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Smart Grocery Shopping for Healthy Eating
A practical overview of planning a grocery trip, moving through the store, comparing products and storing food so everyday meals are easier to make.
Food Skills
Grocery and Label Skills
Shopping, labels and kitchen basics.
Added Sugar Basics
Learn how to tell added sugars from naturally occurring ones, find them on labels, recognize their many names and see where they often hide in foods.
Basic Cooking Methods Compared
Compare roasting, steaming, sauteing, boiling, baking and other simple cooking methods, with notes on flavor, effort, nutrients and food safety.
Building a Pantry of Staples
A practical list of long-lasting pantry staples, from grains and beans to spices and oils, plus storage tips that make simple meals easier to put together.
Fiber and Whole Grains
A plain-language look at what dietary fiber is, how whole grains differ from refined ones, and where fiber commonly shows up in everyday meals.
Frozen and Canned Produce
How frozen and canned fruits and vegetables compare with fresh in nutrition, cost, convenience and waste, plus label tips for choosing the better options.
Healthy Eating on a Tight Food Budget
General, practical habits for eating well when money is limited: planning, comparing unit prices, cooking at home, using leftovers and cutting food waste.
Protein in Everyday Foods
A plain-terms look at common protein sources, both plant and animal, how they differ, and simple ways to include them across ordinary meals.
Reading Nutrition Labels
A walkthrough of the main parts of a U.S. Nutrition Facts label: serving size, calories, nutrients to limit or get more of, percent Daily Value and ingredients.
Serving Sizes Explained
Why the serving size on a food label may differ from what you actually eat, how to scale label numbers to your portion and what dual-column labels show.
Writing a Weekly Shopping List
How to build a weekly shopping list around planned meals, check what you already have, organize by store section and reduce food waste and impulse buys.
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