Recipes for life: eat like this and you'll live longer!

'I wrote a few blogs about my attempts to hug a mediterranan lifestyle diet -- (a good friend read-me) -- saying 'you need some how-to specifics' -- this recent study here does specifically explain how 'eating a Mediterranean style diet helps you live longer by protecting against all the major chronic disease...'

'if that's not specific enough...'well then...

'can't get anymore specific than what's for dinner tonight:

Low-Fat Chicken Marsala

Ingredients:
1-1 1/2 lbs boneless skinless chicken, cut into bit sized pieces
2 slices bacon, thinly chopped (i used 2 small italian sausage links)
2 cups cooked pasta (i used brown rice spirals or whole wheat pasta)
3 tbs olive oil
2 tbs butter
1 garlic clove, pressed
1/2 lemon, squeezed
1/2 tsp thyme
1 tsp parsley
1 1/2 cups marsala cooking wine
salt
3 cups spinach, rinsed
1-2 small zucchini, chopped

Directions:
1. In a large sauce pan, cook bacon/pancetta, drain any fat.

2. Add olive oil, garlic, and chicken and saute (4-6 minutes).

3. Cover and simmer with butter and then add the marsala, lemon, and thyme. Simmer another 8 minutes until wine sauce has thickened, covered. Add zucchini and parsley, cover for 2 minutes.

4. Serve over pasta and spinach leaves. Salt to taste. Serves 4.

Depending on how soft you like your spinach, you could place the spinach in your sauce pan and cover for a minute to wilt...without heat. It's gonna be delicious!

This video (below) shows a close variation on this Mediteranan-recipie, but, her heart is in the right place:

Study Source Daily Telegraph