Let's Eat Healthy
March is National Nutrition Month! As your partner in health, we want to see you healthy and nutrition plays a major role in your health. For this reason, we want to provide you with the resources and tools that will help you and your family reach optimal health. Join us in this month and:
- Plan your weekly meals in advance by writing the ingredients you will need for each meal. This will help you make balanced meals and can double as a grocery list.
- Be a smart shopper by comparing nutrition facts labels while grocery shopping. Select products with more vitamins, minerals, and fiber and lower amounts of salt, sugar, and saturated fat.
- Create complete, healthy, affordable meals with over 1,000 recipes on MyPlate.gov.
- Shop affordable, healthy meals with Shop Simple with MyPlate.
- Learn how menu calorie labeling can guide you towards healthier meal decisions.
- Follow us on social media to get more health tips for eating healthy affordably and making healthy delicious!
- Read our blog post for shocking sodium facts.
Healthy Shopping on a Budget
Fact Sheet credits to SNAP4CT.org
Video Resources
Nutrition Facts
How to Use the Nutrition Label
Serving Size
Decoding Food Labels
Shopping Tips
Shopping Tips
Is frozen just as good?
Canned Fruits
Grains
Adding Color to Your Cart
Mastering Meats
Shopping on a Budget
Best Shopping Advice
Budget-Stretching Tips
Eating Better on a Budget – 15 min class