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Here Figgy, Figgy

If you’ve ever eaten a fig before, raise your hand.  If that fig was in a cookie form (you know which one what I’m talking about), put your hand down. I thought so. The majority of people in this country have never eaten a plain fresh or dried fig. So you might not know that […]

WRITTEN BY: Melissa Welker M.Ed., B.S., Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County, Maumee Valley EERA, welker.87@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Donna Green, Family & Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County, Erie Basin EERA, green.308@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • www.bonappetit.com
  • www.californiafigs.com
  • www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org

Making the New Dietary Guidelines a Part of Your Life: Veggies & Fruits

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015-2020  offers new recommendations focused on overall eating patterns. How can we put these Guidelines to use in everyday life? This post will be the first in a series, explaining the Guidelines’ Key Recommendations and how to apply them. The Key Recommendations offer pointers on what a healthy eating pattern should […]

WRITTEN BY: Shawna Hite, Healthy People Program Specialist, OSU Extension Family & Consumer Sciences

REVIEWED BY: Susan Zies, Extension Educator, OSU Extension, Family & Consumer Sciences and Shannon Smith, BGSU Dietetic Intern with OSU Extension, Family and Consumer Sciences

SOURCES:

  • Food Nutrition and Consumer Services. What’s Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl. USDA. Retrieved from: http://www.whatscooking.fns.usda.gov/

REFERENCES:

  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (November, 2015). Cutting calories: How to use fruits and vegetables to help manager your weight. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/healthy_eating/fruits_vegetables.html
  • Center for Nutrition Policy & Promotion (January 2016). Focus on fruits. USDA. Retrieved from: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/sites/default/files/dietary_guidelines_for_americans/DGTipsheet3FocusonFruits.pdf
  • Center for Nutrition and Policy Promotion (January 2016). Focus on Vegetables. USDA. Retrieved from: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/sites/default/files/dietary_guidelines_for_americans/DGTipsheet2AddMoreVegetables.pdf
  • Miller, S. R., & Knudson, W. A. (2014). Nutrition and cost comparisons of select canned, frozen, and fresh fruits and vegetables. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, 1559827614522942.
  • MyPlate.gov (February, 2016). MyWins: Healthy eating solutions for everyday life. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved from: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/myplate-mywins
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015 – 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition. December 2015. Available athttp://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines/

Warming up with Veggies and Fruits

There is a chill in the air and ‘tis the season for colds and flu.  We need to focus on ways to add vegetables and fruits into our family meals and personal lunches and snacks.  We need to pull that crock-pot  out from the pantry and fill it with some delicious soups, stews, and other choices that […]

WRITTEN BY: Cheryl Barber Spires, RD LD, Ohio State University Extension Program Specialist, Northwest Region, spires.53@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Welker, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County, welker.87@osu.edu

SOURCES:

  • http://www.eatright.org/resource/food/nutrition/nutrition-facts-and-food-labels/avoiding-processed-foods
  • http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/fruit-and-veggie-color-list
  • http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2010/
  • http://www.whatscooking.fns.usda.gov/recipes/supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap/ratatouille
  • http://extension.psu.edu/health/nutrition-links/recipes/in-a-minute-minestrone-soup
  • https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/food/recipes/game-and-fish/venison-or-beef-hash
  • http://www.choosemyplate.gov/vegetables-tips

Blackberries in Season!

Summer arrives and our dinner tables move outside; gardens and markets overflow with abundance; and baskets filled with zucchini, cucumbers, and summer squash appear at the workplace or on neighborhood porches with a sign that reads, Enjoy. One such treasure of the summer season is blackberries.   Soon they will appear in farm markets and at […]

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Join me for our 2014 Ohio State University Extension Fall Live Healthy Live Well Email Challenge. Our challenge runs September 8 – October 19, 2014. Participants will be encouraged to be physically active 30 minutes or more on at least 5 days per week and to eat lots of vegetables and fruits. Bonus activities include […]

WRITTEN BY: Michelle Treber, MA, LD, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension, Pickaway County, Heart of Ohio EERA, treber.1@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Carol Smathers, MS, MPH, Field Specialist, Ohio State University Extension, Farm to School Lead, smathers.14@osu.edu

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