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RECIPE FINDER FEATURED SPRING RECIPES

Too Good to be Low-Fat Berry Trifle

1 8oz package of low-fat cream cheese
2 cups fat-free milk
1 8.5oz package angel food cake (cut into 1-inch slices)
1 8oz package of whipped topping
1 cup sliced fresh strawberries
1 cup fresh raspberries
1 package instant vanilla pudding (low-fat)

Beat cream cheese in a large bowl using an electric mixer.  Slowly add milk, ½ cupful at a time and mixing well.  Add pudding mix and mix well.  Gently stir in whipped topping and then fold in fruit. 

Arrange 1/3 of the angel cake slices into a serving bowl and top with 1/3 of the pudding and fruit mixture, repeat layers two more times.  Refrigerate until set (about 30 minutes) and serve.

Citrus Sorbet

4 cups of your choice fresh citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, tangerines, grapefruits, etc.), peeled and thinly sliced.
1/2 cup orange juice
dash of salt
sugar to taste

Spread fruit in one layer on a baking sheet. Freeze, uncovered, until frozen solid.  Once the fruit is frozen, let thaw at room temperature for 15 minutes.  Place in a blender with the orange juice and process until smooth.  Add a small pinch of salt and a little sugar to taste.

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Food quotes, quips, and thoughts . . .

"Artichokes ... are just plain annoying ... After all the trouble you go to, you get about as much actual 'food' out of eating an artichoke as you would rom licking thirty or forty postage stamps. Have the shrimp cocktail instead." -- Miss Piggy

"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for 30 years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found." --Sam Levinson

"This recipe is certainly silly. It says to separate two eggs, but it doesn't say how far to separate them." -- Gracie Allen

"I've been on a constant diet for the last two decades. I've lost a total of 789 pounds. By all accounts, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet." -- Erma Bombeck

"I told my doctor I get very tired when I go on a diet, so he gave me pep pills. Know what happened? I ate faster." -- Joe E. Lewis

"I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead -- not sick, not wounded -- dead." -- Woody Allen

"Food is an important part of a balanced diet." -- Fran Lebowitz

"Health food makes me sick." -- Calvin Trillin

"Watermelon -- it's a good fruit. You eat, you drink, you wash your face." -- Enrico Caruso

"Old people shouldn't eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get." -- Robert Orben

RECIPE FINDER FEATURED ARTICLE

Tips for Making Healthy Eating Fun

If you want to be fit, you have to eat healthy. Eating healthy doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to do without the foods you love. Compromises will have to be made, but the choice is yours. Here are some tips for making healthy eating fun for you:

1. Set yourself up for success. If you’re failing miserably at eating healthy, chances are it’s because you aren’t setting yourself up for success. If you’re going to eat healthy, that means you have to throw away all the junk food and bring in healthy food instead. Get started on the right food by setting yourself up for successful healthy eating.

2. Go for variety. Why buy boring “diet” foods? Just add some variety to your meals. If you normally would eat a bag of potato chips for a mid-day snack, eat fruit instead. Bananas, apples, grapes and kiwi are all great-tasting fruit that are really fast to grab on the go for a quick snack.

3. Make it handy. After you purchase your fruits and vegetables, clean and divide them for fast grab and go snacking. Sort them into snack-sized plastic zip bags before storing them in the refrigerator. If you make your healthy foods easy to grab, you will be less tempted to grab that pre-packaged snack cake instead.

4. Be accountable. Ask a friend to hold you accountable for your eating. Better yet, find someone who wants to start eating healthy, too, and get a buddy system going. Swap recipes and meal ideas with each other.