Planning Healthy Meals
Building a foundation for healthy meals is about more than the foods you choose. It includes meal planning, nutrition information and food safety.
Cooking Corner

Kid-Friendly Breakfast Recipes
Food Diary (PDF)
Storage Tips for Winter Produce
Tips for Preparing Party Appetizers
Food Diary - Expanded (PDF)
Meal Planning 101
How to Stock Your Baking Pantry
When to Throw Food Out
Pack Nutrition Into Your Food Choices
Build a Basic Pantry

Feeding Kids


Eat Well, Be Active!
Start Your Preschooler on the Path to Healthy Eating (PDF)
Healthy Eating for Your Preschooler
Parents . . . Get Straight A's With a Healthy Breakfast (PDF) Spanish
Healthy Snacks for Home and School (PDF)
Parents . . . Get Straight A's With a Healthy Breakfast (PDF) English
Get Packin' - Tips For a Healthy Lunchbox
Be a Healthy Eating Role Model
Recipes for Kids
Teen Nutrition: Helping Teens Make Healthy Choices
Back-to-School Lunches That Make the Grade
Smart Snacking Tips for Children

Quick Meals


Six Ingredients or Less

Stuffed Potatoes
London Broil with Fresh Mushroom Salsa Sauce
Chicken Chili Salad
Rainbow Pizza
Cottage Cheese Salad with Feta and Nuts
Summer Squash Casserole
Ranch Chicken
Portobello Mushrooms with Sun-Dried Tomatoes
Peanut Butter Pork Skewers
Broiled Halibut with Tangy Yogurt Sauce
Taco Meatloaf
4-Cheese Pesto Ravioli with Artichoke Hearts
Caesar Shrimp and Pasta
Easy Baked Salmon
Easy Lasagna


One-Pot Dishes

Vegetable Casserole
Seafood Chipotle
Fiesta Chicken Dinner
Pasta with Creamy Chicken & Broccoli
Spaghetti with Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce
Summer Rice Salad
Garlic Roasted Red Skin Potato Soup
Impossibly Easy Taco Pie
One-Pan Pasta
Kielbasa Skillet
Zucchini Stew
Easy Taco Salad


Kid-Friendly

Silly Spaghetti Casserole
Spinach Squares
Cheese & Fruit Kabobs
Chicken Squares
Pigs in a Blanket
Fruit Pizza
Easy Cheesy Skillet Frittata
Garden Fish Packets
Mini Maui Pizza Pies
Chicken Cordon Blue
Chicken Rolls
15-Miinute Beef Fajitas


Vegetarian Dishes

Eggplant Parmigiana
Southwestern Black Bean Cakes with Guacamole
Vegetarian Buckwheat Chili
Spinach Stuffed Green Peppers
Polenta Primavera
Cucumber Couscous Salad
California Grilled Veggie Sandwich
Vegetable Parmesan Bake
Baked Boca Penne
Baja Bean Salad
Hip Huevos with Avocado Salsa
Vegetable Casserole


Crock-Pot Dishes

Crock-Pot Creamy Red Potatoes
Crock-Pot Chili
Cranberry Pork Roast
Zesty Meatball Sandwiches
Slow-Cooker Beef and Bean Burritos
Chicken Cordon Bleu


Make Aheads

Salmon Quiche
Zesty Meatball Sandwiches
Ziti Alfredo with Vegetables
Summer Salad
Garlic Good Crab Cakes
Light and Lazy Lasagna
Easy Chicken Enchiladas
Cold Beet Soup (Chukandar Soup)
Peanut Thai Noodle Salad


Breakfast

Chocorazz Smoothies
Berry Smoothie Pancakes
Cream Cheese Clouds
Toast Danish
Cheese Baked Eggs
Super-Fast Smoothie
Strawberry Club Sandwiches
Breakfast Burritos
Baked Pumpkin Bread
French Toast Casserole
Apple Bagel Sandwich
Ginger Bran Muffins


Lunch

Garden Quesadillas
Lowfat Cha-Cha Chalupas
Lunch Time Salad
Grilled Eggplant, Cheese, and Roasted Pepper Sandwiches
Make-Ahead Lunch Wraps
Orange Chicken Salad
Caesar Chicken Wraps
Pizza in a Pita

Functional Foods
Functional foods have benefits beyond the usual food nutrients. To get their full benefits, eat foods from all food groups.

