The Today Show had a segment answering questions on health and nutrition earlier this week. They talked about lycopene, an antioxidant found in red-colored produce.They said on the show that lycopene is getting a lot of focus due to it's potential in lowering the risk of some cancers, sun damage, and aging.
Tomatoes are a great source of lycopene and sun-dried tomatoes are packed with it. Cooking tomatoes helps to release lycopene, making it more available for our body to absorb. Add sun-dried tomatoes to turkey burgers, mix in with mashed potatoes, puree and mix them into hummus, or add them to a current recipe.
A few months ago I came across a great recipe for Stromboli that uses sun-dried tomatoes. Take pizza dough, roll it out, spread a layer of blended sundried tomatoes and olives, add a layer of provolone cheese slices, add a layer of chopped spinach (frozen chopped spinach that you thaw and squeeze out liquid), roll up the Stromboli and glaze with a little egg and put in the oven till golden brown. It's a delicious recipe!
As far as my workout, I am subbing for a friend and teaching a cardio fitness class! It's an hour long so I'll get to burn a lot of calories! 600 calories burned, 190 calories remaining!
The stromboli is delicious - Jaime is one heck of a chef!
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