Chef Jason Johnson

February is Heart Health Month!!

❤️ PROTECT YOUR HEART!❤️
From juicy berries, pomegranates, red peppers, to nutrient-rich beets, these red ingredients full of lycopene & Vitamin C help support circulation, reduce inflammation, and keep your heart strong.
Show your heart some love, especially in Heart Health Month!

Here are some simple ways to incorporate ⬇️

1️⃣ Add berries to oatmeal & yogurt bowls
✨ add flaxseed for extra fiber boost!

2️⃣ Use Raw or Roasted Red Bell Peppers in salads, grains, or soups
✨Red Peppers also actually have more vitamin C than orange juice!

3️⃣ Roast or Puree Beets - use in salad or smoothie!
✨ Pair beets with citrus to balance & mute the earthiness!

4⃣ Snack on Pomegranate Seeds
💫 Pomegranate seed can help lower blood pressure and are great source of fiber & Vitamin C…more than just the juice!

5⃣ Blood Oranges in salad or juiced!
💫 Blood Oranges actually have same anthocyanin (antioxidant power) as berries which gives it a red flesh color and "berry" taste!

BLACK HISTORY MONTH -
No matter where you started or what circumstances you were born into...whats IN you is greater than that which is AROUND you! YOU have been born with the CAPACITY of GREATNESS to take NOTHING and make into SOMETHING! The power of a seed is the HARVEST that is within its fibers...just waiting on the right soil, pressure to release it!
Your dreams, your passion, your purpose is powerful enough to propel you to places and put you before great people..as long as you don't give up!!
Keep dreaming..keep pursuing..keep believing...keep being unapologetically, authentically YOU!
YOU are a WORLD CHANGER!
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