What’s good for your heart is great for your taste buds. As the recipes in this special collection will show, you don’t have to lose flavor to gain health. Cooking up heart health requires no secret ingredients.
It simply means making dishes that are lower in saturated fat, cholesterol, and total fat, and reduced in sodium. And, as an extra plus, these dishes have fewer calories than those higher in fat. It means enjoying “Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken,” “Red Hot Fusilli,” “Stir-Fried Beef and Potatoes,” “Apricot-Orange Bread,” “Crunchy Pumpkin Pie,” and a “Summer Breezes Smoothie.”
The recipe collection was developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to help Americans keep their heartbeat strong. It includes dishes from a variety of ethnic cuisines to suit virtually every taste. The dishes will even tempt children. That’s important because good eating habits need to start early. So, cook up some “Delicious Oven French Fries” and teach your kids how good good health can taste.
Chances are, they’ll want another lesson. Besides recipes, the collection also offers information on special topics, such as how diet affects key factors involved in heart health, how to use the Nutrition Facts Label, how to make healthier meals out of those old family favorites, why fiber matters, and how to reduce salt and sodium in dishes. Check the table of contents for a listing of these topics.
