Friday, July 15, 2022

15+ Easy Heart-Healthy Spring Dinner Recipes - EatingWell

Take care of your heart with these seasonal meals that are low in saturated fat and sodium. We use fresh spring produce like lemons, asparagus, spinach and mushrooms to bring lots of seasonal flavor to every bite of these dinners, from easy pastas to bright salads and sheet-pan roasts. Recipes like our Lemon-Garlic Pasta with Salmon and Apricot Glazed Chicken with Potatoes & Asparagus require just 25 minutes of active prep, so you can have a delicious meal on the table fast.
In this chicken and asparagus recipe, we use one baking sheet to whip up dinner quickly, veggies included. Pounding the chicken thin helps it cook quickly alongside the carrots and potatoes, with asparagus rounding out the meal. This is one quick dinner recipe you'll be returning to again and again.
Wondering what to do with leftover salmon? This is a delicious and easy way to turn it into another weeknight-friendly, quick dinner. Don't forget to reserve some pasta water--its starch thickens the lemon-garlic pasta sauce and makes it silky-smooth.
Fresh pasta cooks up faster than dried, making it a must-have for fast weeknight dinners like this luscious yet healthy meal. Eggs are the base of the creamy sauce. They don't get fully cooked, so use pasteurized-in-the-shell eggs if you prefer.
Instead of deep-frying, the fish fillets in this quick-and-easy 5-ingredient recipe are coated with a flavorful seasoning blend and baked. Several varieties of flaky white fish can be used for these tacos. When you go to the market to purchase fish, the best strategy is to be flexible and choose the variety that looks freshest that day.
This one-pan pasta that combines lean chicken breast and sautéed spinach for a one-bowl meal is garlicky, lemony and best served with a little Parm on top. I call it "Mom's Skillet Pasta" and she called it "Devon's Favorite Pasta." Either way it's a quick and easy weeknight dinner we created together and scribbled on a little recipe card more than a decade ago, and it remains in my weekly dinner rotation to this day. It's a simple dinner the whole family will love.
If fresh peas aren't available, thawed frozen peas make an excellent substitute. Look for tender mâche at farmers' markets and natural-foods stores.
Curry powder is a powerhouse ingredient because it combines a medley of flavorful spices—usually turmeric, fenugreek, coriander and peppers—all in one jar. Increase the heat in this dish by using a hot or red curry powder.
This salad is loaded with colorful produce: fresh mint, snap peas, radishes and oranges. For pretty snap pea slices, cut them into long, thin strips.
We use mirepoix—a combination of onion, celery and carrots—to flavor this soup. Keep a store-bought bag of the mixture in your freezer to ensure you always have some on hand without worrying about it going bad.
This Bolognese sauce recipe is adapted from Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. We swap out the beef and pork for button mushrooms to keep this traditional comfort food vegan yet weighty with umami flavor. And while some recipes call for red wine, this recipe sticks with Hazan's white wine selection.
This one-pan dinner gets a hit of flavorful heat from harissa, the popular North African chile-and-garlic paste. We use harissa paste from a tube for this recipe. It's got a concentrated chile flavor that makes an excellent spice rub for chicken and adds a subtle punch of heat to a refreshing herbed yogurt sauce.
A tangy, balsamic dressing and nutty Parmesan cheese combine to coat tender roasted vegetables and chickpeas in this springy vegetarian dinner. To keep it vegetarian, serve it over quinoa or, for meat-eaters, serve with roasted chicken or pan-seared fish.
This easy dinner takes just 20 minutes to prepare, meaning that seared steak can be a weeknight meal. Cooking herbs in the pan with the steak releases their aroma, infusing it into the meat while creating a crispy garnish. After the steaks and herbs are pan-seared, the escarole is cooked in the same skillet, so this healthy dinner requires minimal cleanup too.
This steak, broccolini and pea dinner is a one-skillet meal that will be on your table in just 25 minutes! The pan drippings combine with mushrooms, broth and grainy mustard to make a thick and delicious sauce.
Fresh veggies with dip, juicy fruit and even a sweet treat make up this easy-to-make picnic dinner that's great for packing up or enjoying at home. Plus, this combo excludes the most common allergens and food intolerances (it's free from dairy, eggs, soy, nuts and gluten) so just about everyone should be able to enjoy it without worrying.
In this gluten-free turkey burger recipe, lean ground turkey stands in for ground beef, and portobello mushrooms produce a juicy, flavorful alternative to the traditional bun. Melted Swiss cheese, sliced tomato and arugula top off this delicious low-carb dinner!
In this quick dinner recipe, fresh tilapia fillets are dipped in a buttermilk-panko coating, sprinkled with almonds and Parmesan, drizzled with melted butter and red pepper and baked until flakey. It may sound complicated, but it takes just 20 minutes from start-to-finish!
In a vegan riff on green goddess dressing, cashews provide a creamy base with tons of flavor from herbs and apple-cider vinegar. Drizzle it all over this bowl of quinoa and roasted vegetables to make a satisfying vegan dinner or easy packable lunch that is ready in just 30 minutes.
In this easy sheet-pan dinner, a sweet-and-savory glaze and a colorful medley of vegetables transform ordinary drumsticks into a satisfying meal.
Homemade pesto may seem daunting, but in this quick pasta recipe you can make a simple sauce in minutes while the pasta water comes to a boil. You can substitute frozen green beans and cauliflower for fresh; in Step 4, cook the frozen vegetables according to package directions before tossing with the pasta and pesto.


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Music of the Americas: Guitars and More - AS/COA Online

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Pascuala Ilabaca and Christian Chiang. (Image via Americas Society video)
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This week features guitar music from Argentina, Colombia, and Costa Rica, in addition to a song by Pascuala Ilabaca.
This week, we bring you the virtual debut of the Fabián Forero Trío with a program dedicated to the music of Gentil Montaña, while En Casa features guitar music by Martín Neri, as well as new videos from Éditus and Pascuala Ilabaca. Recuerdos will be back next week. 
Pascuala Ilabaca y Fauna are back with "Isla," another original song recorded in Valparaíso. 
Costa Rican group Éditus (Ricardo Ramírez and Edín Solís) is back with Solís' "Vals."
Grammy winner composer and guitarist Edín Solís founded Éditus with Ricardo Ramírez in 1991. The group has toured the world and received countless awards.
Born in Rosario, Martín Neri was the guitarist for the legendary Dúo Salteño for five years, touring internationally with the group. In 2015, Neri, who is also a composer, released Matriz del agua, a concept album including ten songs that work as scenes of a play. The album was the result of his close work with a local fishing family. Current and upcoming projects include Manada, created with poet Leopoldo "Teuco" Castilla; Proyecto Sur, with arranger Carlos Villavicencio; and De un mismo barro with poet Ramiro González.
In December 2020, Neri, in collaboration with Popi Spatocco, composed "De un mismo barro," a song he performed alongside the Orquesta Sinfónica Provincial de Rosario with superstars Silvio Rodriguez, Teresa Parodi, Chango Spasiuk, Trueno, Ramiro González, and special guest Estela de Carlotto. In September 2021, he launched the single "Encierro," the first chapter of a new concept audiovisual album that reflects on pandemic isolation. It features Leopoldo "Teuco" Castilla, Jorge Fandermole, Nadia Larcher, Gustavo Cortés, Carlos Aguirre, and Teresa Parodi.
He writes about "Despierta":
"This is one of the songs/scenes that make up Matriz del agua. It comes from an image by Argentine poet Oliverio Girondo, who declared that there is no deeper tenderness than caressing a sleeping loved one. It is a guarania—a type of music from the northeast of the country that originates in Paraguay." 
The Fabián Forero Trio (Alexander Parra Ríos, Jean Carlo Espíndola, and Fabián Forero Valderrama) combines traditional and current instrumental, harmonic, and contrapuntal musical techniques. From Bogotá, they sent us a program dedicated to the music of Gentil Montaña. 
The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas concert series is made possible by the generous support of Presenting Sponsor MetLife Foundation. The Spring 2022 Music program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by the Howard Gilman Foundation. Additional support provided by iShares and The Augustine Foundation. 

