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California Raisins - Choosing Wisely and Making It Stick Whatsoever you do, be sure to include California Raisins. 
California Raisins are always the wise choice. On their own or adding surprising flavor to the signature dishes of the world’s top chefs, California Raisins deliver unique flavor, dietary fiber, essential nutrients, and important antioxidants, every time. That’s why the California Raisin Growers are introducing, “The Way of The California Raisin.”
To get started, go to LoveYourRaisins.com and enter the California Raisins Wise Choices Spa Sweepstakes and sign up to receive a free “On-the-Go" bag filled with goodies - while supplies last, of course. Then, let’s explore some wise choices about changing what you eat and how to make those changes stick. |
Getting Serious About Healthy Choices Changing habits and adopting a healthful eating plan is the secret to long-term changes. Healthy choices today create the life you live tomorrow. But, how to get from here to there is the big question.
Step 1. Take Stock.
Some good resources to help make wise choices for healthful eating are Mypyramid.gov and Healthierus.gov. Balancing calorie intake with calories burned can be tricky. See Kidnetic.com for some great ways to be more active.
Then, inventory eating habits and the food in the cupboard. It is a good idea for every member of the family to keep a food diary, carefully noting everything that goes in the mouth and daily activities for at least a week. Then, review them and look for low calorie, low fat, high fiber, nutritionally rich food alternatives and more activity.
Choices for a Healthy Halloween  California
Raisins are a self-contained, deliciously sun-dried and sun-sweetened
fruit — the perfect reward for trick-or-treaters. Look for 1- and
1.5-ounce snack packs at the grocery store. Or combine 2 cups of
California raisins, 2 cups of low-fat granola cereal, 1 cup of
candy-coated chocolate pieces and 1/2 cup sunflower kernels and divide
into 10 individual bags.
Trick-or-Treating is lots of fun and
wise choices make for a healthier Halloween. Take control of the loot.
Count out the pieces of candy and issue an equal number of tickets that
can be redeemed for only two pieces each day. Another wise choice –
have the children keep a few of their favorite candies and donate the
rest to a shelter or food pantry.
 Pity the lonely jack-o’-lantern the day after Halloween. Just peel and steam, but use the meat in preparations like Moroccan Vegetable Ragout with California Raisins, Pumpkin ‘n Raisin Waffles, California Fruitcake or Pumpkin Pie Surprise.
Pumpkin is packed with beta-carotene, fiber and potassium. Add the
fiber and potassium in raisins and these can’t be beat. Go light on the
pie to keep the calories down. These Don't Fall Far from the Tree Apples, nuts and California raisins go together in Dried Fruit and Nut Scones, Apple Raisin Compote, Whole Wheat Raisins Apple Bread to make high fiber, low cholesterol, healthy choices for every meal.
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Recipe of the Month
 Vietnamese Stir-fried Chicken with Nuts and California Raisins by Charles Phan
Quick, Easy
and chock full of the good things that come with fall — California
raisins, dates, walnuts, cashews and low cholesterol chicken.
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Chef of the Month - Charles Phan
 The eldest of six Vietnamese siblings, Charles Phan opened the Slanted Door in San Francisco in 1995. Every ingredient, taste, texture, temperature, and color of each dish is a marriage of his expertise in Vietnamese cooking with fresh US-based ingredients. California Raisins are part of a family of ingredients, spirit, personality, passion, and commitment to the idea that Asian cooking is as wonderful and sophisticated as the culture it presents that has earned Phan the James Bread Award for Best Chef: California in 2004.
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