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Community Nutrition
Making Healthier Holiday Choices
Here are some tips to help make healthier holiday choices this season!
Tips to Saving Money at the Grocery Store
Saving money at the grocery store doesn’t have to be hard. I love to save money wherever I go, especially when I head to the store! Check out these 10 tips to help us save more at the grocery store. Do you have other tips that help you save at the store? We’d love to hear about them! Email Becky at fiscus.22@osu.edu
Be Food Safe
A critical part of healthy eating is keeping food safe. Here are some tips to help us reduce the risk of foodborne illness. For more tips, check out www.myplate.gov
Eating Healthy using MyPlate
Eating Healthy does not have to be hard. When we use MyPlate and shop smart, we can make healthy choices and still enjoy our food! By choosing fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grains, lean meats, and low-fat dairy we can provide healthy meals for our family. Check out this tip sheet that can help us shop smart using MyPlate. 
IPM Summer Break Mobile Food Pantries
Save the date! Inter Parish Ministries will be offering mobile food pantries all summer long!
If you or someone you know is in need of food this summer, swing on by one of these mobiles. They are here to serve you!
Inter Parish Ministry Food Pantry
IPM Food Pantry is bringing their mobile food pantry to Goshen Library next Friday! See the flyer below for details.
New Dates for Dining with Diabetes
Virtual Dining with Diabetes
With 30 Million diabetics in America, you are not alone!
You will learn how to incorporate good, healthy cooking techniques and other practices to help control your blood sugar through our cooking school and nutrition education program designed for people diabetes and their family members or caregivers.
Dates:
- February 14, 2022 10:00 a.m. – Noon
- February 21, 2022 10:00 a.m. – Noon
- February 28, 2022 10:00 a.m. – Noon
- March 7, 2022 10:00 a.m. – Noon
Cost: Free
Registration: go.osu.edu/dwd2022
Zoom link will be sent to your email address 24 hours before the class.
Questions: Please contact Beth Stefura RD,LD, FCS Extension Educator, Mahoning County, stefura.2@osu.edu, Marie Economos, FCS Extension Educator, Trumbull County, economos.2@osu.edu or call (330)638-6783 or Margaret Jenkins, jenkins.188@osu.edu, FCS Educator, Clermont County.
5-Way Cincinnati Chili
Are you looking for new recipes to try this winter? Are you still planning your menu for Sunday’s football game? Look no further than this healthier take on Cincinnati chili. This recipe uses whole wheat spaghetti and beans to add additional vitamins, minerals, and fiber to your meal. For other healthy recipes see www.celebrateyourplate.org.
