Cook Book: Healthy Liver, Happy Heart by Annie Douglass Lima

Struggling to protect your heart health or reverse fatty liver disease—but not sure what to cook?

Enjoy delicious, wholesome meals that truly support your heart, liver, and overall wellness. This cookbook is filled with low-fat, low-sodium, anti-inflammatory recipes made from simple, real-food ingredients—each one designed to help you lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation, balance your metabolism, and manage fatty liver disease naturally.

You’ll find everything from satisfying main dishes and vibrant salads to creamy dressings, aromatic sauces, and comforting soups—all bursting with flavor, not with sugar, salt, or fat. Each recipe includes complete nutrition facts, clear step-by-step directions, and realistic prep times to fit your lifestyle.

Whether you’re healing from heart disease, working to improve liver function, striving for weight loss, or simply choosing a cleaner diet, Healthy Liver, Happy Heart makes it easy to cook with confidence and enjoy food that’s both healthy and delicious.

Perfect for beginners and seasoned home cooks alike, these recipes help you eat well, feel great, and care for your body, one nourishing bite at a time. Start your journey toward better heart and liver health today—grab your copy now and discover how delicious healing can be!

 

About the Author/Creator

Annie Douglass Lima is the author of two cookbooks, Once Upon a Bowl of Oatmeal and Healthy Liver, Happy Heart. Though best known for her fantasy novels, she also enjoys creating practical, flavorful recipes that make healthy eating both doable and delicious. Having lived in four countries and visited more than twenty, she brings a global perspective to her cooking as well as her writing. When she isn’t experimenting in the kitchen, Annie works as a teacher and continues to spin action-packed tales of speculative worlds.

For updates on her writing and life overseas, and to receive a free fantasy ebook, subscribe to her newsletter at books.anniedouglasslima.com/LimaNews.

 

Connect with the author online:

Email: AnnieDouglassLima(at)gmail(dot)com 

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Review:

This cookbook is well thought out and organized, with notes included with healthy tidbits about the various ingredients used in the recipes, as well as some variations that can be used to tailor them to your individual needs. The images also give a tasty idea of what to expect.

 

The way it is organized makes it fairly easy to find what you're looking for. And I definitely appreciated that there were recipes for items that can be used solo, or as ingredients in other recipes, such as yogurt, various sauces and seasonings, as well as basic staples such as chicken stock. 

 

I tried a few recipes that are more suited to my family. We particularly enjoyed the Black Bean Soup. It was simple and easy to make, with ingredients everyone is sure to recognize. And the taste was pretty darn amazing. We'll definitely be making it again, though we'll likely add a pinch or two of salt ;)

  

 We also tried the Chicken Chow Mein, which was both tasty and pleasing to the palette. There are quite a few other recipes I wanted to try before posting this, but there are too many good ones, and I appreciate the various spice mix recipes included. I've been looking for some good, low to no sodium spice mixes and know these will serve my family well.

 

Where to buy 

Available formats: color hardcover, color paperback, black-and-white paperback, color eBook

Universal link to the book on Amazon and in multiple other stores: books.anniedouglasslima.com/liverheart

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Cover Reveal: Power On: Book One of the Supervillain Rescue Project

Power On: Book One in the Supervillain Rescue Project, a new YA Superhero Series from the world of the Supervillain Rehabilitation Project

 

About the book:

Jake's family ties have turned to cuffs.

Born with the ability to fragment his body at a molecular level, Jake Lucas has devoted his life to his uncle's supervillain gang. When he's captured by superheroes, he's certain his life is over at only sixteen.

To Jake's surprise, he doesn't end up in prison but at Camp Sable: an intervention project for at-risk super powered teens. Jake's not interested in rehabilitation. As far as he's concerned, the camp mentors are just a barrier between him and his true family, the Sand Fox gang.

Forced to work alongside the likewise screwed up duo of fire-powered Marco and electricity manipulator Laleh, Jake waits for the perfect escape opportunity. Having friends and the chance at a real family is more appealing than Jake originally thought, but going soft can cost a supervillain his life. Jake soon finds the forces fighting to control his life threatening to tear him apart.

Will Jake choose to remain the villain his uncle made him, or become the hero his new friends think he can be?

