National Nutrition Month

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:

  1. 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. 
  2. 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.
  3. Create complete, healthy, affordable meals with over 1,000 recipes on MyPlate.gov.
  4. Shop affordable, healthy meals with Shop Simple with MyPlate.
  5. Learn how menu calorie labeling can guide you towards healthier meal decisions.
  6. Follow us on social media to get more health tips for eating healthy affordably and making healthy delicious! 
  7. 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

Healthy Snacks

Explore Quick Tips for Healthy Snacks

Healthy Eating

Explore All About Eating Healthy With MyPlate.Gov

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National Nutrition Month

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:

  1. 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. 
  2. 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.
  3. Create complete, healthy, affordable meals with over 1,000 recipes on MyPlate.gov.
  4. Shop affordable, healthy meals with Shop Simple with MyPlate.
  5. Learn how menu calorie labeling can guide you towards healthier meal decisions.
  6. Follow us on social media to get more health tips for eating healthy affordably and making healthy delicious! 
  7. 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

Healthy Snacks

Explore Quick Tips for Healthy Snacks

Healthy Eating

Explore All About Eating Healthy With MyPlate.Gov

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