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Chickpea Salad Romaine Wraps Ingredients:
Makes 4 servings
1 1/2 cups cooked or canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup finely chopped or grated carrot
1/2 cup finely chopped celery
3 green onions, chopped
2 to 3 tablespoons fat-free or low-fat vegan mayonnaise
1 tablespoon stone-ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 large romaine lettuce leaves
1 medium tomato, sliced, or 6 to 8 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
Directions
Coarsely mash the beans with a fork or potato masher, leaving some chunks. Add the carrot, celery, green onions, vegan mayonnaise, mustard, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
Place about one-quarter of the mixture on each lettuce leaf. Add one-quarter of the tomato, roll the lettuce around the filling, and serve.
Stored in a covered container in the refrigerator, leftover Chickpea Salad Romaine Wrap filling (without the lettuce and tomato) will keep for up to 3 days.
Variations
Chickpea Salad Sandwich: Spread one-third of the chickpea mixture on whole-grain bread. Top with the tomato slices, lettuce leaves, and another slice of bread. Makes 3 sandwiches. Chickpea Salad Pockets: Stuff one-quarter of the chickpea mixture into a pita pocket. Add chopped cucumber, tomato slices, and shredded lettuce. Makes 4 pockets.
Nutrition Information
Per serving (1/4 recipe):
163 calories, 4 g fat, 0.5 g saturated fat, 22% calories from fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 25.6 g carbohydrate, 6.5 g fiber, 3.5 g sugar, 8 g protein , 15.2 mg vitamin C, 2555 mcg beta-carotene, 1.2 mg vitamin E, 72 mg calcium, 2.9 mg iron, 525 mg sodium
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Hello !
 Now we're back in the swing of things! The kids are back to school, fall sports are gearing up and I'm packing lunches again. While school lunches are set to get a make-over (see today's first article), they are currently not as healthful as a lunch you could make your child at home (or she could make herself)! Be sure when packing a lunch that treats like chips or sweets are saved for special occasions or they lose their novelty as a treat. Instead, fill your child's lunchbox with fruits, vegetables and use whole grain bread on that sandwich. Good fuel in your child's belly means good fuel in your child's brain. |
| Food in School |  This July, Governor Patrick signed into law legislation ensuring that only foods that meet established nutritional standards are sold in Massachusetts public schools during school hours. The law, "An Act Relative to School Nutrition" (H 4459), which has been ten years in the making, also mandates that the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) create specific food guidelines for foods served in schools. The legislation encourages and supports the use of local, fresh farm products in schools and requires the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables offered as snacks at schools. It also calls on the Department of Public Health and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to set guidelines for the training of school nurses around the issues of obesity, diabetes and eating disorders.
Bottom Line: With the projection that the current generation of American children will have shorter life spans than their parents due to the effects of obesity, this law will help to promote the health and stability of our country and its children.
Source: http://www.mass.gov |
| The Future of Mental Health: Blood Tests for Depression? |  Going to your doctor for a check-up usually means a blood draw to check cholesterol, enzymes and vitamin status among other things. The results of these blood tests may direct your physician to prescribe a diet or medication based on concrete data. However, with mental illness, the diagnosis is often not so cut and dry. Fortunately, this may not be the case for long.
Researchers are looking for ways to create blood tests to help diagnose mental illness. In new research published in Biological Psychiatry, Dutch researchers examined the gene expression profiles (how active DNA is) in healthy individuals and patients diagnosed with major depressive disorder, or MDD. From these results, researchers were able to identify seven genes that were different in unmedicated MDD patients and healthy controls.
"This is a first, but major step in providing a molecular diagnostic tool for depression," explained Dr. Sabine Spijker, corresponding author of this study. Although psychiatry already has specific criteria for diagnosing mental health disorders, this type of diagnosis would be unbiased and particularly valuable for those with whom it is more difficult to have a conversation.
Bottom Line: This preliminary research may lead the way to finding more tangible predictors and diagnostics of mental illness.
Source: Biological Psychology Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages 179-186 (15 July 2010) |
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