Healthy Heart Diet
Published on Mar 09 2010, in the categories: Healthy foods
The main purposes of this diet is to keep your blood cholesterol low and to decrease the risk of developing heart diseases . The main principles are : 8% or even 10% of the total calories a person eats per day must be from saturated fats , less than 30% must come from the fat you eat each day , you must not eat more than 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol , you have to limit your sodium intake at 2400 milligrams per day and you have to be extremely careful at the number of total calories that you each day . You should eat enough calories to maintain your weight and to reduce your cholesterol level .

Excepting the principles above , the doctors also give us some rules to respect : we should eat regular meals , cut down on high-sugar foods and drinks , you must keep a low level of saturated fat , eat as many as possible fruits and vegetables each day and keep alcohol intake to moderate levels . One important substance that helps to reduce the risk of heart diseases is oily fish . Why ? ! The explication is simple : oily fish contains omega-3 fatty acids . These substances help to regulate the frequency of heart beating and also to reduce the level of triglycerides – which are responsible of the high level of cholesterol .
The doctors even made up a list with fats to avoid and this list contains the following fats : butter , lard ,bacon fat , gravy , cream sauce , nondairy creams , hydrogenated margarine , cocoa butter , coconut , palm and the derived products made out of these substances . In contrast , doctors also composed a list with “ good “ fats : olive oil , canola oil , margarine free of trans fats and cholesterol-lowering margarines . There is also important to know which proteins to choose : low-fat milk , low-fat dairy products , egg whites , oily fish and especially salmon , vegetables , soy products and lean ground meals . There is also a discussion regarding which fruits and vegetables to avoid : coconut , vegetables with creamy sauce , fried vegetables , fruits is heavy syrup and frozen fruits with added sugar . Another important thing is to avoid products made by white flour .

Respecting this rules and with the help of a nutritionist and a doctor , many people could follow a healthy diet that will improve their lifestyle , will reduce the risk of getting a heart disease and also for the ones who already have been diagnosed with a heart disease could improve the quality of their life and maybe reduce the harm produced by the heart’s affections .
Fun Healthy Snacks For Kids
Published on Mar 09 2010, in the categories: cookies, recipes
Because they are so full of energy all day long , you can come up with some simple snack recipes which are easy to prepare with their help . You can propose some healthy snacks recipes which are also fun for kids . A good solution can be fruits . For example , you can prepare artic oranges because it is fun to prepare and kids will love it because it can successfully replace ice cream . The ingredients are : 4 oranges , 4 cups of orange juice and 4 cherries . You have to cut the tops of the oranges in a zigzag pattern , hollow the inside and then mix it in a blender with the juice . Next you set the rinds in a muffin tin and after fill with the mixture . Put a cherry in every orange ; now you’re almost ready .All you have to do is to put them to freeze for 2 to 3 hours and the kids will serve a healthy tasty ice cream.

You can also play games during preparing and eating the snacks . For example , you take some slices of toast bread , some ham or even some cheese . Make a couple of sandwiches , then cut them into different pieces of all kind of shapes and sizes . After that mix the pieces and try to solve the resulted “puzzle” before starting to eat it .
Another fun and creative way to prepare snacks can be toast toppers . You can toast some slices of bread , then put some butter or soft cheese on top of them . You can give the kids a great variety of toppings such as herbs , seeds , nuts , small pieces of tomatoes or other vegetables . Then he can draw different pictures on the bread so he will find it funny to prepare snacks and after eat them .

