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Dr. Katalenas Live on Good Day Austin Tomorrow!

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:24:56 +0000

Dr. Katalenas will be on “Good Day Austin” on KTBC FOX 7 at 8:10 am, tomorrow, August 31^st, speaking about healthy choices for after school snacks.

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Make “Fall Cleaning” the Pantry Part of Your Back to School Routine

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:29:32 +0000

Whether yours is a single-parent family or both parents work, chances are good that your older kids will spend some time alone after school during this school year. Even kids with stay-at-home moms aren’t supervised 100% of the time. What your kids eat when you’re not looking might surprise you. You’ve heard of spring cleaning, but have you ever considered fall cleaning? I’m talking about cleaning out your pantry, getting rid of unhealthy snacks.

Your kids won’t have to fight the temptation when they’re home alone if you fight temptation at the grocery store. Make it easy on your kids to eat healthy by only providing healthy options at home. They can have sweets and salty snacks on occasion, but only on occasion. If you keep these foods in your pantry, your kids are likely to eat them as often as they can get away with it.

Not only that, they’re likely to combine these unhealthy snacks in new, creative, and humorously disgusting ways. Remember when you were a kid? What horrible food combinations did you come up with? Some of the combinations I’ve heard over the years include sugary cereal with chocolate malted milk balls and marshmallows, peanut butter and chocolate chips on white bread, marshmallows melted in the microwave.

Healthy after-school snacks for kids

Get rid of potato chips
Replace them with whole wheat crackers with low fat cheese. Read the labels of the crackers at the store. Buy two or three that seem relatively healthy. Let your kids decide which to keep in the pantry. This way, you get their buy-in.

Get rid of toaster pastries with fruit filling
Replace them with multigrain bread with raspberry jam. You get extra points for choosing sugar-free jam!

Get rid of pizza rolls
Replace them with English muffins, pizza sauce, and low fat mozzarella. Try to find a pizza sauce made with fresh ingredients, no preservatives. Your kids can spread the sauce on half of a muffin, sprinkle with a tablespoon of cheese, and then microwave for 30 seconds or so. This doesn’t take any longer than microwaving the frozen pizza rolls would, but is guaranteed to be much lower in fat.

Get rid of fruit-flavored snacks
Replace them with fruit. A good rule of thumb is: The less processed a food is, the better it is. Snacks don’t get any healthier than fruit.Your kids are likely to gravitate toward food that’s easy to grab and go. If you make fall cleaning your pantry part of your back to school routine, you can ensure that they make healthy choices because only healthy foods will be available to them.

Your kids are likely to gravitate toward food that’s easy to grab and go. If you make fall cleaning your pantry part of your back to school routine, you can ensure that they make healthy choices because only healthy foods will be available to them.

Today’s Menu: Chickpeas with Sausage and Mixed Salad

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:25:19 +0000

While on vacation, I find myself having full days without time to relax. Even trying to rest can be a handful. Mealtime is never overlooked; we must spend time shopping for the ingredients and preparing meals. I plan for easy recipes that don’t take a lot of time, while my mother can spend the morning cooking without giving it a second thought.

So today we will make chickpeas with sausage and a mixed salad. It is fast and easy.

Chickpeas – also called garbanzo beans – are not very popular in the United States. I sometimes cook them at home, but only when I find good quality ones, like the ones from Fuentesauco that are small, faster to cook and have a delicious taste. One of the problems with chickpeas is that they take a long time to cook.

I stay away from canned ones because they are loaded with salt and they taste different. But here in Spain they sell them cooked, inside glass containers with no salt added with an incredible natural taste.

We like to prepare garbanzo beans with the Spanish sausage called “chorizo”, but any kind of sausage works. Chorizo has such a unique taste and smell that your whole neighborhood will notice your cooking.

Here are the ingredients and how to prepare them:

1 lb of garbanzo beans dried or canned
1 chorizo sausage or any other variety
4 tablespoons of olive oil

If using dried garbanzo beans, cook them in abundant water and salt, adding ½ of an onion and 1 garlic clove to the pan for flavor. Remove and discard onion and garlic after the beans are done. If using canned beans, rinse with cold water and drain.

In a saucepan heat up the olive oil. When it is hot, add the sausage or chorizo until it is partially brown. Add the garbanzo beans and cover, cooking for about 15 minutes. Keep the saucepan covered, as the beans tend to explode as they get hot.

