This week I would like to share a recipe that can help you with Meatless Monday & something heart healthy to honor American Heart Health Month. This fish is very high in omega-3 fatty acids which play a role in heart health. How are you doing with Meatless Monday – are you going at [...]
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February is known as Go Red for Women month, a month to increase awareness about heart disease in women. So with that in mind I decided to share a very “heart healthy” recipe this month. There is an affordable, nutritious and sustainable fish making waves in the marketplace, barramundi. It originates along the Pacific Rim, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »“Go Red for Women” in February
“Go Red for Women” is an annual February campaign started by the American Heart Association (AHA). Heart disease is the No.1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year, that’s approximately one woman every minute! In fact, heart disease kills more women each year than all cancers combined. Stats from 2009 (the latest [...]
Read the rest of this entry »POMEGRANATE & WHITE WINE VINAIGRETTE
Serving Size: 6 1 pomegranate 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar (or raspberry vinegar) 1 teaspoon sugar ground pepper — to taste ½ teaspoon salt 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil In a large bowl of cool water, place a pomegranate and crack open and using your fingers or a spoon, separate seeds from [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Salmon Wild Caught vs. Farmed
At my last cooking class I was asked “how can you tell if the salmon you buy is truly wild caught”? The next evening on the evening news was a story about this very subject. It’s all about the color. Wild caught has a deep red color, farmed may have the deep red color but [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Watermelon Soup with Ginger & Mint
Serving Size: 4 4 cups watermelon chunks and juice — seeded 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 2 tablespoons fresh mint — chopped 1 tablespoon sugar 1/3 cup white wine — optional 1 ½ inch ginger root — sliced 1/8″ thick fresh mint — for garnish In a blender, blend all ingredients except the ginger. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Multigrain products: is this a good source of whole grains?
You may be seeing “multigrain” on products from crackers to bread at the grocery, but does that make it a good choice if you are trying to add to your daily fiber count? Unfortunately, most of the time “no”. Multigrain simply means more than one grain, not that the grains are whole. If you want [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Is it just calories that count?
I’ve been noticing lately the fast food industry is trying to entice customers by giving the impression that their product is a healthy choice because it has less than 500 calories. Does this make it healthy? Does using sea salt vs. regular salt make it healthy? Should I be looking at the fat grams? From [...]
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Where should you turn for good nutrition advice? Oprah? Oprah’s cook, her personal trainer, or best friend? How about the clerk at the vitamin/health food store, infomercials, magazines, your friends, or your doctor? What qualifies these sources to give good advice on nutrition? Good nutritional advice comes from trusted sources, and is backed up by [...]
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