Meal Planning #14. Heart Healthy: Good Food Can Taste Good

Meal Planning #14 is dedicated to the heart. Now don't shy away from this post because you think you will not find delicious, yummy, recipes like this one (Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge.) Oh, you will. Watch out for 11 sinful to savory treat/snack recipes, including another 30+ recipes which will make your heart happy.

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Healthy Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge

You must continue. This lineup is all about showing your loved one(s), secret someone, or newly found hearty thumbing loved one, how and why you feel the way you do about them. Why not show them by making their HEART happy and healthy as well? 


Find ingredients/foods which are good for the heart. Blueberries, oats, fish and greens some of the foods you will find below. Feel great by creating a special meal filled with nutrient rich, irresistible recipes. Pair it with 7 Helpful Links (at bottom, below recipes.)


Meal #1

Just Cook Already

Spinach Lasagna Roll-Ups

Gluten Free Goddess

Kale Salad with Quinoa, Tangerines and Roasted Almonds

Meal #2

Lake Lure Cottage Kitchen

Crock Pot Teriyaki Chicken

My Dish

Veggie Crumble Pie

Meal #3

Bev Cooks

Spicy Chicken and Spinach Enchiladas

Delightful Repast

Broccoli Salad

Meal #4

Beantown Baker

Blueberry Salsa over Grilled Mahi Mahi

Vegalicious Recipes

Parsnip Risotto with Beef and Walnuts

Meal #5

Cooking in Sens

Salmon with Saffron Sauce with Fettuccine

Simple Recipes

Sauteed Zucchini with Gruyere

Worth Trying


Breakfast {4}

Because Im Addicted

Blueberry Honey Cinnamon Goat Cheese Crostini

A la Mode Journals

Strawberry Banana Oatmeal Brulee

Skinny Taste

Baked Oatmeal with Blueberries and Bananas

The Weigands

Breakfast Quinoa Recipe

Lunch {5}

Little Wonders' Days

Heart Healthy, Heart Shaped Fruit Salad

Eating Well

Lemony Carrot Salad

How To-Simplify

Garden Couscous

Everythingfab.com

Hummus and Avocado Toasts with Roasted Tomatoes

Kelly's Face Smells

Raw Collard Spring Rolls

Dinner {2}

Kelly's Face Smells

Raw Kelp Noodle Stir Fry with Spicy Almond Ginger Sauce

Eating Well

Green Pizza

Snacks/Treats {11}

Chocolate Covered Kate

Healthy Sugar Cookies

Post Punk Kitchen

Cashew Queso

Kelly's Face Smells

Berry Tart with Raw Chocolate Sauce

Cafe Johnsonia

Chocolate Cinnamon Heart Cookies

Happy Healthy Mama

High Protein Energy Balls

Recipe Girl

Honey Sweetened Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Hidden Ponies

Chocolate Pomegranate Oatmeal Cookies

Anja's Food 4 Thought

Quinoa Granola Bars

One Green Planet

Valentine Red Quinoa Loaf

Bake at 350

Rosemary Cheyenne Sweet Potato Fries

Including Cake

Valentine Coconut Ice

Drinks {5}

Savour Your Senses

Detox Blueberry Fruit Smoothie

Como Water

Acia Banana Coconut Smoothie

The Grecian Garden

Triple Berry Smoothie

The Gracious Pantry

Clean Eating Chocolate Milkshake

Whole Living Daily

Filling Green Smoothie Breakfast

Helpful Links


1. Bleubird.com: Bird Food
2. The Urban Baker:Recipe: Raspberry Vinager
3. The V Spot: How to Store Fresh Produce
4.Smitty Baby: Spinach Pops
5.The Family Handman: DIY repair when dishwasher is not cleaning
6.The Hungry Mouse: Never Ending Vanilla Extract
7. Organic Wine Finds: 10 Best Organic Wines without Sulfites

How is your heart feeling? Alive and well? Joyful and content? Did you find something you are going to make tonight or share with a friend?

Your heart will thank you for taking great care of it. Give it what it needs everyday. For example:

• Take time out and quiet your mind, which in turn creates a sense of well-being for your heart and body.
• Get out there with your family or friends and get some exercise. 
• Do something you have wanted or might never have tried. 
• Eat well, provide your body with nutrient dense foods.
• Smile at strangers.  

Happy Valentine's Day. Which some say is just another Hallmark Day but to me it is much more. My heart knows what I am talking about.

Share this with someone who means a lot to your heart. See you next week.

Love you!
Linda Jacobson
The Helpful Sister

Meal Planning #12: Super Bowl Special: Food to feed your team.

The Super Bowl is coming up in a week. So this edition of Meal Planning (over 50 recipes), I have put together a huge assortment of Super Bowl snack/appetizers, along side the standard meal lineup. I also have quick breakfasts covered, kids snacks (chocolate pudding), a delicious wine option and lots of other delicious items. 


This week you can make the men in your life say "is there any more?," while tempting your taste buds.


