Cooking Smart

Great taste for you and your family!
Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) develops and endorses mouth-watering, healthy recipes that showcase the great taste, nutrition and abundant variety that fruits and vegetables provide. Easy and with time-saving ingredients, these recipes are great for meals, snacks or packing to go. If that’s not enough, the colorful variety of fruits and vegetables provided through these recipes guarantees that you’re getting a broad range of key nutrients. Consider good health your pot of gold at the end of the fruit and vegetable rainbow!
 

Put your mind at ease.  All PBH recipes meet strict criteria for restricting fat (total, saturated and trans), added sugar, fiber and sodium, assuring that they are healthful additions to the meals and snacks you provide for your family.
Please note: “strict criteria” does not mean “no taste”!
The delicious tastes and aromas of fruits and vegetables make these dishes irresistible.

We’re here to help.  The Dietary Guidelines for Americans stress the importance of increased fruit and vegetable consumption for everyone—men, women and children.
What better way to do that than with the delicious, easy recipes from the Fruits & Veggies—More Matters™ health initiative?

We know you’re busy.  The good news is that fruits’ and vegetables’ many forms can be time-savers in your meal planning and preparation process.
You will find that our recipes include not only fresh fruits and vegetables, but frozen, canned, dried and 100% juices as well.
Many of the recipes here can be made in less than 30 minutes!

Color—you can’t beat it!  Fruits and vegetables are naturally colorful and vibrant.
Color is an easy way to think about variety.
When you are shopping, make sure you have many different colors of produce represented—that way you will know you’re providing your family with a variety of different items to try.
PBH recipes can add that tasty splash of color at meal times!