Be patient when offering new foods.

Cookie dough and cake batter usually contain raw eggs, which may be contaminated with salmonella.

You can adapt many recipes to fit your current household size.

Containers that are “food grade” must meet higher standards for sanitation and safety.

Often called the “mother grain,” quinoa has been used for food for at least 5,000 years.

At one time, cooking temperatures were determined by the amount of time you could hold your hand in the oven.

Breakfast skippers usually more than make up for the 300 or so calories skipped in the morning.

We need to use our muscles regularly and correctly or they can weaken or become injured.

Recommendations change as scientists learn more about what is safe and what isn’t.

When high school graduates leave home for further education or a job, they get their long-awaited freedom from parents and family rules.

Watermelon has a long history, dating back at least 5,000 years to Africa.

Onions are among the most popular vegetables, contributing flavor, vitamin C, fiber and health-promoting natural antioxidants to your recipes.

If you have children or grandchildren, you might be especially interested in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations.

If you want to add flowers to your home menu, you might want to try growing some specifically for this purpose.

Snap beans can be an important part of a healthy diet for several reasons.

Avocado technically is a fruit, but it is used as a vegetable.

All that digging, lifting and bending is good for your health and it’s relaxing at the same time. Also, children who help grow fruits and vegetables are more apt to eat them, too.

Be sure you and your family members don’t earn “D’s” in dairy, especially during June, which is National Dairy Month.

Picnic menus can consist of almost anything from gourmet box lunches picked up at a restaurant to peanut butter sandwiches to burgers prepared on a portable grill.

Many spices are high in natural antioxidants and may have health-promoting effects.

Do you need to keep food hot or cold for a while before you serve the food? How will you do that? Do you have the right equipment?

Be a little adventuresome and try a variety of greens in your containers.

Food additives have been regulated for more than 100 years, dating back to the Food and Drug Act in 1906.

If we are “cooped up” in our homes by ongoing snow, sleet or rain, we could use some of the time indoors to prepare meals ahead of time.

This protein source is considered one of the “gold standards” in nutrition because of its digestibility

Soup can be a hearty meal and a good place to use your leftovers.

To make the most nutrient-rich choices, you have to be a good label reader, including the Nutrition Facts label and the ingredient statement.

Some people are more at risk of a vitamin D deficiency than others.

Along with the calorie information on menu boards or menus, the FDA’s proposed rule also states that restaurants would list 2,000 daily calories as a reference point while pointing out that people’s daily needs vary.

The best medical test is the one that gets done.