Welcome to Heart Tips Tuesday - breakfast casserole

Hello There

Healthy Heart Watchers,

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Hope this day find your heart in good shape,

 physically,  spiritually and  emotionally!!

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If you have Cardiovascular disease it is most likely that you 

have blood pressure problems as well.   I would like to

 recommend to you that if you do not have a home blood

 pressure cuff,  that you really should get one,  and then the

 next time you go to your Drs. office take it with you,  so

 you can calibrate yours to the Drs.  We do that and it has

 really worked well because for a lot of people, my hubby

and myself( now in recent years)  included, have what

 the medical folks jokingly refer to as "White Coats Disease",

which is the fact,  that when you go to the Dr, your normal

 blood pressure goes up automatically, just because you
 are at the Drs. office and are under stress, even if it is

 unknowingly!! Living from blood test to blood test 
is just a tad stressful for the patient and the spouse.

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Now we start about a week to10 days before we have

to go for a Dr. visit and we take our BP every day and

record it so we can give it to our Drs. to see what our

normal pressure is before we get to his office. That will

help because if you don't do that, they will only put you

on BP meds or more BP meds, if they think there is a

 problem, and I don't know about you, but taking those

 meds is not our idea of best case scenario, especially

if we really don't need them!!

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Our Dr. really appreciates that we do that,  cause it

helps him to make the right decision for hubby,  cause

BP is a very dangerous thing and of course, can cause

strokes and heart attacks,  so it is good for us to be

taking it from time to time at home between Dr. visits

as well, to make sure there are no big changes,  cause

if there are, we would need to see the Dr. immediately.

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Some of you mentioned you would like the recipe for

the breakfast casserole I made last week,  so decided

to post it today.  Here is a picture,  I forgot to take

it before I cut into it,  so just decided to put it on a

plate, and hoped it would work

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Ham and Scallion Breakfast Casserole

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Ingredients

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5 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed

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1 cup of chopped lowfat, cooked ham

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1/2 cup sliced scallions

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1/2 cup of 2% shredded cheddar cheese

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1-1/2 cups of 1% milk or skim milk

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1 cup of eggbeaters

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1 tablespoon of flour

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black pepper to your liking

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non-stick cooking spray

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Directions

Peel and cube potatoes, place in a saucepan then

cover with a small amount of  water,  and bring to

a boil, cook about 5 mins or so. - the potatoes just

need to be tender not cooked all the way.  When

they are tender, drain them and set aside for now.

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Lightly Spray non-stick cooking spray in a 2 quart

 oven proof baking dish, then add potatoes, scallions,

ham, and cheese, then stir it around just a little.

Then set aside for a few minutes.

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Place the flour in a medium bowl,  then stir

the milk in until mixture is smooth.   Add the

eggbeaters and  black pepper.  Now pour the egg

mixture over the potato mixture. I don't add salt
since I figure the ham is salty already,  but  if we
are eating and it needs a lil salt,  we add it then.
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Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes or

until a knife comes out clean.  Be sure to insert

knife in center.  Serve immediately.

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Enjoy!!
I really think this would make an excellent 
dinner casserole as well.  It would be great
with some roasted asparagus!!  ummmm!!

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Tip from Me:

I cooked mine the day before and just  heated

cut squares of it in the microwave the next morning.

Whatever floats your boat!! lol

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Have a Lovely Evening Sweet Friends,

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Thanks for stopping by,

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Hugs and Blessings,

Nellie