We wanted to show you our latest MyPlate creation that is great for the heart. Barley, Salmon, Walnuts, Vegetables, Olive Oil and more are made into a quick 30 minute meal that you will want to serve over and over. Enjoy!
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Snacking Portion Control
Welcome to portion control! Here is the first video, snacking, in our series for Portion Control by the Meal
Here is what we found in our DVD/Video research:
Snacks come in all sized packages and bags. Don’t let the food manufacturer decide your serving. Many packages and bags look like one serving but they are many more. Most of these packaged foods are very high in calorie density. A single one ounce serving of most items is around 140 calories. To put this in perspective, a one ounce piece of fruit would be around 20 calories.
We did find that a simple way to eyeball a one ounce serving is not to count potato chips – who would do that – but the one ounce serving most of the time is about a handful. Don’t eat out of a bag – put a handful on a small plate.
In the video you can see where we make a fun platter of fruits, vegetables and a few whole grain crackers. This gives you a fun variety and a whole plate of nutritious food for just 120-150 calories. Compare at the end where you can see a pile of chips versus a whole plate of food for the same amount – which do you think would make you feel more full?
There is truth to the Ruffles potato chip commercial – you can’t eat just one!
There is more info on this video here:
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Hidden Veggies Lower Calories
Researchers at the Pennsylvania State University completed a study that shows that hiding veggies in foods is an effective strategy to get people to eat more veggies and significantly fewer calories. We wanted to give this fun idea of hiding pureed vegetables in foods a try.
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Happy Birthday To You
My daughter’s school principal is requesting ideas for alternative snacks for parents to send
to school to celebrate their child’s birthday, rather than the usual cake/brownies, etc. Do you have any
handouts/suggestions that I could use?
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Balance Calories
Here are many ways to use a plate for portion control. Size matters. What you put on the plate matters. And using a plate to visualize how much you are eating is a great idea. We like to think of a plate as a reverse piggy bank. The smaller it is the more you save!!
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Stars Are Born
2 stars are born – our new iPad App, Salad Secrets, will have you making stunning salads right from your iPad – choose from 50 different ones with great presentation tips and nutrition facts. Plus get our latest kitchen creation, the Mexican Fiesta salad now from our blog – just in time for Cinco de Mayo.
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33 Things We Learned From FNCE
Our trip through the food hall at FNCE taught us 33 things. We found a general back to basics rule of thumb for most displays and marketing efforts. Presentations and marketing efforts were neat, engaging and beautiful and it was all about the flavor of food with a few nutrient benefits sprinkled in for marketing. Food manufacturers across the board offer “more for less” – more nutrients and less calories.
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MyPlate For The Heart
We wanted to show you our latest MyPlate creation that is great for the heart. Barley, Salmon, Walnuts, Vegetables, Olive Oil and more are made into a quick 30 minute meal that you will want to serve over and over. Enjoy!
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