For a small child this dish is a meal by itself. Garbanzo beans count as a source of protein and as a vegetable. They are rich in calcium, iron, phosphorus, niacin and folates. For young and old they help decrease bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol; they are also recommended for patients with diabetes, as they help to keep the blood glucose under control.

The meal is complemented by a mixed salad. I also refer to it as a “cleaning the refrigerator salad” since I usually scavenger for anything green.

Today’s salad contained: lettuce, tomato, corn, carrots and a hard-boiled egg. All mixed together and sprinkled with some olive oil and vinegar.

This is Mediterranean style diet at its best.

Hurry and Vote for Dr. K!

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:40:41 +0000

Dr. Katalenas has been nominated to receive the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award, for her contribution to the community. The event, themed Capital of Texas Small Business Award, will take place September 14th, at the Hilton Austin Hotel.

Established in 1973, the GAHCC is an organization of over 1,000 businesses dedicated to promoting and helping free enterprise while preserving our cultural heritage.

To vote for Dr. Katalenas, go to the following link: www.gahcc.org/vote

Pediatric Center of Round Rock is listed under United Healthcare Healthcare Award.

Thank you for voting! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

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La Doctora Marta Katalenas ha sido nominada para recibir el Premio a la Pequena Empresa de la Camara de Comercio Hispana de Austin, en reconocimiento a su contribucion a la comunidad. El evento, bajo el lema Capital of Texas Small Business Award, tendra lugar el dia 14 de Septiembre en el Hotel Hilton de Austin, Texas.

La Camara de Comercio Hispana ha sido establecida en 1973; es una organizacion de mas de 1.000 empresas dedicada a promover el mercado libre conservando nuestra herencia cultural Hispana.

Para votar por la Dra. Katalenas, vaya a la siguiente pagina:www.gahcc.org/vote

Podra encontrar Pediatric Center of Round Rock bajo la seccion titulada “United Healthcare Healthcare Award”.

Gracias por su voto! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

Last Chance to Vote for Dr. Katalenas to receive the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:41:40 +0000

Established in 1973, the GAHCC is an organization of over 1,000 businesses dedicated to promoting and helping free enterprise while preserving our cultural heritage.

To vote for Dr. Katalenas, go to the following link: www.gahcc.org/vote

Pediatric Center of Round Rock is listed under United Healthcare Healthcare Award.

Thank you for voting! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

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La Camara de Comercio Hispana ha sido establecida en 1973; es una organizacion de mas de 1.000 empresas dedicada a promover el mercado libre conservando nuestra herencia cultural Hispana.

Para votar por la Dra. Katalenas, vaya a la siguiente pagina:www.gahcc.org/vote

Podra encontrar Pediatric Center of Round Rock bajo la seccion titulada “United Healthcare Healthcare Award”.

Gracias por su voto! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

Vote Now – Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Nominates PCRR for Award

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:39:03 +0000

Established in 1973, the GAHCC is an organization of over 1,000 businesses dedicated to promoting and helping free enterprise while preserving our cultural heritage.

To vote for Dr. Katalenas, go to the following link: www.gahcc.org/vote

Pediatric Center of Round Rock is listed under United Healthcare Healthcare Award.

Thank you for voting! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

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La Camara de Comercio Hispana ha sido establecida en 1973; es una organizacion de mas de 1.000 empresas dedicada a promover el mercado libre conservando nuestra herencia cultural Hispana.

Para votar por la Dra. Katalenas, vaya a la siguiente pagina:www.gahcc.org/vote

Podra encontrar Pediatric Center of Round Rock bajo la seccion titulada “United Healthcare Healthcare Award”.

Gracias por su voto! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

Vote for Dr. Katalenas to Receive the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Small Business Award

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:37:40 +0000

Established in 1973, the GAHCC is an organization of over 1,000 businesses dedicated to promoting and helping free enterprise while preserving our cultural heritage.

To vote for Dr. Katalenas, go to the following link: www.gahcc.org/vote

Pediatric Center of Round Rock is listed under United Healthcare Healthcare Award.

Thank you for voting! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

______________________________________________________________________________

La Camara de Comercio Hispana ha sido establecida en 1973; es una organizacion de mas de 1.000 empresas dedicada a promover el mercado libre conservando nuestra herencia cultural Hispana.

Para votar por la Dra. Katalenas, vaya a la siguiente pagina:www.gahcc.org/vote

Podra encontrar Pediatric Center of Round Rock bajo la seccion titulada “United Healthcare Healthcare Award”.

