Chilled Strawberry-Raspberry Soup

Serves 5 – 1 cup per serving

Ingredients:
Soup
2 cups whole strawberries, hulled
1 cup fresh or frozen unsweetened raspberries
1 cup fat-free plain yogurt
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
1 3/4 cups fresh orange juice
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Garnishes
5 whole strawberries with caps (optional)
5 orange zest curls (optional)

Nutrition Facts per Serving
Calories 144
Total Fat 0.5 g
Saturated Fat 0.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.0 g
Cholesterol 1 mg
Sodium 40 mg
Carbohydrates 32 g
Fiber 3 g
Sugars 7 g
Protein 4 g

Preparation

1. In a food processor or blender, process all the soup ingredients until smooth. Cover and refrigerate to chill.
2. Make strawberry fans for garnish by thinly slicing each strawberry lengthwise to, but not all the way through, the cap. Press down gently on the cap end to separate the slices into a fan.
3. Ladle the soup into bowls. Place a strawberry fan beside each bowl. Top each serving with a curl of orange zest.

Tip of the Week: Eat Chocolate!

Daily chocolate consumption may reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in high-risk patients. Eating chocolate has been shown to reduce blood pressure and improve insulin sensitivity (Livescience.com). Chocolate traditionally has high fat and sugar content, but this recipe for chocolate cherry truffles is surprisingly healthy while still tasting decadent! Click here for the recipe.

Chocolate Cherry Truffles

Ingredients:
1/4 cup dried cherries
1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp old-fashioned oats
1 1/2 Tbsp sugar-free, fat-free hot fudge
1 Tbsp + 2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions:

Place the cherries in the bowl of a mini food processor fitted with a chopping blade. Process until very finely chopped and sticking together. With a spatula, transfer the cherries to a medium mixing bowl. Add the oats, hot fudge, and 1 tablespoon of the cocoa powder. Using your hands or an electric mixer fitted with beaters, mix well.

Spoon the remaining 2 teaspoons cocoa powder into a small shallow bowl. Roll each ball in the cocoa powder until evenly coated. When all of the balls have been coated with the cocoa, place in a sieve and carefully bump the side of the sieve with the palm of your hand repeatedly to shake off excess cocoa powder (if there is too much cocoa on the outsides, the first bite will be bitter). Serve immediately or refrigerate in a re-sealable plastic container lined with waxed paper for up to 1 week.

Makes 6 Truffles (1 Truffle Per Serving)

Nutritional Information per serving:
56 calories
2 g protein
11 g carbs
Trace fat
0 mg cholesterol
1 g fiber
6 mg sodium

Recipe from BiggestLoser.com.

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Raspberry Mango Breakfast Parfait

Raspberry Mango Breakfast Parfait

Ingredients
2 cups fresh or frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed if frozen
1 medium mango, diced (about 1 1/2 cups)
4 6-ounce containers fat-free, sugar-free vanilla yogurt
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Nutrition Facts
Calories 169
Total Fat 0.5 g
Saturated Fat 0.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.0 g
Cholesterol 4 mg
Sodium 99 mg
Carbohydrates 35 g
Fiber 5 g
Sugars 25 g
Protein 6 g

Preparation
1.    In each of 4 parfait glasses, spoon 2 tablespoons raspberries, 2 tablespoons mango, and a heaping 1/3 cup yogurt. Repeat the layers, using all of the remaining yogurt.
2.    In a food processor or blender, process the remaining raspberries and mango with the sugar and cinnamon until smooth. Spoon over each serving.
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October 2013 Wellness Newsletter

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The Wellness Corporation- January 2013 Newsletter

www.WellnessWorkLife.com                         Telephone: 800 828-6025 In This Issue Did You Know… Flyer Quick Links Access the Wellness Work/Life website  Visit the Wellness Corporation Blog   More About Us          Health Tips and Resources   Health Tips for Winter Tip Sheet Roasted Chicken Thighs with Mustard-Thyme Sauce Two-Potato Gratin Would you like to receive this newsletter at home? Get a PDF Version of this Newsletter  Click Here Call Us If you need someone to talk to, we are here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you or someone in your household gain access to a licensed counselor for free, confidential counseling.   Just Call: 800-828-6025   January/2013 Happy January to all of our Wellness Work/Life Program Members. We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year! Oftentimes, the new year gives us a sense of a fresh start. It is a time for reflection on the year gone by and it encourages us to make positive changes in our lives. Have you made any resolutions for the new year yet? This month’s Wellness Work/Life Newsletter provides some relevant resources on the topic of new years resolutions including a feature in the Balanced Living Newsletter on quick-start resolutions, and the Wellness Bytes focused on fitness and healthy attitudes. We hope that you and all your employees have a wonderful month of January and a great start to 2013! And please, always remember that the Wellness Work/Life Program is ready and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, whenever you or one of your family members needs support. -Your Partners at The Wellness Corporation “Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.” – Hal Borland January’s Work/Life Webinar Finding the Gem in Every Child This webinar addresses how relationships are the container for learning.  Positive, nurturing relationships between adults and children are dependent on the adult’s ability to find and focus on “what works” in every child.  We must expand our ability to witness and support children based on their strengths, interests, passions, unique individual qualities, and diverse cultural backgrounds.  Constant will provide inspiration and practical down-to-earth strategies for becoming an intentional ‘Gem Finder,” for every child. Constant Hine is a nationally recognized dynamic, motivational and inspirational educator, speaker, coach, trainer, consultant and author.  She has an MA in Teaching/ECE from Nova University in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She has over 20 years experience in the field of education. She has owned her own educational consulting company Horizons In Learning since 1988 and currently lives in Denver, CO. Thursday, January 10, 2013 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST REGISTER NOW Balanced Living Newsletter Quick Start Resolutions for the New Year Resolving to lead a healthier lifestyle is a good way to begin the New Year. But don’t despair if you still haven’t confirmed your New Year’s Resolutions. There’s still plenty of time to choose a better path for the year ahead. Click here for this month’s Balanced Living Newsletter Did you know your Wellness Work/Life Program Offers… …Resources to Help Create a Will? Have you been putting off writing your will? Make a New Year’s Resolution to get it done! YourWellness Work/Life Programoffers many resources to help you create a will quickly and easily. READ MORE December Wellness Byte Do You Have a Healthy Attitude? A positive attitude, faith and good relationships with others can make you healthier, experts agree. No one’s sure exactly how some of these factors contribute to good health, but study after study shows they do.  READ MORE December Wellness Byte Exercise for the Ages: Staying Fit in Your 30s, 40s and 50s  Regular physical activity is a cornerstone of wellness at any age – but exercise becomes especially important for those in their 30s, 40s and 50s. These are the decades that set the stage for healthy living down the road. Staying physically active can lower your risk for developing many diseases associated with aging, including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and colon cancer. READ MORE If you have any questions or requests regarding this newsletter or any of your Wellness Work/Life Program services, please feel free to give us a call at 800-828-6025 or email marketing@wellnesscorp.com. Sincerely, The Wellness Corporation