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Hot Recipe: Cuban Beans and Rice
Today's recipe will help you add more fiber to your diet, while upping the flavor of a truly amazing dish.
Healthy Recipe Center is Launched by Food and Health Communications
Food and Health Communications, Inc has just launched a new online healthy recipe center for nutrition educators and consumers. Professional chef, Judy Doherty PC II, who has a passion for healthy cooking and eating, created the recipes. They have been tested many times and published in a variety of publications, including: Communicating Food for Health Newsletter, USATriathlon Magazine, Diabetes Weight Loss Week by Week, food manufacturer sites and more.
From Box to Masterpiece Stuffing
Stuffing can be tricky because the boxed mixes are high in sodium. And many traditional recipes are a lot of work and the end result is sometimes mushy. Plus we don’t believe in stuffing the bird because the outcome is a mess – the turkey is dry and the stuffing is often undercooked.
Pumpkin Fun for Halloween and Beyond!
Pumpkins are such fun to have around during Halloween, but did you know that they're also delicious? Plus, they're rich in nutrients and low in calories. Just one-half cup of canned pumpkin provides 4 grams of fiber, no fat or cholesterol, and only 50 calories. But how can you incorporate more pumpkin into your diet? Try these fun tips!
Italian-Style Skillet Casserole
It's Pasta Month! Ready for a great new recipe? Here's a modern, one-pot skillet casserole that comes together in less than 30 minutes!
Cooking Home Run Meals at Home
I am so proud to introduce Home Run Cooking, the latest cookbook from Food and Health Communications. It was truly a labor of love, and I really think you'll like what you see...
Dutch Apple Oatmeal
September is a busy month! In addition to being the start of Apple Month (Apple Month actually gets two months, September and October), it's also Whole Grain Month! So... how will you be celebrating?
10 Tips for Food Photos and an Exciting New Store
We're so excited to announce the creation of an all new store in the Food and Health family. Now you can get appetizing and creative food photos with just the click of a button at http://healthyfoodphotos.com. The photos, taken by Judy Doherty, PC II are of a wide variety of culinary subjects and span a variety of moods from whimsical to haute cuisine.
Go-For-A-Walk Pizza
This easy pizza features a whole grain crust and fresh vegetables from a local farmer's market. Best of all, the dough was mixing and rising while our family went for a walk. The secret? A bread machine!
Mediterranean Diet: Our Favorite Recipes
On Tuesday, Enrico Forte taught us about the benefits of a Mediterranean diet. Today we're going to help make integrating that advice easy for you with a collection of our favorite healthful Mediterranean recipes.
More Whole Grains Equals Less Heart Disease
MyPlate's current featured message is all about whole grains. Did you know that MyPlate recommends that people make at least half of all the grains they eat whole grains? To find out why, we consulted Dr. James J. Kenney...
Gluten-Free at FNCE
The Food and Culinary Professional Dietary Practice Group included an engaging and informative gluten-free workshop at Drexel University during FNCE. Here's what happened in that workshop...
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.
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.
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.
MyPlate For The Heart
Our latest MyPlate creation 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 again. Enjoy!
Pasta Primavera Salad
View and download our pasta primavera salad handout or the free show on how to make a better salad - great for home or foodservice. You will love this favorite salad because it teaches you to use a lot more veggies than pasta so your salad looks tasty and helps you consume fewer calories!
Whole Wheat CousCous
Here is a spring market basket from the produce section of our local store. It has fresh items that are in season now and I got a selection and challenged myself to figure a menu for the day and the week when I got home. The produce section inspires me.
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