Special holiday series – Blog 5 of 5
Over the past week, Dr. Janey Thornton, Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, and I have provided low-cost recipes incorporating simple food safety tips to help you prepare healthy and safe holiday meals. So far, we’ve posted recipes for turkey, stuffing, baked apples and sweet potatoes, and green beans. For the final blog in this series, we’re focusing on pumpkin pie, one of the mainstays of holiday meals. Like other holiday treats containing eggs, pumpkin pie filling can be messy to prepare and may lead to foodborne illness if not done carefully. This pumpkin pie recipe incorporates food safety tips at every step from mixing to storing leftovers. If you have further concerns about cooking with eggs this holiday season, this fact sheet should be really helpful. Additionally, I invite you to call USDA’s Meat & Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline weekdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m EST, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. EST on Thanksgiving Day.
Enjoy a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Read more »
Tags: Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, Dr. Janey Thornton, FNS, Food Safety, FSIS, Recipe Finder, SNAP, SNAP-Ed, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipes
Food and Nutrition, Food Safety
Special holiday series – Blog 3 of 5
Starting to plan your holiday menu? USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen and I want to help. This week we are providing low-cost holiday recipes that incorporate simple food safety tips to help you prepare healthy and safe holiday meals. So far, we’ve posted delicious turkey and stuffing recipes. Today we’re featuring a Baked Apples and Sweet Potatoes recipe, which will make a great side dish for any occasion. Make sure to look for our next blog which will feature another low-cost, easy to prepare –recipe—Green Bean Sauté. Enjoy!! Read more »
Tags: Dr. Elizabeth Hagen, FNS, Food Safety, FSIS, holiday meals, holiday recipes, Janey Thornton, Recipe Finder, SNAP, SNAP-Ed, sweet potatoes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipes
Food and Nutrition, Food Safety
Farmer's Market near Plant City, Florida accepts SNAP benefits with an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card
During tough times families can find it increasingly difficult to prepare cost-friendly meals. The SNAP-Ed Connection provides tools and resources to health educators that help dispel low income families make healthy eating an attainable goal. One of those tools is the recipe finder, an online tool that allows you to quickly locate pre-analyzed and budget-friendly recipes that may support your nutrition education goals or lesson plans. Over 600 healthy recipes are right at your fingertips! Read more »
FNS Regional Administrator James Arena-DeRosa judges tomatoes at Tomato Festival in Boston
Recently tomato farmers from across the Bay State converged on Boston City Hall Plaza seeking top tomato bragging rights at the 26th Annual Tomato Festival. I joined a panel of food writers, chefs, cookbook authors, grocers, and state officials as we readied our score sheets. Read more »
Tags: Boston, EBT, FNS, James Arena-DeRosa, KYF2, Massachusetts, Recipe Finder, SNAP, USDA
Food and Nutrition, Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
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