Today's Diet and Nutrition Magazine: Recipes

Chicken and Grilled Stone Fruit Barley Salad NEW
Hulled barley lends a chewy texture and toasty flavor that contrast beautifully with the sweetness of the grilled fruit.
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Texas Rio Star Grapefruit & Vodka Cooler NEW
Mix grapefruit juice, lemon juice, vodka, and ice cubes in a large serving pitcher...
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Lemon Curd With Seasonal Berries NEW
Lemon with berries is always a refreshing summer combination. Move through the seasons starting with strawberries, followed by blueberries, blackberries, and finally raspberries.
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Watermelon Muffin Crumble NEW
A layered breakfast delight...
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Cumin-Crusted Salmon NEW
It is no secret fish should be an integral part of a healthy diet. Finding new ways to prepare it, though, can be challenging. This recipe helps meet that challenge with a tasty, easy to make wild salmon dish.
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Lamb Chops With Black Currant Barbecue Sauce
This barbecue sauce is lower in fat and higher in nutrients than traditional barbecue sauce. Use it for grilled or seared beef tenderloin medallions or the whole tenderloin, chicken, or even salmon.
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Summer Vegetable Soup
With summer heading toward its waning stages, enjoy the best of the farmers’ market or your garden by creating a tasty vegetable soup enhanced by a combination of herbs.
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Cajun Chicken With Watermelon Mint Salsa
Mix together the spices. Coat the chicken cutlets with the spice mixture. Heat a non-stick skillet over medium high heat and place chicken breasts in pan...
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Rosemary Wine Cake With Currants
Chill the leftover wine and sip it with this exceptional cake. Serve it plain as an afternoon treat or with some fresh berries and a dollop of fresh whipped cream for a simple but elegant evening dessert.
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Spiced Strawberries
The dried unripe berry of a tree grown in Jamaica and Indonesia, allspice has an aromatic flavor that blends cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg, creating a unique flavor.
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Citrus Salad With Ginger
Whatever the setting, Chef Jacques Haeringer has created cool recipes that will liven up the spirits after a long hot day.
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Homemade Strawberry or Raspberry Lemonade
This refreshing lemonade is not as sweet as most commercial brands. If you prefer a sweeter version, increase the sugar to 1 3⁄4 cups.
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Grilled Strawberries With Vanilla Gelato and Aged Balsamic
This simple dessert has great depth in flavor and elegance. It is perfect for any summer evening but especially for gatherings with friends.
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Shrimp Salad With Sugar Snap Peas, Watercress, Cannellini Beans, and Fresh Mint
In a preheated broiler, position a rack 6 inches from the heat. Toss shrimp with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and season with salt and pepper...
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Spiced California Walnuts
With baseball season in full “swing,” you might be thinking of ways to fill your stadium bag with snacks to keep those hungry sports fans happy and satiated.
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Grasshopper Tart With Chocolate Chips
Desserts don’t get much more retro than grasshopper pie. It was a 1960s dinner party staple, right up there with Rumaki and pigs-in-blankets.
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Texas Citrus & Kiwifruit Salad
Divide kiwifruit and oranges evenly among 6 serving bowls. Top evenly with grapefruit and pomegranate seeds...
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Blue Cheese Watermelon Walnut Salad
Heat the walnuts in a seasoned wok or heavy nonstick sauté pan over medium for a minute and stir in the sugar and soy sauce. Adjust heat to prevent burning while constantly stirring the nuts until the sugar melts.
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Zucchini Boats Stuffed With Turkey
Portion control, taste, and nutritional benefits characterize this fresh recipe. Distinctive Italian ingredients such as Italian parsley and Pecorino Romano cheese accent the mild flavors of turkey and zucchini.
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Herbed Veggie Focaccia Bread
A quick and easy recipe with an amazing aroma and topped with healthy vegetables, it’s little wonder that focaccia is such a popular bread.
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Cinnamon Chicken Salad
This salad is refreshing on a hot summer day. The addition of cinnamon and cloves gives this chicken salad a unique flavor.
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Veggies Extraordinaire
This recipe shows off the goodness of an easy-to-prepare vegetable medley, whose flavors blend through a unique juice mixture.
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Tropical Shrimp Salad With Lime-Cilantro Dressing
Shrimp: Whisk together garlic and olive oil in large bowl. Add shrimp and toss to coat. Marinate 1 hour. Grill shrimp 3 minutes on each side. Set aside.
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Meatballs in Saffron-Garlic Sauce
An easy way to jazz up frozen meatballs at the grocery store. The sauce can be made up to 2 days in advance and reheated with the meatballs before serving.
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Cauliflower, Cabbage, and Carrot Salad
This salad is summer simplicity and taste at its best. It has colorful and nourishing ingredient—from the cauliflower to the crunchy carrots and walnuts.
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Green Apple, Ginger, Sweet Vidalia, and Coconut Salad
Toss the apples with the onion, ginger, coconut, lemon juice, and basil. Season with salt and pepper.
