NUTRITION AND 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.
The Nutrition Program of the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health serves up lots of information about healthy eating, recipes and more. Eat Well
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.
Cooking Tips and Recipes
ABCs of Cooking from Taste of America Basic cooking tips for beginners on everything from appetizers to desserts.
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.
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
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French Cooking Recipes
Gourmet Spot
Heart-Healthy African American Cooking
Heart-Healthy Recipes from NHLBI (Adobe Acrobat format) 100 taste-tested recipes from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
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.
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.
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