Category Archives: Healing the Body, Anti-Inflammation, Anti-Aging Benefits

Easy Skinny Chili

Easy Skinny Chili

I adore chili!  The spices, the steam, the comfort....  Perfect.  While it can be healthy with its ingredients, traditional chili is also a very calorie dense food.  That means a little goes a long way, so it's easy for all of us to overeat.  Who wants a tiny bowl of anything?Most chili cooks also use salty canned beans and salty and sugary seasoned canned diced tomatoes, paste and/or puree.  Look at the labels and pick no-salt and no-sugar.  The leanness of the meat makes an enormous difference in the calories, and restaurants often use inexpensive fattier ...
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Skinny Wild Salmon, Roasted Red Pepper, and Sweet Potato Salad

Skinny Wild Salmon, Roasted Red Pepper, and Sweet Potato Salad

If you haven’t noticed, I get freakishly excited about eating the most nutritional and largest quantity of optimal food each day while staying lean.  Welcome to my Easy Skinny Life world.It’s almost a game each day.  How many different vegetables and fruits, how many colors, and how many great tasting seasonings can I add?  More importantly, how high can I pile all of it on the plate?  ...
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Indian Spiced Skinny Roasted Chickpeas and Vegetables

Indian Spiced Skinny Roasted Chickpeas and Vegetables

Today, I took just 10 short minutes to clean out my overflowing drawer of dried spice bottles dating back way too many years.  What in the world took me so long to accomplish this simple task?!  Now, my spice drawer is organized and clutter-free!  Having pure seasonings on hand is such an easy way to create exceptional variety on my vegetables each night, whether roasting, steaming or sprinkled on a ...
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Skinny Style:  Healthy Skin, Hair and Nails

Skinny Style: Healthy Skin, Hair and Nails

I'm a true believer!  I serve this favorite food once a week without fail.  This easy lifestyle habit slowly transformed my skin, hair and nails more than a decade ago when I started it.  Wild Salmon.  It's one of the world's most perfect foods.  Filled with Omega-3 Fatty Acids, it serves as both my main protein and my main healthy fat.  Salmon makes my skin glow, my nails stay strong, and my hair shine, while helping me stay on the ...
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Skinny Secrets:  An Easy Ingredient for Weight Loss

Skinny Secrets: An Easy Ingredient for Weight Loss

I have various nutritional tricks that spark the metabolism, voluminize a meal, or tell the mind and body that I am satisfied and full.  One easy addition is the spice Turmeric.  Although I keep it in my spice drawer to add to a few recipes, it is MUCH easier to get the hot spicy herb through good old-fashioned mustard.My favorite is not expensive or made by a designer manufacturer -- It's at ...
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