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recipes

Cranberry Gorgonzola Spinach Salad

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This salad utilizes flavorful, seasonal ingredients without derailing your healthy diet and takes minimal effort to prepare. Add grilled chicken, salmon or flank steak to make it into a meal.

Ingredients:
1 cup pecan halves
12 cups baby spinach
½ cup dried cranberries
1 cup gorgonzola (or other blue cheese), crumbled (about 4-5 ounces)
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
1 tsp grated orange peel (optional)
Salt and pepper

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake pecans on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes or until golden. In a large bowl, combine spinach, cranberries and gorgonzola. Pour balsamic vinegar into a small bowl, whisk in olive oil and orange peel (if using). Pour over salad mixture and toss to combine.  Add pecans, season with salt and pepper to taste.

Yield: 6 servings

Nutrition Information per Serving (chicken, salmon or steak not included):
CALORIES: 300 • PROTEIN: 6g • SODIUM: 360mg • CARBOHYDRATE: 14g • FIBER: 3.5g •
FAT: 25g • Sat Fat: 6g

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recipes

Apple Spiced Sweet Potatoes

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Jazz up your Thanksgiving table with this sweet potato recipe from the MGH Be Fit program that features seasonal spices and a healthy dose of vitamin A to help protect your body against infection.

Ingredients:

1½ pound sweet potatoes
1½ cup sliced apples (skins can be left on)
¼ cup raisins
2 tsp canola oil
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp salt
2 tsp brown sugar
3 tbsp pecans, chopped

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Peel and chop sweet potatoes into 2” chunks. Slice apples. Add potatoes, apples, raisins, oil, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and brown sugar to a casserole dish. Toss to combine and cover with foil. Cook until fork-tender, approximately 45 minutes. While potatoes are cooking, toast pecans in a skillet on medium heat until they start to turn brown and give off a nutty aroma, approximately 3 minutes. When potatoes are fully cooked, top with toasted pecans and serve.

Yield: About 5 4oz servings

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING:
CALORIES: 212 • PROTEIN: 3g • SODIUM: 195mg •
CARBOHYDRATE: 40g • FIBER: 5.5g • FAT: 5g • Sat Fat:0.5g

(Recipe adapted from MGH’s Eat Street Cafe)
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Announcements, Health

UPDATED: Survival Kit for Cold & Flu Season * 2013-2014 *

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Just Announced: Due to high demand for flu vaccine, the Central Flu Clinic has been extended to Friday, November 8th.

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Your primary care doctor and the Massachusetts General Hospital want to do everything possible to keep you healthy during the flu season. People with certain chronic health conditions, even if the conditions are well managed, have a higher risk of becoming dangerously sick from the flu.

Here is what you can do:

• Get a flu shot every year*.
• The best time to get a flu shot is in the fall. The MGH will have a Central Flu Clinic in the Main Lobby of the Wang Building, Monday, September 23 – Friday, November 1, 2013. Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM (9:00 AM — 3:00 PM on Columbus Day, Monday, October 14).  No Saturday dates are planned for this year.  Please call the Toll Free Flu Shot Hotline at 1-877-733-3737 before you come in to confirm that we have vaccine in stock and that the clinic is open.
• If you live outside of Boston, your health center or primary care practice may have flu shot clinics as well. You may also get a flu shot at many locations in your community including boards of health, senior centers, or local drug stores.
For further information go to the MGH FluShot website at: http://www.massgeneral.org/flu
*if you think you are allergic to eggs, please contact your doctor

To protect your family’s health:

• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it. If you don’t have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your elbow, not your hands.
• Wash your hands often with soap and water. You can also use alcohol-based hand cleaners.
• Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.
• Keep your home and work spaces clean.
• Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
• If you are sick with flu-like illness, stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care. Keep away from others as much as possible to keep from making them sick.
• If you think you have the flu, call your primary care doctor’s office for advice. They are here to help!

Spread the word! Don’t spread the Flu!

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