Black Bean Sweet Potato Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Here’s an easy-to-fix Mexican recipe the whole family can enjoy. Sweet potatoes contain important vitamins like beta carotene, vitamin C, and are high in the mineral potassium. They also contain soluble and insoluble dietary fiber.

Nutritional Strategies for Gaining Weight by Building Strong Muscles

Nutritional Strategies for Gaining Weight by Building Strong Muscles By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D.   Calorie Needs If you want to build strong muscles and gain weight as you grow, you first need to know how many calories you need per day, how many calories you are eating daily, how many calories you are burning. To […]

Crispy Chicken Nuggets

This is one of my grandkids favorite recipes, their parents and their grandparents, love it as well. Any leftover tenders I use in salads.

A Potassium-Rich Diet Can Lower Your Risk of High Blood Pressure

Americans need to get more potassium in their diet to help lower the risk of high blood pressure, kidney stones, osteoporosis, and stroke. Women should get 2,600 mg and men should get 3,400 mg of potassium every day. Most Americans don’t meet that goal on a daily basis.

Specific Spices Can Help Prevent Disease

Some spices contain important antioxidants properties. An antioxidant helps to prevent free radicals oxidative damage which can cause cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, obesity and autoimmune diseases.

Vegetarian Chili

Vegetarian Chili By Barbara Day, M.S., R.D.   This is one of my favorite vegetarian chili recipes! I like it because it’s loaded with vegetables but my friends and family are clueless that it does not contain MEAT.  The bulgur wheat gives it a taste that is like a meat taste but it’s not. I have […]

Keeping a Daily Food Diary Can Help You Lose Weight

In today’s world there are calorie counting apps you can add to your I-phone, I-pad or Android which makes keeping track of your foods and beverages easier. Some of the calorie counting apps are really good but many now are charging a monthly or yearly fee.

Zucchini Chili Cornbread Casserole

If you like chili, you will love this recipe since it already has a great chili accompaniment: cornbread. There is no meat in this recipe but you won’t miss the meat once you bite into this cornbread chili!