101 Fat Burning Foods

Eat Cranberries to Burn Fat
Eat cranberries to burn fat

Good and good for you!

Eat cranberries all year round for a healthy and delicious addition to any meal. They not only add zip to turkey, chicken, and pork but they are great in muffins and on your cereal!

Fascinating Fact...

You can freeze fresh cranberries for up to a year!

Why Should I eat Cranberries?

Cranberries are flavorful little fruits often associated with the winter holidays. However, along with their traditional place on the dinner table, cranberries are actually amongst the top foods with great health benefits.

Cranberries contain large quantities of the vitamins A, E, and C, as well as potassium and calcium. Vitamin A, also known as retinol, helps your eyes adjust to light changes, and also helps to keep you eyes, skin, and mucous membranes moist. Vitamin E protects Vitamin A and essential fatty acids from oxidation in the body cells. Vitamin E also can help prevent or delay coronary heart disease. Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid. It is structurally important to blood vessels, tendons, ligaments, and bones. Vitamin C is also important to a neurotransmitter in your brain called the norepinephrine. Another nutrient that cranberries contain is potassium. Potassium can help to lower blood pressure and prevent and treat muscular cramps. Calcium is also found in cranberries. Calcium helps to build strong teeth and bones. The cranberry is also full of nourishing antioxidants. Antioxidants protect you from unstable molecules called “free radicals”, which can take a serious toll on your immune system.

Cranberries can be served in many ways, though the most common are juices and jellies. Drinking cranberry juice every day can give your immune system a real boost. If you drink cranberry juice every day, you could be helping your body fight to prevent bacterial and fungal infections, ulcers, and bad cholesterol. Some research suggests that cranberries can even help prevent some forms of cancer from forming or spreading.

Finally, cranberries are tasty! With so many delicious serving options, who wouldn’t stock up on them? Bon Apetite!

Cranberry Recipes

Basic Cranberry Sauce

3 cups cranberries
3/4 of a cup of. water
1-1/2 cups of sugar

Simmer all ingredients together until the cranberries begin to pop (about 5 to 10 minutes). Pour into a serving bowl and refrigerate. If you over the cranberries they will taste bitter.

(Yeah I know this has a lot of sugar but it's not like you are going to eat a pound of it and hey, you need to live a little now and again.)

Cranberry Turkey Salad
Serves 4

2 cups cooked & cubed turkey breast
1 large red apple, diced
¼ cup dried cranberries
1 peeled orange, segmented
3 tbsp chopped walnuts
4 cups finely shredded romaine lettuce
3 kiwis, peeled and sliced (optional)

Dressing:

1 cup whole berry cranberry sauce (see above)
¼ cup thawed frozen orange juice concentrate

In a medium bowl, combine the turkey, apple chunks, cranberries, orange, and walnuts. Set aside.

In another bowl, mix the cranberry sauce and the orange juice concentrate. Gently toss this in with the turkey mixture and serve on lettuce. If you'd like, go ahead and garnish with kiwi.

Nutrition information per serving: Calories 398, Protein 31g, Fat 5g, Percentage Of Calories From Fat 11%, Carbohydrates 59g, Cholesterol 70mg, Fiber 6g, Sodium 84mg.

Cranberry Apple Crisp
Makes 9 servings

5 cups (about 6 medium) sliced tart apples
1½ cups frozen or fresh cranberries
1/3 cup sugar
½ cup all-purpose flour
½ cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ cup butter

Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Lightly grease or spray a 9-inch square baking pan.

Start by making the topping. Mix the flour, cinnamon, and brown sugar together then slowly work in the butter. You want it to be light and crumbly, not all mashed together.

Now put down a layer of apples, a light layer of sugar, then a layer of cranberries. Repeat until you run out of ingredients. The layers don't have to be perfect or exact, just do the best you can.

Finally, sprinkle the topping over the apples & cranberries and bake for 45 minutes or until the apples are tender.

Remember to use portion control when you eat foods like this. Eat a serving (1/9 of a dish... cut it 3 x 3) and not the whole thing. Enjoy in moderation!

Nutritional analysis per serving: Calories 210, Protein 1g, Fat 6g, Calories From Fat 25%, Carbohydrates 39g, Cholesterol 15mg, Fiber 3g, Sodium 64mg.

 
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