Christine Chowning

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Caprese salad easy as 1,2,3.  My all time favorite summer salad, made of sliced fresh mozzarella, bite size tomatoes, basil, seasoned with salt, balsamic vinegar and olive oil.  Enjoy

Oh yummy... How I love pizza!  Here is a great recipe from the Beachbody kitchen.  Give it a try and let me know how you like it.... Enjoy Make a delicious gourmet pizza at home! This one is topped with artichokes, mushrooms, olives, and onion – yum! It’s worth the effort to make your own pizza dough, but if you’re short on time, a whole wheat pizza dough from the grocery store works well. Total Time:  30 min. plus 2 hours Prep Time:  10 min. Cooking Time:  15 min. Yield:  8 servings Ingredients: PIZZA DOUGH: ¼ oz. active dry yeast 1 cup warm water (100-110°F) 2 tsp. sugar 3-3¼ cups whole wheat flour, divided use ½ tsp. fine sea salt 2 tsp. olive oil, divided use ARTICHOKE PIZZA: Nonstick cooking spray ½ cup all-natural marinara sauce ¼ tsp. dried oregano leaves ¼ tsp. dried Italian seasoning ¼ tsp. ground black pepper 1 dash crushed red pepper ¼ tsp. garlic powder 6 marinated artichoke hearts, drained, sliced ¼ medium onion, thinly sliced ¼ cup

Here are some great tips from Author Ester Kane on how to stay motivated and stick with your plan. Authors Esther Kane I’m sure many of you have experienced this at some point in your weight loss journey: You’ve just found the magic solution to losing the extra weight and keeping it off forever…You figure out what to eat on the plan outlined, buy the groceries needed to adhere to it, and adopt the exercise regime it recommends. You follow the program strictly for two weeks, and guess what? You lose some weight, you feel better, and you like how your clothes fit. Success! Then ___________ happens. There was birthday cake at the office. Your partner left you. Your boss reprimanded you. You went out to lunch with your coworkers. Before you know it, you’ve had a “snack-cident.” It crept up on you without your conscious knowledge and drove your head into a bag of potato chips. After your snack-cident, then comes the wall of shame that sends you into a pit of despair and self-loathing. You