Swedish celebrates American Heart Month with Seattle's "All Star Chefs".

For American Heart Month, Swedish is taking a stand to educate the public.

Seattle’s All-Star Celebrity Chefs and Swedish Surgeon Dr. Sarah Speck Go Heart Healthy

SEATTLE:  "Imagine what it would be like to have one of Seattle’s top chefs in your kitchen showing you how to cook a healthy meal. That’s a fantasy that is about to come true thanks to the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute and the John L. Locke Jr. Charitable Trust. Six of Seattle’s top chefs created heart healthy recipes and online videos as part of the Swedish video series, “Heart Healthy Eating with Seattle’s All-Star Chefs,” available online at http://bit.ly/allstarrecipes.  Read More >>

Dr. Sarah Speck, a cardiologist and medical director of the Cardiovascular Wellness and Rehabilitation Program at Swedish, approached the Locke Trust about funding a project to teach people how to cook healthy meals with easy-to-use ingredients. Dr. Speck wanted to create a series of videos that would showcase local chefs preparing original heart-healthy recipes, featuring fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats and fish, whole grains, olive oil and limited dairy products.

Dr. Speck and Swedish organized an outreach program to engage local chefs in the program and the online video series was created. Each of the six eight-minute videos features an original gourmet recipe that is not only heart healthy, but also simple to make. Downloadable recipes are available online at http://bit.ly/allstarrecipes.  Here is a list of the participating restaurants, chefs and recipes:

· William Belickis (Mistral Kitchen) – Roasted Farro with Mushrooms

· Ericka Burke (Volunteer Park Café) – Pan-seared Sockeye Salmon with Zucchini Salad

· Maria Hines (Tilth Restaurant) – Halibut with Couscous, Cucumber and Yogurt; and Holly Smith (Café Juanita) – Grilled Lamb with Olive Tapenade and Chickpea Puree

· Ethan Stowell (Ethan Stowell Restaurants) – English Pea, Barley and Kale Soup

· John Sundstrom (Lark) – Herbed Pork Tenderloin with Chanterelle, White Bean and Tomato Ragout

About Swedish



Established in 1910, Swedish has grown over the last 100 years to become the largest, most comprehensive non-profit health provider in the Greater Seattle area. It is comprised of four hospital campuses – First Hill, Cherry Hill, Ballard and Edmonds – a freestanding emergency department and ambulatory care center in Issaquah and Redmond, Swedish Visiting Nurse Services, and the Swedish Medical Group – a network of more than 40 primary-care and specialty clinics located throughout the Puget Sound area. In fall 2009, Swedish broke ground on a new medical office building and hospital in the Issaquah Highlands. In February, a freestanding emergency department and ambulatory care center facility will open in Mill Creek. In addition to general medical and surgical care, Swedish is known as a regional referral center, providing specialized treatment in areas such as cardiovascular care, cancer care, neuroscience, orthopedics, high-risk obstetrics, pediatric specialties, organ transplantation and clinical research. For more information, visit http://www.swedish.org/ .

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Drew Symonds
The Fearey Group
1809 7th Avenue, Suite 1111
Seattle, WA 98101