Looking for a quick, easy and budget friendly breakfast to feed a crowd? Then this cheesy, low-carb Ham & Cheese Breakfast casserole is the perfect choice. You can also portion out the servings and make the casserole into freezer meals. Cheesy hash brown potatoes with diced ham is what makes this a breakfast favorite. No […]
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Previous image Next image Comfort Foods remind us of childhood Each month we feature a book or magazine or a theme as the inspiration for creating our Heart Healthy Menus and Meal Plans. For the month of June we created our own recipes that remind us of our favorite Comfort Foods made healthier, of course.
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First, lets define what is a smoothie? According to Wikipedia, a smoothie consists of raw fruits and vegetables with dietary fiber (skin, seeds, pulp, etc) and are thicker than fruit juice. Other common ingredients can include Dairy (milk, yogurt, or ice cream) or Sweeteners (honey or sugar). It all depends on personal preference. Therefore, there is no “bad” smoothie.
If you want even more clarification and the history behind smoothies, read Respite Cafe’s article, “Origin of Smoothies”.
Smoothies can be a good way to get a healthy breakfast with few ingredients and a few pulses from a blender. I modified a version of this recipe from a class I took in Cardiac Rehab. I don’t know who created the original recipe, but it is a good one. In addition to the healthy benefits of the mixed berries, banana, and spinach in this smoothie, you can also boost the protein by using reduced fat, high protein milk.
Find this recipe in June 2020 Meal Plans.
In addition to this great recipe, click the links below to find more smoothie recipes to try.
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Most chili dogs are not healthy, but with the right ingredients we can enjoy a lower fat version that keeps the Saturated Fat at 3 grams which is less than half of most fast food dogs. Making your own Homemade chili sauce will result in better flavor and texture than canned chili with the added benefit of lower sodium. Choose hot dogs with 1 gram or less of Saturated Fat and 350 milligrams or less in Sodium. Bread is almost always high in Sodium, but there are some better choices so look for buns with less than 220 milligrams of Sodium.
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Previous Next Each month we feature a book or magazine as inspiration for creating our Heart Healthy Menus and Meal Plans. For the month of May we are featuring Taste of Home magazine recipes where some of the recipes have been adapted. As always, our Mission is to make meal planning that is fun, easy,
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Choosing what oil to use and where to use it can be confusing for any cook. Cardiac patients need to be even more informed when choosing the best cooking oils for heart health and to look for oils that are low in Saturated Fat and NO Trans Fats. All oils should be kept away from
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This Month’s featured book is Make-A-Mix Cookery Cookbook by Karine Eliason, Nevada Howard, and Madeline Westover. This is one of my first cookbooks which was originally published in 1978. I was fascinated with the concept of making your own mixes which ranged from frozen to refrigerated to pantry. Having already prepared mixes is such a great
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This Month’s featured book is Diabetic Living The Ultimate Diabetes Cookbook which has more than 400 recipes. We have made so many of their recipes that our book is literally falling apart. This is a good cookbook for Cardiac diets as well as Diabetics since many of the recipes don’t need any ingredient changes and some
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Thai Green Curry Shrimp recipe adapted from Cooking Light Magazine Nov 2014 “Thai Green Curry with Shrimp and Kale”. Read our Recipe Review from October 2019
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Thai Green Curry Shrimp Thai Green Curry with Shrimp and Kale Original recipe is from Cooking Light Magazine, November 2014 Love Thai food and the nutritional information for the recipe follows our FO3 rules for low sodium and low saturated fat. Cholesterol is higher than we would like because of the shrimp, but this is
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