This bright, fun (and healthy) play on chips and dip will have everyone coming back for more! The oven baked chips are easy to make and worth the effort.
Ingredients
• 3 Whole chicken breasts
• ¼ c. pickle juice
• ¾ c. low-fat milk
• 1 egg
• ¾ c. gluten-free flour
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 T powdered sugar
• ¼ c. canola oil
Preparation
Prepare chicken breasts by cutting them in to bite-size pieces. Add pickle juice, low-fat milk and egg in a 2qt. bowl. Add chicken pieces, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours or overnight. When ready to prepare chicken, combine flour and next three ingredients in a shallow bowl and stir to combine. Remove chicken from the refrigerator and dredge in flour mixture a few pieces at a time. Heat canola oil in a large non-stick pan. Add chicken one piece at a time to prevent the hot oil from splattering. Cook chicken, turning frequently, until golden brown and crispy on the outside and no longer pink on the inside. Serve immediately – ENJOY!
Hollywood beauty, fitness and lifestyle expert, Donna Spangler is perhaps best known for her best-selling book,How To Get A Rich Man – A popular read that offers advice and guidance for finding the perfect man who is rich in spirit and heart while offering financial stability.
A former model, actress and Playboy bunny, Donna is the go-to expert for all things beauty, fitness and theHollywood lifestyle. She often makes guest appearances on TV and can be seen in magazines and on countless blogs and websites. She also writes for LA Splash magazine, It’s A Glam Thing and her own blog,DonnaSpangler.com.
Health Beauty Life visited Donna in her lovely home in Beverly Hills, California, where she shared some tidbits about herself, as well as quick, at-home fitness and cooking tips. “I was into fitness early on,” says the blonde stunner and former pin-up model. “I was always into body conscious ways, being mindful about what I ate and how I looked. Being a Playboy model, I went out for bikini season and had to look good. So it was essential to stay fit and focused.” She continues, “In order to get the best, you have to make yourself the best and treat yourself well. A lot of women these days are treating themselves better than they did way back when. I think that’s really important because women are looking better. That’s also important because what you project to the world is what you think of yourself. Nobody wants to have someone who doesn’t take care of themselves or doesn’t have self-esteem. They want someone who takes pride in how they look.”
Donna feels that it is her mission to inform other women about the importance and benefits of having a healthy dietand keeping a regular fitness routine. She personally works out 4-5 days a week between the gym, taekwondo classes and an occasional ice skating session. When things get too busy or she’s writing from home, she likes to step up with some stretches and at-home exercises to stay fit and focused. Donna offers these no-excuses, get-fit solutions for busy women. Instead of complicated workout equipment, she opts to show simple exercises that anyone can do using everyday items found around the house.
Today women are more mindful of having more muscle tone, more so than yester year. I think a little bit of muscle tone with a little bit of curve is so beautiful… and it’s healthy!
Donna Spangler Fitness Routine
Warm Up
Starting with a heavy book and holding it in both hands, with feet slightly spread, raise the book high over your head but to one side.
While keeping your back straight and your arms as extended as possible, bring the book down diagonally across your body as you lunge to the side bending that knee as you lower the book to that same side.
Repeat 12-15 times on one side and then change sides and repeat 12-15 times.
Center yourself over spread-apart feet. With both hands on the book, raise your arms above your head. Keep your arms fully extended and lower the book straight in front of you. Bend at the waist and drop your arms, allowing the book to swing back behind you from between your legs, and then rise back upright.
Repeat 12-15 times.
Center yourself again with feet apart, arms extended and raised above your head. Complete a full circular motion with the book in one direction 12-15 times and then repeat while going the opposite direction.
Lower Body
Lunge forward with one leg bending at the knee, reach down with your hands to the ground and balance the other foot on the tip of your toes. Go down as far as you can go being comfortable and stable. Roll your heal on the back leg to each side. This exercise will loosen your hips, and strengthen your glutes as well as inner and outer legs.
Repeat 12-15 times and then stand upright again. Repeat on the other side.
While standing, hold a can (or weights) in each hand while keeping your arms straight at your sides. Keeping your back up straight, lunge forward with one leg, bending at the knee but not touching the ground. Hold a second or two in the downward position and come back upright.
Lunge with the other leg and then repeat the process about 12-15 times on each side, rest and repeat.
Arms
These are great exercises for the upper arms, to tone the triceps and biceps and diminish the dreaded flap of flab.
Use a stable chair on a flat surface. Sit on the edge of the chair and place your hands on the corners on either side of you. Walk your feet out so your legs are extended out in front of you. Holding yourself with your hands on the edge of the chair, scoot forward until your back end clears the chair. Lower yourself almost to the ground, hold a second or two and then lift back up and hold.
Repeat as many times as you can at first, working up (in time) to 12-15 repetitions, rest and do it again.
Stand straight up; rest your elbow against your body slightly in front. With your palm up, grab a can (or weights when you work up to it), squeezing slightly for a good grip, and while concentrating and focusing on the weight, raise and lower the can while keeping your arm in a straight line.
Repeat 15-20 times on each side, rest and repeat.
