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Recipes for a Healthier Future – Small Rant; Big Value

(From the  WoW (Watching our Waists) Collection at emealsforyou.com)

Sea Bass

Okay, so we have all decided this is the month, this is the day, this is the hour that we get healthier.  Our time to change our lifestyle and make a deference is here.  You don’t have to go “drastic”, you do have to change the way you eat.  The whole method is to limit the amount of food you eat.  Portion control is the answer.  This doesn’t mean bland food and constant hunger.  This means balanced meals; why shouldn’t these be great tasting meals as well.

At emealsforyou.com we offer many remedies, we take the work out of your “diet.”   We have categories to make you successful in your efforts without alienating the entire family along the way.  Our healthy, easy recipes and meal planning provide you with all that you will need to accomplish your goal.  With categories like Diet Friendly, WOW (Watching Our Waists) and even special needs programs for Diabetic Healthy, Gluten Free and more; coupled with our automatic recipe calculator (how many people are you  feeding)  we make it easy to get the whole family involved.  Pick the recipe / meal, determine the number you are feeding, and print a shopping list; for one meal or several weeks’ worth.  As they say, ” It is what we do.”  Cooking something else for the kids, we have recipes / meals that they will love.

The bottom line is why pay for a program that costs you an arm and a leg, when you only want to lose a little weight.  Cooking at home can not only save you money, the food is tastier and healthier than the frozen entrees they send you.  All this for a yearly subscription of $17.95, less than a dollar and a half per month; we are the best bargain around.  Click here to sign Up NOW!  Take control of your family’s well-being.

P.S. any firm white fish will work in the recipe below.

Entree – Sea Bass

Recipe Summary
Complexity: Easy
Serves: 2
Category: WoW (Watching our Waists)
Meal: Now You Sea It (WoW (Watching our Waists))
2 Tb oil, olive
0.5 small onions, chopped
8 oz sea bass
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 6 oz can tomatoes, diced
1 tsp capers
4 small anchovy filets

Heat 2 Tb of olive oil in an ovenproof pan; sear sea bass quickly on each side. Remove from pan and set aside. Place remaining oil in pan. Sauté onions, garlic, tomatoes, and capers until onions are translucent. Add anchovy filets and mash with a spoon.
Replace fish in pan, spoon sauce over the top, place in 300 degree oven for about 8-12 min. or until fish flakes.

Each serving has 342 calories, 9.2g carbs, 18.8g fat, 34.1g protein, and 2.1g fiber

January 9, 2012 at 10:31 am Leave a comment

Quick, Great and Diet Friendly – Chicken Piccata

From the Diet Friendly Category at emealsforyou.com.

Chicken Piccata

Diets don’t work.  Eating right works.  Week 1 of our attempt to get back into those “regular” clothes again after the holiday onslaught.  I took all the butter in the frig and put it in the freezer; we ate our weight in butter with all the meals and desserts last month, so it is off to the Siberia of appliances for the butter that makes all that stuff taste better.  We are serious this time.

Our site, emealsforyou.com, has several categories to help us get through our self-imposed tightening of the belt, as it were.The Chicken Piccata below is just one of the many mealplans that we provide to help.  In our Careful and Carefree MealPlans we give you 4  weeks of mealplans; including 3 meals a day and 2 snacks.  The secret to positive weight loss is in portion control; not is denying yourself really good food.  Our WOW (Watching Our Weight) plan helps you prepare great meals, sacrificing nothing in taste, while controlling the portions you prepare.

Our other weight-loss plan is a friendly bet.  Four of us each put $50 in a pot and the person losing the largest percentage of body weight by March 1st wins it all.  So if you need help planning emealsforyou.com is the answer.  If you need more help, get together with some friends and give the bet a try.  Who knows, you just may win the money for that smaller wardrobe.

