by kelsey | Oct 6, 2011 | Cooking Tips, Food
Following a healthy and balanced diet isn’t always easy. Sometimes the healthy foods cost a bit more and it may require a little more work compared to driving thru the fast food drive thru or putting a frozen pizza in the oven. One of my favorite meals that’s very healthy and well balanced is stir fry. It’s a great way to get a lot of good veggies, lean protein, and some whole grains. In addition, if you cook your veggies and meat with olive oil or canola oil on the stove, you’re getting additional healthy fats and omega 3 fatty acids. When I make this meal, like I did last night, I usually try to make a little extra as it’s great for left overs. I use the frozen stir fry veggies, lean skinless, boneless chicken breast, and whole grain rice (cooked in a rice cooker). These are my preferences, however you could make your own mixture according to your taste preferences, which is another great thing about stir fry! In addition to the balanced meal, this doesn’t take long to make at all so it’s a great option for when you’re in a hurry or don’t want to take a lot of time to prepare a meal. Now I must mention that my all time favorite meal is roast beef and mashed potatoes….but I’ll save that one for another day!
-Kelsey
by kelsey | Oct 5, 2011 | Cooking Tips, Food
Last night at our STRIVE 2 Survive lecture, County Fair Foods supplied a delicious fruit pizza. Since it tasted so good, even with the recipe substitutions, I wanted to share the recipe with you. The blueberries and strawberries on top were extra tasty!
Ingredients:
1 C. all purpose flour
¼ c. confectioners sugar or sugar substitute
½ c. cold butter (Smart Balance)
8 oz pkg reduced fat cream cheese
1/3 c. sugar or sugar substitute
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 c. fresh strawberries halved
11 oz can mandarin oranges, drained
1 c. fresh blueberries
Glaze:
5 tsp cornstarch
1 & ¼ c. unsweetened pineapple juice
1 tsp lemon juice
In a large bowl, combine flour and confectioners sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Press onto an ungreased 12” pizza pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until very lightly browned. Cool on a rack.
In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Spread over the crust. Arrange the strawberries, oranges, and blueberries on top.
Glaze: in a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch, pineapple juice, and lemon juice until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool slightly. Drizzle over fruit. Refrigerate until chilled.
Enjoy!
-Kelsey
by kelsey | Oct 4, 2011 | Etc.
Yesterday, Brown Clinic participated in the Watertown Multi District’s Career Fair at the Watertown Senior High School. We shared our knowledge about our health care careers with students and gave them the opportunity to learn more by playing medical jepeordy. Stef Carlson above was the master-mind behind the interactive game that really helped students learn more about medical careers. Our booth won first place for most interactive and we were thrilled to have that honor! Below is a picture of our group. We represented several career fields including radiology, lab, nursing, health care administration, HR, and dietetics.
-Kelsey
by Dan | Oct 3, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
The weather this weekend was amazing! It was great spending time outside. It looks like the bulk of this week is going to be much of the same. Don’t waste it! Get out and enjoy it! The leaves changing color make it very pretty to watch. It was a great weekend to go biking. I had gone out earlier, and then later Sarah and Megan went out for a ride.
Here they are coming home. Of course, Megan is shielding her eyes from the camera, not the sun. The two of them have been doing quite a few rides together these last few weeks. It was great motivation to get Megan out doing something other than swimming. This is also where it is good to have a training partner, friend, daughter, mother, son, spouse, pet, whatever the case may be, to help get you motivated to get out and exercise. Keep each other going. Enjoy the coming week.
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1467
by Dan | Oct 2, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
It was a very busy week, both at home and at work. It was homecoming week for the Watertown Arrows, with lots of activities for the kids, and for the parents, to be busy. We also had a cross country meet, the homecoming parade, the girls were in the powder puff football game, the actuall football game friday night, and then Molly and Nick had a band competition in SF yesterday. We all were staying very active this week. With the weather these last few weekends, it has been great to get outside and enjoy it. Keep going, and spend time outside as long as we can.
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1466
