Prevent Cancer Foundation Blog

Healthy Eating - Yield: 1 serving Servings: 1 Prep Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 10 minutes Recipe Description: Here’s a super-quick all-in-one-skillet breakfast to start your day, loaded with hash browns, spinach, egg and cheese. Recipe Ingredients: 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup frozen hash browns or precooked shredded potatoes (see Note) 1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach 1 large egg Pinch of salt Pinch of freshly ground pepper 2 tablespoons shredded sharp Cheddar cheese Recipe Steps: Heat oil in a small nonstick skillet over medium heat. Layer hash browns and spinach into the pan. Crack egg on top and sprinkle with salt, pepper and cheese. Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and cook until the hash browns are starting to brown on the bottom, the egg is set and the cheese is melted, 4 to 7 minutes. Recipe Tips & Notes: Ingredient note: Shredded cooked potatoes can be found in the refrigerated produce section or dairy section of most supermarkets. Recipe Nutrition: Per serving: 226 calories; 15 g fat (5 g sat, 7 g mono); 226 mg cholesterol; 12 g carbohydrate; 0 g added sugars; 13 g protein; 3 g fiber; 374 mg sodium; 352 mg potassium Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin A (191% daily value), Folate (35% dv), Calcium (23% dv), Iron (15% dv). 1 Carbohydrate Servings Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 1/2 medium-fat meat, ...

Events - The California coast has welcomed the 2013 Amgen Tour of California (AToC) with beautiful blue skies and sunshine during the first half of America’s largest cycling event, now in its eighth year. Sixteen prestigious cycling teams from around the globe are competing in a treacherous 750 mile course that climbs almost 60,000 feet and runs from south to north for eight straight days/stages. It certainly has been a pleasure for me to be here at ...

Save Your Skin - Is your family gearing up for a season of sun, surf and sand? Before hitting the beach this summer it's important to remember that protecting your skin from the sun is vital to reducing your risk of skin cancer, the most common cancer diagnosis and also the most preventable cancer. To spotlight National Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month we separate the sun safety facts from the most commonly heard myths to keep you, your ...

Prevention - My Mom is incredibly caring, has endless strength and loves her family more than anything. She was 14 years old when her mother died of kidney cancer. Several decades later, she lost her father and her oldest brother to prostate cancer. Like so many others, cancer runs rampant in my family, so taking steps to prevent the disease is something I try to share with my Mom. In past years, I have given my mother jewelry, ...