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Food, Nutrition, Health Observances Calendar for August 2022

Free Nutrition Clipart for August|Free Nutrition Handouts for August|2022 Nutrition Education Resources

In Season...
Apricots, Bananas, Beets, Bell Peppers, Blackberries, Blueberries, Cantaloupe, Cherries, Corn, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Garlic, Grapefruits, Grapes, Green Beans, Honeydew Melon, Kiwifruit, Lima Beans, Mushrooms, Nectarine, Peaches, Peas, Plums, Radishes, Raspberries, Strawberries, Summer Squash and Zucchini, Tomatillos, Tomatoes, Watermelon

National Food Months

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National Food Weeks

Simplify Your Life Week - first week of Aug(Jul 31 - Aug 6)
Farmer's Market Week(Aug 7 - Aug 13)

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 World Breastfeeding Week	2 World Breastfeeding Week	3 World Breastfeeding Week Watermelon Day	4 World Breastfeeding Week	5 World Breastfeeding Week	6 World Breastfeeding Week Farmer's Market Week
7 World Breastfeeding Week Farmer's Market Week	8 Farmer's Market Week Zucchini Day	9 Farmer's Market Week	10 Farmer's Market Week National S'Mores Day	11 Farmer's Market Week	12 Farmer's Market Week	13
14	15 Julia Child's Birthday	16	17	18 National Ice Cream Pie Day	19	20
21 Ice Cream Day	22	23	24 Waffle Day	25 National Parks Birthday	26	27
28	29	30	31

Recipes for August

Agua Fresca Beverage

Angel Hair Market Pasta

Bang Bang Chicken Salad

Barbecued Corn

Barbecued Summer Squash

Bowtie Pasta Salad

Braised Baby Turnip Green

Chilled Salmon with Manda

Cold Cucumber Soup

Crustless Summer Fruit Ta

Double Roasted Beets

Fall Tomato Basil Salad

Farmers Market On The Gri

Farmer\'s Market Salad

Fiesta Kale Salad

Fig Salad

French Provence Herb Sala

Fresh Tomato Soup

Garlic Rainbow Chard

Golden Beet Carpaccio

Grilled Chicken and Chard

Grilled Chicken And Peach

Grilled Fish and Vegetabl

Grilled Sicilian Eggplant

Grilled Trout and Veggies

Grilled Veggies and Feta

Heirloom Tomato and Fig S

Herb Salad from the Prove

Lemon Glazed Fruit

Loaded Watermelon

Market Salad

Mediterranean Grilled Veg

Oven Roasted Corn on The

Oven Roasted Summer Veggi

Pasta alla Norma

Patio Dinner

Peach Salsa

Pineapple Vegetable Kabob

Plant Based Sausage Sheet

Rainbow Kabobs

Raspberry Chocolate Sorbe

Raw Veggies With EVOO

Rotisserie-Spiced Caulifl

Salad Pizza

Sheet Pan Veggie Dinner W

Skillet Roasted Tomatoes

Skinny Berry and Cream Fl

Skinny Steak Sandwich

Spaghetti and Meatballs

Stir Fry on the Grill

Strawberry Gel

Summer Breeze Salad

Summer Cobb Salad

Summer Fruit Kabobs with

Summer Lentil Garden Bowl

Summer Muesli

Summer Scalloped Potatoes

Summer Slaw

Summer Tomato Salad

Summertime Chicken Salad

Tomato Fresca Pasta Sauce

Tomato Peach Caprese Sala

Tri-Color Pasta with Shre

Tuna in a Sicilian Tomato

Vegetarian Kung Pao

Vegetarian Poke Bowl

Vegetti and Meatballs

Vietnamese Rice Noodle Sa

Watermelon Cake

Watermelon Freezies

Nutrition Education Resources

Nutrition Strategies for Hot Weather

"It’s the perfect time of year for a steaming plate of spaghetti," said no one ever in August.

August 2022

Things are heating up in the August 2022 edition of our members-only newsletter...

How to Make an Engaging Nutrition Poster

Let this poster inspire you to make your own educational displays. You can use the same basic principle to craft any fun, engaging nutrition poster you'd like. Simply find great photos or drawings of healthful foods (magazine ads are great for this) and form the foods into letters that spell out a key word for your nutrition presentation.

12 Salad Presentations + 3 Bonus Ideas

Salad is the biggest "food group" in our recipe categories - we have 100 salads in our new Celebrate Salad eCookbook. Here are 12 plated salad presentation ideas from a professional chef whose passion is to cook healthy and make a lot of salads.

Teaching a Cooking Class: Tips and Tricks

I have been teaching a string of cooking classes recently, and boy have I ever learned a lot! Here are the tried-and-true secrets that take a presentation from good to great...

August 2021

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10 Free Nutrition Handouts

New handout delivery system for free nutrition handouts will serve more target audiences

August 2020

Recipes, quarantine tips, COVID nutrition, managing herbs, and much more are all available in this edition of the newsletter! You're not going to want to miss it...

