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Last night my 9 year old made these wonderful Valentine's brownies to take to her school party today. She saw the picture in the Betty Crocker calendar and immediately wanted to make them. It was lot of fun and she did all the decorating all by herself. When we think of Valentine's Day we think of all sorts of chocolates and treats, some can be heart-healthy, a lot aren't. What are some of the things you might do to make a recipe more heart-healthy? We often substitute applesauce for eggs or oil in a recipe. You can substitute low fat milk (plus a little healthy oil) for whole milk, etc. There is a wonderful list of heart healthy substitutions on the American Heart Association's website . There are some good tips and plans for leading a more heart healthy life at Go Red For Women , Better U and My Life Check . These sites also have tools that you can use to see what your heart health risks are. So think of your heart this Valentine's Day and treat it with a y...

This past Sunday the kids and I walked in the NH Heartwalk. This was our second year doing it and we had such a great time! All of the event organizers and volunteers were so positive, upbeat and genuinely friendly to all the participants. This was our first year walking the Heartwalk in Manchester, NH as this year the Seacoast Heartwalk merged with the Central NH Heartwalk. My older daughters initially didn't want to walk this year, but became really excited when we they found out the walk would start and end at the Fisher Cats Stadium. We're not that familiar with Manchester so we looked the directions up on the web and headed off. For such a large city the stadium was very easy to find and we had no problem finding nearby parking. It was slightly overcast and lightly raining, but registration and vendor tables were all set up in the grandstand out of the weather. We (I) took the Healthy Heart Pledge and visited the Go Red for Women table. The kids had their faces pain...

When you're shopping and trying to decide what to buy have you every noticed the food products with the red heart and white checkmark on them? Wondered what it meant? The Heart Checkmark represents that the food item has met the American Heart Association's certification criteria to be low in saturated fat and cholesterol for healthy people over age 2. Their criteria lists looks at the amount of fat, salt, cholesterol, whole grains, fiber and some nutrients. By meeting their criteria list these foods are part of a heart healthy diet. The full certification criteria chart can be found on the American Heart Associations website at http://is.gd/oc2p . Looking for this symbol can make it easier to make Heart Healthy food shopping choices. Happy food shopping!