READER s h o p p in g
b e g i n n e r ’s
v e g e t a b l e g a r d e n
et started growing your own fresh, healthy food and
save on trips to the grocery store. You’ll love the flavor
of these colorful vitamin-packed vegetables. Our pick
of the best varieties includes a cut-and-come-again
mesclun mix; sweet, productive cherry tomato
‘Sungold’ and juicy red, award-winning ‘Celebrity’
tomato; tender, seedless ‘Diva’ cucumber; high-yielding purple-and-
w hite striped ‘Fairytale’ eggplant; sweet bell peppers ‘Fat ’n’ Sassy’ and
‘Lilac’; plus bush summer squash ‘Goldbar’. Well-rooted, young starts
w ill be shipped at the right time for planting in your area.
to order beginner’s vegetable garden, call w h ite flower farm,
800/420-2852, OR visit READERSHOPPING.COM.
Item M M 087237, 7 plants in
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are limited. Ships from mid-April through June. Sorry, we are unable to ship to
APO/FPO addresses, or addresses outside the contiguous United States.
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
FEBRUARY 2010 1 8 3
Heart Healthy
Nutrition Tips
February is
National Heart Month
,
so what better time to review a few
fundamentals of a heart healthy diet?
Check out these nutrition tips below
and start eating heart healthy today.
- A v o i d T r a n s T a i s
M inim ize your consum ption of fried foods
and baked good s w hen possible. Often
these foods contain trans fats w hich
increase your bad cholesterol and d ecrease
your good cholesterol.
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Try eating oily fish, like salm on or tuna, tw ice
a w eek. T h ese fish are high in o m ega
-3
fatty
acids, w hich have been show n to increase
good cholesterol levels.
S n a c k S m
a r t
R em em b er to eat heart healthy at every
meal, including snack-tim e. W ith heart-
healthy fats and only
25
calories per serving,
Lindsay® Olives
are the perfect solution when
the urge to sn ack strikes. G rab a handful and
relish the know ledge that yo u ’re enjoying a
satisfying sn ack that’s actually good for you.
lindsayolives.com
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