Making Healthy Choices

TIPS FOR EATING OUT

Resource:

http://www.healthyhawaii.com/healthy_eating/healthy_eating/eating_out_%96_making_healthy_choices.htm

COOKING BASICS

Healthy Cooking and Food Substitutions

• Start with lean cuts of meat and trim off the fat before cooking.
• Use skinless poultry or remove the skin before cooking.
• Instead of frying your food, try baking, barbecuing, broiling, boiling, poaching, or roasting.
• Instead of basting with butter or meat drippings, baste with wine, tomato juice, or lemon juice.
• When a recipe calls for vegetables sautéed in oil, instead, try using water, wine, stock, or broth.
• Prepare stews, soups, gravies or other dishes containing fat in a liquid base a day ahead of time and refrigerate. The hardened fat can be spooned off the top before re-heating.

Source: http://www.healthyhawaii.com/healthy_eating/healthy_eating/healthy_cooking_and_food_substitutions.htm

FOOD SAFETY

Resource:  http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/foodsafety-ces/#1

Cooking Times and Temperatures:

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/NEW/KISS/temp_wise1.pdf

Food storage for safety and quality:

http://www.uga.edu/nchfp/how/store/csu_storage.pdf