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May 15, 2013 - 1:36pm

Healthy spring salad recipe with fresh peas and crispy fried shallots

By Jessie Price in Food Blog

Now’s the time to head to the farmers’ market to find just-picked fresh shelling peas. Peas thrive in the cooler weather of late spring and early summer and they’re a good source of fiber, and with vitamins A and K they can help keep your eyes and bones healthy. Keep in mind that unlike their frozen counterparts, fresh peas take a little work. You do need to shell them, after all. But it’s worth it! Especially when you build a special salad around them. Here we leave the peas raw so that their bright grassy green flavor can play with delicate red leaf lettuce, beautiful frisée and the irresistible savory, oniony flavor of fried shallots. The fried shallots give this salad out-of-this-world flavor. And compared with store-bought fried onions they have half the calories and a fraction of the saturated fat and sodium. Toss the...

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TAGS: Cooking tips, Food Blog, Good choices, Nutrition, Wellness, What's in season , Jessie Price

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August 21, 2012 - 3:15pm

5 tasty budget dinners for less than $3 per serving

By Jessie Price in Food Blog

When you’re busy and trying to stick to a budget, dinner needs to be quick and cheap. But you also want it to be healthy…and fresh…and delicious too. Is it really possible to have it all? Yes, it is! Save money and time with these cheap and easy weeknight dinner recipes your family will love. All of the main dishes cash in at less than $3 per serving. (P.S. You want a shopping list too? We’ve got that for you: Get a 7-Day Menu Plan & Shopping List for the recipes featured here.)

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TAGS: Budget meals, Cooking tips, Dinner, Food Blog, Jessie Price

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June 5, 2012 - 4:45pm

Cheap, Healthy Snack Recipes You Can Make At Home

By Jessie Price in Food Blog

I recently appeared on a Yahoo! Financially Fit segment about how to cook cheap, healthy snack recipes at home. You can get the recipes from the video below and check out my advice here:

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TAGS: Budget meals, Food Blog, Snacks, Jessie Price

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April 12, 2012 - 3:15pm

5 Meals from 1 Bag of Groceries

By Jessie Price in Healthy Cooking Blog

I recently appeared on a Yahoo! Financially Fit segment about how to cook 5 meals using one bag of groceries. You can download the shopping list and get the full recipes here. Check out my advice here:

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TAGS: Budget meals, Dinner, Healthy Cooking Blog, Jessie Price

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January 12, 2012 - 12:26pm

The secret to losing weight every cook should know

By Jessie Price in Healthy Cooking Blog

As a food lover and food editor of EatingWell Magazine, it’s probably no surprise that I’m not a big fan of any diet where you have to give up a bunch of different foods. No bread or pasta? Forget it. Cabbage soup for two meals a day? No way. That’s why I’m a big believer in the weight-loss and maintenance approach that EatingWell has taken both in the magazine and in our diet books, including EatingWell 500-Calorie Dinners, which I co-authored with Nicci Micco. The idea is that you can eat anything you want. That includes dessert or a glass of wine with dinner. One of the secrets to losing weight on this diet? Portion control, which can naturally help you limit the number of calories you eat each day, your ultimate goal....

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TAGS: Dinner, Healthy Cooking Blog, Weight loss, Jessie Price

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