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USDA Publishes Standards for Snack Foods for Schools
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USDA Publishes Standards for Snack Foods for Schools

The health of today’s school environment continues to improve. Students across the country are now offered healthier school lunches with more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. The Smart Snacks in School standards will build on those healthy advancements and ensure that kids are only offered tasty and nutritious foods during the school day.

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Better Birthday Treats for Kids
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Better Birthday Treats for Kids

If you were to replace birthday cake with the sweet treats in this post, then you would save about 8,000 calories per child per school year, which is quite a bit...

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Whole Wheat Breadsticks
food projects, grains, cooking, kids Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII food projects, grains, cooking, kids Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Whole Wheat Breadsticks

My son loves breadsticks, especially the ones from Domino's pizza. I am not so keen on the pizza place's variety because they are higher in fat, sodium and cost compared to ones I can make at home and they are not whole grain. Here is a recipe that is very easy to make and yields great results that are kid tested! These were the hit of a spring break pool party the other night here with teenage boys.

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