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What’s good for your heart is great for your taste buds. As the recipes in this special collection will show, you don’t have to lose flavor to gain health.

Cooking up heart healthy recipes doesn’t require secret ingredients. It simply means making dishes that are lower in saturated fat, cholesterol, and total fat, and reduced in sodium. And, as an extra plus, these dishes have fewer calories than those higher in fat. It means enjoying "Crispy Oven-Fried Chicken", "Red Hot Fusilli", "Stir-Fried Beef and Potatoes", "Apricot-Orange Bread", "Crunchy Pumpkin Pie", and a "Summer Breezes Smoothie".

The recipe collection was developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to help Americans keep their heartbeat strong. It includes dishes from a variety of ethnic cuisines to suit virtually every taste.

You’ll also find a list of certain nutrients for each recipe. This list tells you how much the dish has of nutrients important to health so you can keep track of your daily intakes.

The dishes will even tempt children. That’s important because good eating habits need to start early. So, cook up some "Delicious Oven French Fries" and teach your kids how good health can taste. Chances are they’ll want another lesson.