Your Next Skill: Healthy Cooking

Find resources for learning healthy cooking. Below are several different resources--books, streaming videos, and an online health library--which may help you learn to cook healthy meals.

 

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Practical, Healthy Cooking

Moving away from home means moving away from home cooking, too—a fact that, surprisingly, escapes many young adults new to life on their own. After watching this video, viewers will see how easy it can be to read a recipe, measure out ingredients, prepare all sorts of meats and vegetables, package up and store leftovers, and clean up the kitchen so everything is sanitary and neat. Kitchen safety is stressed. Practice makes perfect! Viewable/printable discussion questions are available online. A part of the series On Your Own: Independent Living Skills. (25 minutes)

Format: Streaming Video

https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=41304&tScript=0

 

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Healthy Meal Prep: time-saving plans to prep and portion your weekly meals

Learn how to meal prep like a pro with 12 weekly meal plans from YouTube's popular Steph and Adam (formerly Fit Couple Cooks), each with 4 unique recipes for 6 days of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.

Format: eBook - 2017

https://e-inc.overdrive.com/e-inc-wayne/content/media/3711657

 

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Superfoods: 50 Best Foods to Change Your Life

Superfoods is a comprehensive guide to the everyday foods that could help you to live longer and feel younger. From fruit and veg, meat and fish, to beans, grains, and oils – these are all ingredients that you will find in your local grocery store and won't break the bank. Keep your finger on the pulse of health foods with essential facts about nutrition, practical tips, and a wealth of delicious recipes to help make superfoods part of your everyday diet.

Format: eBook - 2015

https://e-inc.overdrive.com/e-inc-wayne/content/media/2071743

 

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Gordon Ramsay’s Healthy, Lean & Fit: Mouthwatering Recipes to Fuel You for Life

Healthy, Lean & Fit is the definitive guide to eating well for optimum health and fitness, from Michelin-starred chef and fitness fanatic, Gordon Ramsay. Divided into three sections based around weight loss, fitness, and general well-being, the book contains over one hundred delicious recipes that will leave you satisfied and full of energy.

Format: Book - 2018

https://wayne.nccardinal.org/eg/opac/record/11148726?locg=185;detail_record_view=1;query=Gordon%20Ramsay%E2%80%99s%20Healthy%2C%20Lean%20%26%20Fit%3A%20Mouthwatering%20Recipes%20to%20Fuel%20You%20for%20Life

 

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Wayne UNC Health Care: Health Library

Most people have heard that healthy eating is important. But it can be hard to know what healthy eating means. Our topics can teach you how to eat well, whether your goal is to feel good, manage your weight, or prevent health problems. You will also find plenty of information about nutrition for health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, food allergies, digestive problems, and eating disorders.

Format: Website

https://www.wayneunc.org/wellness/health-library/document-viewer/?id=center1020

 

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Designing Menus for Healthy Diets

This program follows Jesse as he learns how to plan a well-balanced menu that fits in with a busy lifestyle. The video discusses the functioning of nutrients and their role in wholesome meals; menu-planning and basic items to keep on hand; and the growing trend of relying on convenience foods in today’s fast-paced society. (23 minutes)

Format: Streaming Video

https://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewVideo.aspx?xtid=49832&tScript=0