Learn lifestyle choices, such as exercise, that can be tailored to your specific needs and the steps to take to minimize the possibility of certain medical problems, such as heart disease.

This special heart edition is packed with information to help you be good to your heart. It features over 1 000 classic and contemporary recipes, more than 300 colour photos, clear instructions and helpful tips. Achieve ultimate wellbeing by adopting a heart healthy lifestyle.

EAT WELL, LIVE WELL! You do a lot for your family. But what do you do for yourself? Betty Crocker Cookbook for Women is full of recipes and advice to help you stay well-fed, fit, positive and healthy, decade after decade. And by being good to yourself, you're also being good to your family. Open the book and discover all the ingredients you need to cook up a healthy, well-balanced life: * 130 delicious, easy-to-prepare recipes to help you stay healthy at every decade of your life * Delicious dishes you'll love, ranging from Whole Grain Strawberry Pancakes and Cucumber-Mango Salad to Chicken Linguine Alfredo and Chocolate Souffle Cakes * A complete rundown of the healthy nutrients found in each dish, from fiber and protein to iron, calcium and vitamins * Authoritative information on health issues that you'll likely encounter at some point in your life, including weight management, stress, hormones, bone density , and heart health * "Girlfriend-to-girlfriend" wisdom from other women, who share their real-life experiences with weight loss, food, exercise and everyday coping * "Notes from Dr. R" that offer medical information on women's health topics, ways to exercise and stay fit, and tips on maintaining a healthy weight

Offers more than one hundred forty recipes featuring whole grains, from breakfasts and breads to fast dinners, easy entrees, and desserts.

Offers bilingual versions of recipes for such traditional favorites in the United States as Senate bean soup, pot roast, chicken and dumplings, macaroni and cheese, coleslaw, and Key lime pie, with a glossary and nutritional advice.

Collects recipes for Christmas cookies, with nutritional information, baking and decorating tips, and holiday gift ideas.

More than 140 creative ways to use the goodness of quinoa, barley, oats, and more in your family’s favorite meals—from the trusted name in cooking. With this cookbook, you’ll discover 140 delicious whole grain recipes for every meal of the day—including on-the-go snacks, convenient slow-cooker recipes, and super-fast thirty-minute dishes—plus cooking tips and information on the different kinds of whole grains available, authoritative advice on the health benefits of whole grains, and fifty beautiful color photos. From Oatmeal Pancakes with Maple-Cranberry Syrup and Campfire Popcorn Snack to Spanish Rice Bake and Frozen Strawberry Cheesecake, you’ll discover just how tasty—and easy—cooking with whole grains can be. More than 140 easy recipes offer delicious ways to enjoy whole grains at every meal Informative Q&As demystify whole grains and describe the many different types available, from bulgur and cornmeal to millet and quinoa Chapters on slow-cooker meals and sides, thirty-minute meals and on-the-go snacks help you feed a hungry family in a hurry Special sections take the guesswork out of cooking whole grains and explain the health benefits of eating whole grains every day Recipes feature complete nutrition information, including whole grain servings and carbohydrate choices Fifty tempting color photos of delicious whole grain dishes

What do Madonna, Ray Charles, Mount Rushmore, suburbia, the banjo, and the Ford Mustang have in common? Whether we adore, ignore, or deplore them, they all influence our culture, and color the way America is perceived by the world. In this A-to-Z collection of essays scholars explore more than one hundred people, places, and phenomena as they seek to discover what it means to be labeled icon. From the Alamo to Muhammad Ali, from John Wayne to the zipper, the American icons covered in this unique three-volume set include subjects from culture, law, art, food, religion, and science. By providing numerous ways for the reader to engage in the process of interpreting these images and artifacts, the work serves as a unique resource for students of American history and culture. Features 100 illustrations. What do Madonna, Ray Charles, Mount Rushmore, suburbia, the banjo, and the Ford Mustang have in common? Whether we adore, ignore, or deplore them, they all influence our culture, and color the way America is perceived by the world. This A-to-Z collection of essays explores more than one hundred people, places, and phenomena that have taken on iconic status in American culture. The scholars and writers whose thoughts are gathered in this unique three-volume set examine these icons through a diverse array of perspectives and fields of expertise. Ranging from the Alamo to Muhammad Ali, from John Wayne to the zipper, this selection of American icons represents essential elements of our culture, including law, art, food, religion, and science. Featuring more than 100 illustrations, this work will serve as a unique resource for students of American history and culture. The interdisciplinary scholars in this work examine what it means when something is labeled as an icon. What common features do the people, places, and things we deem to be iconic share? To begin with, an icon generates strong responses in people, it often stands for a group of values (John Wayne), it reflects forces of its time, it can be reshaped or extended by imitation, and it often breaks down barriers between various segments of American culture, such as those that exist between white and black America, or between high and low art. The essays contained in this set examine all these aspects of American icons from a variety of perspectives and through a lively range of rhetoric styles.

Volume 1 is a collection of general favorites from the past year of Betty Crocker magazine, whereas volume 2 provides holiday recipes.

This book is designed to foster quality care to home care recipients. It is written for companions, home health aides, and other care givers who deliver non-medical home care. Prieto provides information, tips, and techniques on personal care routines as well as additional responsibilities that are often necessary in this work, including home safety and maintenance, meal planning, errand running, caring for couples, and making use of recreational time. Going beyond standard nurses' aide training manuals, the book focuses on the psycho-social needs of home care recipients, stressing the need to maintain the house as a home and sustaining the recipient's way of life throughout caregiving situations. Prieto stresses interpersonal skills that benefit recipient and caregiver, creating a systematic, easy-to-follow plan for delivering quality service and maintaining, or improving, quality of life.