Monday, July 31, 2017

I Heart You



The American Heart Association loves you, and wants you to love your heart.  It isn't easy being healthy.  I'm working on it.  Perpetually working on it.  It's something I work on every other day.   Seriously, most of us want to live longer, healthier, fuller lives, but we don't want to sacrifice flavor. We want to eat real food.  We don't want to drink protein shakes every day.  This updated 9th edition of The New American Heart Association Cookbook is for you.

There's over 100 revised recipes with easy cheats like egg substitutes in your (avgolemono) Greek egg and lemon soup.  Cooking spray instead of tablespoons of oil.  Spice rubs to reduce salt, butter and fat.

The American Heart Association has taken the guess work out of our calorie count, sodium intakes, fiber, cholesterol.  A lot of us "estimate" these figures and figure well, if it's kale or resembles kale, I'm safe, it's healthy.  But when someone near and dear is sick, and under strict doctor's orders, keeping track of all these facts and figures can be a matter of life and death.

I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for this honest review, but know a lot of people who would benefit from these recipes.  I only wish there were more photos as we eat with our eyes, and photographs would only enhance our desire to cook and eat more mindfully.

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