Posts Tagged ‘recipes’

I am loving the Bikini Boot Camp Six-Week Menu because I can see all my meals for weeks in advance. It's so easy to make my grocery lists when I'm this organized!

Planning your meals in advance has many benefits:

• It helps you make a grocery list and stick to it.
• You can cross-reference your list to what's on special at your local stores to ensure you're getting the best deal.
• You can identify ingredients that you're going to need a lot of, then save money by buying them in bulk.
• You’re less likely to come home to an empty cupboard, find yourself without a plan, and end up eating popcorn for dinner.

In addition to the Bikini Boot Camp Menu, I'm also using CanadianLiving.com's new Meal Planner tool — it actually compiles a printable grocery list for you! I'm loving it. You can access the Meal Planner through your MyCL account.

Asparagus Cream Soup (Photography by Yvonne Duivenvoorden)

Congratulations to "ennsee" and "NicoleV" who have each won a copy of Weight Watchers in 20 Minutes — 250 Fresh Fast Recipes for telling us about their favourite Canadian Living recipes as part of our Day 25 contest.

ennsee says:
"After a day being outside in the snow, we love to come home to a big bowl of Canadian Living’s asparagus cream soup."

NicoleV told us:
"Beef Ragout with Penne Rigate - I love this recipe. I live near a place called Granville Island where I can buy all the ingredients fresh. When my boyfriend had to go out of town for a family emergency, and it

Beef Ragout with Penne Rigate (Photography by Yvonne Duivenvoorden)

was the first time we had ever been apart, I made this for him the night he came back. It is a warm, flavorful recipe, and he is worth the time and effort!"

Mmmmm . . . I know what I'm cooking this weekend.

CanadianLiving.com's Asparagus Cream Soup is a Boot Camp-friendly 92 calories per serving, with 6 grams of fat, 9 grams of carbs and 3 grams of fibre. Beef Ragout with Penne Rigate is a hearty weekend treat that's packed with protein. Each serving has 585 calories, 30 grams of protein, 14 grams of fat and 83 grams of carbs.

What will you whip up this weekend?

Don't get me wrong — I enjoy cooking.

But sometimes I'm gripped by fear on a Thursday afternoon like this when I realize that my weekly pot of Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup has expired and I need to figure out a tasty, healthy dish I can whip up when I get home. And sometimes I am underwhelmed by the prospect.

It's at times like these that CanadianLiving.com's Recipe Search comes to the rescue. A quick search always leads me to a favourite recipe or a new dish I can't wait to try.

But you can never have too many recipes, and I know that some of you are enjoying success by supplementing the Boot Camp program with Weight Watchers, which is why I have two copies of Weight Watchers in 20 Minutes — 250 Fresh Fast Recipes to give away.

For a chance to WIN one of the books, let us know what your favourite Canadian Living recipe is. It can be any kind of recipe — a healthy main course, a delicious, simple starter or even a decadent desert that you reward yourself with once and a while.

You have until Thursday, February 5 to tell us your favourite Canadian Living recipe. I'll announce the winners here on Friday, February 6.