It can not be so tough to convince our children to eat something healthy between snacks ; it depends very much on the way you can involve them in preparing them . In this way you get to spend some quality time with them which it proves to be fun , creative and of course it has rewards : fun healthy snacks for kids . Parents should consider this kind of activities because snacks proved to be one important part of their children diet and this indirect becomes part of their health and their life .
Healthy Snack Recipes
Published on Mar 09 2010, in the categories: healthy meals
Chips are one of the most beloved snacks of all time . Despite the warnings that they are not healthy especially because they are not a low-calorie meal , people can not stop eating them . Nutritionists have a solution for us and that is the following recipe : Baked seasoned potato chips . For this , you need the ingredients : 2 teaspoons of canola oil , 2 russet potatoes , canola cooking spray and a half teaspoon of seasoned salt . First of all , you have to brush canola oil over the bottom of a nonstick pan ; then with a non-serrated knife you cut the potatoes into very thin slices . Next , you lay the potato slices on the prepared pan till they cover the hole surface . After that , you spray the tops with the canola oil cooking spray and you sprinkle the seasoned salt . It takes about 25 minutes to bake them ; they will look brown and crispy . Per serving , you will eat only 137 calories and the most important of all is that you eat only 3 g fat .

Another healthy and tasty recipes is Oven-Baked Tortilla Triangles . For this you need : 3 corn tortillas , one and a half teaspoon canola oil , canola cooking spray and half teaspoon taco seasoning . Fist step is to stack the tortillas on top of each other and cut them into 8 wedges . Then you put canola oil into a nonstick cooking sheet and you put the tortilla triangles over it . You spray them on top with the canola oil cooking spray and then sprinkle the taco seasoning . Bake just for eight minutes because they become really brown and crispy easily and you don’t want to burn them . Per serving, they are a really low-calorie snack , about 118 calories and only 4,2 fat .

We don’t have to quit at all snacks but we should stop eating all the snacks that we find in supermarkets because they are cooked with too many fat and also with many substances that are not healthy . Instead of those , we can try to make at home our own healthy snack recipes . As you could see above , these two recipes are only two examples of the thousand of recipes that exist and especially easy to cook in a record time.
Healthy Dog Food Recipes
Published on Mar 08 2010, in the categories: For pets, Healthy foods, recipes, Useful Info
Lately, there have been made sites for dogs owners and also have been written dog food recipes books that help us how to feed our dog . In this article , I am going to present you some of the dog food recipes that are healthy. One of the most successful, meaning that most of the dogs love it, is Gourmet Canine Quiche. If you want to prepare this for your dog, you will need the following ingredients: eight eggs, one and a half cup of cream, also one and a half cup of milk, eight spoons of chopped cooked meat or you can put cheese instead of meat , 2 pie shells and salt and pepper.

First of all, you have to beat the eggs, mix the cream and milk in a large bowl . After this , you will have to combine the meat or cheese with the eggs and milk and add salt and pepper. Next you pour this mixture into the 2 pie shells and put it in the oven. You will have to bake it till is golden brown on top; that will require around 30 or 40 minutes. Then you let it cool down and your dog can eat a healthy meal .
Another recipe that you can try is Dog TOfu and Liver Loaf . For this recipe , you need : 1/2 kilo tofu , 1 cup boiled rice, also 1 cup boiled liver, 1 cup dry bread crumbs, 2 eggs , 1 chopped potato , 2 tamari souce spoons , some fresh tyme and sage and melted butter.
You have to break the tofu into a large mixing bowl , there you add potato , egg , breadcrumbs , tamari , sage and thyme . If the mixture is too dry , you can add water . After that you put the mixture into a loaf pan and you bake it for 40 or 45 minutes .

These two examples are not the only ones you can find if you want to cook something healthy for your dog and you do not want to buy him the dog food that is everywhere in the supermarkets and petshops . Think twice before buying that kind of food because you can not know what it contains for sure . We must take care of the one we love .
Healthy Recipe
Published on Mar 05 2010, in the categories: recipes
This recipe is adored by Australians, but certainly will be something for everyone who will try. To prepare it you need the following ingredients:pineapple, coconut, banana, mango (to preserve, if possible naturally), kiwi, strawberries, oranges normal and red grapes, whiskey cream, vanilla.
Preparation: Cut all fruit into small cubes and place in a bowl. Mix, then add 3 tablespoons of whiskey cream.It powder with vanilla. You can serve with a tropical drink.
Sweet sour fish cubes.
Ingredients: 400 gr bass tabs, juice of half lemon, 2 tablespoons soy sauce and vinegar, salt, ground white pepper, coriander, ground cumin, ginger powder (one pinch), sugar to taste, four tablespoons of peanut oil for frying an egg beaten, 2 tablespoons cornstarch and half, 2 carrots cut rhombuses, 50 grams of frozen peas, half an onion cut small cubes, 150 g of tomatoes passed.