Day 5 Dinner – Chicken Piccata

Recipe Summary
Complexity: Easy
Serves: 1
Category: Diet Friendly
Meal: Week 2 (Careful and Carefree MealPlans)
4 oz chicken breasts, boneless, skinless
1 Tb rice flour
0.5 pinch salt, kosher
0.5 Tb oil, olive
0.25 Tb lemon zest, finely chopped
3 medium mushrooms, sliced
1 Tb lemon, juice of
4 oz chicken broth
0.5 tsp capers
0.25 Tb cornstarch
0.5 pinch salt and pepper to taste
0.5 Tb oil, olive
6 cup spinach, fresh baby
1 Tb pecans, toasted
0.5 pinch salt and pepper to taste
0.666 cup pasta, angelhair, cooked

Pound chicken breasts in zip-lock baggie to 1/2” thickness, add flour and salt, shake to coat. Heat oil in pan, brown chicken, add zest, mushrooms, and lemon juice. Cook for 3 minutes, add capers and chicken broth reserving 2 oz. Cook for about 7 minutes, until chicken is done. Add remaining chicken stock to corn starch, add to pan, stir. Salt and pepper to taste.

Heat oil in pan, add spinach and pecans, cook until just wilted. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Each serving has 635g calories, 23.7g fat, 60.2g carbs 7g fiber and 44.6g protein.

Plate over cooked pasta.

January 11, 2011 at 9:59 am Leave a comment

Recipe and Meal Plan Categories on www.emealsforyou.com

Some of you have asked just what type of recipes and meal plans are available on our site, emealsforyou.com. We currently have 23 categories of recipes; and are adding more when a specific type or concern needs to be addressed. Our Meal Plans cover everything from Quick Meals to Special Occasions.  Because our recipes are mostly from scratch and use very little canned ingredients we offer a fresher, healthier take on meal preparation. Keeping this in mind we still strive for recipes that take less then 30 minutes and use ingredients typically found in your pantry. This is a little long so I apologize in advance; as long as I am apologizing the links embedded in the Collections listed below don’t link. Sorry!

So, without further preamble we present our recipe categories:

A Collection of Recipes for Great Meals

Appetizers – Great Beginnings

A good start to extraordinary meals.

Beef Entrées -Here’s the Beef

When it has got to be Beef…

Bread – Something smells good in here

Not a slice of Wonder bread in sight.

Chicken Entrées -Not the same old chicken recipes

We’ve taken the boring out of chicken.

Cooking for the Kids – Meals the kids will love

They’re noisy, they’re picky, they’re too energetic, and they probably haven’t washed their hands… but you want them at the table.

Cooking on a Budget – Cooking on a budget doesn’t mean ordinary any more!

We’ve complied some of our recipes keeping the family budget in mind.

Desserts – Just Desserts

Try not to eat these first!

Diabetic Healthy -Healthy eating that your whole family will enjoy!

Balanced Recipes and Meals; providing suggestions that are not only good for you but great tasting. These are meals you can make that your whole family will ask for over and over again. Simply put in the number you are feeding and we will do the math.

Every diabetic is unique and we suggest you follow a comprehensive program developed with your physician.

(under construction; more recipes to come)

Diet Friendly – Good for you, balanced recipes. Choose the recipes you like or click on the link to our Careful and Carefree Meal Plan! for a weekly meal planner.

Watching your weight, taking better care of your body or just simply being careful of your diet; we have the great tasting recipes to help you succeed in reaching your goal. Good for you, balanced recipes for a healthier lifestyle. Pick the recipes you like, disregard the prefaces (Day 1, Day 2…). The secret to success is to maintain your nutritional balance throughout the day. Three meals and two snacks evenly spaced will accomplish this. Our affiliation with registered Dietitian Lisa M. Ronco, MS RD CDN, along with our Diet Friendly 4- week plan will help you get to your health goal. Would you like an entire weekly plan to control your weight and your life? Simply click here! to go to our Careful and Carefree weekly Meal Planner, complete with shopping list; scaled down but not out Meal Plans.

Easy Recipe I Can Cook – Don’t be put off by the name game!

Fancy food, no, friendly fare yes. Easy recipes that will surprise you

Fish Entrées - Brain food mmmm…Food for thought

From the sea to your table in record time!

Food on the Run – Grab it and Go, food on the run!

Some quick and easy ideas for busy people with busier kids. Take these along to the sports fields. Pick your choice, move it to your favorites box and print a shopping list for the week’s meals on the run.

