Adopting healthy habits that can help keep your blood pressure under control is vital to good heart health. 

Making small lifestyle changes can go a long way toward prevention. Start with updating your menu with delicious, heart-healthy recipes. Following a heart-healthy eating plan, like the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), which emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, fish, poultry, beans, nuts, low-fat dairy and healthy oils, can help keep your blood pressure in a healthy range.

Developed through research by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, DASH focuses on reducing sodium and limiting foods that are high in saturated fat, including fatty meats, full-fat dairy and tropical oils.

Find DASH-friendly recipes at healthyeating.nhlbi.nih.gov.  

Hawaiian Huli Huli Chicken

    Sauce:

2 tablespoons ketchup

2 tablespoons light soy sauce

2 tablespoons honey

2 teaspoons orange juice

1 teaspoon garlic (about 1 clove), minced

1 teaspoon ginger, minced

12 ounces boneless, skinless chicken breast (about 2 large breasts), cut into 1-inch cubes (about 24 cubes) 

1 cup fresh pineapple, diced (about 24 pieces) 

8 wooden skewers (6 inches each), soaked in water

Sauce: Combine ketchup, soy sauce, honey, orange juice, garlic and ginger; mix well. Separate into two bowls and set aside.

Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Preheat oven to 350°F. 

Alternately thread three chicken cubes and three pineapple chunks on each skewer.

Grill skewers 3-5 minutes on each side. Brush or spoon sauce from one bowl onto chicken and pineapple every other minute. Discard remaining sauce from first bowl. 

To prevent chicken from drying out, finish cooking to minimum internal temperature of 165°F in oven. Using clean brush or spoon, coat with sauce from remaining bowl before serving.

Makes four servings.