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Vitello Tonnato
Vitello tonnato is an Italian classic of poached, thinly sliced veal with a sauce of puréed tuna, anchovies, capers, lemon, and olive oil.
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Cantaloupe Salsa
Enjoy this refreshing salsa with grilled shrimp or pork. The sweetness of the melon works well with a slightly spicy marinade or rub.
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Traditional Tomato Salsa
If you’re fortunate enough to have a vegetable garden, use the bounty of your local tomato harvest to prepare this recipe. Ripe, fragrant tomatoes are the key to a great salsa.
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Wheat Berry and Summer Vegetable Salad
This whole grain dish offers toasty, chewy goodness along with the freshness from the summer garden.
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Watermelon Sno Cones
Using an ice cream scoop, make balls of watermelon and place them in the freezer on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet for no more than 1 hour.
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Low-Fat Texas Watermelon Tres Leches Cake
Place all of the ingredients except the condensed milk and whipped topping in a large mixing bowl; mix with a spatula for about 30 seconds.
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Texas Watermelon Couscous With Beef and Harissa Sauce
Mix together the oil, vinegar, garlic, paprika, salt, and pepper. Place the meat into a zipper bag along with the marinade and refrigerate for 12 hours.
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Summer Rolls Filled With Texas Watermelon
My first experience with spring rolls–commonly referred to as summer rolls–was while interning at the New Orleans restaurant Bayona.
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Grilled Cheese and Texas Watermelon Sandwich
Preheat your charcoal or gas grill to medium (350˚ to 450˚), using coals or gas burners under only half of the grill area.
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Charcoal Grilled Shrimp
Place shrimp in a shallow ceramic or glass baking dish. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over shrimp. Cover and chill several hours or overnight.
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Spiced-Up Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Pasta
Bring a large pot of salted water to a rolling boil, then add the dry spaghetti noodles. Cook until al dente for 10 minutes.
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Eggs on a Blanket of Rice
In a small bowl, combine the rice, oil, basil, and Parmesan cheese and mix well. Make two large, thick patties from the mixture and set aside on waxed paper.
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Lentils With Mediterranean Hot Sauce
If the only lentil dish you’ve made is from the greenish, beige-brown lentils sold in a plastic bag, it is time you discovered more ways to prepare this exceptional legume.
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Prosciutto-Wrapped Asparagus
Why try? The salty, slightly chewy prosciutto is a perfect complement to al dente asparagus.
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Rhubarb Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend
Use the same bowl for the crust and the filling with this recipe, rather than making multiple dishes for washing. This is also a crazy adaptable recipe.
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Make No Mistake Coffee Cake
Whether for brunch, dessert, or coffee-table-edible décor for company, this is a fool-proof classic. It mixes together easily, looks beautiful, and tastes buttery and divine.
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Nobody Better Lay a Finger on My Corn Fritter
Beautiful little side dishes, but I usually put them in bread baskets along with the rolls at my restaurants. The corn is sweet and juicy inside this fluffy pan-fried biscuit.
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Holy Moly Chicken Pasole
A gourmet version of tortilla soup, this rustic version is actually thickened with finely diced pieces of corn tortilla that break down as the stew simmers.
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Cherry Oat Scones
Cybele Pascal’s new book, The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook: How to Bake Without Gluten, Wheat, Dairy, Eggs, Soy, Peanuts, Tree Nuts, and Sesame, makes snacking on baked goods a carefree pleasure for people with allergies.
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Gigi Black Currant Cosmopolitan
Yin and yang—high-antioxidant currants with a combination of ingredients that should be consumed moderately.
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Kiwi Frozen Yogurt
Combine the first five ingredients. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour. Follow manufacturer’s...
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Summer Vegetable Bulgur and Chickpea Salad
This easy-to-prepare whole grain salad can be served warm or chilled and can take on the flavors of any season.
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Tuna Burger With Spicy Avocado Relish
To make the avocado relish, combine avocados, onion, jalapeño, lime juice, tomato, honey, and salt and pepper in...
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Café Mocha Rub
It’s one of the world’s great flavors, yet we unfairly relegate it to the breakfast table, pair it with cake, and mindlessly gulp...
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Rio Star Grapefruit Margarita
Rim glass with lime wedge and dip in mixture of 1/2 sugar and 1/2 coarse salt. Combine grapefruit juice, orange liqueur...
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Texas Citrus Salsa
Mix grapefruit, orange, tomato, pepper, jalapeno, onion, cilantro, sugar, and salt. Refrigerate until ready to serve...
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Stuffed Seafood Salad Rolls
My inspiration for this recipe came from the ever-popular crab stands dotted along Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco...
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Pan Chicken With Texas Grapefruit, Shallots, and Mint Sauce
Salt and pepper the chicken. In a large skillet, heat half the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and sear...
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Slow Cooker Root Beer Barbecued Chicken
If you love the great taste of sweet, tangy barbeque sauce slathered on chicken (or anything else), you’ll love this...
