A healthy diet and
lifestyle are the best weapons you have to fight cardiovascular disease. Add
more vegetables and fruits to your diet to meet the minimum recommendation of
five to nine daily servings. Here are my easy suggestions for accomplishing
this:
● Keep raw and prepared vegetables in the refrigerator for snacks
● Add vegetables to soups, stews, casseroles, pizza’s, and sandwiches
● Substitute spinach or another dark green leafy vegetable such as watercress or arugula for iceberg lettuce in salads
● Eat baked sweet potatoes instead of baked white potatoes
● Eat fruit as a snack
● Drink 100 percent fruit or vegetable juice instead of cocktails or soda
● Grate a carrot or pepper and add it to spaghetti sauce and beans
Featured Recipe
Dr. Ro’s N’Awlins Butter Beans with Chicken
Andouille Sausage
1 16-ounce can large butter beans
1 10-ounce can whole tomatoes
4 carrots, shredded
1 small onion, peeled and cubed
½ cup chopped fresh thyme
1 tablespoon crushed garlic
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
3 chicken andouille sausage links, sliced on an angle
Directions: In a medium stockpot, bring the beans,
tomatoes, carrots, onions, thyme, garlic, salt and pepper, and sausage to a
boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, or until the beans are tender
and the sausage has shrunk to small disks. Serve hot with Dr. Ro´s Corny Bread.
Serves 4 to 6. Nutritional Analysis: Calories: 175; Protein: 12 grams; Carbohydrate:
27.9 grams; Fat: 5.3 grams; Saturated Fat: 0.9 grams; Vitamin A: 17,390 IU;
Vitamin C: 17 milligrams; Dietary Fiber: 7.5 grams. Recommended Coca-Cola Products: Minute Maid Light Cherry Limeade and
Minute Maid Light Raspberry Passion
