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You really can eat healthy foods that taste great! The additional resources in this section contain yummy recipes that have:
Get healthy with recipes that are full of flavor!
Additional Resources
Publications
Diabetes Materials from the Take Time to Care Campaign - This web site features materials on diabetes from the FDA's Office on Women's Health Take Time to Care campaign. It includes alert cards, brochures and recipes in English and Spanish. This site also provides information in the following languages: Cambodian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Marshallese, Samoan, Taglish, Thai, Tongan, and Vietnamese. http://www.fda.gov/womens/taketimetocare/diabetes/TTTCaboutdiabetes.html
Food Stamp Nutrition Connection's Recipe Finder - This site allows you to search for healthy and nutritious recipes. Each recipe includes nutritional information, ingredients, instructions, and cost per recipe and per serving. All recipes are available in a printable 3" x 5" recipe card size. http://recipefinder.nal.usda.gov/
Fruit and Vegetable Recipes - This site provides a searchable directory of recipes that can help you meet your daily fruit and vegetable requirements recommended by the Fruits & Veggies, More Matters initiative. It contains recipes that include fruits and vegetables and use whole grains. The recipes are also low in fat, cholesterol, salt, and sugar. http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnparecipe/recipesearch.aspx
Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals - This colorful book provides information to assist families in purchasing and preparing healthy, thrifty meals that meet the recommendations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005. The book contains two sample meal plans (consisting of two weekly menus, 40 recipes, and two food lists), tips for shopping, healthy cooking, and keeping food safe. http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/rec-thrifty/recipes.htm
Stay Young at Heart - Cooking the Heart Healthy Way - Banana-nut bread? Barbecue chicken? Beef stroganoff? Pumpkin pie? Sound too good to be true? The recipes in this packet will convince you that healthy dishes can also be delicious. Each recipe also lists total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, and calories per serving. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/syah/index.htm
Delicious Decisions (Copyright © AHA) - Search the American Heart Associations database of recipes that are good for your heart! This web site also contains information about what to eat when eating out and what to buy at the supermarket. http://www.deliciousdecisions.org/
Organizations
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Food and Nutrition Information Center, NAL, USDA
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Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, HHS
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Nutrition.Gov
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Smallstep.gov
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Content last updated June 17, 2008.
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