We all know that there is a direct relationship between keeping our body fit and healthy and the foods we eat, but we can be even more specific and keep our heart beating longer by eating these top heart healthy foods.
Diet food: Eggplant
Eggplant by selenium higher than other vegetables. Will be fresh round eggplant, peeled and cut into the wire, add salt and sesame oil salad. Selenium has antioxidant, able to maintain the normal function of human cells, enhance immunity, on the human body and disease prevention, anti-aging effects, metabolism, can also play an anti-cancer effects.
Diet food: sea bass
Want to promote the body’s metabolism, the most important, of course, is to include large amounts of protein in the diet. If you love fish crush, the bass is a very good diet food. The bass is very rich in protein, iron and other minerals. So, add it to your diet can speed up your weight-loss plan!
Diet food: Grapefruit
Studies have shown that the chemical substances in grapefruit reduce insulin levels, help lose weight. In addition, grapefruit are rich in vitamins, potassium and cellulose, increase satiety and speed up metabolism have a lot of help.
Diet food: lamb
Lamb contains very rich in protein, vitamin B12 and other nutrients. If you want to keep slim, ginger lamb stew is a very good dinner recipes.
Diet food: eggs
Studies have shown that the protein inhibits fat accumulation, while the egg is the best source of protein. The protein contained protein, can promote fat burning enzyme activity, inhibit fat accumulation, can help you to easily maintain a slender figure.
Diet food: celery
Celery is rich in crude fiber, potassium, vitamin B2, vitamin (also known as niacin) and other ingredients. The hot summer weather, it is easy to get angry, resulting in dry stool. Meanwhile, the hot days when people water loss and more likely to cause sodium and potassium imbalance. Celery can help people to relax bowel, to regulate sodium and potassium balance. The vitamin has on the human skin, nervous system and loss of appetite, if the body lacks vitamin B2, it is easy to cause fatigue and mouth ulcers. Celery leaves contain more nutrients than the stem, gesture, boiled salad to eat.
Diet food: nettle
Nettle low in calories and rich in a variety of nutrients needed by the body, is the best choice for healthy diet food. Nettle contains potassium, calcium, vitamins A, B, and C, and iron, with an appetite suppressant and the release of serotonin, can help lose weight.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Chocolate Cupcakes With Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
These are officially the best cupcakes I’ve ever had. Pretty bold statement, I know. But it is so true.
Besides the fact that they are really, really, REALLY good they transport me back to my days of living in Paris. I was a young, (and poor) college student living off two dollar ham & cheese crepes made from the street-side crepe truck by my flat.
I think “Je voudrais un crepe” was the first thing I learned to say (and may have been one of the only things I learned to say behind je voudrais un baguette and je voudrais que vous coupiez ici, but that’s a whole other story). Back to the crepes. That little crepe cart was where I discovered the insane combination of Nutella and coconut. My daily jambon and fromage was soon replaced with coco and nutella. And on days I wanted to be more healthy I would eat the crepe with coco, nutella and banana.
Second, anything that is “filled” (or stuffed) is just better. There is something about that feeling of sinking your teeth down into a creamy center that oozes out onto your tongue. Lastly, it’s chocolate. Rich, deep, dark… bold chocolate. Just the way I like it. (If you are a chocolate lover like myself you know exactly what I’m talking about.)
■Chocolate Cupcakes
■One small jar of Nutella
■Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Cupcakes
Makes 16 cupcakes
■ 1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
■1 cup boiling hot water
■1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
■2 tsp baking powder
■1/4 tsp salt
■1/2 cup butter, room temp
■1 cup sugar
■2 large eggs
■2 tsp vanilla extract
(You can use your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe or this recipe for chocolate cupcakes derived from Joy of Baking)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a small bowl stir until smooth the boiling hot water and the cocoa powder. Let cool to room temperature.In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Then in the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and beat only until incorporated. Then add the cooled cocoa mixture and stir until smooth.
Fill each muffin cup about two-thirds full with batter and bake for about 16 – 20 minutes or until risen, springy to the touch, and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean. (Do not over bake or the cupcakes will be dry.) Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. ( These cupcakes are best the day they are made, but can be covered and stored for a few days.)
Once the cupcakes have cooled, with a pairing knife, cut out a hole in the center of the cupcake. Pour a spoonful of Nutella into the center and then frost with coconut frosting. Top with toasted coconut.
Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
■1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
■2 sticks butter, softened
■1 36 oz bag powdered sugar
■1 teaspoon vanilla extract
■1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
■2 cups shredded coconut
In bowl of electric mixer cream butter and cream cheese. Slowly add powdered sugar by the cup until incorporated. Add extract and blend well. Fold in coconut. You may have to add a splash of cream to losen the consistancy to spread.
Besides the fact that they are really, really, REALLY good they transport me back to my days of living in Paris. I was a young, (and poor) college student living off two dollar ham & cheese crepes made from the street-side crepe truck by my flat.
I think “Je voudrais un crepe” was the first thing I learned to say (and may have been one of the only things I learned to say behind je voudrais un baguette and je voudrais que vous coupiez ici, but that’s a whole other story). Back to the crepes. That little crepe cart was where I discovered the insane combination of Nutella and coconut. My daily jambon and fromage was soon replaced with coco and nutella. And on days I wanted to be more healthy I would eat the crepe with coco, nutella and banana.
Second, anything that is “filled” (or stuffed) is just better. There is something about that feeling of sinking your teeth down into a creamy center that oozes out onto your tongue. Lastly, it’s chocolate. Rich, deep, dark… bold chocolate. Just the way I like it. (If you are a chocolate lover like myself you know exactly what I’m talking about.)
■Chocolate Cupcakes
■One small jar of Nutella
■Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate Cupcakes
Makes 16 cupcakes
■ 1/2 cup Dutch-processed cocoa powder
■1 cup boiling hot water
■1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
■2 tsp baking powder
■1/4 tsp salt
■1/2 cup butter, room temp
■1 cup sugar
■2 large eggs
■2 tsp vanilla extract
(You can use your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe or this recipe for chocolate cupcakes derived from Joy of Baking)
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a small bowl stir until smooth the boiling hot water and the cocoa powder. Let cool to room temperature.In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
Then in the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Beat in the vanilla extract. Add the flour mixture and beat only until incorporated. Then add the cooled cocoa mixture and stir until smooth.
Fill each muffin cup about two-thirds full with batter and bake for about 16 – 20 minutes or until risen, springy to the touch, and a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean. (Do not over bake or the cupcakes will be dry.) Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. ( These cupcakes are best the day they are made, but can be covered and stored for a few days.)
Once the cupcakes have cooled, with a pairing knife, cut out a hole in the center of the cupcake. Pour a spoonful of Nutella into the center and then frost with coconut frosting. Top with toasted coconut.
Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
■1 8 oz package cream cheese, softened
■2 sticks butter, softened
■1 36 oz bag powdered sugar
■1 teaspoon vanilla extract
■1/2 teaspoon coconut extract
■2 cups shredded coconut
In bowl of electric mixer cream butter and cream cheese. Slowly add powdered sugar by the cup until incorporated. Add extract and blend well. Fold in coconut. You may have to add a splash of cream to losen the consistancy to spread.
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