Sweet potato, russet potato, butternut squash, turnip and parsnips are peeled, cut into wedges, tossed with olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper, then roasted at 375 degrees for about an hour. Serves five at 190 calories per portion.
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Mock Mashed Potatoes
Cauliflower simmers in 1% milk with butter, garlic and a chicken bouillon cube, then blends with Parmesan into a creamy mash. Each of two servings runs 148 calories, against 237 for a cup of ordinary mashed potato. Doubling the milk turns it into soup.
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Craisin Apple Protein Bars
Oats, vanilla protein powder, craisins and chopped almonds bound with stewed apple, apple butter and Greek yogurt, baked 25 minutes and cut into 12 bars. Each serving runs 158 calories with 10.8 g of protein; store them in the refrigerator.
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Chef Erin's Recipe: Mock Mashed Potatoes
Chef Erin simmers cauliflower with milk, butter, garlic and bouillon, then blends it with parmesan for a mashed-potato substitute at 148 calories and 11g carbohydrate a serving, against 237 calories and 35.5g for a cup of mashed potato. Doubling the milk turns it into soup.
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Chef Erin's Recipe: Breakfast Fruit Bread with Oats
Chef Erin's bread-machine recipe for a whole-wheat loaf made with simmered fruit and cinnamon, sweetened with brown sugar and maple syrup and topped with oats and cinnamon sugar. Makes 12 slices at about 112 calories each.
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Chef Erin's Recipe: Pulled Chipotle BBQ Chicken
Chef Erin's recipe for leftover roast chicken: simmer it with pureed chipotle in adobo, barbecue sauce and garlic until the meat pulls from the bone, then return the pulled meat to a cup of the cooking liquid. About 220 calories per 4-ounce serving.
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Chef Erin's Recipe: Cilantro Lime Chicken
Chef Erin marinates four chicken breasts overnight in olive oil, garlic, ginger, lemongrass, coconut milk, lime and curry paste, then charbroils them to 165 degrees. Each serving has 166 calories, 23 g protein and 9 g fat, and the strained marinade makes a sauce.
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Chef Erin's recipe: Pistachio Crusted Pork Loin
A roast pork loin pressed with chopped pistachios, lemon zest, flour and melted butter, baked at 325 degrees to an internal 155 degrees. A four-ounce serving runs 332 calories, 35.4 g protein and 17.9 g fat.
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Chef Erin's Recipe: Light Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp
Chef Erin bakes strawberries and rhubarb under an oat, almond and flaxseed topping sweetened with maple syrup, and suggests it as a way to get used to less sugar, or as breakfast topped with Greek vanilla yogurt.
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Chef Erin' Recipe: Healthy Fish Tacos
Chef Erin pan-cooks seasoned tilapia with cabbage, tomatoes and black beans, then serves it in whole-wheat tortillas under a roasted poblano cream sauce. Serves four, at 330 calories, 40 g protein and 8.5 g fat per serving.
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Chef Erin's recipe: Southwest Black Bean Salad
A four-serving salad of black beans, bell peppers, jalapeno, corn, spinach, red onion and cilantro in a cumin, chile and lime dressing, at 162 calories a serving. Add canned tuna to make it a meal.
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Chef Erin's Recipe: Asian Salmon
Chef Erin Fahrenbruch's two-serving recipe: skin the salmon fillets, sear them in sesame oil with black sesame seeds, then simmer in soy, teriyaki, rice wine vinegar, hoisin, ginger and sweet chile sauce. 386 calories a serving; she pairs it with brown rice and vegetables.
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