Cooking, Food and Health



Quick question: mushrooms are vegetables, right? We find mushrooms in the produce section of the grocery store and the USDA includes mushrooms in the list of vegetable choices, but technically, mushrooms are fungi. Yet who wants to eat a fungus? Well, it turns out that mushrooms are great for you and well worth overcoming any ... Mushrooms: Packed with Nutrients
 
Cooking, Food and Health

Let's talk cheese... There is a huge variety of cheeses on supermarket shelves today, but which one is best for your health? And how can you ever wade through all the varieties? We've compared a few of the most common cheeses to help you find to cheese that most...
 

Putting together a comprehensive and engaging cooking demonstration is hard work -- but that's about to change.
 

Health fair prizes or incentives can move games, presentations, and activities from good to great!
 
Food and Health, Prevention

The recent updates to the nutrition facts label show off a new, cleaner design that’s meant to make it easier to quickly identify useful information. The updates also reflect the most recent scientific research on the links between food choices and chronic disease so that you can make healthy, great-tasting choices for you and your family...
MyPlate

When you use these tools to plan your meals, steer your shopping, and affect your eating, you will be building a more balanced eating pattern that will in turn promote good health. What's not to love?
Food and Health

New restaurant nutrition labeling guidelines went into effect on May 7, 2018...
Food and Health, MyPlate

We're all familiar with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans' advice to reduce the amount of added sugars in our eating patterns. Today I want to talk about why that recommendation exists...