Add Healthy Foods to Your Recipes

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Did you know that eating certain foods may help reduce your risk for developing chronic illnesses including hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and cancer? These foods are called functional foods, and they provide health benefits beyond meeting basic nutrition needs.

HappyHealthy Newsletter: Greens

Greens are a Southern tradition, found on most lunch special menus throughout Mississippi. There are many types of greens, but the most popular greens in our state are collards, mustard, turnips, Swiss chard, kale, and spinach. Kale and spinach can be enjoyed raw or cooked. These plants grow well in Mississippi and can be found year-round at grocery stores. There are many healthy and tasty ways to prepare greens, and greens are rich in nutrients!

HappyHealthy Newsletter: Broccoli

Broccoli is a super vegetable that can be enjoyed raw or cooked, alone as a yummy side, or added to salads or cooked dishes like pastas, soups, stir-fries, and casseroles. If you are not a fan of raw broccoli, try blanching, which makes broccoli more tender and less bitter. Use the following tips to help your family enjoy more broccoli!

Walkable Mississippi: Introduction to Walking and Walkability Issues

Terms

  • walking: although the term “walking” is used in this publication, it is meant to include those who travel by wheelchair or other such means.
  • walkability: walkability refers to the extent to which a place encourages and facilitates walking through planning and design.

In 2015, the U.S. surgeon general issued a call to action to promote walking and walkable communities. The surgeon general’s Step It Up! report explains that only half of U.S.

Happy Healthy SNAP-Ed brochure

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education

A free program funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture promoting healthy people, healthy places, and healthy communities in Mississippi.

Learn how to cook healthy foods and save money!

Learn how to keep your family healthy and feeling good!

and it’s free!

Visit www.HappyHealthy.ms:

for quick and easy step-by-step recipes and how-to videos, to sign up for a cooking class, or to participate in a community garden.

The Board of Health Activity

This exercise encourages participants to better understand the multiple dimensions of health and wellness.

BACKGROUND

4-H ON HEALTH

The 4-H Healthy Living Initiative focuses of five domains:

  • physical activity
  • social/emotional health and well-being
  • injury prevention
  • alcohol, tobacco, and drug use prevention
  • healthy eating

4-H defines different dimensions of health in the following ways:

Freezing Vegetables: 4-H Food Preservation Project Unit 2

The two most common methods of preserving vegetables are freezing and canning. Freezing keeps the food so cold that microorganisms cannot grow and enzyme activity is slowed down. When you can vegetables, you put them in a jar and heat them. They must be heated enough to kill microorganisms that cause spoilage, and the jar must be sealed to keep microorganisms and air out. Canning requires more work than freezing but is more economical.

This publication gives information on freezing only. Here are some things you will learn:

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