Making Family Mealtime Successful

We recently interviewed busy parents who are successful at making family mealtime work in their house. We thought they were...[+]Food, Nutrition and Health Calendar by Food and Health Communications

Rainbow Fruit and Vegetable Activity Ideas

We've all heard about the importance of eating from the rainbow to get a variety of foods and nutrients. In fact, we've probably already taught this concept to our clients. But now it's time for a refresher -- a new way to make eating from the rainbow both fun and possible...

Ideas for Your August Newsletter

你的8月通讯准备好了吗?今天，我想和大家分享一些8月份时事通讯的好点子。请随时尝试它们，并让我知道你的想法!

2019 Food and Nutrition Hot Topics and New Theme Finder

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Chop Test: An Easier Way to Cook Vegetables

Have you ever wondered if you're cooking vegetables well? I've devised a simple approach that makes determining cooking time and methods a snap! Check out this post for the secret, and don't miss the free infographic!

Kitchen Hack: Cherry Tomatoes

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Social Messaging: Peaches

Need some sweet tweets? Lisa Andrews, MEd, RD, LD shares a few about peaches. Peaches. Nothing says “summer” like fresh...[+]Food, Nutrition and Health Calendar by Food and Health Communications

August 2018

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Social Messaging: Strawberries

These tips on strawberries are from Lisa Andrews, MEd, RD, LD, and can be used for social media or any...[+]Food, Nutrition and Health Calendar by Food and Health Communications

Kitchen Hack: Open Faced Tacos – Street Tacos

Looking for a new way to serve delicious tacos? Go open-faced! I first saw these delicious street-style tacos while visiting...[+]Food, Nutrition and Health Calendar by Food and Health Communications

Freezer Magic: 8 Tips for Freezing Fruits and Vegetables

Did you take advantage of a store special on produce? Or perhaps you harvested a lot of items from your garden? Or did you simply buy too much produce to use in a week?
Don't worry, there's good news about the bounty that is overflowing from your refrigerator and countertops, and the answer lies in your freezer. You can actually freeze a whole bunch of different fruits and vegetables to use later -- we'll show you how!

Grilled Veggies and Spring Farmers’ Markets

Spring and summer bring tons of fresh vegetables from gardens, farmers' markets, and grocery stores. The latest farmers' market bounty included ripe beefsteak tomatoes, baby turnip greens, baby carrots, baby bok choy, asparagus, and spinach. Here's what we made with our delicious haul from the farmer's market in Boulder, Colorado...

Farmer’s Market Dinner

I got to visit a Farmer's Market over the weekend. They had a huge array of tropical fruits, local grown seasonal produce, fresh herbs, sunflowers and more!

MyPlate for Pregnant and Breastfeeding Moms

Did you know that MyPlate has tons of resources for pregnant and breastfeeding moms? To celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (August 1-7), we took a closer look at just what MyPlate has to offer for pregnant and breastfeeding moms...

August 2017

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Children, Activity, Diet

Here is part three of our series, "Children, Activity, and Diet." We feel that most parents make misguided choices for...[+]Food, Nutrition and Health Calendar by Food and Health Communications

Potato Success Tips

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20 Best Calorie Savers

Here is a new fat and calorie saver guide that has 20 easy ways to lower the calories you consume...[+]Food, Nutrition and Health Calendar by Food and Health Communications

5 Fun Ways to Serve Strawberries

Strawberries are still lighting up the store shelves and farmers' market, so what better time is there to delve into fun ways to prepare and serve them?

Using the Dietary Guidelines for Americans This Summer: A Strategy Guide

Here's a closer look at a few ways you can maximize the impact of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans during the summer months...

Practice Competencies for Nutrition Practitioners to Maintain Credentials

从2016年6月1日开始，对于完成2016-2021年重新认证周期的有资质的营养和饮食从业人员进行重新认证，饮食注册委员会(CDR)过渡到基于实践能力的更新的认证系统……

Tasty and Light Summer Dessert!

Try this tasty and light berry float for a refreshing ice cream treat in reasonable portions and with lots of nutrients.

A Guide to Spectacular and Professional Plate Presentations

Help your clients make healthier choices by making nutritious foods more appealing in your displays and cooking demonstrations...

Melon Fact Sheet

Here's a great tool to help encourage your clients to incorporate more fruit into their eating patterns: a brand-new melon fact sheet!

Audience Motivation and Prizes

One way that I like to use positive reinforcement is through prizes that often communicate key lessons as well. This practice adds an extra layer to my presentations, allowing me to address a key subject from yet another angle...

3 MyPlate Messages for August

准备好迎接8月的“我的餐盘”每月小贴士吧!

4 Strategies for Stress-Free Meals

Make it easier for your clients to get healthful and balanced meals on the table every night with this handy guide! Be sure to read all the way to the end -- today's post has free recipe links, a new PDF handout, and so much more!

