Healthy Cooking Lesson Videos
Here you’ll find a growing collection of cooking videos created especially for health educators and the audiences they serve. Each video features delicious, healthful recipes that are budget-minded, practical, and enjoyable, from quick snacks and fresh salads to comforting soups, satisfying entrées, simple desserts, and refreshing beverages. Beyond the recipes themselves, our focus is on building real-world cooking skills—the kind that help people gain confidence in the kitchen, cook more often at home, and make nourishing choices that last a lifetime.
Feels Like Summer Kale Salad
Here is a delicious kale salad for one that is like a whole meal in a bowl!
Air Fry Dinner
The video cooking lesson is back! As summer approaches, you might want a way to cook your meals faster without heating up the kitchen. Consider this delicious air-fry dinner, and learn how in 2 minutes or less. Recipes are included!
How to MyPlate with meal examples
This quick and simple guide to MyPlate’s food groups will help you build balanced, healthy dinners. Learn how each part fits together—and how to make it work for your tastes and lifestyle!
Salade Nicoise
This delicious and flavorful Nicoise salad is based on potatoes, hard boiled eggs, green beans and lettuce. We have an easy modern version here.
Lower Your Sodium Basics - 90 Seconds
Think most of your sodium comes from the salt shaker? Think again. In under 2 minutes, discover where the sodium in your diet really comes from — and it might surprise you. Most people consume 2 to 3 times more sodium than they need each day. Over time, this can raise blood pressure, leading to heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, and even dementia.
Asian Slaw
Here is a super delicious Asian slaw recipe that goes well with grilled or baked chicken or fish. Or serve with grilled tofu for a vegetarian option.
Breakfast “Sundae”
This easy breakfast is prepared in under a minute and can easily be a healthy, daily staple. I call it a breakfast sundae because you scoop Greek yogurt and top it with old fashioned rolled oats, honey, and fresh berries. Just like making a sundae only you use whole healthy ingredients.
Salmon, Black Rice, Beets, Oranges, Pepitas
It is easy to prepare the salmon, rice, and garnishes, and this dish goes together quickly to make a very colorful meal!
Air Fry Dinner Video and Recipe Handout
How to make an air fry dinner with chicken tenders, salad, kale chips, air-fried zucchini spirals, blueberry crisp, and cucumber aqua fresca. It is a summer time celebration that gets gobbled up fast.
Meatless Lentil Soup With Kale, Potatoes, and Mushrooms
This hearty soup cooks in 30 minutes. Lentils don't need soaking, providing a wealth of nutrients and fiber. The variety of veggies, including mushrooms, curly kale, carrots, and potatoes, make the soup an entire meal that is great for a weeknight.
Stirfry with Tofu and Cashews
The trick to a good stir fry meal is to get everything ready ahead of time and to have a wok cooking over ample heat so the items are crisp-tender.
Bunny Carrot Muffins
These carrot muffins are great any day but when you add the carrot ears you have a healthy Easter treat.
Fish Cakes
Here is a recipe for fish cakes that tastes indulgent yet uses white fish that is inexpensive and easy to find. They can be air fried or pan fried.
Orange Chicken Stir Fry
This orange stir fry cooks very fast, and it has a wonderful crispy texture with a moist orange ginger sauce.
Meatless Tacos Made With Walnut Filling
These meatless city tacos are delicious and easy, especially if you prep the ingredients ahead of time.
Jack Fruit Sliders Video and Recipe Handout
Jack Fruit Sliders taste so delicious with their spicy sauce and “pulled” jack fruit. The filling is like pulled pork with a sloppy joe sauce. Except it is meat-free. This dish goes together in about 20 minutes. Enjoy!
Wine Spritzer Lowers Alcohol
Here is a way to enjoy wine without all the calories. Add it to a glass of soda water with a little fruit. Watch our video and learn now!
