Say “I love you MORE” with a Healthy Valentine’s Day Dinner

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February is American Heart Month, which could appear to be appropriate given this month’s most celebrated holiday: St. Valentine’s Day! Unfortunately, this romantic holiday, like the ones that came before it, is not exactly supportive of a healthy heart. Dinner invitations and chocolate-infested work places can easily distract us from our daily healthy eating plans. Let’s not sabotage all our New Year’s resolutions with Hershey’s kisses and conversation hearts!

Let your Sweetheart know you love them (and their heart) with one of these healthy dinner menus (I've included meat and vegetarian options)...

Super Bowl Snacks Made Lighter

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Did you know that Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest eating day of the year after Thanksgiving? According to the Calorie Control Council, this Sunday Americans will be eating 30 million pounds of snacks! That's 11.2 million pounds of potato chips, 8.2 million pounds of tortilla chips, 4.3 million pounds of pretzels, 3.8 million pounds of popcorn and 2.5 million pounds of nuts. And did you know that the Monday after the Super Bowl, there’s a huge spike in sales of antacids? That’s no surprise given that Super Bowl party foods are usually high in fat, sugar and sodium...

But your Super Bowl spread doesn’t have to feature only high-fat, high-calorie, indigestion-causing foods. This year, let the players beat themselves up on the field and save your own waistline from injury by making a few lightened-up dishes with nutrient-rich ingredients.

Below are some recipes I found online. (I’ve even included some desserts!)

Nutrition Tip of the Day

Happy first day of February! (or is it April?!) It's entirely too beautiful a day to be cooped up indoors... But alas, duty calls. So what better reason do I have than to give you the GLC Blog's very first Nutrition Tip of the Day!

Enjoy!