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Healthy Recipes - "Eat Well to Fight Cancer": |
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The American Cancer
Society applauds the Partnership for a Healthier Carroll County in
its efforts to help our friends and neighbors prevent cancer. Are
you aware of all that ACS has to offer in prevention and wellness?
Here are some of the programs in which you, your family and
workplace might participate: |
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Become a certified
speaker on skin, breast, colon, or prostate cancer. |
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Join Relay for Life,
ACS' signature event to raise funds and awareness about
cancer. |
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Learn about free
screenings and community resources. |
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Involve your worksite in
prevention and wellness. ACS offers programming on all
aspects of cancer. |
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Do you get enough physical activity?
Learn about Active for Life, a worksite physical activity program
based on individualized goals. Do you want to support ACS prevention
and wellness efforts through fund-raising? Call us to learn about
Daffodil Days, Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Relay for Life,
and other local events. Do you prefer to gather information on the
Internet? ACS offers comprehensive information at
www.cancer.org.
There is even a link specific to survivors. |
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Do you need a support group? Call ACS
Patient Resource Center at 1-888-227-6333. For additional
information on all the American Cancer Society offers in your
community, please contact Phyllis Smelkinson at 410-781-6908 or
email at
phyllis.smelkinson@cancer.org. |
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Recipes: |
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Break Away
from the Ordinary with Flavorful Summer
Salads |
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With the
abundance of local fruits and vegetables in
the summer, it’s easy to make a meal out of
a light, refreshing salad. If you are
looking for some healthy salad and main dish
recipes that make good use of this seasonal
abundance, check the Centers for
Disease Control’s “5 A Day” website.
5 A
Day for Better Health
is a national program and partnership that
seeks to increase the number of daily
servings of fruits and vegetables Americans
eat to five or more. |
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July’s recipe
was tested and submitted by Anne Grauel,
M.P.H., Health Educator, Springfield
Hospital Center. For over 100 years,
Springfield Hospital Center in Sykesville,
Maryland, has served the needs of the
community through in-patient mental health
treatment. The hospital is pleased to be a
member of the Partnership for a Healthier
Carroll County. We are able to offer more
health promotion services to the public
through this alliance with other local
agencies. Springfield Hospital Center
welcomes volunteers and we have a wide range
of opportunities for students, adults, and
community groups. For more information,
call 410-970-7250. |
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In this
recipe, If you prefer, try substituting
other salad greens for the shredded
cabbage. This recipe makes a very colorful,
tasty, and unusual salad. The delicious
Spicy Dressing could also be used on many
other cold salads. |
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Cherry and Smoked
Turkey Salad |
Makes 4 servings,
each serving equals
two 5 A Day servings
Source: Northwest
Cherry Growers |
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Ingredients: |
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12
ounces
smoked
lean
turkey,
sliced
2 cups
Northwest
fresh
sweet
cherries,
pitted
1
mango,*
pared
and
sliced
1 kiwi
fruit,
sliced
Napa
cabbage,
shredded
Spicy
Dressing
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Arrange turkey,
cherries, mango and
kiwi fruit on
shredded Napa
cabbage. Drizzle
Spicy Dressing over
salad. |
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Spicy Dressing: Heat
2 tablespoons
vegetable oil and 1
clove crushed garlic
until hot but not
smoking; cool and
remove garlic. Add
2 tablespoons
balsamic or red wine
vinegar and 1
tablespoon each
honey and hot dry
mustard** and 1/2
teaspoon each ground
ginger and salt; mix
well. Makes about
1/3 cup.
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*One large nectarine
may be substituted
for mango.
**One tablespoon of
your favorite
mustard may be
substituted. |
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Nutritional analysis
per serving:
Calories 282, Fat
7g, Calories from
Fat 20%,
Carbohydrate 42g,
Cholesterol 49mg,
Fiber 4g, Sodium
668mg. |
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