Recipe presented by Clarissa

Results this week were definitely not what we were expecting and for some of us, disappointing. However, we've all committed to having a no-gain week next week and are going to do our best to meet this group goal!

This week's results:

• Jerusha - maintained (I'm changing my goal of eating a treat under 150 cal... My will power is not strong enough to allow myself any junk yet. My new goal is to track my food every day and to keep a 1,000 calorie deficit for each day.)
• Rebecca - lost 2 (nice work!)
• Clarissa - gained 2.6
• Jason - gained 3.4
• Crystal - lost 0.2 (yay!)

Clarissa was in charge of bringing a recipe this week to share with us all. She found her recipe on allrecipes.com for  

Cranberry Waldorf Salad

Original recipe makes 9 - 1/2 cup servings 

Makes servings US Metric Adjust Recipe (Help)

• 1 1/2 cups chopped cranberries
• 1 cup chopped red apple
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 1 cup seedless green grapes, halved
• 1/3 cup raisins
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 tablespoons white sugar (Clarissa substitutes Splenda)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 (8 ounce) container vanilla yogurt (Clarissa uses a carb master vanilla yogurt)
• Clarissa also thought adding turkey or chicken would be good in this recipe

Directions

1. Combine cranberries, apple, celery, grapes, raisins, walnuts, sugar, cinnamon, and yogurt. (I chop cranberries in a food processor, and it works great). Toss to coat. Cover and chill 2 hours.
2. Stir just before serving. Garnish with frosted cranberries and mint leaves if desired. For frosted cranberries, wet cranberry and roll in sugar.