Complete Functional Food List
Dairy, Meats, Beans & Nuts, Vegetables, Fruit


cheese

almonds

broccoli

blueberries

milk

salmon

garlic

citrus fruit

yogurt

soy

spinach

cranberries

tuna

tomatoes

strawberries

walnuts


Grains
Sweets, Fats, Other beverages
flaxseed

avocado

hot cocoa

oatmeal

chocolate

milk

whole grains

olive oil

red wine

tea



Printer-Friendly Functional Foods List (PDF)

Garden Recipes
Appetizer recipes
Bread recipes
Breakfast recipes
Cake recipes
Compilation recipes
Condiment recipes
Cookie recipes
Dessert recipes
Drink recipes
Meat & Entree recipes
Other recipes
Pasta recipes
Pie recipes
Rice recipes
Salad recipes
Sandwich recipes
Snack recipes
Soups, Stews & Chili recipes
Stuffing & Dressing recipes
Vegetable recipes

RICE

There are so many varieties of rice, you can have a different kind every night of the week. Asian lore says that rice calms the nerves, banishes depression and strengthens the internal organs. It's also an important part of a low-fat diet, so break out your rice-cooker. Our guide comes from FoodFit founder and CEO Ellen Haas' book, Great Adventures in Food.
Rice

Basmati

Black

Carolina

Converted

Della

Enriched

Instant
Jasmine

Long-Grain (Brown)

Long-Grain (White)

Louisiana Pecan

Medium-Grain (Brown)

Medium-Grain (White)

Risotto
Short-Grain (brown)

Short-Grain (white)

Sticky

Sushi

Texmati

Wild Rice

BEANS

Our guide to beans comes from FoodFit founder and CEO Ellen Haas' book, Great Adventures in Food. To get the best from your beans, unless otherwise indicated, they need to be soaked first. To soak, cover beans in a bowl with 2 to 3 inches of cold water. Let soak at least 12 hours or overnight in the refrigerator. For a quicker soak, cover the beans in a saucepan with 2 to 3 inches of cold water, bring to a boil for 2 minutes, remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 to 2 hours. Drain and cook.
Beans

Adzuki (Aduki)

Black Turtle

Black-Eyed Peas

Cranberry

Fava (Broad)

Garbanzo (chickpeas)
Great Northern

Kidney (Cannellini)

LentilsLima (Butter Beans)

NavyPinto
Runner

Soy

Split Peas

White: Small White or Peas

CHEESE

Everyone loves cheese, but as health-conscious consumers know, certain varieties have a high fat content. When eaten in moderation however, cheese livens up dishes and offers nutritional benefits. One serving of cheese contains 20% of the recommended daily intake of calcium and is equivalent to one serving of protein. Any way you slice or spread it, cheese adds flavor and richness to everything it’s added to. So, take a tour of our cheese course and don’t be afraid to enjoy this wonderful, creamy invention.


Cheeses
American

Asiago

Blue

Boursin

Brie

Brin d'Amour

Camembert

Cheddar

Cheshire

Chèvre (Goat Cheese)

Colby

Cottage Cheese

Cream Cheese

Dry Jack
Edam

Emmental

Feta

Fontina

Gorgonzola

Gouda

Gruyere

Havarti

Jarlsberg

Limburger

Manchego

Mascarpone

Monterey Jack

Mozzarella (Fresh)
Mozzarella (Processed)

Muenster

Munster

Neufchatel

Parmesan

Parrano

Pecorino

Pecorino Romano

Provolone

Ricotta

Romano

Roquefort

Stilton

Swiss

Textures:
Soft Cheeses

Semi-Soft to Semi-Hard Cheeses

Hard Cheeses

Hard Grating Cheeses