Dance Your Health Out

January 16, 2012 · Posted in Healthy Food Choices · Comment 

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Dance Your Health Out
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Image by Christiana Care
Christiana Care hosted women from across New Castle County, Del., for an evening designed to inspire attendees to improve their health through exercise and smart nutrition choices.

Combining dance, fun and education, the first ever Dance Your Health Out event, held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, provided free Zumba instruction, healthy food preparation demonstrations and health screenings to more than 200 women.

Attendees took part in a 50-minute Zumba workout led by instructor Davi Mozie that had them dancing, clapping and moving to the music. Zumba combines Latin and international rhythms with a fun, aerobics-style workout. The group included women of all ages—from teenagers to a woman in her 90s—with varying movement abilities, including “newbies” and skilled dancers.

Christiana Care employee Cindy Noble was one of the more experienced dancers in attendance, having lost 47 pounds in the past year thanks to Zumba and an improved diet. She was impressed by the number of first-time dancers at Dance Your Health Out.

“Every time I would turn around just to see what was going on in the room, I was amazed at the volume of people who were there dancing and into it,” Noble said. “People kept coming onto the floor, and they weren’t intimidated.”

“I think the group was exceptionally energetic,” commented Mozie. “When we got started I really didn’t think they would be able to last. We ended up going 10 minutes longer than we had planned because the group just didn’t want to stop. It was great.”

Others took advantage of the free health screenings available throughout the evening. Staff from Christiana Care’s Imaging Services and Center for Heart & Vascular Health assessed attendees’ risk for bone and heart disease, while members of Christiana Care’s Department of Family & Community Medicine calculated body-mass index and provided body-fat analyses.

Following Zumba, Jenn Barr, with Christiana Care’s Center for Community Health, conducted a healthy-cooking demonstration. Attendees sampled low-calorie dinner options provided by caterer Food for Thought and learned about the importance of nutrition in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

A post-event survey of attendees offered insight about the effectiveness of the inaugural event. More than 97 percent of respondents said they were motivated to eat healthier and increase their physical activity.

The event was a collaboration of several departments within Christiana Care, including: Women’s Health Services; the Center for Heart & Vascular Health; Family & Community Medicine, Center for Community Health; Food and Nutrition Services; Imaging Services; Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute’s Food & Nutrition Services; Employee Health; and Volunteer Services.

Dance Your Health Out
healthy food choices
Image by Christiana Care
Christiana Care hosted women from across New Castle County, Del., for an evening designed to inspire attendees to improve their health through exercise and smart nutrition choices.

Combining dance, fun and education, the first ever Dance Your Health Out event, held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, provided free Zumba instruction, healthy food preparation demonstrations and health screenings to more than 200 women.

Attendees took part in a 50-minute Zumba workout led by instructor Davi Mozie that had them dancing, clapping and moving to the music. Zumba combines Latin and international rhythms with a fun, aerobics-style workout. The group included women of all ages—from teenagers to a woman in her 90s—with varying movement abilities, including “newbies” and skilled dancers.

Christiana Care employee Cindy Noble was one of the more experienced dancers in attendance, having lost 47 pounds in the past year thanks to Zumba and an improved diet. She was impressed by the number of first-time dancers at Dance Your Health Out.

“Every time I would turn around just to see what was going on in the room, I was amazed at the volume of people who were there dancing and into it,” Noble said. “People kept coming onto the floor, and they weren’t intimidated.”

“I think the group was exceptionally energetic,” commented Mozie. “When we got started I really didn’t think they would be able to last. We ended up going 10 minutes longer than we had planned because the group just didn’t want to stop. It was great.”

Others took advantage of the free health screenings available throughout the evening. Staff from Christiana Care’s Imaging Services and Center for Heart & Vascular Health assessed attendees’ risk for bone and heart disease, while members of Christiana Care’s Department of Family & Community Medicine calculated body-mass index and provided body-fat analyses.

Following Zumba, Jenn Barr, with Christiana Care’s Center for Community Health, conducted a healthy-cooking demonstration. Attendees sampled low-calorie dinner options provided by caterer Food for Thought and learned about the importance of nutrition in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

A post-event survey of attendees offered insight about the effectiveness of the inaugural event. More than 97 percent of respondents said they were motivated to eat healthier and increase their physical activity.

