How to Not – A Healthy Eating Plan
How to Not Gorge on Sweets
Bake a single, perfect cookie. This toaster-oven-ready recipe is a smart way to satisfy a sweet craving without going overboard.
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How Not to Eat a Boring Salad
Pickle the vegetables, such as this salad with harissa vinaigrette, or char them with this broccolini and escarole salad.
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How Not to Eat Pasta
Turn your vegetables into noodles. This healthy spiralized zucchini with chicken and watercress takes only 40 minutes to make.
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How to Not Feel Guilty About Your Seafood Choices
Buy sustainable fish like char and trout. Jerk seasonings transform trout and caraway and fennel seeds spice up arctic char.
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How to Not Eat Meat
Swap in vegetables. Three kinds of mushrooms plus eggplant and carrots come together in this satisfying vegetarian Bolognese.
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How to Not Crave Fried Food
Get crunch from shredded wheat. Kay Chun coats pork chops in unsweetened shredded wheat cereal and lots of seasonings, then bakes.
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How to Not Eat A Lot of Meat
Stretch a small amount creatively. This recipe calls for pounding beef tenderloin fillets thin and grilling them superquickly, so they stay supertender and juicy.
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How to Not Eat That Morning Muffin
Prepare a healthy breakfast soufflé. Much of the prep can be done the night before.
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How to Not Bake With Butter
Swap in yogurt, coconut oil or nut butter. Kay Chun gives her crisp cookies a deeply nutty flavor with sliced almonds, almond butter and almond meal.
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How to Not Overdo It On Sugary, High-Calorie Juices
Make a fruity iced tea. To cut back on sugar, Kay Chun mixes sweet tangerine juice with tart hibiscus tea.
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How to Not Order Late-Night Pizza
Make yourself a cheesy snack without carbs. As a healthy way to deal with a pizza craving, bake freshly grated Parmigiano cheese until crisp, then serve it with a juicy tomato-basil salsa.
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How to Not Have A Boozy Drink
Try a tart, refreshing mocktail. This shrub is sweet and zippy and equally as good for a party as it is for a hangover.