This delicious vegetarian casserole is a real keeper… It’s rich and sinful tasting and very skinny!  In fact one serving has 101 calories, 3.7 grams fat and 3 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS. Serve it as a side dish for chicken, beef, pork or fish. If you want to serve this dreamy casserole as the main [...]

Brace yourself for a weight loss shock: 10 to 14 percent of your daily calories don’t come from food at all, according to the USDA. They sneak through in drinks that wash down those calorie-counted meals. How’s that possible? Consider this: One caffe latte for breakfast, one can of soda at lunch, and a fruit [...]

Stephanie Averkamp, San Diego-based ACE Certified Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant, shares five small steps you can take to kick-start healthier eating habits in 2010, starting with breakfast: 1. Eat breakfast: Not a big morning eater? If you think you don’t have time or are not hungry in the morning, start by getting used to [...]

Overview Weight loss is a common New Year’s resolution.  With this in mind, what can you do to make this year’s resolution more successful than ones you have made in the past?  One way to improve your odds of success is to choose food wisely.  The only way to lose weight is to burn more [...]

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and what better way to get your nutrients than through a heart healthy bowl of oatmeal.  If you are finding oatmeal boring, this recipe might make you a convert.  Chockfull of oats, dried fruits, nuts, and baked in vanilla soy milk it’s full of skinny and [...]

In Italy, pasta is typically included in casseroles.  There’s no exception here except we’ve made many skinny substitutions.  We’ve used whole wheat spaghetti, low-fat evaporated milk, reduced-fat cheeses and reduced-butter.  The results are still fabulous and the fat and calorie savings are huge.  Our skinny pie is 354 calories and 13 grams of fat.  The [...]