{"id":5954,"date":"2016-11-18T20:19:12","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5954"},"modified":"2016-11-18T20:19:12","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T20:19:12","slug":"a-reason-to-be-thankful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=5954","title":{"rendered":"A Reason to be Thankful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/City-Los-Fresnos-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5190\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/City-Los-Fresnos-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"City-Los-Fresnos-Logo\" width=\"599\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With Thanksgiving weeks away many of us are preparing for a traditional family gathering centered on a delicious home cooked meal. With so many reasons to be thankful this year, I\u2019d encourage you to take a minute to be thankful for your health and the health of your family.<br \/>\nTake advantage of this opportunity to add a few heart healthy ingredients into your family\u2019s meal. Zucchini Muffins are made with whole wheat, vegetables and are lightly sweetened. This is a perfect side dish to add to any Thanksgiving meal.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Zucchini Muffins<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5955\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs.jpg\" alt=\"zucchinimuffs\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs.jpg 960w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs-405x270.jpg 405w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs-638x425.jpg 638w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs-619x413.jpg 619w, https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/zucchinimuffs-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 cup whole wheat flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cup all-purpose unbleached flour<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd teaspoon baking powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup canola oil<\/li>\n<li>3 egg whites<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup sugar (optional)<\/li>\n<li>1 \u00bd teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>2 cups zucchini, grated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><br \/>\nPreheat oven to 350F.<\/p>\n<p>Oil a 12-cup muffin tin pan.<\/p>\n<p>In a large bowl mix together flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until foamy. Add the vanilla, sugar and oil. Beat for 3 additional minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Add wet and dry ingredients together then add grated zucchini.<\/p>\n<p>Mix until the batter is blended well.<\/p>\n<p>Spoon batter into the muffin tins.<\/p>\n<p>Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.<\/p>\n<p>Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nutrition Facts:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Per serving<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Serving size 1 muffin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Calories 122<br \/>\nCalories from fat 14<br \/>\nTotal Fat 2g<br \/>\nSaturated Fat &lt;1g<br \/>\nCholesterol 35mg<br \/>\nSodium 28mg<br \/>\nCarbohydrate 24g<br \/>\nFiber 2g<br \/>\nProtein 4g<\/p>\n<p>Resource: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Sustainablefoodcenter.org\" target=\"_blank\">SFC Sustainable Food Center<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Christine De La Rosa, Los Fresnos Community Health Worker at 956-407-3348 or email at <a href=\"mailto:cdelarosa@citylf.us\" target=\"_blank\">cdelarosa@citylf.us<\/a> or Los Fresnos City Hall at 956-233-5768.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Thanksgiving weeks away many of us are preparing for a traditional family gathering centered on a delicious home cooked meal. With so many reasons to be thankful this year, I\u2019d encourage you to take a minute to be thankful for your health and the health of your family. Take advantage of this opportunity to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-because-your-health-matters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5956,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5954\/revisions\/5956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}