Tag: heart healthy
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Pork Possibilities
When prepared properly, pork tenderloin can be a low-fat alternative to fish, chicken and turkey. These tender, lean cuts of meat cook up in a snap and can be stuffed, grilled, roasted or sliced into medallions and sautéed. On busy nights, it’s easy to marinate a pork tenderloin, pop it in the oven, and prepare…
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Chocolate Indulgences
What’s Valentine’s Day without chocolate? For most of us, chocolate is as much a part of the holiday as lacy red hearts. Fortunately, studies suggest cocoa may have heart-healthy benefits. In fact, recent research suggests eating chocolate once a week may reduce the risk of stroke, although additional investigation is necessary. But this news doesn’t…
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Smart Stand-Ins
As we trimmed our meat consumption over the last several years, we discovered the versatility of meat substitutes—soy burgers that we can grill, crumbles that replace ground beef, sausage patties for breakfast and others. I often prepare stuffed portobello mushrooms, a recipe from Cooking Light. With this recipe, a mixture of crumbles, tomatoes, reduced-fat cream…
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Entering the Process
If you think about heart-healthy cooking, images of fresh fruits and vegetables most likely come to mind. Although these foods are essential, there’s an extra dimension to healthy cooking: entering the process. On busy nights, I quickly toss together ingredients just to get dinner on the table at a reasonable time. But some evenings I…
La Dolce Vita: Our Heart-Healthy Culinary Journey 