Heart Healthy Recipes from Cardiology Services

Welcome to your resource for Heart Healthy recipes. This recipe bank is provided for all individuals who seek to improve their heart’s health. Choose from a variety of recipe categories or submit your own recipe for posting. If you submit a recipe our registered dietitians will review its “heart healthy” value and modify it accordingly. Modifications to make a recipe more nutritious may include ingredient substitution or a reduction of a certain ingredient, such as sugar. These modifications are made to decrease fat, calories, sugar and salt in your favorite recipes. Your recipe will then be added to the recipe file for all visitors to enjoy.

Submit your favorite recipe and discover how heart healthy it can be. . .

Select from our Recipe Categories:

• Main Dish
• Healthy Sides
• Salads/Soups
• Vegetarian
• Desserts/Snacks
• Drinks
• Other

Nutrition Staff

Las Palmas Medical Center is the only hospital in El Paso that has an entire clinical nutrition staff of board certified specialists.

Anthea Wesson RD, LD, CNSD
Janine Glenn RD, LD, CNSD
Amanda Timmerman MS, RD, CNSD, LD
Martha A. Gonzalez RD, LD, CDE

Our four clinical dietitian specialists have attained advanced credentialing well above that required for a registered dietitian. Anthea Wesson, Amanda Timmerman, and Janine Glenn are all board certified in nutrition support (CNSD) by the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. The nutrition support dietitian plays a key role in assessment and transitioning a patient between methods of nutrient delivery.

Amanda Timmerman has earned, additionally, a Master’s Degree in Clinical Nutrition. Martha Gonzalez is board certified by the American Association of Diabetes Educators as a Certified Diabetes Educator, specializing in all aspects of clinical care for type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes.