Lose Weight with Ruth: Apple Cranberry Crisp

Lose Weight with Ruth: Apple Cranberry Crisp:   Apple Cranberry Crisp Try this tasty cancer fighting dessert! Thanks to the American Institute for Cancer Research for ...

Apple Cranberry Crisp

 

Apple Cranberry Crisp

Try this tasty cancer fighting dessert! Thanks to the American Institute for Cancer Research for sharing!

This easy, colorful recipe is a favorite way to get lots of delicious flavor from the apples, cranberries and walnuts, plus enjoy their many nutrients, fiber and cancer-fighting phytochemicals.

 

• Canola oil spray
• 7 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 cup fresh cranberries
• 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• 2/3 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/4 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
• 3 Tbsp. butter, softened or trans fat-free margarine
• Frozen low fat vanilla yogurt (optional)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly coat medium shallow baking dish with canola oil spray. Place apples and cranberries in dish and gently toss together. In medium bowl, combine brown sugar, oats, flour, nuts and butter. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture on top of fruit. Bake until apples and cranberries are bubbly and tender, about 50 minutes. Transfer dish to wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm with frozen yogurt, if desired.

Makes 8 servings.

Per serving: 268 Calories, 8 g Total Fat (3 g Saturated Fat), 50 g Carbohydrates, 2 g Protein, 4 g Dietary Fiber, 9 mg Sodium.

Lose Weight with Ruth: Tis the Season for Chex Mix

Lose Weight with Ruth: Tis the Season for Chex Mix: Every year my mother used to make Chex Mix for the holidays, (minus the bagel chips and crackers.) I always loved it. Guest blogger Mag...

Tis the Season for Chex Mix

Every year my mother used to make Chex Mix for the holidays, (minus the bagel chips and crackers.) I always loved it. Guest blogger Maggie Green, author of The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook brought back fond memories.

Check out her recipe:

I make Chex Mix every year. I use my roasting pan to bake it because it’s deep and the tall sides on the pan make stirring easy. It’s a good thing I clipped this recipe from the cereal box a few years ago. I noticed recently that the recipe for Chex Mix included only a set of microwave directions. I feel a little weird using the microwave to “bake” something. I’ve never tried making this in the microwave, but knowing what I know about roasting or baking I predict that Chex Mix baked in an oven tastes better than Chex Mix heated and stirred in the microwave. It does take a little longer, but that’s a wash in my opinion, because either way you have to cool the mix before eating.  If you want microwave instructions just look on the back of a Chex cereal box. By the way, this recipe works perfectly fine with a store-brand Chex-type cereal if you so desire.

Oven Baked Chex Mix Recipe
Makes about 12 cups

Funny thing, this is the most popular recipe on my blog. During the month of December by blog visits at least double because of this recipe.

6 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons seasoned salt
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon onion powder
3 cups Corn Chex cereal
3 cups Rice Chex cereal
3 cups Wheat Chex cereal
1 cup mixed nuts
1 cup bite-size pretzels
1 cup bagel chips or Cheez-it crackers

Preheat oven to 250°F. In an ungreased large roasting pan, melt butter in the oven. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt, garlic powder, and onion powder. Stir in Chex cereals, mixed nuts, pretzels, and bagel chips until coated. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Spread on paper towels until cooled. Store in an airtight container.

Lose Weight with Ruth: Have You Ever Met a World Champion Skier?

Lose Weight with Ruth: Have You Ever Met a World Champion Skier?: Freestyle skier Grete Eliassen It was amazing to meet Grete Eliassen at the Red Bull North American Headquarters in Santa Monica....

Have You Ever Met a World Champion Skier?

Freestyle skier Grete Eliassen

It was amazing to meet Grete Eliassen at the Red Bull North American Headquarters in Santa Monica. Grete is an American-Norwegian freestyle skier, who is a 6-time Winter X Games Freeskier medalist! She also set the Guinness World record for Women’s Hip Jump. No wonder! She started skiing at the age of two!

