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June 25, 2018

Spring Salads

If you try to eat locally and by the season, you know that the bookends of the growing season in Ohio – spring and fall – bring an abundance of greens. Spinach, kale, lettuces, collards, cabbage and bok choy are all available locally this time of year. What can you do with all of those […]

WRITTEN BY: Jenny Lobb, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension Franklin County

REVIEWED BY: Candace J. Heer, Family and Consumer Sciences Educator, Ohio State University Extension-Morrow County

SOURCES:

  • Chop Chop Magazine. Your Own Salad Dressing. http://www.chopchopmag.org/recipe/your-own-salad-dressing
  • Meehan, A. (2017). Meal Prepping: How to plan for your week ahead. Live Smart Ohio. http://livesmartohio.osu.edu/food/meehan-89osu-edu/meal-prepping-how-to-plan-for-your-week-ahead/
  • Ohio Farm Bureau. What’s in season? https://ofbf.org/whats-in-season/
  • Oregon State University. Food Hero. http://foodhero.org/

Categories: Food
Tags: eating local, Kale, lettuce, local food, meal prep, salads, Spinach

June 5, 2017

Meal Prepping, How to Plan for your Week Ahead

Meal prepping, planning and preparing one’s meals for the week ahead of time, has become very trendy lately. My husband and I meal prep all of our meals every Sunday after we do our weekly grocery trip. Before we head to the grocery, we sit down together and develop our meal plans for the week, […]

WRITTEN BY: Amy Meehan, MPH Healthy People Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

REVIEWED BY: Amanda Woods, M.Ed. Healthy Finances Program Specialist, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • Ducrot, P., Mejean, C., Aroumougame, V., Ibanez, G., Alles, B., Kesse-Guyot, E., Hercberg, S., Peneau, S. (2017). International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Meal planning is associated with food variety, diet quality and body weight status in a large sample of French adults. https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/pmc/articles/PMC5288891/
  • Fay, S., Ferriday, D., Hinton, EC., Shakeshaft, NG., Rogers, PJ., Brunstrom, JM. (2011). Appetite. What determines real-world meal size? Evidence for pre-meal planning. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195666311000201
  • Brunstrom, JM. (2014). International Journal of Obesity. Mind over platter: pre-meal planning and the control of meal size in humans. https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/pmc/articles/PMC4105578/

Categories: Food
Tags: meal prep, plan ahead, Portion Sizes

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