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Red Quinoa and Black Bean Vegetable Salad
This salad is awesome so I thought I'd share. Very tasty and loaded with protein and fiber. If you are not familiar with quinoa, it is a grain-like seed with a nutty flavor. I get it at Whole Foods for $5.99/pound in bulk. This recipe is adapted slightly from the post on www.ohsheglows.com, which is a nice food blog. Here…
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Red Quinoa and Black Bean Vegetable Salad
This salad is awesome so I thought I'd share. Very tasty and loaded with protein and fiber. If you are not familiar with quinoa, it is a grain-like seed with a nutty flavor. I get it at Whole Foods for $5.99/pound in bulk. This recipe is adapted slightly from the post on www.ohsheglows.com, which is a nice food blog. Here…
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Hummus recipe
Here is my hummus recipe. I think it is pretty good, I've been making it for about 20 years as my ancestry is Middle Eastern. Recently discovered how good this is in wraps (try with grilled veggies, chicken or even taboule salad) as opposed to sitting on the couch and devouring a whole bowlful with a ton of pita bread or…
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Stressing over dinner out
Hello does anyone have any good restaurant ideas for my wife and I for dinner tonight? Healthy of course and we each have a reasonable amount of calories left. We live in the Metro Detroit area. Here are a few that are out for a variety of reasons: Outback, Applebees, Potbelly, Quiznos, Subway. Do you have one fav thing…
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240 pounds in 240 days
Hello I just wanted to share my success so far. Since 9/29/11 I've lost 22.2 lbs. My goal weight is 240 pounds (81.8 lbs. to go) and I think I can realistically do that by July 11, 2012 (240 days from today). Which is, incidentally an average of 2.4 lbs. per week. I am looking for friends to help me along my journey so…
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Just want to say hello
Hello from Westland, Michigan. Just another middle aged (45) fat guy who's recently got scared of dying (for what seems the 100th time). Also my wife just lost 50 pounds so maybe there's a bit of competition. Other than having about 100 pounds to lose and slightly elevated cholesterol numbers, I'm pretty healthy. I do…
