We are visiting my 93 year-young mother on Mother’s Day. While she lives along, drives and is A-okay in every way, she no longer cooks! (Not that she was much of a cook to being with … oops, don’t tell her that I said that.) Anyway, I was agonizing over lunch. What to cook up and bring with us? I was reading recipes on the Internet for hours and hours and then it dawned on me – the biggest ‘duh’ moment ever. “For goodness sake,” I said to myself, “You’ve written two fantastic books that are chock-a-block full of recipes.”Here follow some of my personal favorite recipes from Our Lady of Weight Loss: Miraculous and Motivational Musings from the Patron Saint of Permanent Fat Removal as well as All Is Forgiven, Move On: Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville. These recipes are beyond good; they are GREAT … and they are basically one-bowl, easy to whip up recipes with easy to find ingredients. They are “to die for,” as we like to say in New York City!Simple Salmon SaladIngredients:1 lb. Salmon fillet, poached and cooled to room temperature2 celery stalks; finely chopped.1/2 red onion, peeled, finely sliced2 tablespoons capers (strain out the pickling juice) (I love salty capers; you might want to put 1 tablespoon in and see how it tastes before adding the 2nd spoonful.)juice from 1 freshly squeezed lemon2 tablespoons, fresh dill, choppedsalt n’ pepper to taste!Directions:Combine all ingredients in bowl and serve, on a nice 7 grain or whole wheat bread (read the label; no high fructose corn syrup please!) Alternatively, on an artfully arranged bed of lettuce.

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Waldorf a la Our LadyIngredients: 4 apples, unpeeled, cored and chopped into bite-size pieces Juice from 1 fresh lemon1/3 cup raisins (plumped*)2/3 cup chopped celery1/4 walnut halves1/4 cup reduced fat mayonnaise (15 to 25 calories per tablespoon; no need for full-fat!)1 Tablespoon RAW Sugar (let’s let go of the refined stuff)Directions:Mix everything together in a medium-size bowl. Let it chill overnight. Something yummy and crunchy to look forward to!!!*Plump Your Raisins (not thyself)Place raisins in bowl and add enough warm tap water to cover them. Let them sit for a few minutes, absorbing the water, as they happily and peacefully plump up. After they are sufficiently plump, carefully and with love squeeze out excess water!

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The Devil’s EggsIngredients:1 dozen hard-boiled eggs, preferably free range and organic1/3 cup reduced-fat mayo1 sweet pickle, diced (or 1 to 2 tablespoons sweet relish!)2 heaping Tablespoons of Dijon mustardjuice from 1 fresh lemonhot sauce, 2 major shakes – 3 if you like it spicy! (Jsalt n’ pepper to tasteDirections: Take hard-boiled eggs and cut the long way. Remove yokes from eggs and put in medium sized bowl. Add reduced-fat mayo. Mix in the rest of the ingredients until smooth and yummy.Then take a teaspoon of egg mixture and neatly place in the whites. (Do your best NOT to lick your fingers!)If you like, sprinkle a little bit of paprika on top! The red looks so nice against the yellow. Very artistic!

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Blueberry SaucePour this sauce on your toast or fruit! Mix it with yogurt, or just plain eat it by the spoonful. It is truly divine!Ingredients:1/4 cup water1/4 cup raw sugarjuice from 1 freshly squeezed lemon1 pint fresh blueberriesDirections:Heat water with sugar until dissolved.Add lemon juice.Then the blueberries. Just keep cookin’ and stirrin’ until it breaks down!Hungry for More Fat-Burning, Our Lady of Weight Loss approved Recipes?To Die For DELICIOUS, Recipes!Eat! Have Sex!! Lose Weight!!!Recession Proof Foods: Cheap n’ Easy!Enjoy!!!href=”http://eomega.org/omega/workshops/75c9f2939cc9827183a5b5bed5cf3605/”>Our Lady of Weight Loss En”LIGHT”ens@ Omega Institute for Holistic Studies Take a Leap! Spread the word … NOT the icing,Janice———————————————————————————–Follow Janice on Twitter:Facebook! Janice Taylor is a Life & Wellness Coach, specializing in weight loss, reinvention, transformation & happiness, author, seminar leader and 50-pound-BIG-Time-LOSER! Write Janice for an Introductory Coaching Session.For more motivation and inspiration, join the Kick in the Tush Club: Beliefnet Chapter.Pick up a copy of Janice’s latest: All Is Forgiven, Move ON ~ Our Lady of Weight Loss’s 101 Fat-Burning Steps on Your Journey to Sveltesville!“Janice Taylor is a certain kind of kooky genius ~ see if her idiosyncratic diet plan will work for you.” ~ O, The Oprah Magazine

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