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Greek Yogurt, Chocolate, Walnut, and Wild Blueberry Parfaits

Dark chocolate is rich in heart-healthy antioxidants, and recent research shows that wild blueberries are just as good at protecting your heart from damage as they are at protecting your brain.

Put them together, though, and trigger even more heart-helping power: The flavonoids called catechins in chocolate, and flavonoids called quercetins in blueberries are thought to work together to keep your blood from clotting.

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed
• 2 cups nonfat Greek-style yogurt
• 2 1/2 tablespoons mini dark-chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup oat granola
• Chopped walnuts

Preparation

Spoon 1 tablespoon fresh or frozen blueberries, thawed, into each of 4 parfait glasses. Spoon 1/4 cup nonfat Greek-style yogurt over berries in each glass, then top each with 1 teaspoon mini dark-chocolate chips, 1 tablespoon oat granola, and a sprinkling of chopped walnuts. Add another layer of the berries, yogurt, chocolate, walnuts, and granola to each glass; serve.

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It wouldn’t be the Summer of salads without the most refreshing medley of them all: watermelon, feta, and arugula.

Ingredients

Preparation

Arrange arugula over large platter. Scatter watermelon, then feta over. Drizzle with balsamic glaze and sprinkle with pepper.

Ingredient tip:

Balsamic vinegar glaze can be found in the vinegar section at many supermarkets. If unavailable, boil 3/4 cup balsamic vinegar in a small saucepan until reduced to 3 tablespoons, 6 to 7 minutes.

This salad serves 8.

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As a bonus, check out this video and see an alternative recipe for making watermelon and feta salad. ENJOY!

Autumn Millers’ Absolutely Healthy Turkey Meatball Recipe!

With this recipe you will have enough meatballs to feed 8-9 people (So for a family that means yummy left overs!)

Total time including prep-40min

Ingredients-

• ½ Vidalia Onion

• 1 Package Lean ground turkey meat

• 1 Package Hot turkey sausage

• Seasonings: Seasoned Salt, Pepper, Garlic, Worcestershire Sauce

• 1 Egg

• ½ Cup Seasoned Breadcrumbs

• ¼ Cup Fresh grated Parmesan Cheese

• Olive Oil

• Optional: White Wine

Prep- Remove Sausage from casing (score each sausage lengthwise and pull casing right off) Dump each sausage into a large mixing bowl, add ground turkey meat set aside. Chop ½ Vidalia onion (fine chop) set aside. Put 1 Tablespoon of olive oil into large skillet leave on stove ready to go.

Dump onion into bowl with raw turkey meat and sausage. Using a 4 mix until onion is evenly incorporated. Add Seasoned Salt, Pepper and Garlic liberally (at least a Tablespoon of each if not more) Due to the fact that the turkey is lean sometimes it can be more bland than other meats so it is very important to thoroughly season turkey. Add 2 teaspoons of Worcestershire Sauce. Add egg and mix well. Add ½ Cup of seasoned breadcrumbs, and ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese. If you want to get a little messy this is a good time to pull back your sleeves and get your hands dirty to fully incorporate all ingredients well. Now that the meat is ready to be rolled into balls preheat your skillet to Low/Med heat.

Roll each meat ball in your hands to a size that is a little larger than a golf ball (I find this to be the perfect size for spaghetti, or meatball sandwiches). Upon rolling each ball place them in the skillet and let them start to sizzle. Roll each meat ball around a little with a fork or tongs, but don’t disturb them too much you don’t want them to fall apart. Place a lid on the skillet for 10 minutes. After ten minutes add a few tablespoons of you favorite white wine (I have found that drier wines work better) and place lid back on for another 5 min. At this time your meatballs should be just about done depending on your skillet, and stove. Remove meatballs and use with your favorite tomato sauce for spaghetti or meatball sandwich…you should try to let the sauce and meatballs simmer together for at least 10 minutes before serving. ENJOY!

“Eating Out” may be an enjoyable experience, but it also can be costly and hazardous to our health. Here is a quick tip to maintain the size of your wallet and the size of you waistline.

SHARE! Everyone always looks the size of the entree and says, “Whoa that;s big enough for two!” Well they’re right is is be enough for two. So instead of stuffing your face until your feel sick, order 1 entree between two people and then order an appetizer like a salad or a vegetable. It will be more than enough and the savings on your bill will be the proof in the pudding!

The more you eat, the more you have to move to stay in shape. The less you spend on on meals means the more you save for a healthy activity after dinner. (ie, movies, driving range etc.)

Try it out and let us know what you think!

Eat to live. Dont live to eat!