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Nutrition, food safety, and cooking educators are always singing the same song before Thanksgiving. We talk about how to keep that large bird safe, standing on our soap boxes with research-based information about how people can get a foodborne illness from some common practices. But...

A couple of weeks ago a co-worker sent this email to everyone in the office: “There are three types of pie and a can of whipped cream in the fridge! Pumpkin, Apple, and Pecan, please help me get rid of them!!” This is what’s being...

The weather is getting cooler, people will be staying inside more – the flu/Covid season has arrived! The holidays are right around the corner as well, which means more crowds of people shopping, partying, and traveling. Get your clients, employees, or students ready to stay...

I had a mission. I was going to take pictures of all 1,000 recipes in the free recipe database. Salad Secrets Cookbook and Demo Set It didn't seem especially daunting. I figured that I would print a copy of each recipe, then sort everything into...

This is the time of year when I usually start thinking about what word or phrase will be my theme for the next year. (I wrote about this concept last January – read it here.) The idea is that instead of New Year’s resolutions, you...

It's time for a little venting session. My family thinks that I’m obsessive when it comes to food safety. They get upset when I get up from a dinner table and start to put food into the refrigerator and I always hear them say things...

What does your family call it? Dressing or stuffing? No matter what you call it, people are passionate about it at Thanksgiving. Stuffing can be very personal, and everyone seems to have a favorite way to make it. The options are many. Chestnuts or oysters?...

DON’T WASH IT! If you’re thinking that rinsing or washing the turkey will remove any potential bacteria —don’t bother — it won’t work. According to the folks at the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline, the process of washing or rinsing a turkey will not remove...

Since cranberries are a must for most families at Thanksgiving, I bet there are cranberries in your house right now? According to the Ag Marketing Research Center, Americans consume nearly 400 million pounds of cranberries per year (that’s about 2.3 pounds a person) and 20%...

For food writers everywhere the month of November seems to demand that we write about preparing that Thanksgiving meal….including the big bird. This whole process may seem daunting for those that only roast a turkey one time a year. The big meal means lots of...

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The holiday season's bright colors fade away in January when the reality of winter sets in. Plan now to cheer up those cold, dreary days with our beautiful Focus on Fruit poster. Focusing on fruit means adding color, flavor, fiber, nutrients, and a little sweetness...

Whether you’re back in the office or working remotely from home, it can be a challenge to fit exercise into a busy day. That’s why our Workday Workout poster is an effective education tool to remind everyone that there are ways to fit fitness into...

Get your clients or students interested in healthy fruits and vegetables with our new Vegetable Masks and Fruit Masks. These masks, and our combo Fruit and Vegetable Masks, are a fun way to encourage people of all ages to fill half of their plate with...