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From the Food and Health Communications Kitchen
- Step by Step
- Start Slow, Keep Steady
- Top Seven Cooking Lessons
Here at Food and Health Communications, we just love to cook. Lately, we've been thinking about the most important cooking lessons for a healthful lifestyle, which led us to create our Top Seven Cooking Lessons for Health series. This free set of nutrition handouts is chock full of useful information. It covers everything from crafting the best bowl of oatmeal to steaming vegetables perfectly.
- Herb and Garlic Roasted Potatoes
- Kitchen Equipment Survey
- Nutrition PowerPoint Pro Tips
- Low-Fat Apple Cobbler
- Bread Machine Stars: Round Two
We continue our series about delicious and healthful foods that you can make in a bread machine with today's discussion of pizza. That's right, pizza. When prepared in a thoughtful way, pizza can actually be good for you. The two pizzas we're featuring today are nutrient dense and low in both sodium and saturated fat. And trans fat? It's nowhere to be found!
- There’s So Much More to a Bread Machine
Bread machines are fantastic tools for creating delicious breads, but that's not all they can accomplish. In this week's series, we are featuring four other great things, besides bread, that you can make with your bread machine. Today we'll discuss our first two: an incredible chicken calzone and a sweet plum strudel.
- Cran Razzle Tea
- Meet Fruit Tooth!
- Dietary Tips: A Follow-Up to Addition, Subtraction, and Diet
- Addition, Subtraction, and Diet
- Seven Simple Steps
- Fall in Love with Salad
- Watermelon Day
- July is Baked Bean Month
- Stealthy Substitutions
- Slow Down Your Sodium Intake!
- Summer Fruit Dessert Presentation Tips
Our last post introduced seven AMAZING fresh fruit desserts, and today we'd like to continue that discussion with a guide to presentation. After all, if the food doesn't look delicious, it's a lot harder to convince people to give it a try. Follow these presentation tips for desserts that will be sure to have your guests lining up for a taste.
- Seven Remarkable Summer Fruit Desserts
- Mango Salsa
- Enjoy Summer Fruit!
- Celebrate Berry Month!
- Use MyPlate for a Great Fourth of July
Who doesn't love the Fourth of July? The food, the fireworks, the fun with friends and family -- all of these elements combine to make this holiday fun and memorable. However, in all the hullabaloo, it can be difficult to make healthful decisions. Luckily, MyPlate is full of great tips and tricks for having an exciting and healthful celebration.
- Flavonoids: Find Them in Tea and Produce
- Fabulous Flavonoids
- Make it Easy to Eat Fresh Fruits and Veggies
- Why Choose Tea?
- Coffee or Tea?
- Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month Feature: Onions
- Celebrate Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month with… Fresh Fruits and Vegetables!
Do you wish your family would eat more fruits and vegetables? Sometimes the facts about these healthful foods simply aren't enough, and in order to get your family to eat more fruits and vegetables, you have to get creative. That's why we've compiled some of our favorite tips and tricks in today's blog post!
- Pasta Fresca
- June is Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month
- Happy Birthday MyPlate!
- What a Difference a Plate Makes
- Healthy BBQ Plate
This delicious barbecue dinner incorporates a chicken fajita theme with the addition of peppers, onions and spicy seasonings for the kabobs. The veggies roast right along with the skewers so you have a great tasting dinner without the heat and mess in your kitchen. And this is a MyPlate meal so you have all the nutrients you need in the calories allotted!
- MyPlate Fun
- Celebrate MyPlate’s Birthday with Cheesecake
- MyPlate has a Birthday!
- 7 Steps for Lung Cancer Protection
The National Lung Association has dubbed May "Breathe Easy Month." As the month comes to a close, we wanted to recognize this aspect of May with a review of some ways to improve your lung function through healthful eating. While the National Institute of Cancer maintains that giving up smoking is the most beneficial health action that smokers can take to lower their risk of lung cancer, the following dietary recommendations may also offer protection against lung cancer -- for smokers and nonsmokers alike.
- Sensational Strawberries
- Berry Good!
- Bone Health Strategies
- Stir Fry for Bone Health
We're going to wrap up our posts for osteoporosis awareness month with a few more recipes and tips for getting enough bone-healthy nutrients. Today we bring you a delicious stir-fry that provides 473% of the daily value for vitamin K, 22% of the daily value for magnesium, and 10% of the daily value for calcium.
- Getting Enough Vitamin D
Earlier this week, we explored the importance of vitamin D in osteoporosis prevention, as well as cancer prevention and health improvement. Many different products contain vitamin D, but not all of them are good for you. In this article, we'll explore some healthful -- and not-so-healthful -- sources of this vital vitamin.
- Fettucini with Salmon and Tomatoes: Recipe for Bone Health
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