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5 Fast and Easy Cooking Demonstration Ideas
Putting together an engaging and informative cooking demonstration is much harder than it looks. Don't worry, though, because our chefs and presenters have tons of wonderful cooking demonstrations under their belts and share their tips, ideas, guides, and a printable PDF here.
Free My Plate Materials
Free MyPlate handouts, posters, and an interactive Build-a-Plate tool for dietitians, WIC, and schools: everything to teach the healthy plate.
12 Salad Presentation Ideas for Cooking Demos & Displays
Here are 12 plated salad presentation ideas from a professional chef whose passion is to cook healthy and make a lot of salads.
How to Make an Engaging Nutrition Poster
A great nutrition poster does one job: it stops someone in a hallway, cafeteria, or clinic waiting room and delivers a single healthy idea before they've even finished walking by. The good news is you don't need to be a designer to make one that works. You just need a clear message and a few simple principles, and this guide walks you through both.
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 build on those healthy advancements and help ensure that kids are offered tasty and nutritious foods during the school day.
Teaching a Cooking Class: Tips and Tricks
I have been teaching a string of cooking classes recently, and boy have I ever learned a lot! Here are the tried-and-true secrets that take a presentation from good to great...
What We Learned About Fooducate
We wrote an interactive shopping presentation that featured a few different shopping apps, including Fooducate. It was an illuminating experience, and so we thought we'd take a moment to share what we learned with you...
Get Ready for Nutrition Month!
March is National Nutrition Month. Do you have everything you need to teach engaging and timely nutrition lessons?
Whole Wheat Breadsticks
My son loves breadsticks, especially the ones from pizza delivery places. I prefer to make them at home because I can make them whole grain and control the fat, sodium and cost. Here is a recipe that is very easy to make and yields great results that are kid tested! These were a hit at a spring break pool party with teenage boys.
MyPlate Exploration: Red and Orange Vegetables
Remember the Flavor Exploration series from 2014? In that collection, we took an in-depth look at amazing flavor powerhouses, examining their nutrient content, impact on health, history, and culinary uses. Now it's time to do the same thing with MyPlate's subgroups, starting with vegetables.
National Nutrition Month: Are You Ready?
National Nutrition Month is just around the corner -- are you ready for it? Planning an event? Check out our handy planner!
National Nutrition Month: Are You Ready?
National Nutrition Month is just around the corner -- are you ready for it?
USDA School Snack Guide - Smart Snack List for Parents, Teachers and School Foodservice Directors
The face of school snacks is changing. With the new USDA regulations, healthful foods are replacing cookies and candy. Soda is disappearing.
Free Resolution Calendar for the New Year
What better way to start off the New Year than with a great calendar full of healthful habits? With built-in goal suggestions and a variety of activities, this calendar has something for everyone.
Make an Engaging Bulletin Board in 4 Easy Steps
A balanced, appealing bulletin board does not simply pop into being. It takes work, and I have learned a lot about setting up attractive bulletin boards during my many years at Food and Health Communications. Here are the 4 easy steps that you can follow to making a fantastic bulletin board...
Dietitian's Cleanse
People appear to be drawn to cleanses, no matter how bad the health consequences of cleansing are. If that's what they want, there's a way to give it to them without endangering their health. Offer a balanced alternative to the cleansing crowd with this free handout, The Dietitian's Cleanse. Developed by Lenore Shamah, MS, RD, this "cleanse" is healthful, balanced, and won't endanger people's hearts.
Low-Sodium Shopping List
We all know that sodium is linked to high blood pressure, increased stroke risk, and many other health issues. It can be harder, however, to actually find the top sources of sodium in our eating patterns and reduce those sources.
How to Write the Best Nutrition Newsletter
Even in the age of digital media, newsletters are here to stay. But are your newsletters a cut above the rest? Don't miss these valuable tips that will take your newsletters from good to great!
Nutrition PowerPoint Pro Tips
At Food and Health Inc, we pride ourselves on the high quality of our posters, handouts, games, books, and presentations. In almost 20 years of business, we've learned a lot about what works and what doesn't, and now we'd like to share some of that knowledge with you.
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