Preparation: Cut the fish fillets into small cubes, are sprayed with lemon juice, soy sauce and vinegar, leave to enter, remove from marinade, season with salt, pepper, sugar and other spices to taste. The oil is in a pot parboil Wok, fish cubes to egg roll and fry in oil, remove and keep warm. In remaining oil fry the vegetables, stirring. Pour marinade and tomatoes and everything passed boil. Fish cubes add sauce and gives a whirl. Serving mode: match the cooked rice noodles.
Chinese sauce.
We need 6 tablespoons oil, 2 tablespoons flour, 2 tablespoons mustard, tomato paste, 3 tablespoons sugar, broth, salt, pepper, a sprig basil, a sprig thyme.
Preparation: fry oil with a little flour, which goes off with a cup of soup. Add mustard and broth, stirring constantly and sugar, which I burned in a separate pan. Do not forget salt, pepper, basil and thyme. Pour the soup longer, until the sauce becomes the consistency of cream. Allow to provide some excitement. This sauce tastes like soy sauce in Chinese, which serves as a lining to almost any dish.

Muffins with chocolate.
For the preparation Canadian we need: 2 cups flour, 1 tablespoon baking powder, a pinch of salt, 1 cup brown sugar, juice and grated rind of one orange, 2 eggs, one cup milk, one cup melted butter, 1 cup chocolate pieces. In a bowl mix flour, baking powder, sugar and grated orange peel. In another fight eggs, milk, melted butter and orange juice. Pour over dry ingredients. Add chocolate pieces and mix well. Heat oven to 200 degrees Fahrenheit, is poured in the tray of muffins composition, previously greased, and bake about 25 minutes.
Pasta with walnuts.
Americans love this preparation, which may be a choice for cold winter evenings. Ingredients: 1 / 2 kilograms pasta, a tablespoon of salt, 200 g walnuts, 150 grams sugar. Method: Boil pasta as directed on package. Walnuts butt than the oven after that give the meat grinder on a screen as small. Drain pasta, place bowl over which shall meet the nuts mixed with sugar and mix well. You should be served warm but are just as good cold.
Healthy Lunches
Published on Mar 05 2010, in the categories: healthy meals
If you have had enough of traditional dishes that you find in every house in this period, take a look at the recipes to you today.Certainly not one to regret!
Mexico
Chili with meat
Ingredients: 3 sweet peppers, 2 onions, 4 cloves of garlic, 500 grams minced beef, one teaspoon oregano, a pinch of cumin powder, cooked 3 tomatoes, peeled and cut pieces, 2 tablespoons broth, 200 g boiled beans, 100 ml vegetable broth, salt, pepper, oil.
Preparation: carriages onion is minced few minutes in oil. Add minced and pressed garlic and allow lean 15 minutes fire.Season meat with salt, pepper, oregano, cumin, add chopped hot pepper, vegetable soup, broth, tomatoes and beans cooked pieces and allow to boil for 20 minutes falls flat.You must have the consistency of a thick sauce and enjoy this healthy lunch!

China
Duck greased with honey
Ingredients: 1 duck, 3 / 4 l dry white wine, 5 tablespoons honey, 4 tablespoons soy sauce, basil and salt.
How to make this healthy lunch: Peel and wash the bud duck, and is lubricated with honei inside and salt. Also inside will make twig of basil. Place the bird in a pot in which wine was poured and allowed to boil to fire about 15 minutes then repeat the lubrificated operation.. This time will give the bird another 5 minutes in oven, is lubrificated again and finally, leave the last 5 minutes in oven.This steak is served with chinese rice and lettuce, cut into strips and soured with vinegar.

