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How clever of this Healthier Recipe Mom, Shonda – she used the new Veggie Stix with their retained nutrients from seven vegetables (broccoli, spinach, carrots, tomatoes, beets, potatoes, shitake mushrooms) to create this kid friendly nutrient power- packed recipe.  CLICK HERE.  If you question whether kids will like them… here’s your answer!

Yes, they ate the broccoli, tomatoes and carrots, too! Their mom put each cake into a roll for eye and texture appeal.  It worked!  Try it and let us know if your kids loved these salmon cakes as much as these kids did.

… for the health of families,
ellen

Easy and super tasty! All you add is a little milk of choice, butter and Parmesan cheese to this Alfredo Sauce Mix (Simply Organic).  Stir and done.  Their added flavorings make this the ideal sauce to quickly spruce up a dinner.  Make Alfredo pasta, beans, broccoli, peas, carrots, eggplant, potatoes, chicken, turkey, fish, even pizza.  When you get home from a busy day, grab your basics and add this sauce mix, cook and serve.  You’ll even impress yourself!

…  for the health of families,
ellen

Will I be calling you next week to say, “You Won a case of Chocolate Energy Bites (Greens+)!”  These are nutrient packed superfoods disguised so well with their chocolate coating that kids think they’re treats.  Enter to win, www.KidKritics.com/sweepstakes today.  Enter more than once to up your odds!

This lovely fragrant evergreen herb will feed your brain, blood, bones, hair, heart, lungs, and nerves. Are you surprised?  It is potent in flavor as well.  Combine it with lamb, potato, eggs, fish, pasta, chicken, turkey and tomato based recipes.  Be sure to use some when you roast your Thanksgiving turkey. Use rosemary in marinades.  Put some in your bottle of vinegar.  Every little bit adds to your cuisine and health.  Rosemary also is energizing, is an anti-inflammatory and aids digestion.  Dried or fresh, keep some in your kitchen.

… for the health of your family,
ellen

Salmon on the Grill!

Tips on Buying Safe Fish from expert Kimberly Stewart, author of Eating Between the Lines:

1.  SALMON: Fresh – wild Pacific on delivery day. Frozen – wild Pacific, up to $3.00 a pound cheaper. Farmed – none (Atlantic salmon is farmed).
Canned – all wild from Alaska.
2. TUNA: Canned -  Tongol or light (rest have mercury issues)
3. SHRIMP: Frozen – US only – look for Marine Stewardship Council seal
4. FARMED: US only – talapia, cat fish, trout
5. FRESH: only on day delivered to store

Keep your eyes out for the Marine Stewardship Council seal as it means it was raised with sustainable practices – no bad stuff.  Fish provides invaluable Omega 3s and other nutrients we all need to eat.  Listen to this show for more tips,  including kid-friendly recipes! (www.iTunes.com, podcast, “Better Food Choices”) – worth your time!

… for the health of families,
ellen

Two more days to enter to Win a Case of Oat Cranberry Almond Whenever Bars, Gluten Free, by Pamela’s.  Yum!  Go to www.KidKritics.com/sweepstakes - enter more than once to up your odds!

Fish is the subject of Friday’s radio/podcast show.  Food Expert and author, Kimberly Stewart will tell you how to buy safe fish and make it so delicious to eat, your family will be asking for more! Are you thinking, not in my house… think again.  Tune in on 10/7 at Noon eastern time, www.BetterFoodChoicesRadio.com.  Or, listen later on iTunes, podcast “Better Food Choices.” You will be so glad you did!

… for the health of families,
ellen