Tonight's Dinner: Low Fat Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Recipe for Souper Yumminess:

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil
1 Cup sliced carrots
0.5 Cup sliced onion
0.5 cup sliced celery
pepper
2 minced gloves of garlic
3 Tbsp. flour
32 oz. chicken broth
2 cups cooked and sliced chicken (cooked in crockpot)
0.5 cup milk or soymilk
1 box of Wild and Long Grain rice

Prepare rice according to package directions.
Saute' veggies in olive oil until tender. Add pepper and garlice and heat until garlic is tender.
Stir in flour.
Gradually add broth and cook about 2 minutes on high.
Add milk, chicken, and rice, and heat through.

I served this soup with cottage cheese and fruit, and some whole wheat bread.

My Super-Healthy Mother-In-Law Adores My Pancakes!!!

Today, Health Nut Girl faced the challenge all married women eventually face: How do you make your mother-in-law happy? More importantly, how do you convince her that you are taking care of HER SON?

Thanks to Hodgson Mill Baking Mix, I was able to whip up some whole wheat pancakes. I followed the recipe on the box, substituting Egg Beaters for eggs and throwing in some pureed banana and flax seed. I served them up with Smart Balance Spread and low sugar jam and syrup. She was beaming!

These pancakes are quite good, and I enjoy them regularly.

I will have many more entries as I continue my quest to eat a more healthy diet.

Why eat healthy? I am only 26, and my cholesterol and triglycerides were somewhat high a year ago! I have adopted a new way of eating and successfully gotten my "numbers" under control.

I reduced my triglycerides from 213 to 89 and my cholsterol from 215 to 142! My HDL (good cholesterol) has increased from 57 to 60 and my LDL (bad) has gone from 115 to 64. I think a lot of my success is due to vegetarian meals, flax seed, almonds, and cheerios...