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| Celebratory dinners during a quarantine may look a little different from the norm. With fewer people, your traditional large turkey and multiple stuffing plans will need to be altered. There are many good resources and recipes for pairing down meals. Consider one-dish traditional meals, like this one from All Recipes that incorporates Cornish game hens, green beans and stuffing. Designing your meal around steaks can allow you to tailor a meal based both on preference and quantity. Items such as flank steaks and ham steaks can be purchased by the pound at your grocer’s meat counter. If you want traditional turkey, consider recipes like a roasted turkey drumstick recipe that proves both delicious and cost effective. Scaling down sides may seem daunting at first, but combination items, such as stuffing muffins have been slowly making their way onto tables over the past few years. Stores have even been catering to such needs with ready-made half pies, like these ones from Lowes Foods. |
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| Food freshness is not just about picking the best apple from the bunch. Instead, freshness encompasses many consumer tasks from initial purchasing to the storage of leftovers. Sell-by and use-by dates are essential shopping guides for shoppers. Understanding the difference between “sell by,” “best by” and “use by” may provide some advantages, especially as we enter flu season and rise in COVID-19 cases when staple grocery items tend to be scarce. “Sell by” is not a safety indicator, but instead notes an estimated duration a product can be shelved in a store. “Best by” and “use by” both denotes when a product is at is best quality but is neither a purchase by nor safety indicator. In short, dates are applied to item to denote quality, not safety with the exception of varying rules applied to infant formula. The United States Department of Agriculture has an easy to reference blog here, which covers food freshness more in depth. Other key reminders for consumers are to avoid dented canned goods, ensure no cross contamination within shopping carts (e.g., bagging raw meats and separating them from other items) and refrigerating cold items promptly (i.e., within two hours of purchasing). |
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Physical activity does not have to take a back seat as cooler months set in. While exercise may seem even more limited with gym closings related to the pandemic, there are many benefits of taking movement outside or online.
Getting outdoors can offer that extra dose of Vitamin D and mood improving chemicals that seem even more challenging to get with the time change and simultaneous temperatures dropping. In order to make outdoor movement successful, you must have the right gear. Layering clothing is important. The three core layers include wicking (this is worn closest to the skin), insulating and repelling layers (this is the exterior layer). Obvious outdoor activities including running and biking, but things like raking leaves should also be added to activity lists.
At-home work outs can provide many of the same benefits as gym and outdoor experiences. Scheduled online social movement experiences can be especially helpful during times when there may be greater isolation. |
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Some good resources for movement include:
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| More About School Lunches, Nutrition and Healthy Kids |
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HotLunch.com is used by schools across North America! With HotLunch.com you can easily manage school-lunch administration, publish lunch menus online, receive payments, and reduce time spent on managing parent transactions, including fundraising, after-school care, volunteering, and much more.
See For Yourself!
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| HotLunch.com Mobile App Launched |
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HotLunch.com is excited to announce that we have launched our new mobile app for iOS mobile phones! You are now able to order and track your child's meals on the go.
Look for the HotLunch.com app in the Apple Store, or download it here.
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VIP Integrated Payments
VIP Integrated Payments offers an easy to use payment processing system that allows you to process payments directly in HotLunch.com. With VIP Integrated Payments, you can run a smarter, more efficient business. You will be able to manage all of your payment types from a single platform which saves you both time and money with the HotLunch.com certified direct integration. This will quicken the processing and reporting time, accelerating your cash flow. |
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| Hotlunch.com partners to feed unprivileged girls |
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We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Ainiti.org an organization that empowers underprivileged girls through computer education. Thanks to you, profits from Hotlunch.com will be used to fund regular meals and groceries for these deserving girls and their families.
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| Cheyenne Richards is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with a private practice team that provides nutrition counseling across the U.S. and as far as Germany. She attended the University of Oklahoma where she received her Bachelor's, after which she earned her M.B.A. in Austin, Texas. She is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is an American Council on Exercise Certified Health Coach. When not working, Cheyenne enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, cooking, gardening, and other outdoor activities. |
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