Please visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com for a complete ingredient list and printable recipe for this and past episodes. This week on Healthy Helpings TV, host Michelle Koen shows how to improvise a great granola from either items on hand or with a quick trip to the grocery shop. On the menu: Cranberry Ginger Macadamia Granola, and Michelle is using some unusual items like Triticale and Linseed. Can't find those? That's OK because she also explains why she chooses each ingredient so you can make smart substitutions! Remember: DRM is killing music!
Healthy Helpings TV, featuring host Michelle Koen, teaches you new and classic recipes adapted to Low-Fat, Low-Carb AND Low-Cal diets. Michelle has always loved to cook, eat and share food with friends. Now she's here to share her healthy recipes with you and hopefully inspire you to create some of your own!
This week, Healthy Helpings TV's host Michell Koen takes a vegetarian burger recipe and adds back the beef! Why? This has the benefit of keeping the additional nutritional kick of beans (for fiber and added aminos) and Mushrooms (for more proteins) to provide a rich and earthy flavor. It's all finished off with an accompaniment of sweet chili sauce and a dash of Tabasco!
This week Healthy Helpings TV's host Michelle Koen has a hearty dish that packs a protein wallop! A most unusual recipe, this calls for lentils and eggs. Here's a little secret... you can leave out the eggs to use this lentil dish as the basis for a number of other dishes as well! See the complete recipe at www.healthyhelpingstv.com
Today, Healthy Helpings TV presents a very special episode on wine pairings! Fellow Grasshopper Becky McCray presents her choices of wines and spirits to accompany five of host Michelle Koen's recipes that aired earlier this summer, including: Ma Po Tofu Vietnamese Fresh Rolls Aromatic Asian Poached Chicken Vietnamese Pho Soup and Granola, even (!!!) Salut!
Spiciness and chocolate may be trendy, but the Mexican cuisine has embraced it in the form of Mole sauce for a long time, and xocolatl ("Bitter Water") goes all the way back to the Aztec empire! In the spirit of "everything old is new again," Healthy Helpings TV's host Michelle Koen brings a dessert that packs a subtle, delicate tingle behind a fluffy cloud of chocolate decadence. But a souffle? Don't worry, wichelle will help you confront this intimidating dish which is equal parts science and desert. Will it rise? Will it fall? The soufflé is the ultimate in fat free deserts. It's light and fluffy texture oozes indulgance and it's a great way to get through those egg whites you bought with good intentions too. Please visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com for a full printable version of this recipe!
Please visit us at www.healthyhelpingstv.com for a printable version of this recipe. Summer's heat stopping you getting in the kitchen? Worried about the cost of electricity and gas? Trying to keep check on your waistline? This week Healthy Helpings TV's host Michelle Koen has the answer to all your problems with an Asian aromatic poached chicken. This requires almost no equipment and it's almost set and forget. Even better, you'll have a beautiful chicken stock you can use to to make fantastic Asian soups!
For a printable version of this recipe, please visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com In a world gone mad, one soup stands above all others. This week on Healthy Helpings TV, by viewer request, host Michelle Koen presents another dish from Viet Nam. A personal favorite with our staff at GNMHealth, we present to you: Pho! Pho is a succulent, assemble-it-yourself, a la carte kind of soup, not too far removed from, say Mongolian Hot Pot. The flavors are fresh and can be varied to each diner's taste. Aside from broth, the main ingredients are thinly sliced meat, rice noodles and a variety of vegetables and fresh herbs for garnishing. So, whip up a pot and call your friends for some Pho!
For this complete recipe, please visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com. Ooh! It's a spicy little Chinese dish this week, full of protein from the humble soy bean in one of our favorite forms- Tofu! Now, Tofu isn't everyone's cup of tea, but if you love foods from China with a nice bite to the flavor, you should definitely wrap your taste buds around some Ma Po Tofu, a favorite of Healthy Helpings TV's host, Michelle Koen!
Please visit www.healthyhelpingstv.com for this full recipe! Sometimes you want a desert that isn’t a meal in itself, just something refreshing to round out the evening’s celebrations without blowing your diet. This is where Healthy Helpings TV's host Michelle Koen steps in with her sublime lemon panacotta! It’s light and airy texture sits perfectly on your palate after a big meal, without adding too much to your waistline.
Please visit www.healthyHelpingsTV.com for a full copy of this recipe! This week on Healthy Helpings TV, host Michelle Koen prepares a very cheesy vegetable torte. Mmm, very, very tasty. Michelle did a bit of a makeover of a traditional quiche recipe, the broccoli is really the best part as it makes a super crunchy contrast against the creaminess of the cheeses. It's not exactly low fat but it seriously kicks butt in the protein department and is ridiculously easy to make low-carb, too. Serves 4-6. Enjoy! (more)
Please visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com for a complete ingredient list and a printable copy of this recipe. Today Healthy Helpings TV host Michelle Koen brings you her special Aussie variation of a fantastic greek dish: Moussaka, also known as Greek lasagna or mediterranean shepherd's pie. Although Michelle is using lean and inexpensive Kangaroo meat, the recipe works fine with ground beef, pork, lamb or turkey as well. Slight adjustments will turn this from low-fat to low-carb in a snap, too!
