Tuesday, June 11, 2013

5 Healthy Summer Recipes From Around the Web

The Greatist Table: 5 Healthy Summer Staple Recipes From Around the Web

by Sophia Breene
Buckets of fried chicken, vats of baked beans, crunchy cole slaw and savory potato salad...summer has its own repetoire of tasty (but not so healthy) comfort foods.Luckily, making a few easy swaps can make the difference between diet demolition and staying on track. Here are a few health-ified (but still yummy, we promise!) versions of summer classics. 
5 Healthier Summer Staple Recipes from Around the Web
Dijon Mustard Potato Salad via Plated
Ditch the heavy mayonnaise with this zesty, flavorful potato salad recipe. Instead of gobs of mayo, add tangy mustard (whole-grain and Dijon), shallots, parsley, and vinegar.  
Potato Salad
Photo: Plated
Grilled Corn Cole Slaw with Tangy Lime Dressing via My Invisible Crown
This salad is as colorful as it is healthy. Taste the rainbow with shredded red and green cabbage, carrots, grilled corn, and red and orange bell peppers. The lime-cilantro dressing provides the perfect sweet-and-sour topping. 
Grilled Corn Coleslaw
Photo: Christy / My Invisible Crown
Crispy Garlic & Parmesan Oven-Fried Chicken via Ambitious Kitchen
This genius recipe will probably change how you think about fried chicken forever. Instead of plunging breaded chicken pieces into a vat of oil, bake them in the oven until crispy and crunchy. A yogurt and herb marinade ensures that each piece is juicy and flavorful.  
Baked Fried Chicken
Photo: Monique / Ambitious Kitchen
Blackberry, Rosemary, and Yogurt Popsicles via Food52
Why buy crazy-colored ice pops full of questionable ingredients and dyes when you can make a healthy, all-natural batch at home? These double-layer berry pops are just sweet enough to count as dessert. 
Berry Popsicles
Photo: Food52
Baked Beans via The Healthy Foodie
Beans on their own are pretty healthy, but not when mixed with lots brown sugar and molasses. This baked beans recipe is a bit more savory, plus it‘s vegetarian and made with natural, whole ingredients. 
Baked Beans
Photo: Sonia / The Healthy Foodie

Fitness Over 40

  Regardless of your age, we ALL need to continually improve our wellness. Here are a few pointers for us as we become wiser with age.


40’s-50’s Fitness 
1. Keep mundanity at bay
2. Use a variety of activities
3. Keep at the Flexibility training
4. Remember to do Cardiovascular training
5. Do Strength training
6. Play sports such as tennis, golf
7. Focus on Core training
8. Balance training
9. Do Mental & Cognitive training
10. Practice Yoga

60-70’s Fitness
1. Keep it real
2. Functional fitness
3. Participate in Tai Chi/Aquatics
4. Keep at the Cardiovascular training
5. Strength training every day
6. Pay attention to body
7. Rest if needed
8. Play sports as able (e.g., golf, tennis)
9. Core/Balance training
10. Mental training