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Kitchen Helpers
Tips on tools, ingredient substitutions, temperatures, recipe conversions, and short cuts!
- 30+ Time-Saving Kitchen Tools
- 6 Tools to Simplify Holiday Cooking
- Spice/Herb/Food Combinations Chart
- Cook's Tools (pdf handout)
- Use "Mise en Place" to Make Meal Preparation Easier
- Ingredient Substitutions
- How to Interpret Can Sizes: What to Do if a Recipe Calls for a Number 2 Can
- Consumer Food Safety Checklist for "Planned-over" Foods
- Cleaning the Kitchen Cupboard: Toss or Save?
- Pass the Taste Test ... Use a Thermometer!
- Interpreting Can Sizes: When Recipes Call for a No. 2 Can
- Basics for Safe Food Handling (includes a chart on refrigerator, freezer, and cupboard storage of many foods)
- Temperature Conversion: Fahrenheit and Celsius
- Reducing the Size of Recipes
- Making A Meal With What's On Hand
- Making Homemade Ice Cream without Using Raw Eggs
- Kitchen Short Cuts
Features
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(Updated May 20, 2013)
Newsletters:
- Healthy Bites Newsletter
May: Beef Month - Cook It Quick Newsletter
June Issue - Food Reflections Newsletter
December Issue: 9 Tips for Staying Active over the Winter Holidays - Walk Nebraska Newsletter
May 2013: Healthy Recipes Easy to Find
Blogs:
- Making HealthierRDecisions
- Nutrition Know How Blog
(A new tip posted weekly) - Discover Foods Blog
(a new tip posted weekly) - Cook It Quick Blog
(published 1 -2 times/month) - A Runner Eats
(Written by a dietitian/former Univ. of Nebraska All-American runner)
Other:
- Food, Nutrition & Health by the Month Calendar
(March Issue)
- Food Fun for Young Kids (Pinterest)
- Easy (& Healthy!) Everyday Recipes (Pinterest)
- "Choose MyPlate" Update (video)
- 4-Day Throw Away (food safety app)
- Choose MYPlate: Selected Consumer Messages (free PowerPoint and online slide show)
- Test Your Salt Savvy (quiz)