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• Ideas for Meals
• Black-eyed Peas
  Rice
  Greens
  with Cornbread (not pictured)
• Sydney's Sweet Potato Pies
• Red Beans & Rice served with Cornbread
• Baked Sweet Potatoes
• Skillet Zucchini Combo served with Rice and Cornbread
• Got a great Recipe Pass it on

     

This section will preserve and enhance treasured ethnic recipes passed on through generations. The recipes when appropriate will be adapted to our modern day health conscious society. Individuals will be encouraged to post their recipes, take credit for their creation and have them evaluated by a panel of minority dietitians.

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LOW FAT / CHOLESTEROL SOUL FOOD EATING


NONE OF THESE FACTS ARE NEW!
THE KEY IS EATING A VARIETY OF FOODS
IN MODERATION
REMEMBER, ANYTHING IN EXCESS IS NOT
HEALTHY


CHOOSING MORE VEGETABLES AND FRUITS
CUTTING DOWN ON PROTEIN SOURCES
CUTTING DOWN ON ANIMAL FAT - THAT IS WHERE
THE CHOLESTEROL IS!
AND JUST MAKING CHOICES OF USING A VARIETY OF
SPICES INSTEAD OF SODIUM CHLORIDE (SALT) AND
GARLIC SALT,, SEASONED SALT ETC.
ELIMINATE THE FAT MEAT USED IN SEASONING
GREENS AND BLACK-EYED PEAS
CUT OUT PAN FRIED ITEMS.