Heart Healing Recipes with heart healthy foods to get rid of constipation, lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol level, improve circulation.

Heart Healing Recipes with Heart Healthy Foods

Written by Irina Wardas on May 9th, 2009

Enjoy these Heart Healing Recipes with heart healthy foods to get rid of constipation, lower blood pressure, reduce cholesterol level, improve circulation, reduce inflammation, and risk of heart attack.

Spinach and Cantaloupe Salad

All ingredients (yogurt, turmeric, spinach, tomato, garlic cantaloupe, parsley, raisins) are all rich in heart healthy foods rich in omega-3, potassium an dfiber Potassium to help body get rid of excess of sodium.

Ingredients:

1 cup baby spinach

1 cup cantaloupe sliced in cubes

1 tomato sliced

1 clove garlic minced (reduce inflammation)

1/2 cup parsley chopped

½ cup pine nuts

½ cup raisins

Dressing:

My Super Healthy Turmeric Dressing

Directions:

Mix all ingredients, and serve.

Green Beans with Apples and Portobello Mushrooms

All ingredients (mushrooms, apples, green beans, walnuts, broccoli) are rich in fiber to get rid of constipation, lower blood pressure and prevent heart attack.

Ingredients:

2 medium Portobello mushrooms sliced

1 medium onion sliced

1 cup green beans cooked

1/3 cup walnuts chopped (reduce inflammation)

1 medium apple chopped

1 cup broccoli boiled

3 tbsp olive oil (reduce inflammation)

1 tbsp chopped ginger (to improve circulation)

Directions:

Saute onion with mushrooms in olive oil for 5 minutes, add cooked broccoli and beans, and saute for 3 minutes more. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and serve immediately.

Black Beans and Avocado Salad

Avocado, olive oil, pistachios, walnuts almonds, black beans, onions help lower blood pressure and cholesterol level.

Ingredients:

3 tbsp olive oil

1 cup cooked black beans

2 carrots sliced

1 onion sliced

½ avocado sliced

1/3 cup pistachios/walnuts/almonds (your choice)

cleansing herb of your choice

cleansing spice –dash of cayenne pepper (to improve circulation)

salt to taste

Directions:

Saute onions with carrots in olive oil for 10 minutes, add black beans and saute for about 2 minutes more. In a big bowl combine all ingredients and serve (warm or cold).

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