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"  OK, the holidays are officially over\u2014and my waistline has undoubtedly expanded\u2014somebody HELP!!! It&amp;#039;s back to business\u2026I need to slow it down a bit and get back to my normal eating regimen. So I call upon my &amp;quot;food whisperer&amp;quot; Betty Wilson (that&amp;#039;s her in the photo on the right) and lay all of my &amp;quot;fat woes&amp;quot; on the line to her. Betty gets me back on track food-wise whenever I fall off the wagon. She is not only my mother-from-another-gene-pool but also a walking, breathing information bank of heart-healthy recipes she&amp;#039;s collected over the years (many from Woman&amp;#039;s Day) that are guiltless, darn good and quick to make. I start out with a stockpot fave, Black Bean Betty&amp;#039;s Goulash. Just drain a 16-oz can of black beans and pour it into a pot. Add a cut-up medium fresh tomato, a diced small onion, a handful of fresh cilantro, a dash of black pepper, 1/2 tsp onion powder and 2 mashed garlic cloves; heat this mix for about 10 minutes. You can throw in some chopped cooked turkey kielbasa or chicken if you want. Spoon it over white rice or couscous, or just eat it by its lonesome. Another delish meal, Betty&amp;#039;s Chick-Or-Ras, is also a one-pot wonder! All you need is an 8-oz package of onion gravy mix, 1/4 cup lowfat mayo, 1 1/2 pounds of chicken cutlets, an 8-oz box of orzo, and a 14 1/2-oz can of diced tomatoes with zesty mild green chilies (Del Monte). Combine gravy mix and mayo; coat chicken cutlets. Heat a saut\u00A9 pan (medium high), add cutlets and brown on each side. Stir in 1 1/2 cups water, add canned tomatoes (undrained) and orzo, then lower the heat to medium. Mix all of the ingredients together, then cover for about 5 minutes; stir again and cook until almost all of the water is absorbed and the orzo is tender (about another 8 minutes). Add a spinach salad on the side. To satisfy a sweet tooth (in my case, teeth), Betty suggested combining 3 cups fresh spinach, 2 cut-up plum tomatoes, a 15-oz can of mandarin oranges in light syrup (drained) and 1/4 cup lowfat raspberry vinaigrette. Voil ! These meals are filling (a real draw for me), fast (30 minutes or less), lowfat and low-cal (both around 500 calories a serving)\u2014my eating credo for 2008. Wish me luck\u2026I&amp;#039;m definitely going to need it!\u2014Ruth Manuel-Logan OK, share and share alike! Tell me about your after-the-holidays weight-gain woes and what you plan on doing about it! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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