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Kitchen Hacks: Cook and Walk at the Same Time!
The other day, I was checking my watch as I set the timer for dinner and I realized that I had a perfect opportunity to go for a walk while my meal was baking. What a great chance to multitask — by baking my meal, I could prep dinner and meet my daily step goal all at once!
Kitchen Hacks: Inspiration and Meal Perfection
Ever feel uninspired in the kitchen? Today I want to help with that. You see, I've discovered a way to reenergize your cooking...
Cook Once, Serve Twice
I love exploring smart ways to serve healthy meals on a budget. And I'm not only talking about budgeting money -- it's also important to budget time! Cooking something in one session and then using it in meals throughout the week is a great way to make ingredients stretch while saving yourself time in future meal prep...
Use Beans to Save Time on Busy Nights!
Beans are versatile, keep well, freeze beautifully, and are perfect for "planned overs!"
Kitchen Hacks: Shortcuts to Fruits and Vegetables
MyPlate advises people to fill half their plates with fruits and vegetables at each meal, but sometimes this is easier said than done. Today's kitchen hacks will focus on ways to make that goal achievable!
Bright and Tasty Salad
This bean salad looks very nice when placed on a bed of leaf lettuce and garnished with fresh wedges of lemon.
Phytochemical Salad Booster
This salad is loaded with healthy foods that are rich in phytochemicals. Plus, it comes together in a snap!
Make Small Dietary Shifts
People need to shift to healthier food and drink choices. Today, let’s look at exactly what that means for the dietary components that can put your health at risk.
Healthy Snacking: Energy Bites
Providing our kids with nutritious options is important for their growth, but finding something tasty that’s also easy to prepare can be a challenge. The new trend of making and eating energy bites is a perfect solution to this snacking dilemma.
Fun Family Dining: Make Your Own Chowder
Building your own meal is a great way to get kids involved in healthy eating. It's also the perfect solution for picky eaters, and its creativity can help inspire and motivate people who find themselves in a healthy eating rut.
Speedy Corn Chowder
This quick chowder is perfect on its own or as a base for a make-your-own chowder bar!
Amazing Nutrition Handouts: Round Two
The fun continues with the next installment of the most popular free nutrition handouts we've created. Which ones will you use?
Kitchen Hacks: 1 Skillet Meals
I'm back with more kitchen hacks! Today I want to talk about meals that only require a single skillet. With an oven-safe skillet, you can start dinner on the stove an then finish it off in the oven, leaving lots of hands-off time to set the table, prep a salad, etc...
Applying the New Protein Information from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans send a special message to teenage boys and men: eat less meat, chicken, and eggs. What’s a guy to do?
New Series: Kitchen Hacks
Today I want to start a new series: Kitchen Hacks. In this series, I'll share the tips and tricks I've learned while spending years in kitchens all across the United States. These will be fun tidbits for cooking demonstrations, recipe inspiration, email blasts, handouts, presentations, activities -- however you'd like to use them!
Kitchen Hacks: Bean Edition
We all know that beans are great, but how can you add more of them to your diet? That's where today's kitchen hack comes in...
Update Your Spaghetti
This clever recipes combines spaghetti squash with spaghetti to lower the calories and add more veggies to the dish
Small Shifts
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage us to “shift to healthier food and beverage choices.” We make choices about what to eat and drink every day. Each choice is a chance to shift to a healthier option. Over time, these small shifts will move you toward a healthy eating pattern.
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