Health and Nutrition
RECIPES
Easy Dinners That Are Ready In 25 Minutes Or Less
When you have to get dinner on the table FAST, these are the recipes you need in your arsenal. Each one really can be ready in 25 minutes or less! There’s something for every craving, too.
Easy Vegetarian Recipes for Busy Weeknights
Vegetarian dishes are sometimes associated with complicated ingredients and techniques, but these simple recipes are here to show otherwise. Totally veggie-friendly, and flavor packed, these easy recipes will satisfy everyone in the family, whether vegetarian or not.
FAMILY FRIENDLY RECIPES
Delicious recipes that will have the whole family leaving the table happy, healthy and full!
HEALTHY SMOOTHIE RECIPES
Find healthy, delicious smoothie recipes including strawberry, tropical and other fruit smoothies, green smoothies and protein smoothies. Healthier recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.
SUPERCOOK
Dinner’s met its match! Just add your ingredients and Supercook instantly finds matching recipes from the most popular cooking websites!
TOTALLY HEALTHY GRILLING RECIPES
Think grilling season is going to kill your beach bod? Not with these healthy grilled fish, vegetables, steak, and chicken recipes.
FOOD BANKS
FIND YOUR LOCAL FOOD BANK
Feeding America food banks serve large areas and will be able to find a feeding program in your local community.
FIND A ST. MARY’S FOOD BANK NEAR YOU
St. Mary’s Food Bank offers an array of programs designed to help those in need receive food and other types of assistance.
Find your local St. Mary’s Food Bank location.
FIND A UNITED FOOD BANK NEAR YOU
To serve the most people possible, United Food Bank collaborates with more than 200 partner agencies that operate more than 260 separate programs helping feed families, children and seniors. Find your local United Food Bank location.
NUTRITION
HOW TO UNDERSTAND AND USE THE NUTRITION FACTS LABEL
People look at food labels for a variety of reasons. But whatever the reason, many consumers would like to know how to use this information more effectively and easily. The following label-reading skills are intended to make it easier for you to use the Nutrition Facts labels to make quick, informed food decisions to help you choose a healthy diet.
NUTRITION.GOV
Nutrition.gov is a USDA-sponsored website that offers credible information to help you make healthful eating choices.
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