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| Heart Health Cooking for Specific Ethnic/Cultural Groups |
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| Heart Healthy Cooking for Hispanic and Latino Audiences
Celebrate Health with a Lowfat Fiesta
California Project LEAN.
A two-page brochure in English that gives 5 recipes and numerous suggestions of ways to eat leaner Mexican cuisine.
Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino Recipes
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Bilingual cookbook contains 23 tested recipes that cut down on fat, cholesterol, and sodium.
Eat Lean Mexican Cuisine
California Project LEAN.
Two-page brochure in English discusses ways to decrease the fat when eating or preparing Mexican food. Five low-fat recipes are provided. |
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| Food Dictionaries and Encyclopedias |
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| Cook's Thesaurus
Lori Alden.
Cooking encyclopedia includes thousands of ingredients and kitchen tools. Entries include descriptions, synonyms, pronunciations, substitutions and pictures. |
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| Food Resource
Oregon State University.
Site offers information on specific foods, including history, links, references and image art. Also provides references and links on topics including the cultural aspects of food, phytochemicals, lipids, fat replacers, and sweeteners. |
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 | Spice Encyclopedia
Tone Brothers Inc.
Provides information on hundreds of spices, including description, geographical sources, traditional ethnic uses, history, and tips for storage and use. |
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| General Information |
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| Who Has Time To Cook? How Family Resources Influence Food Preparation
USDA. Economic Research Service.
This study finds that household time resources significantly affect how much time is allocated to preparing food. The results are relevant for the design of food assistance programs as well as for improving our understanding of how different family time resources affect consumption behavior. May 2007 |
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| Basics at a Glance! (PDF|122 KB)
National Food Service Management Institute.
Gives a list of recipe abbreviations and easy-to-follow guide to weights and measurements. |
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| Cook It Quick!
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension.
Find tips on mix and match meals, making a casserole from what's on hand, creative use of leftovers, and more. |
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| Master Mix: Pancakes, Biscuits, Muffins (PDF|25 KB)
Washington State University Cooperative Extension.
Recipes for Basic Master Mix, low-fat Master Mix and Master Mix with oil (instead of shortening). Includes baking tips and recipes for biscuits, pancakes, pizza, brownies and snackin' cake. |
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| Microwave Cooking (PDF|198 KB)
University of Hawai'i at Manoa Cooperative Extension.
Primer on microwave cooking includes tips on cooking vegetables, choosing appropriate containers, arranging food, steaming, reheating, defrosting and safety information. May be used as a handout. |
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| One Dish Meals (PDF|604 KB)
University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension.
Tips on making quick, low-cost, healthy one-dish meals. May also be used as a handout. |
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 | Proper Thermometer Placement
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
As part of the Thermy™ campaign, this Web page provides both drawings and text to explain how to use a food themometer correctly. |
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| Recipe Guidelines
Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service.
Provides a checklist to follow when developing or using recipes with low-income audiences. |
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| Use a Food Thermometer (PDF|431 KB)
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Brochure from the Thermy™ national consumer education campaign discusses why to use a thermometer and provides a table of safe internal temperatures for cooked food. Also available in Spanish. |
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| Winning Ways in the Kitchen (PDF|556 KB)
University of Hawaii at Manoa Cooperative Extension.
Information on cooking terms and measures, how to measure ingredients, basic kitchen tools, and cooking times and temperatures. May be used as a handout. |
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| Heart Healthy Cooking |
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| California's Chefs Cook Lean
California Department of Health Services. California Project LEAN.
This cookbook includes 17 delicious lowfat recipes from a diverse group of chefs. |
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 | Delicious Decisions
American Heart Association.
Select Cookbook for heart-healthy recipes, cooking tips, seasonings, and substitutions. Select Supermarket to view tips on stocking your kitchen. |
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| Nutrition Matters: Tips for Low Fat Cooking
Toronto Public Health. York Region Health Service and Region of Peel Health Department.
Provides practical tips to reduce the fat in meals. Includes an example of how to alter a recipe. May be used as a handout. |
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| Tipsheet: Heart Healthy Cooking
DHHS. NIH. National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
Tips to reduce the fat and cholesterol in meals. Includes suggestions to increase flavor without using fat. |
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| Kitchen Safety |
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| Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?
DHHS. Food and Drug Administration.
A twelve question quiz and answers about food safety in the home. Additional informaiton is also provided about other kitchen contaminants and home-based foodborne illness. |
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| Kitchen Safety
City of Phoenix, Arizona.
Safety tips on putting out grease fires, children in the kitchen, appliances, ovens and ranges, and microwave use. |
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| Kitchen Safety
University of Maine Cooperative Extension.
Guidance on kitchen hygiene, knives, spills, falls and fires. Available in PDF format for handouts. |
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| Kitchen Safety for Children on Their Own
University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension.
Outlines important food and safety facts for children on their own, including burns and scalds, microwave use, spills and fire. |
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| Online Tools |
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| Can You Serve Up a Safe Barbeque?
North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services.
A nine question interactive quiz that addresses food safety problems that can occur when preparing food for a barbeque. The end of the quiz leads to a colorful and informative Web page that discusses general food safety. The site is designed for children, but could be used for adults as well. |
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Last Modified: Oct 28, 2008 |
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