Jennifer on February 16th, 2011

A few days ago, Zoe posted a comment that helped me get past the feelings I was having after hosting the Superbowl party at my house.  She also mentioned “white chili” and how it was a nice variation on traditional chili.  I couldn’t agree more!  She provided this recipe for white chili from the allrecipes.com [...]

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Jennifer on March 7th, 2010

My husband pointed out a recipe in last week’s paper to me and asked if I would try it. It was for minestrone soup. I love minestrone soup, especially the stuff at my favorite restaurant, Mama Mia’s. The Olive Garden minestrone isn’t bad either.
Anyway, the recipe did not include nutritional [...]

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Jennifer on January 9th, 2010

I recently was watching a video that included a recipe for chicken tortilla soup. Thinking that it sounded really good and knowing how low-calorie soups are good for those counting calories, I decided to try something that resembled it. I did stray from the actual ingredients a bit, adding more things than what [...]

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Jennifer on September 9th, 2009

In addition to thumbing through Dr. Shapiro’s Picture Perfect Weight Loss Cookbook, I read the book that accompanies it. In it, he shows pictures of possible lower calorie foods that can be substituted for higher calorie equivalents. By seeing the small nugget of fatty something or another on the left and then the [...]

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Jennifer on August 24th, 2009

Well, I said I would comment on the recipe … it was a nub shy of two thumbs up. The taste reminded me of the cabbage rolls my grandmother used to make, which is a good thing.
But, I made a few substitutions. I used a can of tomato soup instead [...]

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