The event was a collaboration of several departments within Christiana Care, including: Women’s Health Services; the Center for Heart & Vascular Health; Family & Community Medicine, Center for Community Health; Food and Nutrition Services; Imaging Services; Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute’s Food & Nutrition Services; Employee Health; and Volunteer Services.

Dance Your Health Out
healthy food choices
Image by Christiana Care
Christiana Care hosted women from across New Castle County, Del., for an evening designed to inspire attendees to improve their health through exercise and smart nutrition choices.

Combining dance, fun and education, the first ever Dance Your Health Out event, held at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, provided free Zumba instruction, healthy food preparation demonstrations and health screenings to more than 200 women.

Attendees took part in a 50-minute Zumba workout led by instructor Davi Mozie that had them dancing, clapping and moving to the music. Zumba combines Latin and international rhythms with a fun, aerobics-style workout. The group included women of all ages—from teenagers to a woman in her 90s—with varying movement abilities, including “newbies” and skilled dancers.

Christiana Care employee Cindy Noble was one of the more experienced dancers in attendance, having lost 47 pounds in the past year thanks to Zumba and an improved diet. She was impressed by the number of first-time dancers at Dance Your Health Out.

“Every time I would turn around just to see what was going on in the room, I was amazed at the volume of people who were there dancing and into it,” Noble said. “People kept coming onto the floor, and they weren’t intimidated.”

“I think the group was exceptionally energetic,” commented Mozie. “When we got started I really didn’t think they would be able to last. We ended up going 10 minutes longer than we had planned because the group just didn’t want to stop. It was great.”

Others took advantage of the free health screenings available throughout the evening. Staff from Christiana Care’s Imaging Services and Center for Heart & Vascular Health assessed attendees’ risk for bone and heart disease, while members of Christiana Care’s Department of Family & Community Medicine calculated body-mass index and provided body-fat analyses.

Following Zumba, Jenn Barr, with Christiana Care’s Center for Community Health, conducted a healthy-cooking demonstration. Attendees sampled low-calorie dinner options provided by caterer Food for Thought and learned about the importance of nutrition in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

A post-event survey of attendees offered insight about the effectiveness of the inaugural event. More than 97 percent of respondents said they were motivated to eat healthier and increase their physical activity.

The event was a collaboration of several departments within Christiana Care, including: Women’s Health Services; the Center for Heart & Vascular Health; Family & Community Medicine, Center for Community Health; Food and Nutrition Services; Imaging Services; Preventive Medicine & Rehabilitation Institute’s Food & Nutrition Services; Employee Health; and Volunteer Services.

Nice Diet photos

January 14, 2012 · Posted in Diet · Comment 

A few nice diet images I found:

Diet Kong
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Image by dougtone
Diet Kong – The Basement; Kingston, New York – June 10, 2011

Diet Kong
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Diet Kong – The Basement; Kingston, New York – June 10, 2011

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Recipe)

January 13, 2012 · Posted in Recipes · Comment 

Some cool recipes images:

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies (Recipe)
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Image by Ruthieki
These are my second-favorite cookies. Chocolate chip cookies win out overall, but I really, really like oatmeal-raisin cookies, too. This recipe always produces perfectly chewy cookies with crispy edges. The recipe made about 3 dozen, so I wrapped up half of them and stored them in the freezer, thinking "this is way too many cookies for us to eat all at once!" Now, the next day, the cookies are almost all gone, so I’ll be raiding my freezer stash sooner than I thought.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
1/2 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 dash nutmeg
3 cups Quaker oats
1 cup raisins

Heat the oven to 350 f. Beat together the butter and sugars until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, beat well. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, mix well. Add oats and raisins, mix.

Drop rounded tablespoonfuls of dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet (leave space between them so they don’t run together when they spread). Bake ~12 minutes, or until just golden. Cool 1 minute on cookie sheet, then transfer to a cooling rack.