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Mexico’s president thinks his penny-pinching has kept the peso afloat, but the real support has come from across the border.
Check support levels for Andrés Manuel López Obrador, now in the second half of his six-year term.
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Cloud-Based POS Software Jewel360 Launches for Jewelry Retailers - National Jeweler

Cloud-Based POS Software Jewel360 Launches for Jewelry Retailers
The end-to-end software allows for real-time control over all sales, inventory, repairs, customer communications, and marketing.
A collaboration between the mine and five Brazilian jewelry designers was on display at the 2022 Couture Show.
In a career that spanned decades, Ramsey promoted jewelry via the Diamond Information Center and the Jewelry Information Center.
With a simple swivel, this on-trend gemstone ring goes from east-west to north-south and back again.
Use these tips to create a more personalized and successful customer experience.
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The myriad motifs of the “L’Imperatrice” tarot informed the designs of rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces.
Plus, CEO Brian Duffy on how supply shortages have spread to brands beyond Rolex and Patek Philippe.
Rare & Forever is helping to create an enjoyable diamond buying experience for the millions of newly-engaged couples.
The jewelry and watch market is expected to see more moderate growth this year compared with 2021.
Michelle Meltesen joins the company with nearly two decades of experience in fine jewelry.
The suspects shot a store employee during the robbery, but he has been upgraded from critical to good condition.
Red-hot ruby matches summertime temperatures, writes Style File columnist Amanda Gizzi.
The economy is moving from “extremely strong” to “moderate” growth, said NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz.
The men’s collection is full of sumptuous chains and signet rings.
Columnist Peter Smith shares a prediction for the year ahead as the jewelry industry faces a possible slowdown.
Stories on celebrity engagements and engagement ring trends attracted a lot of readers, as did articles about Alrosa and Betty White.
The U.K, Canada, and Japan have also banned the import of gold originating from Russia.
Jewelry marketing expert Laryssa Wirstiuk shares her tips and tricks for hosting a livestream shopping session.
The current agreement, originally set to expire in 2020, will now go through June 2023.
The brands have collaborated on a fine jewelry ode to cannabis.
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Plus, JSA President John Kennedy talks about the trajectory of industry crime over the last 20 years.
The fair was evacuated temporarily Tuesday after four suspects smashed a showcase and stole jewelry from British jeweler Symbolic & Chase.
The 21st annual awards show and gala will take place in New York City next March.
The jewelry trade show is scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 3 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.
It is the fifth acquisition under the ownership of private equity firm Epiris, which bought Bonhams in 2018.
The “Celebration Infinite” diamond has more than three times the number of facets in a traditional brilliant-cut diamond, the retailer said.
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Marty Stuart shares stories behind Johnny Cash, George Jones guitars - Tennessean


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BCLS hosting summer gardening workshop - WCBD News 2

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BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C. (WCBD) – The Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) will host a workshop to educate residents on summer gardening in the Lowcountry.
The Garden and Grass: Summer Tasks workshop will be hosted by Christopher Burtt, who serves as the Horticulture Agent for Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties.
Burtt will discuss how to care for plants in the heat and what gardeners can do to keep landscapes looking vibrant.
The event will be at the Goose Creek Library on July 23 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Seating is limited and registration is required. Click here to register.
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JPMorgan Chase tells employees the bank will pay for travel to states that allow abortion - CNBC

JPMorgan Chase tells employees the bank will pay for travel to states that allow abortion  CNBC
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Thursday, July 14, 2022