Egypt
Fille arabian
Ingredients: 1 kg chicken fillets, 1 / 4 kg cheese, 200 g olives, bread crumbs.
Are taken from poultry breast meat cut into long pieces, meatloaf, and is inserted inside each little cheese and olives, cut in pieces, then running single-aluminum foil.
Place meatloaf, wrapped in seething water for 15 minutes, then remove and allow to cool for 10 minutes. It gives the egg beaten with dry breadcrumbs in oil to make fried.

Austria
Vienna Soup
Ingredients: one tablespoon pepper, 500 grams meat, 500 g potato, 5 pcs onion, one tablespoon flour, 2-3 bones, pepper, salt, 80 g fat, 2 cloves of garlic.
Boil the bones is Strain broth and allow to boil for about one hour. Chop onions pickerel is roast in lard, and sprinkle paprika.Be extinguished with 4 cups of soup, then allow to boil and give everything through the sieve.This mixture is passed to put pieces of meat, garlic and cumin, salt, pepper and allow everything to boil until the meat becomes soft.. Dissolve flour with a little soup, pour over meat and adds 5 cups of soup bones. The small cubes finally put potatoes. Bon apetite!
Healthy Chicken Recipes
Published on Mar 05 2010, in the categories: Healthy foods, healthy meals, recipes, Useful Info
100 grams of chicken meat provides 72% of daily necessary of niacin. Another benefit of chicken meat is the content of selenium, which is an essential component of the thyroid hormone metabolism and of the immune function. However, these are not the only things we need to know. For a good and healthy nutrition, we also must know some of the healthy recipes.

Healthy chicken sandwich
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons nonfat yogurt; 2 tablespoons light mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons chopped green celery; 2 tablespoons chopped onion; 1 conserve chicken breast; 2 slices of bread; 2 slices tomato; 1 leaf of lettuce; salt; pepper
Preparation: Mix yogurt, mayonnaise, celery, onion and chicken breast. Put the composition on one slice of bread and on top tomatoes and lettuce and then put the other slice of bread and enjoy.
Healthy chicken soup
Ingredients: 1 half chicken; 1 large onion; 2 carrots; 1 celery;1 parsley; 1 parsnip;100 g green beans; 1 can of chopped tomatoes (450g); parsley and lovage green leaves; salt; pepper
Preparation: Wash the chicken and cut it in 6-8 pieces and put it in a pot with water (3l perhaps, enough just to cover the chicken). Let it boil until it is foaming, remove the foam and then put the sliced vegetables. After 30-35 minutes, check if they are boiled. Put the parsley and lovage green leaves, tomatoes, and leave it for another 5 minutes. You must serve it warm and if you want with chili peppers.

Healthy grilled chicken
Ingredients: 4 boneless chicken breast; 2 tablespoons crushed garlic; 2 tablespoons finely cut thyme; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon fresh pepper; salt; scraped peel from a lemon
Preparation: Put the chicken pieces in a shallow glass container. Put the thyme, garlic, pepper, lemon peel, olive oil and salt on all chicken. Clean the grill, grease it with some oil and let it to heat up. Place the chicken breast with the skin down on the hot grill. Every now and then turn them on each side until they bake. This healthy chicken recipe goes excellent with a garnish of grilled vegetables, salad and baked potatoes.

Eating healthy does not mean to eat a lack of variety or tasteless food . A rational diet well balanced contains, simply, all the necessary nutrients to satisfy appetite and preservation of a good health. I think I have shown above that even healthy food can be delicious!
Heart Healthy Recipes
Published on Mar 05 2010, in the categories: Eating plans, Guide, Healthy foods, healthy meals, Useful Info
Green tea - We all know that this green liquor is good for health but not that many know why is that. In reality, green tea has some antioxidants which reduce cholesterol and have the ability to reduce blood pressure. You can enjoy the green tea all day long.

