Step into spring with this refreshing salad!

Not a fan of tomatoes? We've found a delightful spring twist on the traditional caprese salad, sans tomatoes.

Fruit? Check. Leafy greens? Check. Toasted yummy almonds with the right amount of gourmet cheese? Double check! This delightfully light and fresh salad comes packed full of strawberries, bocconcini (one of my absolute favourite kinds of cheese), toasted almonds and lots of greenery. What's not to love?!

You can find the recipe below, adapted from The Bojon Gourmet. But of course, our version includes PGX!

*Note: This recipe serves two.

Balsamic Reduction Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar

Salad Ingredients:

• 3-4 cups gently packed baby greens
• 1 cup strawberries, halved or quartered 
• 170-225 grams bocconcini (small mozzarella balls) in water, drained and halved 
• large handful of basil leaves
• 3-4 tablespoons toasted sliced almonds 
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• sea salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 1 packet of PGX Daily Singles per serving
  

Balsamic Reduction Instructions:

1. Mix honey and balsamic vinegar together into a small pan.
   
2. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat.
   
3. Allow the mixture to simmer gently, stirring occasionally.
   
4. When bubbling thickly, reduce by about a third for 5 minutes.
   
5. Remove the mixture from heat and allow it to cool off completely.

Salads Instructions:

1. Divide lettuce equally between two plates.
   
2. Top leaves with strawberries, bocconcini, basil, and almonds.
   
3. Drizzle 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil, 1 1/2 teaspoons of the balsamic reduction over salad.
4. Sprinkle PGX Daily Singles packet and a big pinch of salt over the top and add freshly ground black pepper.

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Spice up your dinner time with these tasty tacos!

Healthy meals don't have to be boring and tasteless. This delectable recipe for soft tacos will prove that you can maintain your waistline while adding some Mexican punch to your dinner table!

All too often I hear people say, "I'm on a diet. Just chicken and steamed broccoli for me!" or something along those lines. Don't get me wrong, those two things can be extremely tasty, but they can get incredibly boring! For sure a diet of chicken breast and steamed broccoli will help you to lose weight, if anyone can stick to just that! I find that the best way to lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle, happily, would be to have flavourful meals!

Like this recipe for Soft Tacos with Spicy Chicken from Health.com! It's full of delicious ingredients that pack a punch like fresh oregano, red onions, dark beer, cilantro and chipotle chiles! At only 225 calories and 5 grams of fibre per serving, it's a tasty way to get a shot of flavour and a does of fibre in one meal! Add some PGX into the mix and you'll be sure to get your daily fibre quota filled!

If these chicken soft tacos don't quite make you dance, Health.com shares seven other tasty taco recipes! Enjoy!

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PGX presents Tasty Tuesday!

Enjoy a tasty and exotic salad that will definitely add a pop of healthy colour to your dinner table!

Salads are a popular staple in a meal for many people. But I know, from personal experience, that this green addition to the dinner table can often become repetitive, featuring the same leaves and the same dressing.

Treat yourself to something new with this delicious and incredibly colourful recipe from the Wooden Spoon: Mango Salad with Lime and Sweet Paprika Dressing!

Doesn't that look delicious?! Click on through for the details and try adding a stick of PGX Daily Singles for that extra benefit of fibre!

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Dive head first into Spring with one of our favourite PGX recipes!

We've gone into the PGX Recipe archives and retrieved one of our favourite recipes.

It's an oldie but a goodie: Heirloom Tomato Salsa. Packed with fresh veggies and a couple sticks of PGX Singles, this salsa makes a light and refreshing snack for any potluck or bbq, in under 30 minutes.

Here's a quick overview of the ingredients you will need:

• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 1.5 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro (or basil), chopped
• 2 cups heirloom tomatoes, chopped
• 1 medium green onion
• 1/8 tablespoon pink rock or grey sea salt
• 5g PGX Daily Singles (2 sticks)

Optional Ingredient:

• 1 tablespoon hot pepper, minced

Find the full recipe and directions here. Enjoy!

Start your day with a burst of flavour and energy!

Combine this Eating Well recipe with PGX for a health morning boost! It's sure to keep you fuelled and in control of those pesky cravings...

It may seem like a lot of effort to whip up a smoothie in the morning but really, when you have the ingredients sitting in your refridgerator (or freezer), it's a piece of cake! All you have to do is throw in a few things into a blender, press a button, et voilà! You have a smoothie all set for a tasty, nutritious breakfast! How can you say no to a tumbler of this?! 

Eating Well Magazine share's deliciously simple recipe for their Wake-Up Smoothie. But it just needs one last ingedient... a PGX Daily Singles Stick! Add one stick containing 2.5 grams of PGX and you've a smoothie that will wake you up and keep your blood sugar levels nice and steady!

PGX health tip of today: always drink plenty of water and don't skip out on your breakfast!

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