So that General Mills employees can take part in heart-healthy foods and learn how to eat better, The Betty Crocker Kitchens has partnered with Sodexho, food service supplier who prepares and sells the items in the cafes at all 3 Minneapolis office locations. In February, the cafes have been featuring heart-healthy menu items, using recipes from our healthy cookbooks. Here are a few of the recipes they're offering, along with the cookbooks they're from:
Breakfast – Chocolate Chip-Cherry Scones, Cookbook for Women and Italian Frittata with Vinaigrette Tomatoes, Whole Grains
Salad – Roasted Beet salad, Big Red Heart and Chinese Cabbage Salad with Sesame Dressing, 30-Minute Meals for Diabetes
Soups - Chunky Vegetable Chowder, 30-Minute Meals for Diabetes and Chicken and Barley Stew Cookbook for Women
Entrée – Walnut Crusted Salmon; Roasted Indian Spiced Chicken , Lemony Couscous with Squash Sauté, 30-Minute Meals for Diabetes
Dessert – Blueberry Barley Pudding, Cookbook for Women and Hot Fudge Sundae Cake, Betty Crocker Cooking for Today, Heart Health
Dr. Elizabeth Klodas, cardiologist, speaks to employees about preventing heart disease and frequent myths of heart disease. Though I consider myself at least a little knowledgeable about heart diesease, here a few things I learned:
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Did you know that being overweight can take 20 years off your life? It's true.
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Did you know that if you quit smoking, your risk of heart disease is reduced immediately? It's true (the risk of lung cancer stays with you througout life, however, if you've smoked)
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Did you know that the population equivalent of 3 times that of Minneapolis dies of heart disease every year in the United States?
The best thing of all, though, is that so much of the risk for heart disease is within our power to control, especially moving our bodies and what we put into our mouths. "We really are what we eat!", is a message from Dr. Klodas. And, from someone who has been trying to eat healthy and develop healthy recipes for years, "I agree whole-heartedly!"
At these heart-health talks, we served 2 of our all-time favorite recipes: Black Bean-Corn Wonton Cups, an appetizer from the Betty Crocker Healthy Heart Cookbook 
Black Bean—Corn Wonton Cups
Prep: 25 Minutes
Bake: 10 Minutes
36 wonton wrappers (3 1/2-inch squares)
2/3 cup chunky-style salsa
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1 can (15 1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons fat-free sour cream
1. Heat oven to 350º. Gently fit 1 wonton wrapper into each of 36 small muffin cups, 1 3/4x1 inch. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown. Remove from pan; cool on wire racks.
2. Mix remaining ingredients except sour cream in medium bowl. Just before serving, spoon bean mixture into wonton cups. Top each with 1/2 teaspoon sour cream.
36 appetizers
1 Appetizer: Calories 50 (Calories from Fat 0); Total Fat 0g (Saturated Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g, Omega‑3 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 100mg; Total Carbohydrate 11g (Dietary Fiber 1g); Protein 2g
% Daily Value: Vitamin A 0%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 0%; Iron 4%; Folic Acid 8%
Exchanges: 1/2 Starch
Carbohydrate Choices: 1
and Apple-Honey Cereal Bars, made with Fiber One Honey Clusters. (a peanut butter-y, tasty treat that no one will guess is high-fiber, it's that good!) Kids and adults alike love it.
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