Recipe and tip of the day

It's getting warm and a nice refreshing salad is always great for lunch or dinner.

Zesty Lemon-Lime Seafood Salad with Homemade Salsa

Serves 4: Salad Ingredients:

• 1/2 pound cooked lump crabmeat (or lobster meat)
• 1/2 pound cooked shrimp
• 1/2 pound cooked sea scallops
• 1 tablespoon of chopped fresh tarragon
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• Tabasco sauce, to taste
• Salt to taste
• 2 avocados
• Your favorite greens

Salsa Ingredients:

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 1/2 cups coarsely chopped roasted tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• Salt to taste
• To spice it up, add hot sauce or finely chopped jalapeno to taste

Instructions:

In a medium bowl, combine seafood, tarragon, lemon juice, red pepper flakes and Tabasco sauce and place in the refrigerator to chill.

Combine all the salsa ingredients. For a chunky salsa, stir the ingredients in a bowl. For a smooth salsa, blend in the blender. Letting the salsa sit for awhile helps the flavors blend.**The salsa can be made with raw tomatoes, but if you’d like to roast them for more flavor start by preheating the oven to 375-400 degrees. Slice each tomato in half and drizzle with olive oil. Roast for at least1 hour, until tomatoes are soft. Longer roasting evaporates some of the moisture and intensifies the flavor.

Cut the avocados in half, remove the pits, and gently scoop the meat out of the shells keeping the shape intact. Slice each avocado half into thin slices.Place your greens of choice in four bowls and top with 1/4 of the seafood mixture, 1/4 of the salsa and fan the avocado slices on top. Delicious!

*Recipe taken from Mark's daily apple*

Tip of the Day!!

4 Ways to get that new nutrition way of life going

Want a better beginning to your weight loss plan?

1. Know Your Weight Loss Goals

Consider how much you need to lose before you decide how to do it.

2. Understand Your Weight Loss Personality

Personality plays a role in our attitude towards food, know your tendencies and tailor your plan to conquer the unproductive inclinations.

Impulsive. "If you have a tendency to be impulsive, you might see a pint of Ben & Jerry's in the freezer and go for it, Clearly you are a dieter who needs to remove those temptations.

Oblivious. If you tend to not pay attention when you eat -- maybe you're a TV snacker? -- you need to avoid such situations if you want to control portions.

Uptight. If you are highly anxious, you will probably have more difficulty, those who are anxious, nervous, and depressed might eat to feel better.

Tenacious. Certain personalities don't find it that difficult losing weight. If you are highly self-directed, cooperative, and have a lot of stick-to-it-ive-ness, you are going to have an easier time.

Sociable. You tend to monitor your food intake better than others.

3. Double Up: Diet & Exercise

It's a combination of diet and exercise that will lead to weight loss

4. Make a Firm Weight Loss Commitment

To be successful, it helps to understand why you want to lose weight. So before you begin a weight loss plan, ask yourself:

• Am I ready to do this?
• Is my motivation coming from within?
• Can I deal with occasional setbacks or lack of progress?
• Can I focus on weight loss fully? (If you're in the midst of a job change or other distractions, for example, it might be better to resolve those issues, and then focus on weight loss efforts.)