Happy to be in the studio after 4 weeks of recovering from open heart surgery for a “valve job” Good Life Guy is back!
How appropriate to feature “Don’t Break Your Heart Cookbook” by Shara Aaron MS, RD and Monica Bearden RD.
Learn how to select, cook and flavor your food for heart healthy, delicious meals the whole family will enjoy.
Shara Aaron, MS, RD, and Monica Bearden, RD have shared their passion and expertise in nutrition, flavorful food, and cardiovascular health to create a book of 125 unique and delicious recipes compiled from a variety of sources, including chefs with a background in nutrition, that not only tantalize taste buds, but also address the needs of a heart healthy diet.Nutrient rich ingredients full of flavor were the criteria for recipe selection. Saturated fat and sodium is limited, but what makes this book unique is that the recipes will make use of the growing body of research showing that prevention and wellness can be achieved with the use of heart healthy fats, fiber, certain vitamins and minerals, and phytochemicals.
Each chapter focuses on an ingredient or collection of ingredients and their evidence for heart health and wellness. Nutrition facts for each recipe are included, along with sidebars and tidbits of information on the ingredients regarding their healthfulness as well as tips for buying and cooking these ingredients in general.
At the back of the book will be pantry makeover suggestions and 10 days of menus using the recipes to help the reader follow an overall heart healthy diet and manage their weight.
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In the second half I’ll be talking to David Biggar, president of Vintage Point – Partners in Wine. You can check out their extensive list of great products at www.vintagepoint.com The wine of the week is from one of them…Educated Guess Napa Cab. I recently had the chance to taste this beauty and was impressed and I think you will be too.
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2012 Roots Run Deep – Educated Guess Napa Valley Cabernet
2012 Roots Run Deep – Educated Guess Napa Valley Cabernet
Roots Run Deep Cabernet Sauvignon is rich, ripe, and focused with juicy blackberry and cherry fruit, milk chocolate, and dusty notes all tied together with a creamy french vanilla middle and a finish that in a word is…lingering. Educated Guess fills all the requirements that a serious cabernet lover is looking for while remaining fun, approachable, and food friendly.XXXXXXXXXXXXX
This may be one of the best value, high quality Cabs on the shelf! Enjoyed this beauty this weekend with friends and was blown away.
Big, rich and round with super aromas followed by a big fruit creamy mouthful of flavor that keeps on giving through the long finish.
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