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5 Meals to Cook on the Grill for a Healthier Lifestyle

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Grilled chicken and asparagus

Grilling Makes Good Nutrition Easy As a registered dietitian, I'm into healthier ways to cook. So, the grilling season opens lots of possibilities for me. The great thing is that most everyone I know likes to grill out, so the outdoor cooking season broadens their repertoire of healthy meals, too. Think about it -- with grilling, the fat drips away from center-plate favorites like steak, salmon, or chicken.  This means fewer calories and less potentially harmful fat. The grill offers tons of variety of side options, too, like asparagus, skewered mushrooms, a sweet potato, or colorful Bell … [Read more...] about 5 Meals to Cook on the Grill for a Healthier Lifestyle

Filed Under: Grilling Tips, Healthy Eating Tips, Healthy Lifestyle Tips, Nutritious Meal Planning Tips, Quick & Easy Dinner Tips, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Tips from a Registered Dietitian Tagged With: easy and healthy grill recipes, easy grilled chicken, grill meals and a healthier lifestyle, grill meals with good nutrition, healthier grilling

A Tasty Little Marinade for Chicken, Steak, Seafood and Veggies

September 17, 2024 By Cindy Silver

Marinade recipe

Since so many of us enjoy a dinner from the grill, here's an easy and tasty marinade recipe to love.   I see two big advantages to having a go-to marinade recipe. The first is that marinating chicken or steak or fish or shrimp forces us to have a plan for dinner hours ahead of time - when marinating ideally begins. The second is that having a trusted recipe on hand erases the worry of how the final flavor will turn out -- it's always a big success. Here is a marinade that fits just about everything that's a protein food. For veggies, it works as a delicious brush-on-when-grilling … [Read more...] about A Tasty Little Marinade for Chicken, Steak, Seafood and Veggies

Filed Under: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Grilling Marinades, Grilling Recipes, Grilling Tips, Homemade Recipes, Mediterranean Nutrition, Seasonal eating, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: cooking at home, easy recipe, good nutrition, Grilling marinade recipe, healthy cooking

Top 10 Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables

November 6, 2018 By Cindy Silver

Hens eating greens

Reasons to eat your vegetables go on and on and on. I know - I'm a registered dietitian and encouraging nutrient-rich food choices is my jam. Even for you reluctant veggie eaters, I hope my list of 'Top 10 Reasons' below gets you going. Here's why...Vegetables are the difference between feeling OK and feeling great. Vegetables are the difference between making a habit of seeing the doctor and not doing that. Vegetables can be prepared in hundreds of ways  and so there really is something for everyone! Top 10 Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables They’re green-red-orange-yellow & it’s your … [Read more...] about Top 10 Reasons to Eat Your Vegetables

Filed Under: Grilling Tips, Healthy Eating Tips, Mediterranean Nutrition, Nutrition Tips, Plant Based Nutrition, Simple, Healthy, Tasty, Vegetables Tagged With: Antioxidants, good nutrition, green veggies, Mediterranean Diet, vegetables

How to Cook a Healthy Summer Meal on the Grill

August 2, 2017 By Cindy Silver

Healthy Summer meal on the grill

First, Get Organized Make a menu such as the one pictured at the left: Grilled Mustard-Maple-Ginger Chicken Thighs Grilled Mixed Vegetables Chilled Watermelon Second, Prep the Food Try boneless and skinless chicken thighs for more flavor and less mess. Carefully cut the fat off chicken thighs and marinate them for an hour or so in a mustard+maple syrup+ginger marinade. Always marinate chicken in the fridge. While the chicken is marinating, wash and cut up potatoes, Bell peppers and onions into bite-size pieces and then mix them up in a bowl. Lay the mixed … [Read more...] about How to Cook a Healthy Summer Meal on the Grill

Filed Under: Grilling Tips, Healthy Recipes, Quick & Easy Dinner Tips, Simple, Healthy, Tasty Tagged With: chicken thighs, cooking on the grill, good nutrition, how to cook a healthy summer meal on the grill, meal planning, summer produce, vegetables

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