Special holiday series – Blog 4 of 5
Looking for a tasty vegetable for your holiday menu? USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety and I are happy to help! We are providing low-cost holiday recipes with simple food safety tips to help you prepare healthy and safe holiday meals. So far we’ve posted turkey, stuffing and sweet potato recipes. Today we’re featuring a delicious Green Bean Sauté recipe kids will surely love. Make sure to look for our blog tomorrow which will feature our final recipe—Crunchy Pumpkin Pie. Bon Appetite!! Read more »
Tags: Dr. Elizabeth Hagen, Food Safety, FSIS, green beans, holiday meals, holiday recipes, Janey Thornton, SNAP, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipes
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Serie especial para los días festivos- 3er blog de 5
¿Ya comenzó a planear su menú para el día festivo? La Dra. Hagen del Servicio de Inocuidad e Inspección de Alimentos del USDA y yo queremos ayudarle. Esta semana le proveemos recetas de bajo costo con consejos simples para un manejo adecuado de alimentos que le ayudaran a preparar cenas saludables e inocuas para los días festivos. Hasta ahora, hemos compartido con ustedes recetas para un delicioso pavo y relleno. Hoy queremos decirle sobre una receta para manzanas y camotes (batatas) al horno. Este es un tremendo plato acompañante para cualquier ocasión. Asegúrese de ver nuestro próximo blog, el cual contiene otra receta de bajo costo y fácil de preparar para salteado de ejoles. ¡Disfrute! Read more »
Tags: batatas, camotes, comidas festivas, Elisabeth Hagen, inocuidad alimentaria, Janey Thornton, manzanas, recetas festivas, SNAP, Thanksgiving Recipes
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Special holiday series – Blog 3 of 5
Starting to plan your holiday menu? USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen and I want to help. This week we are providing low-cost holiday recipes that incorporate simple food safety tips to help you prepare healthy and safe holiday meals. So far, we’ve posted delicious turkey and stuffing recipes. Today we’re featuring a Baked Apples and Sweet Potatoes recipe, which will make a great side dish for any occasion. Make sure to look for our next blog which will feature another low-cost, easy to prepare –recipe—Green Bean Sauté. Enjoy!! Read more »
Tags: Dr. Elizabeth Hagen, FNS, Food Safety, FSIS, holiday meals, holiday recipes, Janey Thornton, Recipe Finder, SNAP, SNAP-Ed, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipes
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Special holiday series – Blog 1 of 5
As we look forward to spending the holidays with friends and family and making meals and memories together, we all want to put good food on the table and do it safely. We especially want to keep the threat of food poisoning at bay. Over the next few days, we will share some delicious low-cost holiday recipes with some simple food safety tips to help you prepare healthy and safe holiday meals. The first recipe below talks about preparing and cooking a turkey safely. Recipes to follow will include Grandma’s Stuffing, Baked Apples and Sweet Potatoes, Green Bean Sauté, and Crunchy Pumpkin Pie.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season! Read more »
Tags: Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, FNS, Food Safety, FoodSafety.gov, FSIS, Janey Thornton, Let's Talk Turkey, Meat and Poultry Hotline, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipes, turkey
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Cross posted from the Let’s Move! blog:
We’re entering the home stretch in the First Lady’s Recipes for Healthy Kids competition. Judges will be fanning out to schools across the country to watch them prepare the delicious recipes that have made it to the semi-finals. My colleague, Audrey Rowe, recently lead a team of judges to Harold S. Winograd School in Greeley, Colo., to kick off this phase of the competition, which is part of the First Lady’s effort to partner chefs with schools through her Let’s Move! initiative. Read more »
Schoolchildren at Bruce-Monroe Elementary School in Washington, D.C. celebrate lunch after receiving their Gold Award of Distinction honor through USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge.
As soon as you enter the front doors, it is clear that nutrition and health are at the forefront of life at Bruce-Monroe Elementary in Washington, D.C. That message was unmistakable on Thursday, April 28, when I visited the dual-language school to celebrate their Gold Level of Distinction honor in USDA’s HealthierUS School Challenge. But more importantly, the event represented a broader commitment to the welfare of the kids we met, and to our nation’s next great generation. Read more »
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