Grout after fat - Although, some of you lose patience in the very beginning of reading labels, this method will save you from ingestion of that food which makes you sick. Let’s be honest, how many times you bought food without reading the label? A mistake never comes alone and in time, we will get unhealthy habits.
If we read the food labels and we are interested in their nutritional values, we will be able to reduce in this manner calories from fat. So, do not let that more than 30% of calories from fats to get into your body. Discussion about fat is not limited here. It is important to eat healthy fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated).
Olive Oil - To lower down cholesterol, cook with olive oil. It has monounsaturated fats which increases the level of the good cholesterol. In addition, olive oil contains antioxidants that reduce the risk of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer’s.
Sleep - Some of you are looking for it at night drinking many milk cups while others have no problem sleeping. Sleep is very important for maintaining heart health. When you are tired (from lack of sleep), the body releases hormones of stress which narrows arteries and causes inflammation. Generally speaking, an adult needs 7-8 hours of sleep.
Fibers - The more fibers you serve, the lower risk of a heart attack. It is ideal to consume between 25 and 35 grams of fiber each day.
Fatty fish - Fat fish, (sardines, salmon, tuna, mackerel) has omega-3. Even just one ration (ideally one or two servings per week), will decrease the risk of heart attack up to 52%.
Vegetables ration - To please the nutritionists, 50% of each menu should contain vegetables.
Sport - Sport also decreases the risk of heart diseases. About 3 hours per week will lower the risk of heart attack, up to 3%.
Flax seeds - Flax seeds are a good source of omega-3 fatty acids. Introducing them in your meal, you will reduce the risk of heart diseases up to 45%. (sprinkle them over the yogurt, salad, etc).
Red wine - Yes, yes, I know you will say that is alcohol, but did you know that a quantity of 29-88 ml of red wine per day will reduce the risk or heart diseases?
Garlic - A nutritious vegetable, that is good to include in the menus you serve at home. ( “serve at home” because of the smell that emanates and I guess you don’t want to make interlocutors run). However, 300 mg of garlic each day decreases the risk or a heart attack.

Potassium - Bananas, baked potatoes, tomato paste, yogurt and just some examples of foods with potassium. Potassium is good because it favors the elimination of sodium from the body.
Sugar - According to a recent study, people who serve more than 74 grams of fructose per day 87% more likely to suffer from hypertension than the rest.
Healthy Fast Recipes
Published on Mar 04 2010, in the categories: salads
Dandelion protects the liver and detoxifies the body.The appearance of dandelions to be short, so take advantage! What we know about dandelion: Taraxacum officinale as botanists know, and we tell him simple dandelion. To bee Dandelion is the main ally, to make good honey and when you see the yellow flowers to know that the season started and work for the bees.
For now, we purpose an healthy recipe:
Salad with mushrooms and tomatoes.
Ingredients: few dandelion leaves , 5 small tomatoes, cherries, 1 half preserve sliced mushrooms, several cloves of garlic, olive oil, salt. For making an healthy recipe first wash Dandelion and let it out. Wash mushrooms and garlic. Add mushrooms and after five minutes the fire stood, chicken and tomatoes. Match all with sea salt and pull pan from heat. Brings Dandelion mixed with mushrooms and tomatoes.

Bon appetite!
Dandelion salad with eggs
Ingredients:
1 link dandelion leaves,
3 eggs,
1 black radish,
1 green onion,
2 potatoes,
2 slices of ham,
juice of one lemon and olive oil.
Preparation: clean potatoes and put them in boiling water with salt. Bring to boil eggs to separate. Cut the onion, radish clean, and cut a large cubes and ham slices boil in olive oil. Well wash the dandelion leaves because can be whith dirt. Mixed with other ingredients. You make a sauce of olive oil and lemon juice and bring him to lunch with salad.
Doctor approved goodies
Sprout new sauce. This recipe is recommended for diabetes. Ingredients: 1 cabbage new for sauce: 1 tablespoon flour, 4 tablespoons sour cream, 100 ml broth, parsley 1 now.
To make this healthy recipe first cut Cabbage into four and put in boiling water with salt. In a pan without fat cold little flour, then put out a soup and let boil a 5 minute.

