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Healthy Recipes
from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Look for more recipes to be added in the future such as Carrot Raisin Bread and Wonderful Stuffed Potatoes. If you have a healthy recipe you would like to share with HOOAH 4 Health, please Email it and we will post it to the site. Red Hot Fusilli
Crunchy Pumpkin Pie
Rainbow Fruit Salad
Minestrone Soup
Four-Star Citrus Ambrosia
Minestrone Soup
A cholesterol-free classic Italian vegetable soup brimming with fiber-rich beans, peas, and carrots.
| Amount | Ingredient |
| 1/4 C | olive oil |
| 1 clove | garlic, minced or 1/8 tsp garlic powder |
| 1 1/3 C | coarsely chopped onion |
| 1 1/2 C | coarsely chopped celery and leaves |
| 1 Tbsp | chopped fresh parsley |
| 1 C | sliced carrots, fresh or frozen |
| 4 3/4 C | shredded cabbage |
| 1 can (1 lb) | tomatoes, cut up |
| 1 C | canned red kidney beans, drained and rinsed |
| 1 1/2 C | frozen peas |
| 1 1/2 C | fresh green beans |
| 1 can (6 oz) | tomato paste |
| dash | hot sauce |
| 11 C | water |
| 2 C | uncooked, broken spaghetti |
- Heat oil in a 4-quart saucepan.
- Add garlic, onion, and celery and saute about 5 minutes.
- Add all remaining ingredients except spaghetti, and stir until ingredients are well mixed.
- Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer about 45 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Add uncooked spaghetti and simmer 2-3 minutes only.
| YIELD: | 16 Servings - serving size: 1 cup |
| EACH SERVING PROVIDES: | Calories 153 · Total fats 4 g · Saturated fats less than 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg · Sodium 191 mg |
Four-Star Citrus Ambrosia
This recipe provides four people with one and a half servings of fruit each.
| Amount | Ingredient |
| 1/2 tangerine | grated peel |
| 2 tangerines | peeled, segmented, seeded |
| 1 grapefruit | peeled, sectioned |
| 1 carton (8 oz) | low fat vanilla yogurt |
| 2 oranges | peeled, cut into half cartwheel slices |
| 3 Tbsp | flaked coconut, toasted |
- Stir tangerine peel into yogurt; chill.
- Divide fruit into four dessert dishes; chill.
- To serve, spoon yogurt mixture over fruit.
- Sprinkle each serving with toasted coconut and garnish with fresh mint leaves, if desired.
| YIELD: | 4 Servings |
| EACH SERVING PROVIDES: | Calories 155 · Total fats 2 g · % Calories from Fat 14%
Cholesterol 3 mg · Sodium 47 mg · Fiber 3 g
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Source: Stay Young at Heart Recipes - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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