A Young Adult Superhero series featuring found family, friendship, and one superpowered ferret. 

Pre-order through the end of September to get it for $.99 for ebook

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Author Bio:

H. L. Burke has written more books than she can count—because she's written a lot of books, not just because she can't count very high.

Easily distracted by shinies, she has published in many subgenres including fantasy romance, Steampunk, and superhero, and always creates story worlds with snark, feels, and wonder.

Married to her high school crush, she spends her time writing, spoiling her cat, and supervising her two supervillains in training (aka her precocious daughters).

An Oregon native, she wilts without trees and doesn't mind the rain. She is a fan of delicious flavor, a follower of the Light, and a believer in happily ever after.

 

 

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Christmas Countdown Blitz Day Ten: Her Secret Agent Fake Fiance by Kimberley Montpetit

 

When she was in Paris, Kimberley Montpetit spent all of her souvenir money at the La Patisserie shops with their gorgeous and delicious pastries. 

She grew up in the fabulous city of San Francisco, hides a stash of anything chocolate and caramel when she can get away with it, and now lives in a small town along the banks of the Rio Grande with her engineer husband and three sons. 

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Can two clashing agents survive gunshots, murderous millionaires, and dangerous covert snooping? Most importantly, will their own hearts betray them in the end?

Our Heroine: Erin Steele, FBI Agent. Alias: Cassandra Fairfax, oil heiress.

Her Partner: Braden Moretti, CIA Special Ops. Alias: Marcus Romero, Erin’s drop-dead gorgeous date with a talent for driving her crazy.

Where: A fancy Christmas party at the mansion of the wealthiest man in San Francisco.

Undercover Assignment: Fake Fabergé jewels selling for ten million bucks. A sting operation to take down the bad guys, of course . . . it’s all in a night’s work. 

Biggest Blunder: An encounter under the mistletoe that goes horribly wrong . . . or perfectly right?

◆ Fall in love with Romantic Suspense that includes intrigue and danger - all wrapped up in a red Christmas bow!

◆ Included in this romance: Agent Erin Steele's special Christmas morning recipe and pictures of a stunning Faberge jewel!

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Before I forget,” Darla added, running into the rear dressing room once more and returning in seconds. “Here’s your wrap and an evening bag to use. It is December, after all. Can’t have you catching cold.”

The woman placed a gold stole around Erin’s shoulders and a glittery red evening bag into her hands. “I filled the bag with a fresh lipstick—the same color you’re already wearing—a small pack of tissues and a secure cell phone.”

Erin slowly lifted her eyes to stare at the woman. Darla gave her a cell phone?

“Your date tonight already knows the number,” the older woman said softly, giving her a wink. 

“You,” Erin spluttered. “You know—”

Darla shrugged with a self-deprecating smile. “Yeah, I’m actually retired from the force and returned to my old passion working disguises for agents just like you, Miss Steele. During the week, I’m a normal beauty salon owner.”

Laughter bubbled up Erin’s throat. “Oh my gosh, you knew all afternoon.” 

Darla shrugged mischievously. “I told you I was good.”

“I guess so!”

“Hey, if you get into trouble and you lose your partner in some way, just dial star 999. I’ll send backup—or a body bag. But we’ll stay optimistic.”

“You’re so comforting, Darla,” Erin said, throwing in a bit of sass.

“Your limo and man await, young lady,” Darla said while Erin was still in shock over herself in the wall of mirrors. 

  

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Christmas Countdown Blitz Day Nine: The Unknown Elf by Karlie Lucas

 

Karlie Lucas is a school crossing guard by day and a writer/artist by night. 

A graduate of Southern Utah University, Karlie received a B.A. in Creative Writing, with a minor in art. She is a member of Sigma Tau Delta, The International English Honor Society, SCBWI, as well as ANWA, the American Night Writers Association.
Karlie is interested in all things magical and mysterious, especially elves and dragons. She is an avid fan of J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling.

When not writing, Karlie can often be found drawing, baking, watching her favorite old school shows, or just spending time with her family.

She currently resides in Dallas, Texas with her husband and a cat named Kally. 

