Family Fitness Files

This is one of our favorite Lenten Friday meals. So easy to throw together, fairly inexpensive, and everyone seems to like it. I use tilapia because I can get a bag of frozen tilapia for about $3 at my local grocery store. But you can use any firm white fish that you like.

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Made this recipe on Sunday and was so impressed. I got it out of a magazine by the checkout stand, and those aren’t always the best recipes, but this was terrific. I see that it can be adapted quite a bit. Anyway, thought I’d pass it on to all of you.

1.5# boneless skinless chicken breasts

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I love cooking and have tried to instill that love, or at least an appreciation, in my children. To that end, I’ve bought each of my children a cookbook when they were old enough to read recipes and help in the kitchen. Jack’s cookbook is Emeril Lagasse’s There’s a Chef in My Soup (LOTS of [...]

Today I tried something I’ve been meaning to do for a while: made myself a green smoothie. I live in a small bedroom community town in Idaho and although we do have two gyms here in town, finding healthy foods is not easy within “city” limits. When I was exercising more regularly, my favorite post-workout [...]

Just wanted to post this quick recipe. We had it with our New Year’s Day feast. I took 4 sweet potatoes/yams (3 darker orange, 1 light), peeled them and chopped them into large rounds, then quartered them into chunks. Toss with olive oil until just coated. Sprinkle with kosher salt to taste. Add 1/3 C [...]