Tomatoes Tips and Tricks

Tomatoes: Tips and Tricks https://youtu.be/SzTVw92hHsE MyPlate suggests making half your plate fruits and vegetables. Luckily they come in a variety of colors, flavors, and textures, so even if you don’t like one fruit or vegetable, you might like another one. With all this variety, it can be hard to keep track of how to store […]

Basil Tips and Tricks

Basil: Tips and Tricks https://youtu.be/oBEaz4QS0hE Cooking with Flavor Everything we eat and drink matters. Too much saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars can negatively affect our health, so we want to limit these. Luckily, we can still use spices, herbs, and even fruits and vegetables to add flavor in a healthy way. But with so […]

Nutrition Facts Label

Nutrition Facts Label https://youtu.be/1j5_SkMZ768 How can we find nutrition information on food labels to determine how healthy some snack foods are?  “WOAH” FoodsThese are mostly processed foods that have a lot of solid fat, salt, or added sugar adding a lot of calories, or added energy, to our diet without adding any nutrients. These foods […]

Zucchini Tips and Tricks

Zucchini: Tips and Tricks https://youtu.be/FfagYG37pLc The MyPlate suggests varying your vegetables. Luckily, there are dozens to choose from and they come in many forms: fresh, canned, frozen, whole, or cut up. Because of this, it can be difficult to keep track of how to store each one. Zucchini is a summer squash and falls under […]

Hamburger Day

Hamburger Day https://youtu.be/xWfH3shMIlc Did you know that May 28th is National Hamburger Day? Americans eat approximately 50 billion hamburgers every year. That is a lot of hamburgers! The protein food group is important for your health. Hamburgers are part of that food group. Eggs, nuts, seeds, and peas fit in the protein food group as […]

We Are What We Eat

We Are What We Eat: Serving Up MyPlate https://youtu.be/gF4UrCqK1nw It’s important to eat a variety of foods to stay healthy. You need to eat from all five food groups: fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy! MyPlate is a visual reminder to eat foods from all five food groups–that way you can make sure you are […]