Eat Healthy, Be Active NYC

Looking for a refreshing, healthy treat to beat the heat this summer? Try fruit kabobs with yogurt dip!

Not only is this snack fun to make and eat with kids, it’s also packed with vitamins, fiber, and protein to keep you feeling good. Use any combination of fruit you have on hand!

This Memorial Day weekend, if you’re celebrating with a barbeque, follow these tips to grill and serve food safely:
🟢 CLEAN your hands and food prep surfaces often.
🟠 SEPARATE ready-to-eat and cooked foods from raw meats, poultry, and seafood.
🔴 COOK foods to a safe temperature.
🔵 CHILL perishable food in the fridge or a cooler until ready to use.

Check out this infographic for more ways to keep your food safe!

Cooking at home can help you and your family enjoy nourishing and delicious meals. It can also be a fun way to create memories with friends, family, and children, pass down food skills, and connect with your culture. Cooking at home can also help you save money.

For recipes, tipsheets and videos that might help you to cook more at home, visit the Cooking at Home page at nyc.gov/Nutrition.

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Get more fruits and veggies this spring with Health Bucks! These $2 coupons can be used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at all NYC farmers markets. For every $2 spent at farmers markets using SNAP benefits on an EBT card, you can get $2 in Health Bucks, up to $10 per day. Text “SoGood” or “MuyRico” (for Spanish) to 55676 to find a farmers market near you.

❤️ Happy Mother’s Day ❤️

Eating together is one way to show care and stay connected. This Mother’s Day, take time to share a favorite dish or try a new recipe with a mother-figure in your life. Small moments like this can be enough to make the day feel special.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

This month honors the histories, cultures, and contributions of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the United States. Traditional dishes and ingredients from these cultures reflect their diversity of foods and cooking practices.

These four recipes are inspired by a variety of Asian and Pacific Island cuisines:
🟢 Eggplant with Basil
🟢 Beets with Mustard Seeds
🟢 Taiwanese Cabbage with Chili and Garlic Sauce
🟢 Shobi Bhaji Potatoes

These recipes use fresh produce and herbs to bring bold flavor to each dish. Try one that is new for you.

Braising greens include dark greens such as collards, kale, Swiss
chard, mustard greens, turnip greens and beet greens. These dark leafy greens add color, flavor, and texture to a dish. They are also high in iron, which helps transport oxygen through the bloodstream, allowing the body to produce energy.

Try these recipes for Collard Greens With Spicy Peanut Sauce or Braised Collard Greens. Remember to rinse well and trim leaves from stem before cooking!

😊🥦 Letting kids explore their food can help them become more familiar and more likely to try the food. Try a fun activity such as building a happy face with vegetables🥦😊

Make it fun and hands-on:
🟢 Let kids choose which vegetables to use
🟢 Use different colors and shapes to build a face
🟢 Encourage kids to help wash and prepare ingredients
🟢 Talk about the foods as you build and taste them together

🌎 Happy 🌱

What you eat can support both your health and the health of our planet. Replacing animal protein — especially red meat — with plant proteins like beans, lentils, tofu, nuts, and seeds can help our planet’s health by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and can improve your overall health.

The NYC Food Standards is doing this too! The Standards set nutrition guidelines for meals and snacks served in city agencies, such as public schools, older adult centers, child care centers, correctional facilities, public hospitals, and more. They recognize the importance of promoting individual, community and planetary health and promote an economically and environmentally sustainable food system.

The Standards requires minimum servings of plant proteins, limit servings of red meat, and require no processed meat is served. By following the Standards, City agencies help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase access to healthy meals.

Celebrate tomorrow with a trip to the farmers market! For every $2 spent at farmers markets using SNAP benefits on an EBT card, you can get $2 in Health Bucks, up to $10 per day, to purchase more fresh fruits and vegetables. Text “SoGood” or “MuyRico” (for Spanish) to 55676 to find a farmers market near you.