Veal with olives
This healthy recipe is recommended to hypertension. Ingredients: 400g veal. 200g green olives, 1 green pepper, 2 tablespoons oil, baking paper. Preparation: wash meat and cut into four slices a thin. Baking paper cut to pieces larger anoint them inside the paper put little oil and meat, and olives and peppers without pit and the peppers cut thin strips. Put the remaining oil and wrapped paper. Packages sit in a larger tray and put in oven. The meat will be in steam and you have a healthy steak!
Paris Salad
Ingredients: 50g pasta,
2 threads of leek,
50 g black olives,
2 tomatoes,
1 tablespoon oil,
1 tablespoon lemon juice,
2 tablespoons thyme,
salt and pepper.
How to make the healthy recipe: Boil pasta in water with salt and drain them . Carriages leeks and tomatoes. Mix all ingredients and spices.

To follow a diet is not a joy, but with dishes cooked by rete smart, you can eat healthy and tasty! Watch your daily intake of carbohydrates and reckons himself as including flour are common. It’s good to know if you suffer from diabetes!
Healthy Recipe
Published on Mar 04 2010, in the categories: healthy meals
Cabbage soup, beans and dill
Ingredients: 2 cups red cabbage, cut 2 potatoes suitable, peeled and sliced, 4 cups vegetable broth or canned broth, 1 onion right, cut, 1 cup of chopped dill, 1 large red, cut pieces, 1 cup white beans, cooked or canned, 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped, sea salt and pepper to taste. Place water in a pot with cabbage, potatoes, broth, onion, dill and tomatoes. Cover and put on fire. Are kept on low heat 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are soft. Add beans. Add sea salt and pepper, to taste, and longer leaves on fire. It is served garnished with fresh parsley.
4 servings are obtained. One serving contains: 158 calories, 7 g protein, 31.7 g carhohidrates, 0.7 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 80 mg sodium (without the salt).
Cauliflower with soy sprouts
A healthy food and easy, you need to readjust after you feast and excesses that have made the family meals, Easter ... As perfect as you are a housewife, we are sure that you know to prepare lots of dishes with cauliflower. But I think that a prescription extra never hurts, especially if they enter into ordinary crisis, like "what to cook today ?"

Ingredients:
1 cauliflower disposed of bouquets,
1 and 1/2 cup of soybean sprouts,
a few lettuce leaves,
1 green onion cut very fine.
On a plateau, leaves of lettuce sits over which bring little bouquets of cauliflower and soybean sprouts. Then we make the sauce. We need: spine and thicker branches of cauliflower very finely grated, 2 tablespoons oil, 2 tablespoons sour cream, 1 clove crushed garlic, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, 1 pinch of cumin, a little sea salt. For related ingredients sauce is prepared with a blender, a cream that should stand in refrigerator an half of hour before being cast over cauliflower and serve. Enjoy this healthy recipe
Fried rice with chicken
If you want a healthy and tasty food, you can try this unique combination, proposed by Cook's masters of China.
Ingredients: 4 cups cooked rice,
250 g cold cooked chicken or roast, cut strips
2 eggs
half of cup whit green peas
1 medium onion, chopped
1 green onion, chopped
soy sauce,
sea salt and pepper to taste

Beat eggs, adding salt to a powder. Cut chicken and onions (including green). Orb oil in a wok, then put half of egg mixture, heating it at medium heat, and return it only once. Carriages as the rest of eggs, omelet then cut into thin strips. Fries and onion for few minutes, then place it separately in a bowl. Proceed the same with green peas. Put oil in wok, reduce the flame and fry the rice. Add soy sauce, salt and pepper, and chicken, green peas tempered and onion, stirring until homogenization. Serve fried rice with egg strips on top. Bon appetite!
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