When I prepare pasta at home I combine it with an equal amount of vegetables, that way I can eat a large portion, enough to fill me up, withput adding alot of calories . In this meal I combine pasta with an almost equal amount of fresh tomatoes . To reduce the amount of oil in the sauce , [...]

Sam Sifton included a wonderful recipe for Grilled Pork and Peaches in a recent issue of the New York Times Sunday Magazine It can easily become a FTLOF meal when paired with a side vegetable and a small potato as it is pictured here.  The recipe calls for  boneless pork butt, an inexpensive but often [...]

Uncontrolled high blood pressure is “public health enemy number two” right behind smoking. According to an article in today’s Boston Globe and a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, uncontrolled high blood pressure contributes to 1,000 deaths in this country every day. Individuals may need to add or adjust the medication they [...]

When I make pizza at home I either make my own crust and roll it very thin, or I buy Mama Mary’s Ultra thin pizza crust. They come two to a package, and because each crust is thin and weighs only 6 ounces, it is the lowest calorie crust I can find.  It is important [...]