Heart Healthy
Try this heart-healthy recipe from the American Heart Association and Go Red for Women 2016-17 Class of Survivors Chef Amanda DeJesus.
Amanda DeJesus had a heart transplant at age 15. She pursued a culinary career to help other heart patients maintain a healthy lifestyle. The Houston chef combined her culinary training with her heart disease experience to inspire heart patients to eat a heart-healthy diet without giving up the foods they love.
Today Amanda, who was 28 in 2016, teaches heart patients how to modify their favorite recipes, find heart-healthy foods at the grocery store and change their eating habits.
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Shrimp Ceviche
Try this heart-healthy recipe from the American Heart Association and Go Red for Women 2016-17 Class of Survivors Chef Amanda DeJesus.
Amanda DeJesus had a heart transplant at age 15. She pursued a culinary career to help other heart patients maintain a healthy lifestyle. The Houston chef combined her culinary training with her heart disease experience to inspire heart patients to eat a heart-healthy diet without giving up the foods they love.
Today Amanda, who was 28 in 2016, teaches heart patients how to modify their favorite recipes, find heart-healthy foods at the grocery store and change their eating habits.
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Servings:
8
Ingredients
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1 garlic clove -
1 jalapeño pepper -
1/2 cup lime juice -
2 Roma tomato -
1 small red onion -
1 avocado -
1/2 bunch cilantro -
1 pound shrimp -
1 mango -
black pepper
Directions
Tip: Click on step to mark as complete.
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Using the food processor, chop the garlic clove, jalapeño, Roma tomatoes, and red onion. You can add the lime juice if you need a little liquid to allow the processor to do its job. Place in a large mixing bowl. -
With a knife chop the cilantro, shrimp, mango, and avocado and add it to the mixing bowl. (Do not put these items in food processor, please chop by hand) -
Mix all the ingredients together (including any of the lime juice you didn’t already add). Add the black pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
Protein
FiberNutrition Facts
| Calories | 134 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Fat | 4.0 g | |
| Saturated Fat | 0.5 g | |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.5 g | |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2.5 g | |
| Cholesterol | 107 mg | |
| Sodium | 67 mg | |
| Total Carbohydrate | 12 g | |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g | |
| Sugars | 7 g | |
| Protein | 15 g | |
Dietary Exchanges
1 vegetable, 2 lean meat, 1/2 fruit
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Servings:
8
Ingredients
-
1 garlic clove -
1 jalapeño pepper -
1/2 cup lime juice -
2 Roma tomato -
1 small red onion -
1 avocado -
1/2 bunch cilantro -
1 pound shrimp -
1 mango -
black pepper
Directions
Tip: Click on step to mark as complete.
-
Using the food processor, chop the garlic clove, jalapeño, Roma tomatoes, and red onion. You can add the lime juice if you need a little liquid to allow the processor to do its job. Place in a large mixing bowl. -
With a knife chop the cilantro, shrimp, mango, and avocado and add it to the mixing bowl. (Do not put these items in food processor, please chop by hand) -
Mix all the ingredients together (including any of the lime juice you didn’t already add). Add the black pepper to taste.