The recipes all sound delicious! I have a recipe from the feature to share with you from the Loteria Grill.  Jessica Alba, Lauren Conrad, Jeanne Tripplehorn all frequent this LA hot spot.

Zucchini and Corn Tacos
Serves 4

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
2 cups fresh white or yellow corn kernels
1 cup chopped white onion
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
4 medium tomatoes, roughly chopped
3 medium zucchini, diced
1 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
4 leaves fresh epazote (or 1 teaspoon fresh oregano), finely chopped
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
8 warm corn tortillas
1/4 cup tomatillo (green) salsa
8 teaspoons grated Monterey Jack cheese (or queso fresco)

Preparation:

1. Heat half of oil in a large skillet over high heat.
2. Toast corn 5 minutes, stirring; season with salt. Remove corn; set aside.
3. Heat remaining 1 tbsp plus 1 1/2 tsp oil in skillet.
4. Cook onion, stirring, until it caramelizes, 5 minutes.
5. Add garlic; cook 1 to 2 minutes.
6. Add tomatoes; cook 10 minutes. Add zucchini; cook until tender, 10 to 12 minutes; season with salt.
7. Add corn, beans, epazote and pepper.
8. Cook 3 minutes. Split filling among tortillas; top each with 1 1/2 tsp salsa and 1 tsp cheese.

The skinny:
460 calories per 2 tacos, 15.6 g fat (2.2 g saturated), 72 g carbs, 12.2 g fiber, 13.8 g protein

Images and recipe courtesy of Self

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Self Invites You To Dine Like A Star

Because now that I have tuned into things like phtalates and parabens and tried to erase them from my beauty regime, I am having a very hard time figuring out whether or not some of my basic staples (like Clinique’s dramatically different moisturizer) is potentially doing me more harm than good. Ingredients aren’t always obvious, especially in products that claim to have super secret special formulas that make them great.

Do you have that same problem?

The latest issue of Self magazine (July 2008) reports that, 61% of all women agree that is it difficult to tell which beauty products are natural or organic.

I couldn’t decide if I was relieved to learn that I wasn’t alone, or if that number of confused consumers was simply unacceptable. I think both.

Luckily, Self also suggests some sites that can help you find your new product – one is www.GreenerChoices.org, another is (of course) www.Self.com.

I have another one to add to the list – b5’s own Pretty by Nature.  Noel Boehm brings a bit of green to the Beauty & Style channel and assures us that being earthy and crunchy does not mean you can’t look and smell good too.

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Do You Know What You’re Putting on Your Face?