Good Taste with Tanji - Wine, food and fun with Tanji Patton.

Out with the old, and in with the new! This delicious fat flushing soup was originally featured in the October 2011 issue of Woman’s World magazine. The Fat Flush Soup Diet was inspired by a study at Penn State, which found that eating soup can trigger you to consume up to 448 fewer calories per meal! The recipe is a cinch…who’s ready for a bowl?!

The slimming ingredients include lots of warming and earthy flavor-filled spices…the aromas are sensational. The Fat Flush Soup also contains chunky portions of antioxidant rich veggies, as well as lean ground protein (like beef, turkey or chicken) and fiber-filled beans. Hearty offerings like these are known to help regulate your blood sugar and making you feel fuller—faster! You can find out more about the Fat Flush author and creator, Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, CNS, by visiting fatflush.com. For more details on the diet, visit http://www.fatflush.com/fat-flush-soup-diet.

And speaking of keeping your diet in check, we checked in with The Houstonian’s renowned dietitian program for their healthy tips to getting your diet off to a great start….

Of course, if you’re giving yourself a ‘splurge day’ on the weekend, it’s not impossible to enjoy some of your favorites and still keep your diet in mind. La Fonda Alamo Heights showed me how to enjoy Mexican classics without some of the guilt!

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