Clever Ways to Eat More Fruit {and Get More Energy!}

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Don’t fear the fruit! Fruit is a great source of fiber, but best of all- quick energy! Here’s tasty ways to eat more fruit. I’m a huge fan of eating from ALL the food groups, including fruit! Our portion plates include every food group because it’s the healthiest way to eat, and is a good way to make sure you’re…
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17 Tasty Ways to Eat More Vegetables in Your Diet

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Sometimes it seems like an added chore to add vegetables to a meal. Maybe its the prep work or washing and cutting. But There are easy ways to use and reuse veggies that make it easy to add more vegetables to your diet. (get my printable list of veggies here!) Vegetables are full of vitamins and minerals and each group…
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11 Healthy Christmas Appetizers

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The Christmas season is a time for favorite appetizers & foods, parties and celebrations with all your friends and family. I can’t believe how fast Christmas is approaching. Thanksgiving is just a couple of days away and it has me thinking all about my favorite holiday happenings. Almost all of these events are centered on food, whether that be a…
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Cranberry White Chocolate Protein Powder Cookie Dough

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If you love cookie dough, you’ll like protein powder cookie dough! This protein cookie dough with with white chocolate and dried cranberries. The calories and macros for this protein powder cookie dough, per tablespoon of dough is 79 calories, 4 g protein, 11 g carbs, and 2 g fat. This recipe is 2 WeightWatcher Personal Points. Why I Make Protein…
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6 Tips for Maintaining Weight through the Holidays

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Maintaining your weight through the holidays can be tricky. Here’s 6 tips that will help you maintain your weight through the season. Maintaining your weight through the holidays can be tricky. Staying on track is a challenge when you’ve got endless tasty treats to tempt you and Grandma is pressuring you to have that second slice of her famous pumpkin…
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MyPlate Nutrition Quiz for Grades 4-9

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After teaching a nutrition lesson about Choose MyPlate in your elementary or Jr. High classes, print this quiz for your students, or use it as an outline to guide your discussion! Printable PDF version of the quiz here to handout in your nutrition class 1.Does eating a balanced diet give you all the nutrients your body needs? Yes No  Answer:…
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MyPlate App Review

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What is the MyPlate App, and is it worth it to download? Full review and screenshots of the Start Simple with MyPlate App! Does anyone else feel that everything is being made into an app? Even if there is already a website, they make an app as well. Don’t get me wrong I love some apps, and find them very…
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5 Easy Steps to Calculate Calories and Macros for Recipes on MyFitnessPal

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Using any recipe on the internet, or your own, you can calculate the calories and macros easily for the entire recipe using MyFitnessPal How to Best use MyFitnessPal to upload Recipes Using a new platform, like MyFitnessPal to track recipes can sometimes be confusing. I’m going to show you the easiest and quickest way to record your favorite recipes on…
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7 Fun Nutrition Activities for Teaching Choose MyPlate {with Free Worksheet}

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Fun, interactive lesson ideas for teaching Choose MyPlate nutrition to students Even if you have a standard lesson plan for teaching Choose MyPlate, it’s nice to alter, modify, and pivot things when you have a different groups or classes. I find the best way to not feel like I’m bored teaching is mixing up the activities that go along with…
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