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Marie never expected to wake up in North Pole City, let alone being made Santa’s Emergency Replacement. It was a job she never wanted but couldn’t turn down, thanks to Clarence, Santa’s right hand man. 

Now, Marie has to work with Clarence, who believes she is some kind of criminal who will cause the destruction of everything he holds dear. Trying to prove that he’s wrong, Marie keeps making mistakes that push them even further apart. It doesn’t help that she has a past she’d rather keep hidden. However, trying to keep her past where it should belong isn’t easy.

Just when Marie starts to feel like things are coming together, a madman with a bone to pick, and Christmas to ruin, threatens the whole of the North Pole Organization. Marie must rely on Clarence and her new friends to help her face her past before Christmas is gone forever.  But does she have the courage to truly be herself when it could mean losing everything?

  

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"E-two to C-one! Do you copy? Over."

Clarence shakily pulled out the device and thumbed the transmit button. "C-one here. What's the problem? Over." 

Static sounded over the frequency as he released the talk button. He waited almost impatiently for a response, not liking the tone in Dena's voice. "We have a code seven. Repeat, a code seven. We'll meet in the usual place. Over," Dena's voice crackled.

"I'm on my way. Over and out." The radio gave one last burst of static as Clarence put it back in his pocket. He shook slightly as he stepped down from the running board. He couldn't help but remember a similar set of circumstances several years ago. Those circumstances had led to the death of one of his closest friends. He forced himself to stop trembling once his feet hit the cold ground. He had a job to do right now, and his personal life could not interfere, nor could his growing fear. He'd been trained too well. These feelings had to wait.

He turned to Marie with an unreadable expression. "Take the reindeer back to the stable, then go find Sandra." Without another word, he ran to a side entrance that led to the city, vanishing into the shadows.

Marie watched him leave, whistling a command to the reindeer. They ran to a high dune and disappeared. A growing fear beat against her chest; one she could almost put a name to.

  

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Christmas Countdown Blitz Day Eight: Miss Dashwood's Dileman by Arabella Sheraton

Arabella Sheraton grew up on a diet of Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, and many other writers of that period. From Jane Austen to Georgette Heyer, Arabella has found both enjoyment and inspiration in sparkling, witty Regency novels. She also loves history and generally finds the past more fascinating than the future. Arabella wrote her first Regency romance to entertain her aged mom who loved the genre. Arabella is honoured to share the adventures of her heroes and heroines with readers.

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In this delightful traditional Regency romance, Miss Diana Dashwood accepts an invitation to Lady Prescott's Christmas party at Camden House, in the countryside. But things do not go quite as she imagined. 

Through an unexpected event, she is forced to spend the night in a woodsman's hut with one of the guests. What a scandal! 

Of course, Sir Gareth Blakely must propose, and he does. Unfortunately, Miss Diana Dashwood has already been engaged to and broken off her engagement from Sir Gareth Blakely after a bitter quarrel. Is it likely she will bow to social pressure and accept his proposal, one made only to save her reputation, and if they marry, does their union stand a chance of survival?And what about the pretty heiress, Miss Jemima Plymstock, whom everyone thinks is the lady Sir Gareth had his eye upon? Headstrong and proud, Miss Diana Dashwood is caught in a dreadful dilemma. A must-read for Regency fans!

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Snow began to fall more heavily than before, with flurries swirling and eddying in a white haze. She could hardly see her own hand in front of her. The wind made matters worse as icy blasts pierced her layers of warm clothing. She had to get up or else freeze to death. Mrs. Whittaker’s brother popped into her mind. His lurid tales of travelers who froze to death just a few feet from their own front doors rang in her ears. She had to get up now, even though it would be so much easier to lie down right there and go to sleep. Diana managed to get onto her knees and Jess, sensing her distress, came running back.

“Don’t leave me alone, girl,” Diana said through clenched teeth. She could barely speak, her cheeks were numb. Jess walked a few steps again, looked back, and whined.

“Have you found a safe place?” Diana asked, and then laughed. She had gone completely mad. Imagine talking to a dog. Jess answered her with another bark. Diana dragged herself up by hanging onto a low tree branch, and tried to limp on. She could not move an inch. The pain made her gasp. Then someone grasped her from behind and lifted her off her feet. Diana screamed and fainted.

  

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