Come to www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com to print this complete recipe! Host Michelle Koen shows us how to make healthy Italian rolled and stuffed chicken in the season one kitchen at HealthyHelpingsTV.com. Bellisima!
Visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com for this complete recipe! Mmmmm, Cumin, Coriander, Cilantro and Garlic... an exotic blend of spices that warms the heart of a Curry lover! In episode 10 of Healthy Helpings TV, host Michelle Koen presents an amazing chicken Korma full of earthy, nutty and exotic flavors that will warm you from your head to your toes! Yum!
Please visit www.healthyhelpingstv.com for this complete recipe! Mayonnaise can be a bit of a diet faux pas and commercial light or low fat mayonnaise is often too sweet or has a strange taste to it so when host Michelle Koen wanted to make Wasabi Mayonnaise to go with grilled salmon a little inventiveness was required. The results? One of our tastiest dishes yet! The sauce has a beautiful creamy texture and a subtle sweetness from the orange juice which accentuates the spicy warmth of the wasabi. To round out the palate this dish is served on a refreshing bed of steamed asparagus and cucumber. Yum!
Please visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com for a complete ingredient list and printable recipe for this and past episodes. This week on Healthy Helpings TV, host Michelle Koen shows how to improvise a great granola from either items on hand or with a quick trip to the grocery shop. On the menu: Cranberry Ginger Macadamia Granola, and Michelle is using some unusual items like Triticale and Linseed. Can't find those? That's OK because she also explains why she chooses each ingredient so you can make smart substitutions! Remember: DRM is killing music!
Please visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com for this full recipe! This week Healthy Helpings TV's host Michelle Koen shares fun and tasty DIY party food with tantalizing southeast Asian flavors Coming up with healthy finger food to serve friends and guest can be tricky, but Vietnamese Cold Rolls (also known as Cambodian Fresh Rolls) are full of delicious fresh flavors and are fantastic for entertaining guests. Everyone can get involved. They also can easily be customized to meet different dietary requirements, with less traditional ingredients such as broccoli-slaw being included instead of the traditional carrots for low-carbers. Enjoy!
Please visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com for this complete recipe! Chocolate brownies and cakes are the kind of thing anyone on a health kick passes up, but not anymore thanks to the humble beet. Today, Healthy Helpings TV's host Michelle Koen shows how to make a scrumptious and decadent-tasting chocolate brownie that is far healthier (and tastier) than a box mix! These brownies have 25% less calories, 15% less fat and 30% of the sugar (!) found in a regular brownie and thanks to the beet and whole wheat flour, almost 3 times the amount of fiber! That's all very well, but how do the taste? These babies are soft and delicate to the mouth and have seriously rich, earthy, dark chocolate taste. Move over red velvet cake, there's a new tempting dessert flavor in town!
If you're on any diet long enough, you may find yourself in a food rut. Today, host Michelle Koen shows you a different way of preparing two old low-fat standbys: Low-fat cottage cheese and Tuna packed in water. These Tuna croquettes are quick and easy, and simple to adapt to a low-carb version or even a different kind of fish, such as salmon! Visit us at www.healthyhelpingstv.com for the full recipe, product recommendations and other episodes as well!
This week on Healthy Helpings TV, host Michelle Koen heads south of the border, drawing on some mexican influences to create a mouth watering and quick chicken dish! This dish incorporates bell peppers and mixed beans to provide a delicious source of fiber, a combination of different beans and chicken for added protein, and wonderful flavors such as Cumin and Cilantro for a fresh, yet earthy taste. Visit www.HealthyHelpingsTV.com for the full recipe, show notes and a link to our special product recommendations and ingredient finder at Amazon.com!
This week, Healthy Helpings TV's host Michelle Koen brings you fast yet delicious flavors from Russia. This dish has beautiful, earthy flavors and a creamy texture without all the guilt, fat and calories you'd normally expect. Best of all it can be on the table in under 15 minutes. Now that's healthy fast food! Michelle served this dish with steamed brown rice which has a nutty flavor that compliments the earthiness of the mushrooms perfectly. Visit www.healthyhelpingstv.com for the complete recipe and show notes!
Want a delicious, healthy chicken dish with flavors from Italy that doesn't involve breadcrumbs and Mozzerella ? Host Michelle Koen has a fresh and tasty Chicken Breast Scallopini (with side dishes!) just for you. Visit www.healthyhelpingstv.com for the full recipe and the side dishes, too!
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