Save Me from Myself 4th of July Sexy Cucumber Salad: Whenever there’s a gathering and the temptation to eat more than I really want seems likely, I whip up a salad or two and bring with. Sometimes I share; sometimes not! SAVE YOURSELF SALAD The Sexy, Juicy CUKE Ingredients: 2 cups diced cucumber 2 cups…

This week’s Get Jiggy Weight Loss JigSaw Puzzle, entitled PIG CROSSING, is inspired by the 4th of July, Independence Day! Are you ready for the marching bands, parades, fireworks, and the BBQs?  Last year more than 80 million folk participated in BBQs!  The favorite foods served included hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken, ribs, potato salad, chips and…

Want to help your man lower his risk of prostate cancer?  Then, according to the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, you best feed him tomatoes!  Ripe, juicy, red tomatoes! From the Our Lady of Weight Loss kitchens here follows a Tomato Relish recipe that is a super duper pow complement to grilled seafood, chicken,…

Given the amount of contrasting talk ‘out there’ about the relevance of taking vitamin D and calcium supplements, I thought it useful to list what foods are ‘heavy’ in Calcium and vitamin D. First, an important word from the New York Times … … “The United States Preventive Services Task Force, an influential group that…

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