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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...
How Much Salt is in Your Soup?
Help your clients reduce the sodium in a bowl of soup by making soup at home. Here are two of my favorite soup recipes, which are perfect for cooking demonstrations or speedy handouts. You can also prepare samples at home and then bring them to your next session. The samples make equally-good health fair booth lures. Which will you try first?
The Best of FAH: May Edition
I’ve had the loveliest start to #spring and I hope you have too. It was a busy month, in the best way, and I was thrilled to see how much you’re enjoying the #resources we debuted during #May. Here’s a roundup of the most popular posts…
Positive Resolutions: Add a Vegetable
The goal of month five of our Positive Resolution Project is to add more vegetables to your eating pattern!
Rainbow Fruit and Vegetable Activity Ideas
We've all heard about the importance of eating from the rainbow to get a variety of foods and nutrients. In fact, we've probably already taught this concept to our clients. But now it's time for a refresher -- a new way to make eating from the rainbow both fun and possible...
Chop Test: An Easy Way to Know How to Cook Vegetables
Have you ever wondered if you're cooking vegetables well? I've devised a simple approach that makes determining cooking time and methods a snap! Check out this post for the secret, and don't miss the free infographic!
Grilled Veggies and Spring Farmers' Markets
Spring and summer bring tons of fresh vegetables from gardens, farmers' markets, and grocery stores. The latest farmers' market bounty included ripe beefsteak tomatoes, baby turnip greens, baby carrots, baby bok choy, asparagus, and spinach. Here's what we made with our delicious haul from the farmer's market in Boulder, Colorado...
Pea Shoots and More Greens
Pea shoots are larger than "sprouts" but are not mature enough to produce peas. They taste like peas and have a delicate flavor. Plus, their versatility makes them delicious whether they are raw or cooked. Find out what we bought at the farmers' market this week and see the dishes we made with our finds!
Relieve Stress and Promote Fruit with Brand-New Coloring Pages
Calming your brain while promoting mindfulness is great news for your health, as is finding healthful ways to get rid of stress, tension, and anxiety. With that in mind, I asked my team of artists to come up with some great coloring pages that also promote healthful dietary messages...
3 Fresh Recipes for May
Eating seasonally is a fun way to introduce new foods and pep up your eating pattern. Here are a few of my favorite May recipes...
3 Cooking Tips for Easier Weeknight Meals
Today is the first installment of a new series that I created to help educators achieve their goals...
10 Things You Should Know About Food Safety
According the the latest estimates from the CDC, "each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases"...
Practice Competencies for Nutrition Practitioners to Maintain Credentials
Beginning June 1, 2016, for recertifying credentialed nutrition and dietetics practitioners completing the 2016-2021 recertification cycle, the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) transitioned into an updated credentialing system based on practice competencies...
Celebrate Strawberry Month!
Did you know that May is National Strawberry Month? Celebrate with this fantastic recipe for Strawberry Supreme -- it's perfect for a snack or dessert!
Nutrition Resource: White Label Newsletter
I know your days are busy. I know your planner is packed. And I know that new resources can really make a difference for you and your clients. Today I want to share a free version of one of my very favorite resources: the white label newsletter...
May 2016
May is full of reasons to celebrate nutrition and health! Get the latest materials for International Mediterranean Diet Month, Salad Month, and Digestive Diseases Awareness Month, along with mindful eating research, tips for cooking with kids, strategies for shifting to a healthier eating pattern and more!
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