This is one I need to work on – sometimes I get crazy busy and I wait way too long before I eat! I saw this tip as I continue the American Heart Association’s BetterU program.

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Ever notice how when you eat from a smaller plate, you put less food on it? Use a bigger plate and you’re more likely to fill up the whole thing and eat more. With the size of the American plate getting bigger, former nurse, Christine Bromley, wanted to help Americans stop overeating. The answer? These smaller 9-inch porcelain dinner plates designed to help with portion control

Christine sells them at  One Helping Helps Many.

“I believe the first step in combating overeating begins with retraining the brain to recognize that excess food does not satisfy your body,” says Christine. “A larger plate beckons you to eat more. It’s time we Americans get off the glutton train.”

I so agree with this! And here’s another cool thing – Christine donates a percentage of each sale to three different non-profit organizations.

Want to win a set of these fabulous 9-inch plates? Here’s what you need to do. Measure your dinner plates, then head down to the comments and tell me how many inches they are in diameter. This could be fun!

Mine – 11-inchers! Guess I need to downsize…

See you in the comments!

Contest runs through midnight EST this Friday, March 19, you have to have a U.S. mailing address to enter, and we will use random.org to pick the winner.

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Before I get to the recipe, I want you to notice that it makes ten 1-cup servings. Watching portion size is one of the topics we are covering this week in the American Heart Association’s (AHA)  BetterU program. It’s a good reminder that even though a food is healthy, we still have to pay attention to how much is in one serving. Now onto the delicious recipe, courtesy of the AHA. 

Here’s a tasty way to get those omega-3 fatty acids into your diet.

1 cup brown rice
8 cups fat-free, low-sodium chicken stock
1 tablespoon ginger purée
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 cup diced onion
1 cup diced carrots
1 cup diced celery
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons curry powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
3 cups (one pound) sweet corn (thawed, if using frozen)
¼ cup flour
1 pound salmon, cut into one-inch cubes
½ cup chopped cilantro
½ cup chopped scallions, green and white parts

Place the rice, stock, and ginger purée in a large saucepan and set over high heat. Boil until the rice is cooked through, about 40 minutes. Remove from stove and set aside.

In a large stockpot over medium-high heat, bring the olive oil to the smoking point. Add the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, turmeric, thyme, bay leaf, curry, salt, sugar, and corn to the pot and sauté for 5 minutes. Stir in the flour to coat the vegetables. Add the cooked rice and stock to the soup and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Add the salmon and remove the pot from the stove. Let the soup rest for 5-10 minutes to cook the salmon through. Stir in the chopped cilantro and serve immediately. Garnish with chopped scallions, if desired.

Nutritional Analysis (per serving)
Calories 236
Total Fat 5.5  g
Saturated Fat 1.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat 3.0 g
Trans Fat 0.0
Cholesterol 24 mg
Sodium 342 mg
Carbohydrates 33 g
Fiber 4 g
Sugars 6 g
Protein 15 g

Dietary Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 2 starch

This recipe is brought to you by the American Heart Association’s Face The Fats program. Recipe copyright © 2007 by the American Heart Association. Look for other delicious recipes in American Heart Association cookbooks, available from booksellers everywhere.

[Reprinted with permission]

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