Today women are more mindful of having more muscle tone, more so than yester year. I think a little bit of muscle tone with a little bit of curve is so beautiful… and it’s healthy!
Its nice to find products that are organic for those individuals who have sensitive skin or those who want natural products. Kjaer Weis has a line of colors that can be mixed and matched to create a natural look or a more glamourous look depending on what you need.
Kjaer Weis is the first prestige make up that is organic and very high end chic, superior performance, and “Green” inside and out. Recognizing that health and cosmetic beauty can co-exist equally, Kjaer Weis fulfills the desire and demand for make up made with the highest quality natural and organic ingredients without compromising on luxury or contemporary design. Launched in 2010, Kjaer Weis is successfully selling products on line and through limited channels worldwide with retailers and spas that represent the high standards of performance consistent with our brand.
In addition to make up with ingredients that are actually good for your skin, Kjaer Weis evokes a feeling of complete indulgence with its packaging in high end design, refillable compacts, and red lacquered boxes that look like little jewelry cases. Each refillable compact for Lip, Cheek and Eye has its own unique shape. Together, the result is truly modern: clean, safe formulations inside, beautiful packaging on the outside.
I came a cross Arianna Cellular Collagen Face Serum and just love it. The very first time I tested it, I found great results the next day with my skin
Skin Serum
being soft and supple. Although it is expensive, it only takes a little bit to get results. Here is some information on the product.
Cellular Collagen Face Serum
Active Dead Sea minerals have been combined with a rich blend of natural plant extracts, essential oils, Collagen & Vitamins A, C & E to create this lightly textured Serum.
This is more about the skincare line:
Arianna Skin Care
Beauty comes from the inside with Dead Sea Minerals Skin Care
Arianna Beauty was founded in 2007 by CEO, Miri Torres. Miri’s vision for Arianna is to show people that beauty and health come from the inside, and treating yourself well is a promise you need to make to ensure growth and happiness.
Born in Israel, Miri arrived in the United States when she was 22. Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in high school, she had several chemotherapy treatments, which drastically altered her weight and appearance. During that trying time, Miri found that her beauty and energy were restored through natural treatments, confidence from building her business, and an overall healthy lifestyle.
Arianna Beauty now sells the products that Miri used in her own personal restoration. In the past six years Miri has built a successful network of Arianna Skin Care stores in Boston, Martha’s Vineyard and Newport. In these stores, you will find an oasis that sells mineral make-up, skin care, bath accessories and beauty products.
Active Dead Sea minerals have been combined with a rich blend of natural plant extracts, essential oils, Collagen & Vitamins A, C & E to create this lightly textured Serum.
Active Dead Sea minerals have been combined with a rich blend of natural plant extracts, essential oils, Collagen & Vitamins A, C & E to create this lightly textured Serum.
The holidays are meant to be joyous. What better way to celebrate the festivities than to dress up and go GLAM for your holiday events? When going to parties- wearing red, silver, gold and sparkling black are all great choices for this jubilant time of the year. Fancier dresses and pantsuits are always great choices too. If you opt to wear jeans, be sure and pair them with high heals and a catchy top. Add vibrant accessories to give your look an extra shot of glitz and glam. Don’t worry about too much glitz because it is appropriate for this time of the year.
It is also bewitching to pump up your makeup. If you are going to an evening event, consider smoky cat eyes. Also, adding a bit of shimmer to the eyelids can be incredibly alluring especially if it is silver, gold or bronze.
If you play up the eyes, be sure and wear a lighter lip color. If you want to go with bright red lips, do your eyes in a natural way and add a sleek eyeliner to complete that glamorous seductive package.
Your hair should be flowing and not too sprayed down. Straight hair is sexy as long as it is smooth and has no frizz. If you can do so, treat yourself by going to a blow out bar. These wonderful alternatives to a full service hair salon have popped up in many areas and are popular for their cost effective blowouts and styles. They can blow your hair smooth or add curls and specific styles. I find these bars to be very good at what they do because all they do are blowouts and styling all day long.
Whether you wear your hair up or down, loose curls are provocative and feminine. If you are doing your own hair, a curling iron can add those romantic curls. Just remember to not heat up the iron too much or to not hold it on your hair too long as to not burn your hair. (I know this may sound obvious but you would not believe how many gals out there burn and damage their hair with curling irons.) Use a light hair spray after you get your mane the way you like it. Add tasteful decorations in your hair if it goes with your choice of clothing. This can be a playful way to be festive for the holidays!
An important thing to remember is that you need a hairstyle you can be comfortable in and feel beautiful about. Remember that taking a bit more time for yourself is not only ok, it is a positive step to making yourself feel good about yourself during the holiday season.
When you are all done putting your holiday look together, go out and have a great time! Be confident and flaunt your glitzy self. Own your glamorous look! Go out and shine! The most important thing to remember is that confidence is always the sexiest accessory!
Donna Spangler, author of the best selling book How To Get A Rich Man is a noted beauty and fitness expert and a regular guest on talk shows nationwide. Her tips for helping everyday women achieve their best can be found in magazines and on blogs and websites. HYPERLINK “http://www.DonnaSpangler.com” www.DonnaSpangler.com
