NUTRITION

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FOOD

PREPARATION

 

Resources for smart, healthy, and tasty living........

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Nutrition and Meal Planning

Ask the Dietitian 
Questions and answers on many dietary topics; includes an interactive "Healthy Body Calculator" 

Center for Nutrition Promotion

USDA website for improving nutrition and well-being; includes dietary guidelines and an interactive healthy eating and physical activity index.

Eat Well

The Nutrition Program of the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health serves up lots of information about healthy eating, recipes and more.

Healthy Ideas 
Information on healthy eating, natural remedies, family health, and diets. 

Nutrition Analysis Tool 
Amazing service that allows you to analyze your food and its value according to the amounts consumed, your gender and your age. 

Nutrition Data

NutritionData (ND) generates nutrition facts labels and provides simplified nutritional analyses for all foods and recipes.

Selecting and Storing Fruits and Vegetables

From the Home and Garden Information Center at Clemson University.

USDA Nutrient Information 
Find out the nutrient value of the foods you are eating and plan smarter menus. 

Weight Control 

Cooking Tips and Recipes

ABCs of Cooking from Taste of America

Basic cooking tips for beginners on everything from appetizers to desserts.

All Recipes.com

Almonds Are In 
Features health and nutrition information and recipes from California's Almond Board.

B&B Recipes Online 
This delectable site features recipes from North American bed & breakfast inns.

Bread Recipes

Free internet bread archives - recipes from around the world.

Cookie Recipes 

Cook's Thesaurus

A cooking encyclopedia that covers thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include pictures, descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, and suggested substitutions. 

Cook's Tools

Charts for measurement conversion, quantities and yields, common substitutions, candy making, can sizes and roasting.

FightBac.org

Website of the Partnership for Food Safety Education. 

Food and Cooking Sites DIRECTORY 

French Cooking Recipes 

Gourmet Spot 

Heart-Healthy African American Cooking

Heart-Healthy Latino Cooking

Heart-Healthy Recipes from NHLBI (Adobe Acrobat format)

100 taste-tested recipes from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.

HomeArts Recipe Finder

iVillage.com

Guide to cooking, recipes, techniques, AND cooking instructions. 

Meals.com

Meal planning made easy.

Meals for You

Includes meal planning for simple or complex nutritional requirements.

Melinda Lee Food, Fun, Discoveries, Folklore & more

O Chef

A daily publication of Food News Service, which syndicates food news and articles to newspapers, magazine publishers, and Internet sites around the world.

Recipe Cottage

Over 35,000 recipes.

Recipe Source

Organized our recipes into two major groups - recipes primarily identified with an ethnic cuisine are broken down by region and ethnic group, while other recipes are categorized by the type of dish.

Simply Ming

Exotic East-West dishes.

Vegetarian Recipes

About Food

A Gold Thumb

Website about preserving the agricultural heritage of the world's fruits and vegetables....very interesting with links to sources for heirloom seeds.

FatCalories.com

Find out what the fat and calorie content is for your favorite fast food.