Enjoy a Beautiful Salad for Heart Month</h1> <article> <h1>Enjoy a Beautiful Salad for Heart Month</h1> <p>February is heart month and what better way to celebrate than with a heart healthy recipe full of protein, fiber, color with lots of flavor! My, <a href="http://thecookingcardiologist.com/recipes/beautiful-salad">Beautiful Salad</a> is a perfect way to couple earthy whole grains with crispy lettuce and colorful vegetables. It has a wonderful flavor and looks beautiful when prepared.<br /></p> </article> <article> <h1>Beautiful Salad</h1> <p><strong>Ingredients</strong><br />1 cup cooked millet<br />1 cup cooked quinoa<br />1 cup cooked buckwheat<br />5 stalks of fresh asparagus<br />2 carrots peeled<br />1 cup spring peas (frozen and thawed)<br />1 bunch green onions, chopped<br />1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and chopped<br />1 bunch of flat leaf parsley, chopped<br />Zest of one lemon with 3 T of fresh lemon juice<br />1/4 cup olive oil<br />1 chicken breast, cooked and chopped<br />1 package of butter lettuce leafs for garnish<br />12 cherry tomatoes and 2 whole avocados divided and sliced for garnish<br />Salt and pepper to taste<br /></p> </article> <article> <h1>A Hearty, Delicious Meal that will Fend Off the Flu!</h1> <p><a href="http://www.thecookingcardiologist.com/cardiologist-blog/flu-fighting-foods">Flu</a> season is here. Outside of popping vitamin c, eating your vegetables and staying active with regular exercise, is there anything else you can do to keep healthy, staving off illness?</p><p>Yes there is!</p><p>Preparing meals with health-boosting ingredients can provide you with extra minerals and vitamins that you may otherwise miss out on, strengthening your immune system and in turn defending your body against viral invaders.</p> </article> <article> <h1>5 Ways to Pump Up Your Heart</h1> <p>As both a cardiologist, as well as an inspired cook, I have the unique perspective of seeing cardiovascular problems develop from two distinct angles. Poor eating habits lead to obesity, which is a preventive condition that is increasing in this country at a rapid rate. Due to obesity’s prevalence, experts have even coined the term “diabesity”, named after a condition where the development of diabetes is directly incurred due to obesity. Excessive weight gain coupled with an unhealthy diet often produces diabetes.</p> </article> <article> <h1>The Motherlode New York Strawberry Cheesecake</h1> <p><strong>Ingredients</strong>:</p><p align="left"><strong>Crust</strong></p><p align="left">1 1/4 cups reduced fat graham cracker crumbs<br />2 Tbsp sugar<br />2 Tbsp egg substitute</p><p align="left"><strong>Filling</strong></p><p align="left">15 oz reduced fat or fat free ricotta cheese<br />12 oz nonfat cream cheese<br />1/2 cup egg substitute<br />1/3 cup all-purpose flour<br />3/4 cup sugar<br />2 tsp vanilla<br />1 Tbsp lemon juice</p><p align="left"><strong>Topping</strong></p><p align="left">1/2 cup nonfat sour cream<br />2 Tbsp sugar<br />1 pint basket fresh strawberries, stems removed</p> </article> <article> <h1>Boston Cream Pie</h1> <p><strong>The cake:</strong><br />Use a yellow cake mix. It is easier and the quickest way to make a base. Be sure to purchase a cake mix without hydrogenated fats. Dr. Oetker brand vanilla yellow cake mix is the best and is available at Whole Foods. Follow the directions on the box. To lighten up the calories, replace the oil with ½ cup unsweetened apple sauce. If you prefer, an egg substitute can be used in place of the eggs.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Superbowl XLVI: Boston Cream Pie vs. New York Cheesecake</h1> <p>New England is known for its clam chowder, fresh seafood, and of course, Boston cream pie. Did you know <a href="http://www.thecookingcardiologist.com/recipes/boston-cream-pie">Boston cream pie</a> is not really a pie, but a cake?In 1855, a Chef at the Parker House Hotel in Boston topped off an English cream cake with chocolate frosting. Thus, the Boston cream pie was born. The dessert came to be known as a pie as it was baked and served from a metal baking tin. The Boston cream pie is now named in The Massachusetts’s law books as the official dessert of the State.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Use These Tools to Make Savory Meals – While Eliminating Fat</h1> <p>In this country, we are hard on our food.</p><p>We want it fast, fried or flame-broiled. Outside of America, such as in Europe, cooking techniques are gentler and focus on maintaining the inherent qualities of the ingredients in a recipe. Poaching, slow cooking, steaming, baking and simmering are commonly-used techniques that preserve both the flavor and health benefits of food, and are easily to employ, given the right tools. I often say that we should eat with awareness, but more importantly, we should cook with attentiveness.</p> </article> <article> <h1>Heart Healthy Béarnaise Sauce</h1> <p>2 Tbsp. white wine, or substitute cooking wine (available in the vinegar section) or 1 Tbsp. water with extra 1 Tbsp. vinegar<br />2 Tbsp. tarragon vinegar or rice wine vinegar<br />¼ cup very finely chopped shallots<br />1 Tbsp. finely chopped tarragon leaves <br />1 Tbsp. water<br />½ cup fat free mayonnaise<br />4 Tbsp. Benecol<br />White or black pepper to taste</p> </article> <article> <h1>Healthy Hollandaise</h1> <p>Sauces and salad dressings add flavor and creaminess to so many dishes, but these delicious toppings can also make otherwise healthy dishes high in fat and calories. Reducing the unhealthy ingredients in sauces can seem intimidating and many epicureans refuse to substitute the butter and creams that give sauces their rich flavors.</p> </article> </main></body></html>