Cooking meals at home also saves money, and can create an opportunity to teach your family members about healthy eating.
It may seem overwhelming at first to know where to start. Try to commit to cooking one healthy meat at home each week and build up from there. Healthy eating does mean you have to change all your habits at once. Small changes can lead to building lifelong healthy habits.
-Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.
-Make half your grains whole grains.
-Choose low-fat and fat-free dairy
-Vary your proteins focusing on lean meat, poultry, fish, eggs, beans and legumes
-Watch your portions and eat just the right amount for you.
For more information, visit www.choosemyplate.gov
Here are some additional recipes to help inspire your meal planning:
Light and Creamy Pork Chops
Greek Frittata
Spiced Grapes
Lemon Strawberries with Cream
Pasta with Pine Nuts and Parmesan Cheese
Tasty Tuna Salad
Web Resources for Recipe Ideas:
www.kp.org/nutrition
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nutrition info, tools and recipes
www.brighamandwomens.org/healtheweightforwomen
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women’s health focus, menus, weight control tips
www.eatright.org
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healthy nutrition info from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
www.diabetes.org/recipes
www.cookingforyourlife.org
www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org
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Recipes to help increase fruit and veggie intake
www.eatingwell.com
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Healthy recipe collection
www.allrecipes.com/recipes/healthy-cooking
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Healthy recipe collection
www.chefmd.com
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Nutrition info and recipes by doctor/chef
www.dlife.com
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Diabetes menus, tracking and information