Kale Apple Slaw with Candied Almonds and Sweet Poppyseed Dressing

Kale Apple Slaw with Candied Almonds and Sweet Poppyseed Dressing

It’s the month of LOVE which means it’s time to love your sweet heart.  (yes, you can love your sweetheart, too!)  Taking care of your heart with healthful foods is key to keeping your arteries free of debris, the things that shouldn’t be there, like corroding plaque.

Eating a heart healthy diet doesn’t mean just cutting out nasty fats like saturated, trans and polyunsaturated fats mostly found in high fat dairy foods, baked goods and red meat.  Perhaps more importantly, it means switching your diet to include healthful nutrients like fiber (apples, beans, oats), omega-3 fatty acids (avocado, walnuts, almonds, seeds) and monounsaturated fats (olive, grapeseed, avocado oils) as well as powerful phytonutrients like resveratrol (red grapes, purple grape juice), proanthocyanidins (apples, grapes, berries, cranberries, dark chocolate) and quercetin (kale, apples, broccoli and berries).  So many good things for you and so tasty too!

Kale Apple Slaw with Candied Almonds and Sweet Poppyseed Dressing

This beautiful salad is devoted to loving our hearts.  It has kale, apples, cranberries, almonds, olive oil to name a few of the nutritious ingredients that not only provide heart health benefits, but also fabulous flavors and color.  I’ve added carrots, celery and green onion for flavor and texture.  Eating the rainbow is a good rule of thumb to make sure you’re getting enough of everything you need.

I love adding the candied almonds for the crunch and the dressing is sweet and full of olive oil goodness.  Take good care of your heart.

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