Cooking Methods and Recipes
Vegetarian Wonton Recipe (PDF | 35 KB)
At the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and the USDA's 150th Anniversary, Nutrition.gov demonstrated how to cook vegetarian wontons. The recipe incorporated the use of several foods that were discovered or developed by USDA plant exploration.
Recipes and Tips for Healthy, Thrifty Meals (PDF | 253 KB)
USDA. Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
Provides cooking guidance, 40 low-cost, healthy recipes, and a list of best-buys for cost and nutrition.
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Basic culinary skills of proper knife skills, knife safety, and knife cuts that make foods appealing. Designed for food professionals but useful for anyone.
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Explores cooking with moist heat, including steaming, glazing, boiling, braising, and more.
Fast Meals and Quick Snacks (PDF | 1.5 MB)
California Nutrition Network for Healthy, Active Families.
Written for teens, this booklet provides all the information needed to plan, shop and cook meals and snacks.
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Explores cooking with dry heat or cooking with little or no fat or moisture, including stir-frying, roasting, and baking.
Keep the Beat: Deliciously Healthy Eating
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Download heart healthy recipes and get healthy shopping and cooking tips. Recipes also in PDF|1.9 MB.
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Find out how to safely prepare all types of meats, including beef, bison, pork, veal, lamb, goat, rabbit, and more.
Poultry Preparation
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Find out how to safely prepare all types of poultry, including game poultry. Offers a special section on turkey.
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Fact sheets on egg products, egg preparation and food safety.
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Provides guidance for volunteers to prepare and serve food safely for large groups such as family reunions, church dinners, or community gatherings, whether prepared at the volunteer's home and brought to the event, or prepared and served at the gathering. Includes information on planning, shopping, storing, preparing, transporting, reheating and serving food.
US Environmental Protection Agency.
Information on reducing health risks from eating fish that might contain pollutants. Also includes proper way to clean and cook fish to reduce adverse health effects.
Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Databases
Produce for Better Health Foundation.
These databases feature information on selection, storage, nutrition information & benefits, and more!
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Provides general information on food safety when using a microwave such as reheating and defrosting.
USDA. Food Safety and Inspection Service.
Find important information on grilling, including food safety concerns and health concerns.
USDA. ARS. Nutrient Data Laboratory.
Contains the factors for calculating retention of 26 vitamins, minerals and alcohol during food preparation, including components folic acid, food folate, beta carotene, alpha carotene, beta cryptoxanthin, lycopene, lutein/zeaxanthin, and choline.
USDA. NAL. FNIC. SNAP-Ed Connection.
Search for recipes to use that are compatible with the US Dietary Guidelines for Americans and are economical and tasty.
A Healthier You - Recipes
DHHS. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Almost 100 easy-to-make, fun, "heart healthy" and delicious recipes. No advanced cooking skills required, and they taste great.
GSA. USA.gov.
Offers links to assorted recipes for health, kids, cooking for a crowd, regional cuisines, and wild game.
Library of Congress.
Recipes and their stories, collected from 2002 - 2006, are posted for the sole purpose of illustrating the American immigration experience. Recipes have not been tested with regard to nutritional value, health, safety, taste, accuracy, completeness, or reliability.
USDA. Food and Nutrition Service.
Provides nutrition information and recipes for commodity foods used in USDA Food Distribution Programs.
USDA. FNS. Food Distribution Division.
A 28-page collection of recipes for less familiar commodity foods. Includes appetizers, beverages, entrees, side dishes, desserts, and breads, all of which use USDA commodities.
USDA. FNS. Food Distribution Division.
A 25-page book of recipes using nonfat dry milk. Recipes include appetizers, hot and cold beverages, entrees, side dishes, breads, sauces and desserts.
Best Bones Forever™ Recipes
DHHS. NIH. National Bone Health Campaign.
Contains recipes and tips for including calcium in healthy foods for teen girls.
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Recipes for heart-healthy entrees and desserts which includes nutritional information.
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Heart-healthy recipes from appetizers to desserts. Nutrient analysis included.