I was so impressed to hear how she pushed herself to the limit during a two-week Red Bull High Performance project in Australia. Be sure to stay tuned, when it’s a reality TV show. Can you imagine holding your breath for four minutes? Hiking all day in 100+ degrees? Jumping out of a plane?

Fun facts: Grete’s favorite food is Mozzarella cheese, and her favorite physical activity is skiing in fresh powder (might of guessed that one.)

Way to go Grete!! It takes a lot of hard work and determination to be a world champion.

Day 25 of The Food Is My Friend Diet - Let Food Be Thy Medicine

Lose Weight with Ruth: Ruth's Best Tips for Losing Weight

Lose Weight with Ruth: Ruth's Best Tips for Losing Weight: A little prevention goes a long way. Make Losing Weight Easy

Ruth's Best Tips for Losing Weight

A little prevention goes a long way.

Make Losing Weight Easy

Lose Weight with Ruth: What Are You Doing With Your Leftover Halloween Ca...

Lose Weight with Ruth: What Are You Doing With Your Leftover Halloween Ca...: Trick or Treat Halloween is over, but the candy may still be lingering in plastic pumpkins, pantry shelves or bedroom drawers. ...

What Are You Doing With Your Leftover Halloween Candy?

Trick or Treat

Halloween is over, but the candy may still be lingering in plastic pumpkins, pantry shelves or bedroom drawers.

Did you know that an extra 50 calories a day can add an extra five pounds in a year? If each candy is 25-40 calories and you eat 3-5 of them a day, you do the math. It will add unwanted pounds. And what if you are having a bad day and eat 300-500 extra calories in candy?

So what should you do with the candy? Most of my clients, who are trying to lose weight, tell me that they take it to the office. That’s one way of getting rid of it. Except the people eating it are also my clients. Other places to dispose of the candy include homeless shelters, fire stations, and sending it overseas. Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Does anyone really need so much candy? It is providing sugar calories for energy but no nutrients. An acceptable amount of candy calories would be 160 calories a day for 1,800 calories. This is assuming that there won’t be any other calories consumed on extra carbohydrates, protein, fat or alcohol.

No one wants to be the Halloween Scrooge, but it’s possible to limit the amounts of candy collected. It’s also possible to buy less candy and turn out the lights, when it’s gone.

Do you have any ideas regarding what to do with leftover Halloween candy??

Lose Weight with Ruth: Are You Ready for Halloween?

Lose Weight with Ruth: Are You Ready for Halloween?: Costumes are done. Check . Decorations are up. Check . Candy is bought. Check . Bought more candy, cuz you already ate it. Check . ...

Are You Ready for Halloween?

Costumes are done. Check. Decorations are up. Check. Candy is bought. Check. Bought more candy, cuz you already ate it. Check.

If you already gained weight, here’s a couple of tips for next year: 1) Wait to buy the candy the day before Halloween. Those little Halloween treats are small, but the calories add up after the third or fourth chocolate. 2) Make a rule. Allow yourself one piece a day and stay strong.

Pumpkin is the new orange. Right? It’s everywhere and is very healthy. It’s loaded with vitamin A to repair body tissues and help with night vision. Americans are coming up short for many nutrients including vitamin A, so look for ways to get more vitamin A into your diet.

I’ve never been a big fan of pumpkin pie, so I wanted to find a way to enjoy pumpkin. Literally, I started dumping together ingredients and came up with these delicious, moist pumpkin muffins. I was totally surprised at how great they turned out. Try them yourself.

Dump and Go Delicious Pumpkin Walnut Muffins – Makes 12 muffins

2 cups flour

½ cup sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ginger

¼ teaspoon cloves

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 large eggs

½ cup applesauce

¼ cup canola oil

½ cup water

½ cup chopped walnuts

¼ cup raisins

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. Stir together the flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, walnuts, raisins. In another bowl, mix the pumpkin, eggs, applesauce, oil, water. Add the pumpkin mixture to the flour mixture and quickly stir until mixed. Don’t over mix, or you will have pumpkin rocks. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. After a few minutes, take the muffins out of the pan.