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Soups Made Simple
Soup makes an easy lunch or dinner, and leftovers can be frozen for another meal. Use our simple chart to make a healthy soup your family will love.
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Finding Whole Grain Goodness
Is bread on your grocery list? How about crackers or tortillas? Use this quick tip to make sure you're getting a whole grain product.
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Cooking Matters to Me
Stacy and her husband live in Colorado with their two young daughters. With both parents in school and working, money is tight. Cooking Matters was offered at their local Head Start center. “I feel like I was wasting a lot of money,” Stacy says of her time before Cooking Matters.
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Stretch Your SNAP Dollars
On November 1, every person on SNAP in the country — including 23 million kids — will see a cut in their benefits. The average family of four will lose $36 a month. Learn to stretch your SNAP dollars with these money-saving tips.
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Healthy, Affordable, Delicious
Cooking Matters helps families to shop for and cook healthy meals on a budget, as part of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign.
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This hearty soup is perfect for chilly, fall days.
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This crunchy slaw is perfect for potlucks or family dinners.
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Cut the calories but keep the flavor.
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Cooking Matters to Me
Since Cooking Matters, there’s a difference in how Lareese and her two children eat. She is stretching her food assistance dollars and enjoying healthy food. “Before, I thought of eating healthy as bland and nasty. You can eat healthy and still have tasteful food,” she says.
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Trying to feed your family on a tight budget? Check out some of these resources to help you put healthy food on the table.
