Category: News
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Delicious Memorial Day recipe
Try this fun, healthy, and easy recipe – Berry Fruit Skewers! This can make a great side dish for your Memorial Day weekend or a fun dessert this summer! This simple recipe is perfect to involve children in the preparation process. Younger children can help with rinsing the fruit. Older children can cut the banana…
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The Perfect Slice
It’s that time of year again! Holiday meals and DESSERTS!!! These tasty treats are always around and hard to avoid. Remember, moderation is key! Let’s talk pie. Apple pie is a classic holiday dessert. It’s thought to be “healthier” because it contains fruit and “an apple a day keeps the doctor away!” Is Apple Pie…
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Homemade vs. Store Bought Cranberry Sauce
Did you know that cranberries boast healthy levels of vitamin C, fiber, manganese, and vitamin K, a package of nutrients rarely found in a single food! Buying cranberry sauce at the grocery store can come with extra unnecessary ingredients, such as high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is linked to a variety of…
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NEA Ana Hernandez brings a passion for healthy eating to Houston’s Denver Harbor community
Participants walking into a nutrition education class at Vecino’s Denver Harbor Family Clinic receive a warm welcome: an inviting display of fruits, vegetables and pantry staples lines a table at the front of the room, ready for use in hands-on learning activities. Colorful posters illustrate healthy eating and the five food groups. But most importantly, participants are…
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Smarter Choices: Program serves up nutrition tips for community
A free food and nutrition education program where people learn to make healthy choices is offered on Thursdays at the Ringgold Civic Pavilion. The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program was founded in 1969 and since then has addressed critical societal concerns by influencing nutrition and physical activity behaviors of low-income families. During the classes,…
