I'm Seeing Red! Toast To Women Cookbook Giveaway and Recipe

I'm seeing red because heart disease kills eight times more women than breast cancer and most women aren't aware of the dangers! With Mother's Day closely approaching, it is time to let women out there know how important it is to stay heart healthy. Appropriately timed, Mother’s Day falls on the kick-off day to National Women’s Health Week this year (May 10-16).

What can you do? If you go to http://www.toasttowomen.com/ you can send a FREE personalized e-card or e-toast to the special women in your life while helping to raise funds and awareness for women’s heart disease. In return, Clos du Bois has agreed to donate $1 for every e-card sent to WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease. The goal? $100,000! While you are there make sure you enter to win one of several heart healthy gym totes, fully outfitted with a portable MP3 player, pedometer, personal yoga mat, reusable water bottle and plush gym towel. One lucky winner will also receive a beautiful new cruiser bike, ideal for staying heart healthy and physically fit.

While at http://www.toasttowomen.com/ check out the recipes excerpted from the WomenHeart's All Heart Family Cookbook. Why, do you ask? Well, I was offered the opportunity to review it and it is fabulous! I've written down several of the recipes and now I want to give it to you. I thought I would share one of the fun recipes that I tried with my son last week.

Doesn't it look yummy? It is a Tropical Fruit Pop and here is how you make it...

Tropical Fruit Pops

In addition to being delicious, mangos are rich in antioxidants, potassium, and fiber, making them a good heart healthy addition to anyone's meals.

Ingredients:

2 ripe mangos, peeled, pitted, and chopped

1 small ripe banana, quartered

1/2 cup orange juice

In a blender, combine the mangos, banana, and orange juice. Blend until smooth. Pour into 4 frozen-pop molds (or small dixie cups). Freeze for at least 4 hours.

Makes 4

Heart healthy ingredients: 3

Per serving: 102 calories, 2 calories from fat 0 g total fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 g monounsaturated fat, 0 g polyunsaturated fat, 2 mg cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 26 g fiber, 19 g sugar, 1 g proteinThe cookbook has great information in it on how to stay heart healthy including "The Big Four Risk Factors", "The 40 Heart Healthy Foods", and "175 Family-Pleasing, Heart-Protecting Recipes".

The Giveaway

Because our goal is to raise money for WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease in order to be entered to win this cookbook you must go to http://www.toasttowomen.com/ and send an e-card/e-toast to me (Lisa) at momof2boyswifeof1@gmail.com or to someone else you want to share this with. This is a requirement in order to receive additional entries.

Want Extra Entries?

1. Follow me on twitter (@lisasamples) and tweet this contest leaving me a link. (1 entry per tweet)

Enter to win ALL HEART Cookbook & Raise $ for Women with Heart Disease at http://bit.ly/4xs3ip

2. Follow my blog (or if you are already following - tell me who you are. (2 entries)

3. Leave a comment on my blog anywhere else and leave me the link. (1 entry per comment)

4. Blog about this and link back to me and http://www.toasttowomen.com/. (5 entries)

5. Stumble this giveaway. (1 entry)

6. Technorati fav me! (1 entry)

7. Send additional e-cards/e-toasts to your friends. (1 entry per e-card sent)

8. Add my button to your blog and let me know where I can find it. (2 entries)

I hope there is a lot of participation because this is a great cause and an awesome giveaway!
Contest ends on April 26th at 11:59 pm, EST. Winner will be picked using Random.org. US Only (sorry). Be sure to check back here to see if you win on the 27th! Good luck...