US Investment Sales Facing Cooldown Amid Fed Rate Hikes - Commercial Observer

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While there is plenty of fuel for future commercial real estate momentum with ample liquidity on the sidelines, investment sales activity appears to be headed for a summer cooldown as market participants grapple with elevated borrowing costs in a rising interest rate environment. Concerns about a looming recession only add to the industry’s uneasiness for the second half of 2022. 
The Federal Reserve set the stage for commercial real estate transactions to largely grind to a halt in the coming months after raising its benchmark interest rate by 75 basis points on June 15 — the central bank’s first three-quarters of a percentage point hike since 1994 — to combat inflationary pressures. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell also laid the groundwork at the June meeting for interest rates to rise up to 3.4 percent by the end of the year from its current range of 1.5 percent to 1.75 percent, a stark contrast from previous economic estimates in March that the federal funds rate would hit 2.5 percent by the end of 2022. 
“When the cost of capital changes so drastically, it usually causes a little bit of pause and indecision,” said Michael Gigliotti, co-head of brokerage firm JLL’s New York City office. “It’s very, very strange times we’re in now. Rates have been going up, and some people are starting to think that rents might be going flat or down, and are considering that as an underwriting consideration.”
Another factor causing a near-term slowdown in deal activity is widening credit spreads, which in the past have tightened when interest rates rise. Gigliotti noted that the dynamic has been different this time around largely due to global unrest stemming from tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coupled with fears of a possible recession. 
Chris J. Coiley, Valley Bank’s head of commercial real estate for the New York and New Jersey markets, said his team is putting his loans through stressed underwriting scenarios aimed at identifying whether borrowers will succeed during difficult economic times, in terms of project-specific items like reserves and material costs. He said borrowers will have to adjust to the new interest rate reality by contributing more equity or utilize interest rate swaps. 
“When you have a rise in interest rates you are going to have a slowdown in the sales market,” Coiley said. “There is going to be more due diligence for investors.”
Despite more challenging lending conditions, Coiley expects his firm to exceed last year’s volume of $2.8 billion after executing $1.8 billion in the first half of 2022, which he puts down to a continued strong appetite for multifamily deals and higher mortgage rates driving more renters to continue leasing apartments rather than buying homes. He stressed that while the higher interest rates create more challenges for sponsors, borrowing costs are still “fairly low” compared to where they were 10 to 15 years ago and will not price them out of doing business. 
Will Nelson, director of real estate lending at Columbia Pacific Advisors, said that while CRE has seen “fundamentally sound underwriting” in recent years, the long period of low interest rates meant many borrowers got used to cheap capital with very little equity placements or alternative investments needed for their projects. Columbia is better positioned in a volatile market than other lenders, Nelson said, since it solely provides equity with no debt. That said, Nelson stressed he will also be more selective in the next few months and focus largely on industrial and multifamily deals.
Sponsorship remains key, and high-quality sponsors will continue to close transactions without too much strife, Nelson said. 
“For quality sponsors and really good transactions there’s still capital,” Nelson said. “Some of the deals perhaps you shouldn’t have been able to get done you’ve been able to get done in the last 10 to 12 years, and I think those projects are going to be impacted, but you still have the option to execute. You just might not like the terms as much.” 
The current market conditions make it even more imperative that real estate investment firms diversify the sources and locations of their transactions, according to Bentley Zhao, CEO of New Empire Corp. Zhao noted that New Empire’s current portfolio of properties in New York City consists of between 30 to 40 percent all-cash buyers, which has incentivized it to build more luxury properties “in areas primed for growth to attract investors that are likely to provide the capital necessary in cash,” he said.
New Empire, which has renovated and built over 100 multifamily projects throughout New York City, recently acquired three Queens properties, including a 19,000-square-foot development site at 58-01 Queens Boulevard in Woodside for $16.2 million in late June. Zhao, who has worked with a long-standing equity partner on many deals, stressed that building this type of relationship will play an important role amid the current market conditions as will the revitalized EB-5 investment program, which allows investors to obtain green cards in exchange for financing real estate projects.
“Depending on the size of the project, the capital necessary may be reliant on long-term relationships and more individualized investors,” Zhao said. “We expect to see EB-5 as an alternative source of capital as existing regional centers can now operate and accept new EB-5 investors.” 
Zhao added that the EB-5 program will play a large role in helping bring foreign investment back to pre-pandemic levels with investment sales in the New York area, which could help offset some of the current economic barriers facing market participants. The program returned in May following nine months of limbo after both its congressional authorization expired and a federal court invalidated its latest rules. Changes to the program include mechanisms designed to better deter fraudulent schemes and improve national security protections on inbound capital. 
Despite some of the market headwinds facing CRE at the moment, observers also feel plenty of tailwinds given all the dry powder on the sidelines that could offset some of the inflationary fears. Gigliotti noted that there is $248 billion of capital in closed-end funds that will need to be deployed in the next year. There is also the strong possibility of the world’s top three sovereign wealth funds in Japan and Norway, which currently allocate only 1.6 percent of their holdings on average toward real estate, increasing their investment in the sector, according to Gigliotti. Individual high net worth investors are also very underweighted toward CRE, he added.
“It’s liquidity that drives transactions, not the cost of capital, and we have more liquidity than ever before,” Gigliotti said. “Unlike in 2010 when liquidity dried up, these groups had an option of not investing in real estate because it wasn’t a recognized asset class. That is no longer the case.” 
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