Protect Your Health with Heart Healthy Recipes

Do you realize the healing potential in Heart Healthy Recipes? Lets not forget that heart disease is the number one cause of death in the United States today. According to the latest statistics, men who get a heart attack under the age of 65 is likely to die within eight years. That is, unless we do something to change our dietary habits. We have become so used to our donuts and coffee for breakfast and hot dogs and French fries for lunch, that we don’t realize that to protect our hearts we must change our dietary intake as well as our lifestyle.

Here are some of my favorite Heart Healthy Recipes:

Dr. Miller's Fennel Roast Chicken Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, lightly crushed
• 3/4 cup pitted and smashed brined green olives
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
• 2 teaspoons orange zest
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 bone-in, skin-on chicken breast halves (about 10 ounces)

Directions

Preheat oven to 450 degrees and set the rack in the center.

1. Place fennel seeds in a small frying pan and toast over medium heat until fragrant. Place seeds in a small bowl and combine with olives, juice, zest, and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and set aside to marinate, at least 15 minutes.
2. Heat a large ovenproof 12-inch frying pan over medium heat. Rub chicken with remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Add chicken to the pan, skin side down, and cook until golden brown, about 3 minutes. Flip chicken over with tongs and put it in the oven to finish cooking. (If you're not using an ovenproof frying pan, transfer the chicken to a baking dish first). Roast chicken for about 15 minutes, or until the internal temperature registers 160 to 165 degrees on a meat thermometer.
3. Take the chicken out and let it rest for 5 minutes so that the juices settle. Transfer to a serving plate and top with reserved olive mixture. Serve.

Grilled Pomfret Ingredients:

• Fish (Pomfret or any fish to your liking) – 100 gms
• Vinegar – One third of a cup
• Turmeric – 1 teaspoon
• Red chilly powder – 1 teaspoon
• Coriander seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Oil – 1 teaspoon or Banana leaf
• Ginger and Garlic paste – 1 teaspoon
• Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Mint leaves
• Sea Salt and Pepper to taste

Directions:

1. Blend all ingredients except fish to make fine paste
2. Put fish pieces in this paste and keep in refrigerator for four hours
3. Pre-heat oven at maximum temperature
4. Place fish pieces on tray and broil for 8 to 10 minutes using oil or on banana leaf
5. Turn over the fishes and broil for another 8 to 10 minutes
6. Grilled pomfret is ready! Serve with mint

Breakfast – Healthy Oat Pancakes Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Make paste of ginger and green chilly
2. Mix all ingredients in a bowl, add salt to taste and water to make thick
batter
3. Spread the prepared batter on a preheated non stick griddle. Quantity and spread should be as per desired thickness (generally 4 mm) and size of pancake
4. Cook both sides and use oil in between until it turns golden brown
5. Pan cake is ready. Use the remaining batter to make other pan cakes in similar fashion. Serve with sauce or honey

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