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FOX34 Your Health: Super food ideas for Super Bowl Sunday


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From delivery pizza to spicy hot wings, nutrition is not a top priority on Super Bowl Sunday. With expert advice, we are infusing your menu with super foods that look good, taste good and are good for you.

Wellness manager for United Supermarkets, Jennifer Gorman, says to start with nutritional content.

"Well we all have our favorite Super Bowl Sunday foods. I'm all about balance, so we definitely need to include some nutritious items with our wings and things like that," she said.

At United, food price labels also include what's called a NuVal score.

"Basically it is a rating of the food on a scale from one to one hundred," she said.

Fresh fruits and vegetables are typically the highest scoring foods.

"Things that drive that number up are fiber, vitamins, minerals. Things that drive it down are sodium, fat, added sugar," she said.

Chips and dips, even pizza can be superfied for your Superbowl Sunday. Gorman recommends starting with a "Great Guacamole."

"The avocado is a great source of healthy fat, the mono and saturated fat, some vitamins, minerals and fiber," Gorman said.

Gorman mashes the avocado together with tomato, onion and spices. She serves it with blue tortilla chips because of their higher NuVal score (not to mention they look really cool).

"So this is our super hummus. We used Garbanzo beans or chick peas. We used our NuVal system to go with. We grind it up, we added some oil, some spices, some fresh items. Serving that with some wasso crackers which are a great way to get fiber. We have the celery which has a NuVal score of 96, and then we have a new line of broccoli which has a NuVal score close to 100," Gorman explains.

Last stop is Gorman's delicious low cal pizza. Start with high scoring English muffins. Top with a veggie loaded tomato sauce, and finish with Italian seasoning and low fat mozzarella.

Choosing these super foods might not make your favorite team win, but they are sure to help you come out feeling like a winner in the game of health.

Great Guacamole

4 large ripe avocados                                            

1 Tbsp water                                                          

½ tsp Mexican oregano (or regular oregano)

1 tsp ground cumin                                                

½ tsp garlic powder

1 small yellow onion

1 ripe roma tomato

2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice

1 Tbsp fresh chopped cilantro leaves (or 1 tsp dried)

1 tsp salt

1/8 tsp cayenne red pepper

Mix water, cumin, garlic powder & oregano together in medium bowl; let stand. Halve avocados, remove pits. With a spoon, slide skins off. Cut into thirds & add to bowl. Mince onion & tomato; add to bowl with lemon juice, cilantro, salt & cayenne pepper. Mash with a hand potato masher; stir to blend spices. Cover guacamole tightly & refrigerate until ready to serve.  Serve with baked or light tortilla chips.

Yield:  3 cups guacamole (12 servings)                Serving size:  ¼ cup

Nutritional analysis for ¼ cup serving (does not include chips):  calories 110, calories from fat 90,             total fat 10 g, saturated fat 1.5 g, trans fat 0 g, cholesterol 0 mg, sodium 200 mg, total carbohydrate 5 g, dietary fiber 0 g, sugars 1 g, protein 1 g, vitamin A 8%, vitamin C 10%, calcium 2%, iron 4%

Recipe from Penzeys Spices

Our Favorite Hummus

Ingredients

1-16 oz can garbanzo beans, drained and rinsed

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

3 Tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp minced garlic

½ tsp ground cumin

¼ tsp ground red pepper

Salt and pepper to taste

1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil (optional)

Garnish: lemon slice

Directions

1. Process first 6 ingredients and 2 tablespoons water in a food processor 1 to 2 minutes or until smooth, stopping once to scrape down sides. Add salt and pepper to taste.

2. Transfer to a bowl. Cover and chill 2 hours or up to 3 days.

3. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon olive oil just before serving and garnish, if desired.

Spicy Cilantro-Lime Hummus:  Prepare recipe as directed, substituting lime juice for lemon juice, increasing ground red pepper to ½ teaspoon, and adding 1/3 cup firmly packed chopped fresh cilantro and 2 teaspoons grated lime rind to the ingredients in food processor bowl.  Garnish hummus with 1/8 teaspoon grated lime rind, if desired.

Roasted Red Bell Pepper Hummus:  Prepare recipe as directed, omitting ground cumin and adding ½ cup roasted red bell peppers, chopped, and 2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves to the ingredients in food processor bowl.  Garnish hummus with dried crushed red pepper flakes, if desired.

Yield:  1 ½ cups (2 Tablespoons per serving)

*Tip:  Bring to room temperature 20 minutes before serving.  Serve with sliced cucumbers, baby carrots or pita chips.

Source:  Southern Living Cooking School, April 2007

Nutritional analysis per serving (using original recipe, hummus only):  calories 100, calories from fat 70, total fat 8g, saturated fat 1g, cholesterol 0mg, sodium 115mg,       total carbohydrate 6g, dietary fiber 1g, sugars 1g, protein 2g, vitamin A 0%, vitamin C 2%, calcium 2%, iron 2%

 

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