Recipe: Arugula and Pear Salad with Toasted Walnuts
‘Tis the season of summer, and if you’re like me, spending it in a hot kitchen making dinner is less than appetizing. But a crunchy fresh and healthy salad? Oh, hells to the yes. Today’s nom-nom-tastic arugula and pear salad recipe comes to us courtesy of Cooking Light Big Book of Salads. Enjoy every cool bite! Arugula [...]
What I Ate for a Day: All the Food. All of It.
June 14, 2012 by Kristen
Filed under From Kristen
In celebration of our first-ever Fit Bottomed Eats Week, each FBG is blogging about what she ate for a day. Join along on all of our culinary adventures—or lack thereof—here! In what I can only describe as a stroke of sheer genius, I decided to choose the first day of summer swim class to photograph [...]
Fresh Salmon Salad Recipe (and Giveaway!)
Fats got a bad rap for years, but we are—one nutrition post at a time—trying to set the fat story straight. Because, the good kinds of fat (think nuts, olives, avocados, coconut) are actually really, really good for you and can help you to lose weight! Seriously. And this Fresh Salmon Salad recipe from the International [...]
Healthy Recipe: A Whole-Grain Salad With Carrots and Pomegranate
Looking for a side dish to take to that barbecue or wanting to make something healthy that’s bright and flavorful but doesn’t require a culinary degree? This recipe for Kamut Salad With Carrots and Pomegranate from the Ancient Grains for Modern Meals cookbook by Maria Speck, oughta do the trick! Never heard of Kamut or Khorasan [...]
How to Make the Perfect Big-Ass Salad (and the Best Dressing Recipe—Ever)
Not to brag, but I can make a mean salad. Like a salad the size of your face. Or your small pet. A gloriously enormous salad that can be described no other way but as a “Big-Ass Salad.” And not in the sense that it makes your butt big—in fact, it does quite the opposite! [...]
FitLinks: Fun Salad Ideas, the Best Workouts You Aren’t Doing & More!
Kick up your feet and get happy with these FitLinks! Sick of salads? Spice them up with these suggestions! —Green Lemonade It’s like a wine or beer club but with healthy goodies. Love! —Klutch Club The best workouts you aren’t doing. —Shape magazine Because we can all use a little extra motivation now and again. [...]
Fit Chef Katy’s Spinach and Blackberry Salad Recipe
I’m totally down with the whole mood foods movement and eating good stuff that makes me feel like my innards are rock stars, so you can imagine how tickled I was when Fit Chef Katy hosted a cooking demonstration at The Market in Santa Monica and told us she’d be sharing tasty salad ideas with us. The woman [...]
Mood Food to Love: Arugula Salad with Mango Vinaigrette
August 13, 2011 by Jenn
Filed under Nosh, Recipes, Sponsored Posts
The following is a sponsored post for Vega in exchange for their support of our Fit Bottomed Girls’ Weight-Loss Challenges. For our sponsored post policy, click here. Many of us are emotional eaters. We tend to reach for “comfort foods” in hopes to fill an emotional void, which doesn’t really work (although we may think it does)! In her new book and [...]
Checking Out McDonald’s Asian Chicken Salad (Wanna Try It?)
June 30, 2011 by Erin
Filed under Eating Out, Giveaways, Past Giveaways
When you’re eye-crossingly busy putting in a full day’s work before trying to squeeze in a workout, it can be tough to get a healthy meal on the table. While fast food isn’t always the healthiest option, you do have a choice as to whether you pick the high-calorie No.1 or a healthier item on [...]