Gracias por su voto! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

Today’s Menu: Vegetable Soup & Hake

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:13:03 +0000

While I’m visiting here in Luanco, Spain we have the advantage of access to fresh fish every day. Local fishermen go out in their little boats to bring us everything from the sea. The fish market is full of shiny “pescados” to the delight of all of us. Monday is the only day of the week when we don’t have the catch of the day, simply because they don’t go out on Sunday.

Hake is a white fish that is rarely found in the United States but very common in Spain. It resembles cod and it belongs to the same cod family. With about 200 calories per serving and incredible amounts of Omega 3 fatty acids, who needs fish oil supplements when you can have the real thing with an extraordinary taste?

Children, and adults, with a tendency to obesity can count on fish to improve cardiovascular health and brain function.

Preparing a fillet of fish is easy and fast:

Place the fillets of hake (or any other white fish) in an oven dish. In a saucepan heat up 4 tablespoons of olive oil. Add ½ onion, cut in small pieces, 2 garlic cloves (minced) and some parsley. Cook for a couple of minutes, until the onion becomes transparent. Add 1 tsp of flour and ¼ cup of water and allow cooking for another 2 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Pour the mixture over the fish; pour ¼ cup of white cooking wine over it and place in the oven for 20-30 minutes.

This recipe for vegetable soup is a variant of my own recipe. My mother prepares it without cheese, but my children like it with some Philadelphia cream cheese added.

The ingredients are very simple: 3 zucchini, 2 potatoes, 1 onion, 2 carrots, 3 tablespoons of olive oil, salt and pepper. Preparing it is even easier: cut up all the vegetables and boil them in a small amount of water. Add the olive oil. It takes about 30 minutes and it is done. Use a hand mixer to blend all together, add salt and pepper and the soup is ready

Zucchini is rich in vitamins and minerals. It contains calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin C, thiamine, niacin, carotenes, lutein, vitamin A and iron.

Potatoes provide even more vitamin C, niacin, magnesium and fiber.

The vegetable soup in this menu provides a meal, as itself, for a toddler. In order to increase the amount of protein and make it more nutritious, add some white Philadelphia cream cheese after cooking the vegetables and before blending.

One of the questions parents ask more frequently during the well-check visit of toddlers is about the need to give vitamin supplements to children. Why add pharmaceutical preparations when we can have the same results with food?

How to deal with the picky eater who refuses to try new food? Don’t give choices and offer food only at mealtime, when the child is hungry.

Have You Voted for Dr. Katalenas?

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:35:15 +0000

Established in 1973, the GAHCC is an organization of over 1,000 businesses dedicated to promoting and helping free enterprise while preserving our cultural heritage.

To vote for Dr. Katalenas, go to the following link: www.gahcc.org/vote

Pediatric Center of Round Rock is listed under United Healthcare Healthcare Award.

Thank you for voting! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

______________________________________________________________________________

La Camara de Comercio Hispana ha sido establecida en 1973; es una organizacion de mas de 1.000 empresas dedicada a promover el mercado libre conservando nuestra herencia cultural Hispana.

Para votar por la Dra. Katalenas, vaya a la siguiente pagina:www.gahcc.org/vote

Podra encontrar Pediatric Center of Round Rock bajo la seccion titulada “United Healthcare Healthcare Award”.

Gracias por su voto! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

Vote for Dr. Katalenas for the Capital of Texas Small Business Award

Dr. Marta Katalenas M.D. — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:35:00 +0000

Established in 1973, the GAHCC is an organization of over 1,000 businesses dedicated to promoting and helping free enterprise while preserving our cultural heritage.

To vote for Dr. Katalenas, go to the following link: www.gahcc.org/vote

Pediatric Center of Round Rock is listed under United Healthcare Healthcare Award.

Thank you for voting! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.

______________________________________________________________________________

La Camara de Comercio Hispana ha sido establecida en 1973; es una organizacion de mas de 1.000 empresas dedicada a promover el mercado libre conservando nuestra herencia cultural Hispana.

Para votar por la Dra. Katalenas, vaya a la siguiente pagina:www.gahcc.org/vote

Podra encontrar Pediatric Center of Round Rock bajo la seccion titulada “United Healthcare Healthcare Award”.

Gracias por su voto! Dr. Marta Katalenas, M.D.