How To Look And Feel Your Best All Year Long

(ARA) - If you worked hard to get swimsuit-ready this year, maintaining your beach body is a top priority. But working out isn't the only thing that can keep you basking in the sunshine. In less time than it takes to sweat your way through spin class, you can prepare a delicious meal that can help you achieve your goals in a healthy and satisfying way.

"Making small changes to the foods you eat and the way you prepare your meals can yield big payoffs," says Cindy Ayers, vice president of Campbell's Kitchen. "To help everyone achieve their healthy living goals, we're offering five simple cooking tips and 20 easy to make and great tasting recipes that are zero to three Weight Watchers Points(R)*."

Healthy-Cooking Tips:

1. Evaluate your cooking methods: Some cooking methods, such as steaming, grilling, roasting and broiling, can be done without added fat and can yield dishes that are lower in fat and calories than frying.

2. Cut some of the fat from your favorite recipes: For recipes that call for sautéing vegetables in oil or butter, simmer them in a bit of broth instead.

3. Go whole grain: Add whole grain products to your repertoire. Use whole grain pastas and breads, brown rice, barley and oatmeal.

4. Breakfast for dinner: Instead of ordering take-out, cook up your favorite breakfast dishes for dinner. Whip up an egg white omelet stuffed with veggies or make French toast with whole grain bread topped with fresh fruit.

5. Add flavor without the fat: Adding a variety of spices and condiments to your meals or replacing water with broth are healthful ways to add lots of delicious flavor.

Recipes:

Here are two recipes that use Swanson Chicken Broth as a base to add extra flavor. Visit http://campbellswellness.com for all 20 recipes (click on the Recipes & Menus link).

Garden Vegetable Soup

Prep: 15 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Makes: 5 servings

Vegetable cooking spray
1 medium onion, finely chopped (about 1/3 cup)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium zucchini, coarsely chopped (about 1 1/2 cups)
1 large green pepper, chopped (about 1 cup)
2 cups Swanson Natural Goodness Chicken Broth
1 cup canned crushed tomatoes
2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
Freshly ground black pepper
Chopped fresh basil leaves (optional)

1. Spray a 4-quart saucepan with the cooking spray and heat over medium-high heat for minute. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 2 minutes or until they're tender-crisp, stirring often. Add the zucchini and green pepper and cook until they're tender-crisp.

2. Stir the broth, tomatoes and vinegar into the saucepan and heat to a boil. Reduce the heat to low. Cover and cook for 10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Season with the black pepper. Garnish with the basil, if desired.

Weight Watchers Points(R)*: 0
Dietary Exchanges: 1 Nonstarchy Vegetable
USDA MyPyramid: 3/4 cup Vegetables

Nutritional Values per Serving: Calories 38, Total Fat 0g, Saturated Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 431mg, Total Carbohydrate 8g, Dietary Fiber 2g, Protein 3g, Vitamin A 7% DV, Vitamin C 21% DV, Calcium 2% DV, Iron 6% DV

Herb Grilled Vegetables

Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Makes: 6 servings

1/2 cup Swanson Natural Goodness Chicken Broth
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves, crushed
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 large red onion, thickly sliced (about 1 cup)
1 large red or green pepper, cut into wide strips (about 2 cups)
1 medium zucchini or yellow squash, thickly sliced (about 1 1/2 cups)
2 cups large mushrooms

1. Stir the broth, thyme and black pepper in a small bowl. Brush the vegetables with the broth mixture.

2. Lightly oil the grill rack and heat the grill to medium. Grill the vegetables for 10 minutes or until they're tender-crisp, turning over once during cooking and brushing often with the broth mixture.

Weight Watchers Points(R)*: 0
Dietary Exchanges: 1 Nonstarchy Vegetable
USDA MyPyramid: 1 cup Vegetables

Nutritional Values per Serving: Calories 28, Total Fat 0g, Saturated Fat 0g, Cholesterol 0mg, Sodium 54mg, Total Carbohydrate 6g, Dietary Fiber 2g, Protein 2g, Vitamin A
3% DV, Vitamin C 25% DV, Calcium 2% DV, Iron 3% DV

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