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Rio Star Grapefruit Lemonade
In a large bowl, prepare an ice bath. Combine the sugar and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan. Stir well and set over...
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Grilled Shrimp With Rio Star Grapefruit Glaze
Light the grill. In a small bowl, combine garlic, grapefruit zest, grapefruit juice, olive oil, honey, salt, and pepper...
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Salmon and Red Quinoa on Asparagus With Lime Cilantro Sauce
The tender green of asparagus, red quinoa, and pink salmon make this heart-healthy dish bold both in flavor and color.
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Ontario Greenhouse Cucumber & Wasabi Salad
Slice the Ontario greenhouse cucumbers and add salt. Let stand for 30 minutes and then drain. With cold water, rinse...
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Gluten-Free Foccacia
You can prepare a tasty home-cooked meal for your family that is completely gluten-free. Start by trying this tasty recipe for foccacia.
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Veggie Casserole
This versatile recipe features a medley of colorful vegetables baked to perfection—their natural flavors unlocked...
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Grilled Brats With Hot Mustard Onion Relish
These brats get their robust flavor from marinating in beer overnight and then nestling in onions and beer after grilling.
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Texas Grapefruit Broiled With Vanilla-Ginger Sauce
In an electric coffee/spice grinder, combine sugar, ginger, and vanilla and grind fine...
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Texas Citrus Guacamole
Peel and section grapefruit, reserving 2 tablespoons of juice. Measure 1 cup of grapefruit sections. Cut into bite-sized...
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Broccoli Corn Bread
A classic cookbook is now even better. Phyllis Pellman Good’s Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Revised and Updated: 700 Great Slow Cooker Recipes
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Mango Rice Flan
In a medium bowl, beat the eggs and sugar until foamy. Add the rice and vanilla extract. Combine the milk and mango...
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Gluten-Free Pizza
Increasingly, people are opting for gluten-free meals and products when dining out or grocery shopping.
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Farro Salad Primavera
Spring has arrived on the calendar as well as in the garden outside my home in the northeast. Friends are plucking...
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Frozen Lemonade Squares
A lemon lover’s dream! Adapted from a contest-winning recipe held by the makers of Splenda brand sweeteners...
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Black Currant Sorbet
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, water, and currant juice; bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 5...
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Creamy Potato Salad With Chives
Potatoes, sour cream, and fresh chives make an ideal marriage of flavors. This low-fat version of potato salad—a summer...
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Asian Salmon Citrus Burger
Combine all ingredients in the salmon burger recipe and form into two 4-ounce patties. Set aside and refrigerate until...
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Double Java Ribs
To make the barbecue sauce, combine all ingredients in a saucepan and simmer, stirring until sugar is completely...
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Terrific Sautéed Turkey Breast
This recipe embodies elegant simplicity, featuring classic turkey and a healthy variation of a “Diane” style sauce with...
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Two Chile Chicken Soup
Last year, in addition to my usual work, I finished another cookbook. Thanks to all the tempting food I cooked...
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Sweet and Spicy Mango and Lime Soup
Place all ingredients into a food processor and purée. Chill in the refrigerator. Pour into chilled bowls and serve garnished...
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Baked Crab and Asparagus Rice Balls
In a medium bowl, combine crab, egg, rice, scallions, and soy sauce. In a small skillet, heat the oil. Add the garlic and...
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Slow Cooker Pulled Pork With Black-Eyed Peas
Pulled pork is often made on a spit or barbeque, slowly smoked for hours with intermittent bastings of a mop sauce...
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Polenta Cups With Braised Beef
Polenta cups are a great edible container for incredibly tender meat. They work wonderfully as a holiday party appetizer...
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Sweet Potato and Ginger Slaw in Lettuce Wraps
In large bowl, whisk together oil, lime juice, sugar, ginger and salt. Stir in sweet potatoes, walnuts and scallions...
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Sweet Potato Cottage Pie
Preheat oven to 350°F. Oil a 6- to 8-cup shallow baking dish. Pierce sweet potato skins; microwave until tender, about 4...
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Curried Sweet Potato Apple Soup
They boast a wealth of nutrients for everyone: beta-carotene, fiber, vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, and phytochemicals.
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Waldorf Salad
Combine the apples, celery, dried fruit, and lemon juice in a small bowl. Stir in the yogurt and nuts. Spoon into individual...
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In-the-Black Berry Mojito
A wonderfully light, slightly tart, and refreshing rum drink flavored with mint, lime juice, and fresh blackberries.
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Chiles Rellenos
Once peeled and seeded, stuff each chile with cheese and secure with a toothpick. Beat the egg whites until stiff...
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Grilled Tomatillo Salsa
Place all ingredients in a heavy bottom pan or on a grill and let them char slightly on the outside, then smash in a mortar...
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Shrimp and Mango Ceviche
Marinate the shrimp in lime juice for 2 hours, drain and combine with the rest of ingredients. If you prefer you can...
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Shrimp Taco Dorado
The dorado taco is a supertaco—a new trend in which the basic taco is elaborated upon by adding more salsas, cheese...
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