Heart friendly recipes
So please dig through your recipe boxes when you have a moment and help me make David's recovery a bit yummier-he is mourning the loss of poutine and pub fish and chips.  |
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| You are so right about the processed stuff. The other day I fell for a pork and apple thing that used golden mushroom soup. I gagged on the processed flavor and salt. By myself I could have done better! Start by cutting the salt. I can't quite eliminate it totally but I sure don't use much. Then think in terms of leaner meats grilled for example, more fish and poultry, try for red meat just once a week--if then. Lots of salads, veggies, fruits and whole grains like brown rice, barley, quinoa. Bacon is like a birthday treat as is all processed meats. Beans, especially if you have the patience to cook them from dry instead of canned, is good. I love garbonzos! Egg Beaters instead of whole eggs. You'll catch on. In mean time I'll check thru my memory for actual recipes. |
| If you like Indian foods (with curry and all that yummy stuff), I really like the cookbook "India's 500 Best Recipes" by Hussain, et al. We had a previous discussion here abouT a year ago - and Valerie recommended it. I got it, we've tried several recipes and they are very good.  |
| Kim We had a nutrionalist at our last running group. She gave us a lot of booklets with some really good recipes in them. I know the word soy sounds disgusting to some, but it really isn't bad if made into recipes. www.soybean.org I tried the sweet and sour pork with tofu. Yummy and there is a tuna and edamame recipe that was really good. Lisa and Frankie |
| I hope by now you have found: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/heart-healthy-recipes/RE00098 Their recipes are yummy sounding and quite varied. You need to reprogram your brain from red meat and cheese, fried foods, cream sauces. What does he eat for lunches away from home? One meal of three that is bad will throw him under the bus for sure. If you are uncertain about portion control, get a kitchen scale. Weighing the protein amount for awhile impresses upon your brain what a portion is. No more 8 ounce Tbone steaks (unless you split it). Going out, avoid the steak places, try new places. If you go oriental, no fried stuff. Be creative. Instead of grilled burgers, what about grilled portabella mushrooms? Switch to turkey for your ground beef recipes. To make the trasition easier, mix a few ounces, no more than 4, into the ground turkey. I do buy the rotisserie chicken in the store. I pull off all the skin and remove the bones. The meat will give us three meals and I freeze the bones and skin. When I have several chicken's worth I boil it up for chicken stock. Chill and skim the fat. Now I have a rich chicken stock for soups.........which around here this time of year is green chile chicken stew. yum. Serve more veggies.....maybe two each meal plus a salad Eat more sweet potatoes, obviouly not candied. I bet many of your recipes can be easily adapted over to more heart friendly. |
| Thanks for the tips! I thought that we were pretty good about what we ate (I do most of my cooking from scratch), but in looking more at labels, I see that we have room for improvement. Who knew that almost all boxed cereal is evil?? Or that one little old Kit Kat bar has nearly half of your daily cholesterol? Thank heavens for oatmeal, lentils, curry and beans, they might just get us through this. I just try to remember what a dietician told me when I asked her to teach me how to read food labels. She said that if it comes in a package with a label, it is not really food. I miss cheese already... |
 Yeah, when you look at the sodium with processed foods, don't faint!! Chicken stock is a real killer which is why I make a lot of my own and freeze into ice cube shapes. Grab a few as needed. yummmmmmmm, KitKat. Save it for your ONE indulgence per week. Yeah, oatmeal. I often make up a batch of Old Fashion or even steel cut and refrigerate it. Only 3 or 4 servings worth. Then reheat as needed. Yeah, cheese.................. |
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