If you want quick and easy meals through the week, consider some batch cooking. Roast extra sheet pan veggies, double the brown rice or make a double recipe of a chili mixture. Cooking extra when you have time will save you time later. Then when you finish up [...]
According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the U.S. Department of Agriculture calls for a minimum intake of 1.5 cups of fruit and 2.5 cups of vegetables for girls 14 to 18 years old and 2 cups of fruit and 3 cups of vegetables for boys in that age group. [...]
I will be blogging this month about how you can incorporate beef into a healthy diet. These posts are sponsored by the Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative and the Pennsylvania Beef Council, but are expressions of my own. A balanced diet supports health. While everyone has a different opinion about [...]
This is a guest post, written by Kimberly Bennett, a dietetic student with Eastern Michigan University. Let’s plan a family dinner! Remember the good old days of Sunday dinners at grandma’s house? This is a great opportunity to return to the simpler times. Call up the brothers and [...]
You have heard that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" and it could be true. For one thing, breakfast does literally 'break the fast' of the 8-12 hour time that you may be sleeping and aren't eating. Secondly, breakfast is an opportunity to add important [...]