Another great tasting recipe..........

MEAT WITH BUTTERMILK CHIVE BISCUITS

Makes 16 filled biscuits
Use leftover spiral-sliced Turkey, Chicken or any favorite ham to fill these little biscuits.

Ingredients
1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1/2 cup whole wheat pastry flour
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 1/2 tablespoons cold butter, cut into small pieces
1/3 cup chopped chives
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon buttermilk
1 tablespoon milk
1/4 pound thinly sliced Turkey, Chicken or ham

Method
Preheat oven to 425°F. Sift flours, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large bowl. Add butter and use your fingertips or a pastry cutter to work butter into flour until no pieces larger than peas remain. Stir in chives and buttermilk, stirring just until mixed.

Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface, gather it into a ball and knead once or twice, just until it holds together. Press down on dough until it is about 1/3-inch thick. Cut little biscuits out with a round 1 1/2-inch cutter. Place biscuits on an ungreased baking sheet. Press scraps together and cut out more biscuits. Brush tops of biscuits with milk and bake until biscuits are golden, 10 to 12 minutes.

While biscuits are still warm, split them and fill with meat.


Nutrition
Per serving (about 1oz/33g-wt.): 90 calories (35 from fat), 3.5g total fat, 2g saturated fat, 10mg cholesterol, 230mg sodium, 10g total carbohydrate (1g dietary fiber, 1g sugar), 3g protein

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For those of you who would like a great tasting dish to serve this month...


Serves 8

An easy alternative to cooking your own corned beef is to buy sliced, precooked corned beef instead. Look for it near the bacon in the cold case or ask for it at the deli counter. If using this substitution, simply omit the onion, cover the potatoes with salted water in a large pot and bring to a boil. Add about 1 1/4 pounds sliced, precooked corned beef and simmer until potatoes are tender; the resulting broth is flavorful enough to pour over the cabbage rolls for baking. Follow the recipe as directed to finish the potato filling, roughly chop the sliced corned beef and you're ready to assemble the rolls. Assemble this dish up to 2 days in advance, if you like.

Ingredients
2 pounds corned beef brisket*
1 onion, quartered
2 pounds Russet potatoes, peeled and quartered
16 large outer leaves from a savoy cabbage
1 large egg, beaten
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided
Mustard, for serving

Note: You may substitute salt with Kosher salt, Sea Salt, or any other salt substitute you normally use.


Method
Combine beef and onion with 8 cups water in a large pot. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer until very tender, 3 to 3 1/2 hours. Remove from pot and set aside. Add potatoes to pot and simmer until soft, 15-20 minutes. Remove and set aside; discard onion. Boil cabbage leaves in liquid, 3 at a time, until soft, about 2 minutes. Set aside. Reserve 2 cups cooking liquid.

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mash potatoes with egg, salt and half the parsley. Chop beef very coarsely. Using a paring knife, cut a triangle at the bottom of each cabbage leaf to remove the thick, stiff part of the stem. Top each leaf with some potatoes and beef, tuck in the sides and roll up. Place seam-side down in a roasting pan. Ladle reserved cooking liquid over rolls, cover pan tightly with foil and bake 45 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon parsley and serve with mustard.

*If corned beef brisket is unavailable, use a plain beef brisket, and season the cooking liquid with 2 tablespoons kosher salt, 2 teaspoons sugar, 2 bay leaves, 1 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds, 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper and 4 allspice berries (or 1/4 teaspoon ground).

Nutrition
Per serving (about 9oz/273g-wt.): 340 calories (160 from fat), 18g total fat, 6g saturated fat, 90mg cholesterol, 1530mg sodium, 23g total carbohydrate (3g dietary fiber, 4g sugar), 20g protein


Note: We've provided special diet and nutritional information for educational purposes. Continue to consult your Physician if you have a special diet that you must follow.

A GREAT SOLUTION.......

One problem that many people may face is allowing themselves to get too hungry in between meals. when this happen we have a tendency to overeat. Nor is it wise to shop during times when we're hungry because we could then end up purchasing more foods that appeal to our senses than foods that are more nutritionally dense. Say for instance you're shopping and haven't eaten since morning, passing by the Deli counter that has ready to eat hot fried chicken and fries, plus many other foods that you can immediately chow down on until you get home would be a serious temptation! You would probably want to grab something to hold you until dinner time.

