(NC)-Your doctor utters those dreaded words; you must lower your cholesterol or face the possibility of heart disease. You think you will have to give up all the foods you love. However, being healthy does not mean eating a rabbit's diet. Retailers are increasingly helping consumers find ways to eat the foods that they love without fearing the next checkup.

Here are some tips to help you understand how to eat any foods without a big serving of guilt.

Choose and enjoy a variety of foods every day. This will help you maintain a balanced diet.

Eat moderate, balanced portions. When portion sizes are reasonable, it will be easier to eat the foods you want and to stay healthy.

Eat exactly what you're hungry for. If y To Be Or Not To Be… Healthy? The Choice Is Yours Recipe

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Digging Up Earthnuts (Conopodium Majus)

by Simon Mitchell

The custom of grubbing for Earthnuts, or Pignuts is as ancient as mankind itself. Although these tasty tubers are beloved of pigs (hence the name) they are a most unusual and rewarding woodland snack and there was a time when they were a popular nibble for country children on their way to and from school.

The fern like leaves appear along with the Lesser Celandine in the spring. During May and July they develop umbellifer heads with white flowers not unlike Cow Parsley. According to Gerard and others the Dutch once ate them 'boiled and buttered, as we do parseneps and carrots'. Unearthing a pignut is a delicate operation. The root disconnects from the tuber very easily, which can be several inches from where the stem appears above ground. Digging Up Earthnuts (Conopodium Majus) Recipe

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Cherry Cranberry Trifle

by News Canada

Pound Cake: 2 cups (500 ml) Five Roses All Purpose Flour 1 tbsp (15 ml) baking powder pinch salt 1 cup (250 ml) unsalted butter 1 cup (250 ml) sugar 4 eggs 1-2 tsp (5-10 ml) grated orange zest

Filling: 1 can (300 ml) condensed milk 1-1/2 cups (375 ml) cold water 1 pkg. (102 g) vanilla instant pudding mix 1 container (1 L) frozen, light whipped topping, thawed 1 pound cake, cut into cubes (recipe above) 1 can (540 ml) cherry cranberry pie filling

Pound Cake: Grease and line a 9" x 5" (2 L) loaf pan with parchment paper. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Cream butter with sugar; beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in orange zes Cherry Cranberry Trifle Recipe

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