number of calories making the dish the ultimate low energy density salad.
The salad takes very little work but must be prepared 4 hours before serving. I serve […]

I love pizza. But both restaurant and frozen pizza are often higher calorie than they need to be. My solution? I make my own using my handy booklet of Bread Machine recipes!
So, it’s easy to make the dough. After it’s made, I pile on lower fat cheese and way more veggies than you […]

Here’s my time saving, freeze ahead recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu. My recipe uses 6 half pound chicken breasts, applying my rules for portion control 12 servings each with 5 ounces of meat. (That’s 2 USDA servings of meat!)
Look at that? Can’t you just taste the gooey cheese, chicken and prosciutto? Now […]

How can a recipe called meatloaf for 24 be considered a portion control recipe?
It’s all in how you serve it! The way I do it, I control portions, avoid hunger and save myself a lot of cooking time and energy. I also save money buying economy packages of meat. (This beat the heck […]