The best way to prevent this from happening would be to make sure that you eat snacks in between your meals. As long as the snacks chosen are rich in nutrients and eaten in moderation you can't go wrong. It's a good idea to try and keep snacks such as energy bars or dried fruit and nuts available to grab until your next meal. Even some good whole grain cereal makes a good snack to munch on. It could be a powerful energy packing banana, or another good piece of fruit to hold you in between meals.

THIRD KEY........

MODERATION- Health experts agree that Moderation is a main Key to leading a healthy lifestyle. You see, even if we consume good nutritionally dense foods and still eat them in Excess, not paying attention to how much is being consumed, we could become overweight and frustrated in our efforts to being Healthy. Moderation also includes Balancing our food choices, For example, if we have a big greasy sausage sandwich for Breakfast along with some hash browns, at Lunch time we could choose to have a low-fat type of sandwich (Turkey, chicken salad) and a Green salad to compensate for the big breakfast. So rather then thinking about foods in terms of being Good or bad, let's think "Moderation."

Please remember that following these three Keys will set you on the path to Good Health and making wiser selections in your food intake. This will lead to a overall sense of well-being and optimal Health. To your Good Health today and Tomorrow!

Second Key...........

WHOLESOMENESS - Choose either Whole or barely Process Foods as much as you can. For example choose to eat a fresh Apple over choosing pasteurized apple juice (Not unless you have a good Juicing machine, that is a great way to have fresh Apple juice!) Choose Whole Wheat bread over white bread due to the fact that whole wheat contains plenty of Nutrition and White bread has been Bleached and have additives plus hardly any nutritional value.

3 Keys To Eating Healthy ......

There are three Basic Keys to remember when choosing Foods for Healthy Eating. When following these Important keys we can Fuel our Body Appropriately, having the mental clarity to make wise choices, and the physical energy to support our daily activities. The first of these Three Keys are:

VARIETY- The More different types of Healthy foods we choose to eat, the More Different types of nutrition we will consume. For Example if you consume a Orange which is a excellent source of vitamin C and carbohydrate, and eaten alone that's great, however when eaten together, say after you consume a iron and protein rich roast beef sandwich, could be more powerful and health-protective then eaten alone, this is called Synergy. so eating a variety during meals is very beneficial. We have a tendency to eat the same types of foods, day after day week after week. Try switching up and consuming a wide variety and the more colorful the better, like Colorful Fruits and veggies, eating Fish, chicken and turkey a few times per week, instead of eating the same kids of meats etc.

(Second Key coming soon.......)

The beginning of your journey...........

Many People today are feeling overwhelmed setting goals to live and eat healthy, simply because they don't have a Plan, and if they do have a Plan they may not stick to that plan long enough to see the results desired. When setting any kind of Goal for yourself in life, whether it be Fitness, Nutrition, work, Business, Personal or family life, we have to keep in mind that "The Journey of a thousand miles begin with the very first step!" I would like to begin our "Wellness" journey on the subject of making the right choices in our eating habits.

Eating Healthy is not only just a choice, it is a Lifestyle,.......... one that can allow you to lead an overall sense of Well-being, or "Optimal Wellness." Wellness- is the Integration of all the components of Health and fitness (mental, social-emotional, spiritual, and physical). Wellness not only effects one sense of well-being, but it also effects one's ability to effectively function and cope in Life. So as we can see that the dietary choices we make is connected to every facet of life.

I would Like to share with you that although there are so many new products and procedures for feeling good, and losing , or trying to maintain one's idea weight, the only thing that will ever work "Long-term" is eating well balanced meals for a Healthy lifestyle! Plus we do have to engage in some type of physical activity, whether walking, doing yard work, playing sports, or some other kind of organized activity like aerobics, lifting weights etc.

There are three Basic Keys to remember when choosing Foods for Healthy Eating. When following these Important keys we can Fuel our Body Appropriately, having the mental clarity to make wise choices, and the physical energy to support our daily activities. The Three Keys are: (Coming soon..........Stay tuned!)