In The News

February 2008: February 2008: Gloria Bakst presented "Healthy Eating" at the North Shore Business Forum on February 15th.

January 2008: Gloria's recipe for Apple Crisp -a family favorite - was recently featured in the Swampscott Reporter. Download the article by Charlene Peters which includes the recipe.

November 2007: During the last half of 2007, Gloria Bakst worked with the Extreme Makeover Business Edition Team of North Shore Women in Business (NSWIB). The program is a one-of-a-kind offered to members only, either as a Team member or Recipient.

The Team was hand selected by the Extreme Makeover Recipient and Gloria was chosen to help the recipient improve her eating habits and her health, and great progress has been made in a short period of time.

September 2007: Balanced Nutritional Lifestyles will be doing workshops for all the employees of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts on how to prevent weight gain during the holidays.

Chef Gloria is now a contributing recipe writer for DancingSpoon.com. Her column "Healthy & Luscious Cooking" featured a Hoisin Wasabi Black Cod (Sable Fish) recipe.

"Sablefish is found from central Baja California to the eastern Bering Sea, with about 75 percent of landings taken off Alaska. It is a rich fish that is high in Omega 3 fish oils. A valuable source of high-quality protein, Alaska sablefish also furnishes important minerals, among them: iodine, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, iron, zinc and calcium. The fats in sablefish are highly polyunsaturated and thus well-suited to low cholesterol diets."

Try Gloria Bakst's Plank-Grilled Red Snapper featured at DancingSpoon.com

Cooking with Gloria
Cedar planks add unique and intriguing flavors to your foods as they grill. Soak your planks in water for one hour or longer before grilling. (See Using Cedar Planks for Grilling) When the grill is hot put the plank on the grill, smooth side down and char, turn the wood over and then place fish or chicken on top to cook. The planks maybe reused.

Get the recipe.