(Family Features) Healthy eating doesn’t have to be difficult or require you to take favorite meals off your family’s menu. In fact, making smart choices when cooking at home can give you more control over the types of tasty, heart-healthy dishes you put on the table.
High cholesterol is one of the major controllable risk factors for heart disease and stroke, with about 38% of American adults diagnosed with high cholesterol, according to the American Heart Association. These cooking tips can help you prepare heart-healthy meals that could help improve cholesterol levels by reducing excess saturated fat and trans fat.
Find more heart-healthy recipes and tips for lowering cholesterol at heart.org/cholesterol.
Frozen Yogurt Bark
Recipe courtesy of the American Heart Association
Servings: 8
1 1/2 cups 2% low-fat plain Greek yogurt
2 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons chopped, unsalted almonds
1/2 cup chopped mango
1/4 cup blackberries or raspberries
1/2 cup blueberries
In medium bowl, mix yogurt and honey.
Line 9-by-13-inch baking dish with parchment paper. Use spatula or knife to spread yogurt over entire bottom of dish.
Pour chopped nuts over yogurt. Use fingers to slightly press into yogurt. Top yogurt with mango, blackberries and blueberries and slightly press into yogurt.
Cover with plastic wrap or foil and place in freezer overnight.
To serve: Lift parchment paper from baking dish onto cutting board. Use hands to break bark into pieces.
Source: American Heart Association
