Shopping List: Basic Ingredients for a Healthy Kitchen
The first step to cooking healthy is to stock your kitchen with a variety of foods that you can throw together for healthy meals in a hurry. Keep these foods on hand for fast meals on busy nights.
Innovations in Home Cooking
Your kitchen is stocked and you’re ready to go. Now it's time to think about how you can add more vegetables, fruits, and whole grains to your day while watching your refined carbohydrates, sugar, and fat intake.
Quick Entrees
Try these quick entrees put together from our shopping list for when you're hungry and in a hurry.
Snacks and Dashboard Dining
Eating on-the-go is a fact of life for many people, but it can lead to unhealthy food choices. To avoid this diet downfall, and still satisfy your hunger between meals or when you're in a rush, try some of the foods listed here.
Understanding Food Terms
If you're trying to control your weight, you need to watch what you eat. That means reading food labels. But with so many different terms, product labels can be confusing. Here's a guide to what the terms on some food labels are really telling you.
Low-Fat Foods
Watching the amount of fat you eat is important because diets high in fat tend to be high in calories, and can contribute to weight gain. Here you'll find lists of some low fat foods to choose from.
It's Easy to Add Fruits and Veggies to Your Diet
Eating lots of fruits and vegetables may help reduce your cancer risk. The sample menu here shows how to fit more fruits and vegetables into your diet without much fuss or expense.
Find Healthy Recipes
Good health starts with good nutrition. Get started today with some of these healthy recipes for appetizers, side dishes, main dishes, and sweet treats.
Meet your diet and activity goals
The USDA's My Plate Supertracker has free tools to help you set goals for managing your weight, eating right, and getting enough physical activity.