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EFNEP Lessons

Eating Well While Cooking Light • Fad Diets • Food Product Dating and Trans Fats • Food Safety for Moms-to-Be • Fruits, Vegetables and Physical Activity • Get Up and Get Movin' • Healthy Eating During and After a Disaster • Healthy Eating & Cooking Safely in the Microwave Oven • Healthy Holidays • Healthy Snacking for Children • How to Eat Better With Less Fat, Sodium and Sugar • How to Give a Food Demonstration • Keeping a Healthy Heartbeat • MyPyramid • Power of Choice • Protein, Calcium, and Iron • Stretching Your Food Dollar

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Eating Well While Cooking Light

Lesson Sheets:

Eating Well While Cooking Lite
Ways to Cut Fat and Salt - Handout 1
Ways to Sweeten Without Table Sugar - Handout 2
Fiber Simple! Easy! Delicious! - Handout 3
Rate Your Fiber Fitness - Activity 1
Recipe Demonstrations - Activity 2
Boost Your Daily Fiber - Handout 4
PowerPoint Presentation


Fad Diets

Lesson Sheets:

Eat Smart, Stay Healthy National Nutrition Month
Fad Diets: Fact or Fallacy?
Food Facts Sheet: Investigating and Researching New and Exotic Fruit - Activity 1
Popular Fad Diets - Handout 1

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Broiled Tomatoes Parmesan
Spicy Black Beans


Food Product Dating and Trans Fats

Lesson Sheets:

Food Dating Terminology - Handout

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Chili Cheese Cornbread
Italian White Bean Soup
Tropical Fruit Ambrosia Salad


Food Safety for Moms-to-Be

Lesson Sheets:

Hazardous Foods for Pregnant Moms and Young Children
Mix and Match Sandwich Wraps

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Apple Butter Bars
Chicken Caesar Wrap
Ranch Chicken Wrap
Tangy Pasta Salad


Fruits, Vegetables and Physical Activity

Lesson Sheets:

Choose the Colors of Health
Salad Smarts

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Dried Bananas
Popeye's Lasagna
Tomato Mozzarella Salad


Get Up and Get Movin'

Lesson Sheets:

Office Exercises

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Cajun Baked Fish
Microwave Hard Boiled Eggs
Simple Stuff Shells


Healthy Eating and Cooking Safely in the Microwave Oven

Lesson Sheets:

Tips for Preparing Foods in the Microwave
Cooking Safely in the Microwave
Boost Your Daily Fiber
Ways to Cut Fat and Salt

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Rotisserie-Style Chicken
Garden Skillet
Chocolate Pudding Just for Me


Healthy Eating During and After a Disaster

Keeping Food Safe During and Emergency - Handout 1
Keeping Foods Safe Word Search  - Handout 2
Keeping Foods Safe Word Search Answer Sheet - Handout 3
Create Your Own Disaster Supply Kit - Handout 4
PowerPoint Presentation


Healthy Holidays

Lesson Sheets:

Beating the Battle of the Holiday Bulge
How to Exercise Away Those Holiday Treats
Keeping Your Holiday Meals Free of Foodborne Illness
Meal Planning and Time Management for the Holidays
Timetable to Plan Ahead for a Safe Holiday Meal

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Classic Cooked Eggnog
Cool Turkey Salad
Four Fruit Salad
Golden Apples and Yams
One Pot Turkey Tetrazzini
Turkey Spaghetti


Healthy Snacking for Children

Lesson Sheets:

Healthy Snacking for Children
100 Calorie Snacks

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Sweet Berry Popover
Speedy Fruit Yogurt Pudding
Festival Salad
Pita Tacos


How to Eat Better With Less Fat, Sodium and Sugar

Ingredient Substitutions that are Heart Smart - Handout 1
Salt Substitutes - Handout 2
Facts About Low-Calorie Sweeteners - Handout 3
Where’s the Fat? - Activity 1
Think What You Drink - Activity 2
PowerPoint Presentation


How to Give a Food Demonstration

Lesson Sheets:

How to Give a Food Demonstration PowerPoint Presentation (818 KB)

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Apple Dumplings
Basil Parmesan Bread
Cheesy Ham and Potato Soup


 

Keeping a Healthy Heartbeat

Lesson Sheets:

Are You at Risk for Heart Disease Questionnaire
Blood Pressure Classifications
Cholesterol in Blood Vessels
Cooking with Less Fat
Eating Heart Healthy With Little Time and Money
Exercising for a Health Heart
Fats and Oils to Choose
Heart Disease Risk Factors You Can Do Something About
How to Exercise
Living Heart Healthy
Make Physical Activity a Habit My Personal Record
Money Saving Tips
Risk Factors for Heart Disease
Sample Walking Program
Tips for Busy Families
Tips for Eating Out the Heart-Healthy Way
Total Cholesterol
What’s on Your Spud
What’s on Your Spud Directions

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Baked Apple Wedges
Minestrone Soup


MyPyramid

Lesson Sheets:

30 MyPyramid Steps to a Healthier You
Adult Guidelines
Anatomy of MyPyramid
Dietary Guidelines and MyPyramid for a Healthy Lifestyle (PowerPoint)
Exploring MyPyramid - Budgeting Total Calories
My Activity Plan Handout
MyPyramid 101
MyPyramid Cut & Fold Activity (black & white)
MyPyramid Cut & Fold Activity (color)
MyPyramid Food Intake Patterns
MyPyramid Fruit Group
MyPyramid Grain Group
MyPyramid for Kids Food Group Activity
MyPyramid Know Your Fats
MyPyramid Meat and Bean Group
MyPyramid Milk Group
MyPyramid Scavenger Hunt Activity
MyPyramid Scavenger Hunt Activity Answers
MyPyramid Vegetable Group
MyPyramid Worksheet
MyPyramid Worksheet for Kids
Steps to a Healthier You
Using MyPyramid in Your Life - Adults
Using MyPyramid in Your Life - Children and Youth
What is Your Calorie Level


The Power of Choice

Lesson Sheets:

Letter - Handout 1
Your Choice - Handout 2
Get a Life - Handout 3
Eat Smart - Handout 4
Tri-Oh! - Handout 5
Move More - Handout 6
Power of Choice - Be Your Best You - Handout 7
Six Steps to Your Goals! - Handout 8
The Choices are Yours! - Handout 9
Give Me a "Healthful High Five!" - Handout 10
Yo...What's Important to You? - Handout 11
What did You Eat and Drink Today? - Handout 12
Fast Foods Fit - Handout 13
Cool Moves! Sit Less-Move More - Handout 14
Eat Enough...Not Too Much - Handout 15
Check out the Facts - Handout 16
In the Mood for Food? - Handout 17
Snacks...Fast, Fun, Flavor - Handout 18
More Cool, Healthful Ways to be "My Best Me" - Handout 19
Recipe Cards - Handout 20


Protein, Calcium, and Iron

Lesson Sheets:

Calcium Countdown
Calcium Facts
How to Get the Calcium You Need
Iron Facts
Key Nutrients
Protein Facts

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Easy Fruit Salad
Tamale Pie


Stretching Your Food Dollar

Lesson Sheets:

Making the Most of Your Food Dollar
How Does Your Supermarket Measure Up

Recipes (Food Demonstrations):

Honey Mustard Baked Chicken Tenderloins
Savory Corn
Sweet Potato Stuffing


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