Gluten Free – Hold the Wheat

Gluten free doesn’t have to mean tasteless. Please check all packaged goods and cans for hidden gluten prior to use.

Great Wines Picks From Little Sonoma Fine Wines & Gourmet Foods – A bottle of red, a bottle of white

Look for wine pairing ideas in the methods section of the recipes. Our special recipes paired with just the right wine by our friends at Little Sonoma Fine Wines & Gourmet Foods. Enjoy!

Misc – Drinks, snacks, etc.

An interesting collection of everything from drinks to pesto, with all the stops in between.

Salad – It’s not just for rabbits anymore

So much more than lettuce!

Slow Cooker / Crock Pot Cooking – Busy Day Cooking

Fix it in the morning- boy it smells great when you come home!

Sodium Reduced – Healthier recipes for sodium restricted diets

We have adjusted our recipes to take some of the sodium out but not the flavor.

Soups – Comfort food with a Capital C

Beyond chicken noodle, these will bring back memories.

Starch -Stoke Up

Carbs galore, but nobody’s watching. Check out even more ideas under the Vegetarian Entrée category.

The Other Meat Entrée - Man can’t live on Veggies alone

You will have more than a wing and a prayer… Great meals made easy.

Vegan – For those who choose a diet based on a respect for the natural world.

We understand many choose not to eat animal products. We also acknowledge a growing interest in natural products by our kids. In this category we attempt to provide healthy, interesting and tasty foods. Many of our current recipes in our other categories fit into the Vegan style, many others have ingredients for which there are Vegan substitutes. We encourage our members to give these recipes a try.

Vegetables – No need to hide these in your napkin!

A delicious way to get the things that are good for you.

Vegetarian Entrée - Oh, I hate you healthy people!

Great ways to get balanced meals. Check out our Meal Plans.

Weekly Meal Plans – Give Me Five!

5-Day Meal Plans, download a week’s worth of meals.

WOW (Watching Our Waists) – Careful eating, not tasteless eating

Our great recipes scaled down but not out. Check out our WoW Watching our Waists! Meal Plans

If we have stirred an interest in you and you aren’t a member yet; please click here..

Meal Plan Categories

Quick Meals Planner:
emealsforyou.com to the Rescue!

Run out of time? emealsforyou.com has you covered! We’ve taken the guesswork out of planning. Try these preset meals plans: meals with limited supplies and less than 30 minutes to prepare. What more could you ask for?

Meal Plans for Special Occasions:
Everyone loves a party! emealsforyou.com
can help.  (but we won’t wash the dishes!)

Although parties require more complicated meals, usually will require more time to prepare and contain more ingredients, emealsforyou.com still manages to keep things simple.

Check out our Special Occasion Meal Plans categories:

Celebration Meal Plans

From birthdays to promotions, we’ve got some ideas.

Distinctive Dinners

Steak Diane in 20 minutes. Won’t the boss be impressed?

Picnic Meal Plans

Dinner in the backyard or on the lawn at Ravinia… who needs the hassle? Let us do the planning. From hot dogs to crab boils: we’ve got you covered.

Share-a-Meal Plans

New Baby? A friend recovering from surgery? A savory way to bring good cheer to a homebound friend and family is a meal from the heart.

Theme Meal Plans

A night at the opera, a wine pairing or simply cocktails and dessert, we can help. Mix and match our soup to nuts recipes to ensure a successful party or occasion.

WoW (Watching our Waists)

Giving up some calories doesn’t mean giving up great meals with friends. Here are some Meal Plans for those of us being a little careful.

Careful and Carefree MealPlans:
Good for you, balanced weekly meal plans!

Watching your weight, taking better care of your body or just simply being careful of your diet. We have the meals to help you succeed in reaching your goals.

Maintain the proper balance between protein, fat and carbs. We do the thinking for you. Our plans are designed to make it easy for you to maintain the balance you need while giving you the food you want. Plan a week of great meals with a single click of the mouse. Click here to download a User Manual for printing a weekly menu, recipes and shopping list.

Manager: My Meal Plans

Create a new custom meal plan, rename an existing meal plan or delete meal plan(s).

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