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Healthy Living Recipes

Summer is the time for an abundance of delicious and healthy fruits and vegetables, applesand nothing could be better for you! High in anti-oxidants while low in calories, fruits and vegetables are about the best choice anyone could make. You remember how to make apples into just about anything? Use cinnamon, allspice, go lightly on the brown sugar, raisins, prunes and chopped walnuts in about any combination for great and fast desserts! And we have a scrumptuous recipe here for blueberries!

Blueberry Cobbler

Summer fruits are very special as desserts, either by themselves or cooked in a cobbler.
1 1/2 cups fresh blueberries
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon sugar
1/4 cup flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 tablespoon margarine
1 large egg white, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon 2 percent milk

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place blueberries in a medium saucepan. Combine cornstarch and 1 tablespoon sugar. Stir into blueberries and heat slowly over low heat for 5 minutes or until thick. Pour fruit into a 1-quart baking dish. Blend together flour, 1 tablespoon of sugar and baking powder. Cut in margarine with a fork until mixture looks like very small pebbles. Stir together egg white and milk and add to flour mixture, stirring until a soft, slightly lumpy dough is formed. Drop spoonfuls of dough over the blueberries. Bake for 20 minutes or until dough is lightly browned and crusty when tapped. Cool for 10 minutes; be careful, the fruit gets very hot.
Yield: 2 servings

Per Serving:
Calories 207 Protein 4 g
Carbohydrate 34 g Fat 6 g
Cholesterol 5 mg Sodium 199 mg
Potassium 58 mg Fiber 0.5 g

Diabetic Exchanges -- 1/2 fruit, 1 1/2 bread, 1 fat
Diets -- Appropriate for the following diets: healthy family, heart healthy, diabetes, renal, vegetarian
Menu Ideas -- Best served warm. Also good with ice cream, frozen yogurt or a dollop of whip cream.

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Bow Tie Pasta Salad

This easy to prepare dish will be an instant hit! It is a great way to increase your intake of cancer-fighting vegetables.
2 cups dry bow tie pasta, cooked and drained
1 1/2 cups fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 small cucumber, sliced
1 can (14 oz) artichoke hearts, drained and quartered
1/4 cup chopped scallions
2/3 cup fat free Italian vinaigrette
3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese

In a large bowl combine pasta and vegetables. Cover with vinaigrette and marinate in refrigerator for 1-2 hours. Drain salad. Sprinkle with cheese and toss lightly.
Yield -- 6 servings

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Per serving:
Calories 138 Fat 1 g
Cholesterol 2 mg Sodium 46 mg

heart healthy turkey Diets -- Appropriate for the following diets: healthy family, heart healthy, vegetarian, diabetes
Menu Ideas -- Serve on a bed of mixed greens for a light meal in itself or as a side dish for grilled turkey burgers or barbecued chicken.

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