Tip: The cookies firm up a lot as they cool, so don’t be afraid to take them out of the oven when they’re just golden but still quite soft and squishy looking. Overbaked cookies will be very hard when they cool.

Green tomato pickle relish – 52 weeks of recipes – 1/52
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Image by weezerthewonderful
Green Tomato Pickle Relish

Recipe can easily be multiplied.

8 cups green tomato, chopped
3 tbsp coarse salt

Let stand overnight and then drain

2 cups sugar
2 cups vinegar, white
1 tsp tumeric
½ tsp celery seed
3 tbsp mustard seed
3 cups onions, diced

Bring to a boil, simmer 5 minutes

2 each sweet red peppers, diced
1 each hot pepper, diced (optional)*

Add tomatoes and peppers to pot, simmer another 5 minutes
Bottle and seal to preserve.

*hot pepper options: 1 pickled pepperoncini = mild heat, 1 pickled banana pepper = medium heat, 1 halapeno = hot heat

hawaiian recipes bbq kalua pulled pork
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Kalua Pig Recipe, pulled pork Hawaiian style

Nice Healthy Food Choices photos

January 11, 2012 · Posted in Healthy Food Choices · Comment 

Some cool healthy food choices images:

20111017-OSEC-RBN-0026
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Image by USDAgov
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack explains the benefits of the HealthierUS Schools Challenge prior to First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech at a reception on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 17, 2011 to honor the winners of the HealthierUS Schools Challenge. Behind Secretary Vilsack from left are Alex Roman, Walsh Elementary School, Chicago, Illinois and Becky Bounds, Lamar County Schools, Mississippi. Secretary Vilsack and the First Lady hosted the reception to honor the over 1200 winners in the HealthierUS Schools Challenge that met the First Lady’s goal to double the number of participants in the HealthierUS School Challenge in a year. In February 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama introduced “Let’s Move” incorporating the HealthierUS School Challenge into her campaign to promote a healthier generation of children. The HealthierUS School Challenge recognizes elementary, middle and high schools nationwide that create healthier school environments by providing exceptional nutrition education, nutritious food and beverage choices, physical education and opportunities for physical activity. Since the beginning of the HealthierUS School Challenge in 2004, awards have been given to schools in 44 states. As of September 28, 2011, there are 1631 schools certified. A tool kit on how to become a Healthier U.S. School can be found at www.fns.usda.gov. USDA Photo by Bob Nichols.

20111017-OSEC-RBN-0072
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First Lady Michelle Obama applauds her introduction by Alex Roman, Walsh Elementary School Chicago, Illinois at a reception on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, October 17, 2011 to honor the winners of the HealthierUS Schools Challenge. Behind the First Lady from left: are Roman, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Becky Bounds, Lamar County Schools, Mississippi. Secretary Vilsack and the First Lady hosted the reception to honor the over 1200 winners in the HealthierUS Schools Challenge that met the First Lady’s goal to double the number of participants in the HealthierUS School Challenge in a year. In February 2010, First Lady Michelle Obama introduced “Let’s Move” incorporating the HealthierUS School Challenge into her campaign to promote a healthier generation of children. The HealthierUS School Challenge recognizes elementary, middle and high schools nationwide that create healthier school environments by providing exceptional nutrition education, nutritious food and beverage choices, physical education and opportunities for physical activity. Since the beginning of the HealthierUS School Challenge in 2004, awards have been given to schools in 44 states. As of September 28, 2011, there are 1631 schools certified. A tool kit on how to become a Healthier U.S. School can be found at www.fns.usda.gov. USDA Photo by Bob Nichols.

Cool Barbecue Foods images

January 10, 2012 · Posted in Barbecue Foods · Comment 

Some cool barbecue foods images:

San Beda Red Lions at Reyes Barbecue Ortigas Center
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Image by inboundpass
The Red Lions with Coach Franki Lim and Asst. Coach and San Beda Coaching Legend Bonnie Carbonel enjoying thier dinner hosted by Reyes Barbecue Owner Frank Reyes

Get Your Food
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Image by Pinachina
Barbecuing and consuming

Barbecue pulled pork
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Image by jennandjon
Pre-barbecue sauce

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