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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Articles by Judy Doherty
Take a look inside the Food and Health Communications kitchen with this blog - busy family life, fast healthy meal ideas, cooking lessons, shopping tips, nutrition updates, food reviews, favorite dishes, what's for dinner and more!
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!!
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!
2011 Nutrition Highlight Review
2011 was a banner year for nutrition education. Read the summary here of all of the highlights as published in Communicating Food for Health Newsletter. The Dietary Guidelines were updated, MyPlate was created to replace MyPyramid and help everyone make a healthier plate; supplement news kept piling high, sodium news was not surprising and much more.
Happy Holidays
Holiday Secrets contains the most creative, healthy holiday recipes. This is not just another chef’s favorite recipe book – it is meant to teach you how to make many holiday creations from appetizers to gravy to desserts no matter your kitchen skill. We promise you will have the most wonderful time making great dishes that taste great, look good and are healthy every time.
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.
Fill Half Your Plate With Fruits and Vegetables: Labor Day
Food and Health Communications is proud to be a National Strategic Partner for MyPlate. For Labor Day we are bringing innovative yet easy ways to serve fruits and veggies so they will make up half of everyone’s plates! See Veggie Face Salad, Ice Bucket Fruits and our best Fresh Fruit Cobbler now.
12 Things We Learned From MyPlate
Here are the 12 things we learned about MyPlate after working with it all week. We read almost all of the pages on the USDA choosemyplate.gov site, performed makeovers on over 8 meals and created a slide show that is over 70 slides. We like it a lot and were amazed that it works even with fast food.
MyPlate
Take a look at how we tested MyPlate – we transformed a McDonald’s value meal from out of the bag onto a plate so you can have a better perception of what it looks like on a plate and then what happens when you make a simple healthy plate – we went from over 900 calories to just over 300. Voila!
New Food Icon Coming June 2
On June 2nd the USDA will release their new food icon to help consumers use all of the wonderful information presented in the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Read more to find the live webinar site and the twitter feed!
Pea Shoots and More Greens
Pea shoots are larger than “sprouts” but not mature enough to produce peas. They taste like peas and have a delicate flavor; their versatility makes them delicious raw or cooked. Find out what we made from a trip to a local farmer’s market where we collected many greens.
Celebrate June
Food and Health Communications is celebrating 18 years in June which is fun because June is also Fruits and Vegetables Month!
And we have 18 free gifts and treats for you! Plus get a chance to win our new Joy of Health Poster.
Potatoes
To test my son’s hypothesis of satiety for his science fair project, each volunteer ate as much as they wanted until they felt full and the amount was recorded. To ensure that each volunteer was hungry and to avoid bias each volunteer was not allowed to eat 2 hours before the test and the test was recorded at the same time of the day – after school. The results were statistically significant.
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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!!
on the go »
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.
shopping tips »
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.
what’s for dinner »
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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