Summer Fruit Soup

This a wonderfully light soup that will leave you so full of summer love you will be wishing it could be summer all year long. It's a perfect appetizer or even can be served as a dessert.

Summer Fruit Soup

2 pounds of watermelon chunks (which is about 4 cups)
1/2 mango (chunks)
1/2 c. orange juice
1/2 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. lemon juice
1 c. sparkling (Poland Spring) fruit flavored water

 In a blender - mix them all together. Chill up to 8 hours (or overnight)

Serve with some fresh ginger as a garnish.

Yummy! 

4th of July Healthy Salad

2 large bags of baby spinach

1 pint of blueberries

1/2 pint of strawberries - sliced thinly

crumbled up Feta cheese

Dressing 

Mix together some dijon honey mustard, some soy sauce, a little onion salt and brown sugar and dab of olive oil. 

4th of July Healthy Salad

slice the strawberries

wash the blueberries

throw everything into a bowl and mix in dressing, toss and serve! That's it!

Salmon Puff Pastry Rolls

This is a wonderfully light and healthy recipe perfect for lunch or an appetizer. It can be made the day before you are eating it or the day of. It can be served warm or cold. Basically it's a perfect recipe for any occasion, meal, time of day and mood you are in - especially if you are in a healthy one!

Salmon Puff Pastry Rolls
1 box of puff pastry sheets
4 cans of 4 oz. canned salmon
2 tbsp. of light mayo
a dash of paprika, onion powder and pepper
1 egg
sesame seeds

Cucumber Cream Sauce
1/2 cup of sour cream
3 tbsp. of white vinegar
1 tbsp. sugar
2 large cucumbers - peeled and thinly sliced
1 tbsp. of onion powder


1. mix sour cream, white vinegar, sugar, onion powder together - add in thinly sliced cucumbers and cover and place in fridge overnight

Salmon Puff Pastry Rolls

Preheat oven to 350

1. flatten out two puff pastry sheets
2. rub some olive oil on it
3. mix can salmon with mayo and seasonings
4. evenly distribute salmon on puff pastry sheets - then roll it
5. beat egg and brush it over roll and sprinkle sesame seeds
6. place in oven for 35 minutes at 350

remove - allow it to cool enough for you to slice.

Serve with cucumber cream sauce - to serve use slotted spoon so you don't get the cucumber slices, just the taste!

Sweet Potato French Fries

Let's face it everyone loves french fries! If you tell me you don't then you are lying. The best kind I think we can all agree is the golden arches famous fries AKA McDonald's. Ray Crock the founder of McDonald's was famous for his fries back in the day and even today all fast food restaurant chains are compared to greasy, crispy, thin, melt in your mouth, mouth watering high calorie but delicious beyond delicious french fries. This recipe I have created is almost as good as McDonald's. I say almost because even I know that nothing will ever compare to their's LOL

Sweet Potato French Fries
6 large sweet potatoes (I normally say that 1 potato feeds 2 people).
olive oil
cinnamon
salt
pepper
paprika
cumin
onion powder

1. Slice of the potatoes into thin - 2 inch - strips
2. pour oil over it
3. mix all spices together then pour fries in a bag and spices in as well.
4. mix it well. allow it to marinate it the oil and spices for a few hours mixing and rubbing every 30 minutes
5. pour olive oil into a pot and heat it up. place one fry in at  a time. THIS IS ESSENTIAL or it will clamp together. Remove once the fries turn golden brown. Pat hard with a towel removing all excess grease and unwanted fat and calories.

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

Hawaiian Chicken Kabobs

Eating outside is fun and this a fun dish you can easily make outside as well as eat outside with your family. It is super healthy and super tasty. I promise you that everyone in the family will devour it!

Hawaiian Chicken Kabobs
2 - 4 large boneless chicken breast
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp olive oil
1 clove of crushed garlic
1/4 tsp. dried ginger

1 pineapple cut up
2 green peppers
1 large red onion

1. In a bowl marinate the chicken in soy sauce, oil, ginger and garlic for 2 hours or overnight. The longer the better
2. preheat the grill and then put the chicken on the grill - for about 7 or 8 minutes on each side
3. the cut the pepper, pineapple and onions and throw in on the grill for about 5 minutes - or until lightly browned.
4. allow all food to cool long enough for you to be able to touch it.
5. then place then on the skewers alternating between each food.


Preheat oven to 350

place skewers in oven for 5 minutes to reheat. The serve! Delicious! 

Homemade Mozzarella Sticks with Marinara Sauce

So it's getting cold outside and I'm sure all you want is to be in the warmth of your home or in your car with the heat blazing....Or actually I'm sure you'd rather be in sunny Miami or San Diego, right? I know I would. This recipe will warm your body and your heart. It's ultimate comfort food done in a low fat healthy way. It will leave you feeling satisfied and good about yourself - not full, bloated or guilty.

Homemade Mozzarella Sticks with Marinara Sauce
10 string cheeses
1 egg
whole wheat flour
1 tsp. paprika
seasoned bread crumbs
olive oil for frying
marinara sauce

1. unwrap each string cheese and place in a bowl
2. then beat your egg in a separate bowl
3. sprinkle flour and paprika over a place and coat each string cheese in it
4. then dip each string cheese into the egg
5. put about a cup of the bread crumbs onto a plate and roll each string cheese into the bread crumbs

Repeat these steps for each string cheese

6. heat the oil in a pot and carefully place each string cheese into the oil - frying them until their golden brown. Remove from heat and place on paper towel

7. Warm up marinara sauce

Serve! Yummy in my Tummy!

Benefits of Olive Oil
Olive oil is a very healthy oil. It has healthy fats and has been linked to preventing cancer, Type 2 Diabetes. It also helps your nails to grow strong and your hair to grow, stay strong and stay shiny. People who eat a diet rich in olive oil as opposed to other fats live longer and healthier lives.

Mushroom Puffs

This recipe if for my dad. He's a mushroom lover!

Mushroom Puffs

1 package of fresh mushrooms

2 tbsp. butter

dash of salt

1/4 tsp. garlic powder

package of puff pastry sheets

egg

sesame seeds

1. heat the butter in a skillet

2. add the mushrooms and cook for about 4 minutes on each side

3. preheat oven to 350

4. lay the puff pasty in flat and add the mushrooms and then sprinkle with garlic and salt

5. roll tightly - beat the egg and the brush on top of puff pastry

6. sprinkle the sesame seeds and bake in oven for 40 minutes

Delicious!