Fruit Buffet for Peach and Berry Month

Fresh fruit desserts can be fun if you let everyone make their own treats with seasonal produce and a variety of fun toppings.

August 2015

Looking for the latest and greatest nutrition education materials? This August newsletter has got you covered! It's full of new research, handouts, recipes, display ideas, and more...

Reader Request: Healthy Dairy Choices

A longtime reader asked if we had any handouts on healthy dairy choices, and I decided it was time to offer a more in-depth exploration of particular products and their impact on health. Here are the results...

Take Control of Your Portions

Portion control is just plain hard, and restaurant servings do not help. Today, because I love you, I am offering a free handout full of great ways to reduce oversized portions and manage a healthful diet. Check it out!

Cooking Skill Workshops

What would you do if you could enlist the help of a professional chef who is also an expert in healthful cooking?

Well, today is your lucky day. You really can get the help of a chef who trained at the Culinary Institute of America and who has spent over 20 years developing amazing techniques and new innovative ideas to improve cooking skills and freshen up old ideas.

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3 Great Ways to Prepare Peaches

用这3个食谱来庆祝桃子月吧。里面有循序渐进的指导，很棒的照片，甚至还有你可以下载并打印的免费营养手册!

Eat More Fruits and Vegetables as a Family

August is Kids Eat Right Month! Do you have the resources you need? Check out this free nutrition handout, which is a perfect resource for helping kids and families eat more fruits and vegetables in a fun and balanced way...

Help Kids Eat Right

8月快乐!你知道这个月是第一个“儿童健康饮食月”吗?美国营养与饮食学会和学术基金会发起了一项新的儿童健康与营养教育活动，活动的形式是“儿童正确饮食月”。皇家注册营养师兼学院基金会主席特里·雷蒙德表示:“随着孩子们在8月返校，‘儿童健康饮食月’将加强我们计划的核心信息，即明智购物、健康烹饪和正确饮食。通过遵循这些原则，我们可以帮助确保儿童健康、在学校取得成功并成长为健康的成年人。"

Easy Summer Dinner: Lamb Kabobs

Hey, remember when we did grilling 101 earlier this week? Let's follow up with a simple and totally delicious dinner that your clients can make on a grill!

A Beginner’s Guide to Grilling

The temperatures are continuing to rise, and in all this heat, who wants to turn on the oven or stove? Help your clients beat the heat with this fun guide to grilling.

Why Try the Mediterranean Diet?

Get a free handout while taking a closer look at the new Mediterranean Diet program...

Refreshing Summer Treats

There's more to summer refreshment than the siren song of the ice cream truck. Did you know that you can make inexpensive and totally delicious popsicles at home?

Popsicles: A Closer Look

Summer is a great time for popsicles -- but are all popsicles created equal? Check out this comparison of popular popsicles' calorie density, nutrient content, and added sugars...

MyPlate 4-Step Plan for Summer

Tomorrow marks the official start of summer! How will your clients stay healthy and have fun? For some practical advice, we turn to MyPlate. Here are 4 easy steps for making the summer active, healthful, and a total blast...

The Art of Portion Control

Good portion control doesn't have to mean scarcity. This may not seem like an earth-shattering point, but so many people I talk to think of portion control as the best way to manage deprivation. That's not it at all! You can control your portions and still feel full -- and it's easier than you think.

Skinny Skinny Whipped Cream

Did you know that you can make 2 cups of whipped cream that only contain 30 calories... total? It's possible! Check out this post for all the details...

Vitamin D and You!

July is a great time to make sure that you are getting enough vitamin D while still keeping your skin cancer risk low. Not sure how to do that? Check out this excerpt from our amazing vitamin D education program...

Celebrate Your Inner Chef!

你见过你内心的厨师吗?准备好庆祝主厨的成功了吗?庆祝你内心的厨师的第一步是确定你的烹饪风格。毕竟，当你知道什么能让你在厨房里开心时，烹饪就会变得有趣得多。那你还在等什么?今天就来做个小测试吧!

Help Families Cook and Eat Together

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new blog that is designed to help families cook together and put better food on their tables -- all with less time and money.
“大厨为健康家庭烹饪的建议”博客在NutritionEducationStore.com网站上，将以厨师、营养师和家庭经济学家的工作为特色，他们合作写文章，提供购物清单，并提供与孩子一起烹饪的好主意。

Watermelon Day

Friday is National Watermelon Day. How will you celebrate? Why not check out our fun watermelon facts, then make your own watermelon freezies with the recipe at the bottom of this post?

Stealthy Substitutions

Yes, April Fool's Day has passed, but there's still time to play a few taste bud tricks. With this handy guide, you can sneak in some extra nutrition in ways no one will ever suspect – but which will have them asking for more! Check out our creative ideas in this new post.