Healthy Eating for a Summer on the Move

Summer is a great time to enjoy the outdoors — whether you’re headed to the beach, the pool, a long bike ride or a picnic in the park.  When its hot out, if you’re anything like me, you don’t want to spend too many hours sweating in the kitchen, but still want to eat healthy, delicious food.  During my recent segment on Let’s Talk Live DC, I shared some summertime tips for eating well. Check out my fun, healthy ideas for grilling, simple breakfasts, and quality snacks.  You can watch the full video here or check out highlights from my segment below. Tip #1 Fire up the Grill! Not only is grilling the most popular way to cook in the summertime, it is also easy, fast and healthy.  You can grill almost anywhere—by the side of the lake or in your backyard. I love using heart healthy Mazola Corn Oil for grilling. It provides 4 times more of the cholesterol blocking plant sterols than olive oil and 40% more than canola oil.  It also very heat stable, making it a great choice for a hot grill. Try grilling fresh fish (check out a delicious tilapia recipe here)—it cooks in under 10 minutes and can easily be paired with summer vegetables like squash, onions, peppers & tomatoes.  Tip: wrap the fish and veggies in foil pockets for easy clean up! Think beyond meats– you can grill almost anything!  Some fun recipes from the Mazola website include grilled guacamole, grilled banana splits or grilled bloody mary’s! For great recipes like these just visit w...
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