I have kicked it up a notch, well for me anyways. I do not like much heat in my cooking. But this week there are some recipes which could heat things up (Cucumber Jalapeno Margarita and Jalapeno Rosemary Fritters). Know someone who loves to eat Pop Tarts, well then shoot this to them because they can now make their own, and with whole wheat flour or Gluten Free. 


What about the kids or kids at heart, in your life? They might not enjoy veggies right now, so make Fruit Tacos. Don't fret about breakfast, there are 20 + recipes to feed your brain and body. Lots more to choose from, including six Helpful Links.


Helpful Links this week are (below photos and recipes): 
1. 15 Fantastic Super Bowl Dips
2. Ideas for when you are so hungry you could eat a plate 
3. 7 recipes when you want some peanut butter
4.  Meal planning for a family on $250 a month
5. Learning all about green drinks
6. A month of stir fry recipes


PS. In some of these recipes it calls for cream cheese, milk, sour cream. A great alternative is Greek yogurt. To thin it out, you can add almond or coconut milk or use those in place of milk. If it calls for sugar you can try these alternatives from the Gluten Free Goddess Gluten Free Baking Substitutions & Gluten Free Baking Without Sugar.


Meal #1

Simple Bites

Coconut Ginger Chicken Vegetables (slow-cooker-challenge)

Meal #2

The Healthy Diaries

Veggie Lasagna Roll ups

The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen

Raw Kale Avocado Salad

Meal #3

Sprouted Kitchen

Black Bean + Butternut Squash Soup

Meal #4

SkinnyTaste.com

Coconut Chicken Salad with Warm Honey

Meal #5

The Kitchn

Asparagus Bean Salad over Arugula

Rawmazing

Spicy Veggie Raw Food "Stir Fry"

Worth Trying


Snacks/Appetizers {14}

Super Healthy Kids

Fruit Tacos, When They Don't Like Salad

The Little Epicurean

Homemade Samoa Cookies

Coupon Clipping Cook

Baked Herb and Parmesan Potato Slices

Redefined Creativity

Herded Cream Cheese

The Curvy Carrot

Vegetable and Quinoa Bites

Martha Stewart

Creamy Deviled Eggs

From My Lemony Kitchen

Apple, Salmon and Capers

Mel's Kitchen Cafe

Sweet Berry Bruschetta

Six in the Suburbs

Bite Size Pizza Puffs

Women's Health

Nachos with Chicken and Black Beans 

Can use Greek Yogurt instead of Light Sour Cream

The Indolent Cook

Jalapeno Rosemary Potato Fritters

CHOW

Caramelized Union Dip

Hungry Foodies Pharmacy

Roasted Sweet Potato Cube with Cilantro Jalapeno Aiolo Dip

I Eat Trees

Raw Vegan Magic Truffles

Drinks {4}

Gastro Chic

Cucumber Jalapeno Margarita

Sing for Your Supper

Greener or Brownish Monster Smoothie

Healthy Blender Recipes

Vegan Chocolate Spinach Shake

Cupcake Vineyards

Red Velvet Wine

Lunch {4}

Skinnytaste.com

Roast Beef, Arugula, Shaved Parmesan 

on a Baguette 

Closet Cooking

Spinach and Feta Quesadillas

Oh She Glows

Vegetable and Edamame Pasta with Basil Cream Sauce

Keep it Skinny

Avocado, Tomato, Sprouts and Pepperjack with Chive Spread

Breakfast {24}

101 Cookbooks

Herbed Cream Cheese Scrambled Eggs

My Baking Addiction

Zucchini Cookies/Muffins

Our Best Bites

20 Quick and Healthy Breakfast Recipes

Martha Stewart

Quinoa Cakes

Deliciously Organic

Pop Tart Two Ways (Gluten Free or Whole Wheat)

Misc {5}

The Family Kitchen

Vegan Walnut Pesto Sauce

The Coconut Mama

Deceptively Delicious Chocolate Pudding

100 Days of Real Food Challenge

Overnight Homemade Chicken Broth

Annies Eats

Homemade Veggie Broth

Whole Foods

Gluten Free Pie Crust

Helpful Links

1. Dips for your Super Bowl party? This should give you some ideas.
Our Best Bites
15 Fantastic Dips for Super Bowl Sunday

2. When you are so hungry your finger looks good.
Helpful Pursuit
 Oh-my-gosh-if-I-don’t-eat-right-now-I’m-going-to-die-Snacks

3. Peanut Butter 7 Different Ways
Chocolate Covered Katie
7 Uses for Peanut Butter

4. Finding a budget for your family. Found out what you can put on your meal plan with this example.
Keeper of the Home
What I Would Feed My Family on $250 a Month

5. Learning all about green drinks. This is for the whole family too!
The Diva Dish
All About Green Drinks 101

6. Get Stir Fry recipes for every day of the month.
The Tip Nut
Stir Fry Recipes


I got meat, raw meals, gluten free, Vegan, kid friendly, finger food, hearty soups and everything in between. Did anything sound good? Maybe caught your eye, that you might not of ever tried?


This was fun to do. I so enjoy finding recipes for me and you too. Catch you next week. I hope you enjoy the game, commercials or the company for the Super Bowl. 


Take care!


Linda Jacobson
The Helpful Sister