Food & Cooking Information
Cooking healthy is not difficult; it’s just finding the right place to start. Click on the links below to find great recipes and information on healthy cooking and get started in the kitchen today. Also visit the Austin Public Library. They have many wonderful cookbooks available for check-out. In addition to these links click here to find a few recipes.
www.cookinglight.com
www.foodfit.com
www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy cooking www.dr.weil.com
www.hy-vee.com
www.recipetips.com/kitchen-tips/t-166-/Nutrition.asp
Kid Friendly Websites
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www.mypyramidtracker.gov
www.fitday.com
www.calorieking.com
Are you a food network junkie? Take time off on Saturday morning to watch Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger. Simple, healthy meals in a flash. You can check out all her recipes at www.foodnetwork.com
Menu Planning with Hy-Vee
Check out Hy-Vee's website for great recipes but also a fabulous page to help you plan an entire weeks worth of menus. Includes shopping and pantry list, nutritional information and more. www.hy-vee.com
How To Start A Lunch Club
One of the most difficult parts of losing weight and /or changing our eating habits is incorporating them into our busy life, especially work. Click on the link below for information on how to start a lunch club. Often we enlist our co-workers to join us in our resolution to eat healthy and lose some weight. What better way to stay on task than to work together on healthy lunches. Lunch Club Basics
Featured Recipe
Tuscan Salmon
- 1/4 tsp lemon pepper
- 4 (4 oz each) salmon fillets (thawed, if frozen)
- 2 tbsp Grand Selections olive oil, divided
- 1 small red onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 c. chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- 1/3 c. fresh lemon juice
- 2 tbsp goat cheese
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly coat shallow baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Place fish skin-side-down in baking dish. Sprinkle fish with lemon pepper; drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil; set aside.
- Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté 5 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat and stir in sun-dried tomatoes and lemon juice. Pour over salmon.
- Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until fish flakes with fork. Sprinkle with goat cheese; bake 5 minutes more.
.Yields 4 servings
Calories: 300
Carbohydrate: 6g
Cholesterol: 70mg
Dietary Fiber: 1g
Fat: 20g
Protein: 24g
Saturated Fat: 4g
Sodium: 190mg
Sugar: 3g
Trans fats: 0g.
This recipe and more can be found at www.hy-vee.com