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Let staffers create their own meals

 Dec. 15, 2015

Student employees from India approached a manager at Murray State University and said they would like to do a hot line of authentic Indian food for everyone.

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Philly cheesesteak earns a price break

 By Patricia Cobe on Dec. 15, 2015

To “clean” up his school’s cheesesteak, Chef Kevin Frank replaced the meat product with one that’s more healthful and saves seven cents per serving.

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Affordable produce boosts sales

Oct. 26, 2015

St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network reduced the price on the salad-bar items by 25 percent to help promote proper nutrition and healthful eating.

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How to make a healthier minestrone soup

By Patricia Cobe on Oct. 15, 2015

To give customers and patients a healthier, lower-sodium minestrone soup, Kathleen Nielsen of McKay-Dee Hospital “cleaned up” a speed-scratch version.

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Create a fresh fruit base for healthy beverages

Sep. 21, 2015

Use fresh, seasonal fruits to create a base for agua fresca, smoothies and raspados [Mexican shaved ice]. You can choose in-season, local fruit.

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Reduce waste with fermented vegetables

Sep. 15, 2015

The University of Montana started playing with fermenting things that people used to throw out—the stems of mushrooms, the gills of portabella mushrooms.

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Deconstructed peach cobbler

By Marygrace Taylor on Aug. 15, 2015

Instead of trying to find healthy (yet still convincing) substitutes for the butter or sugar in his peach cobbler, David Cohen tried a different approach.

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Preparing local produce for winter use

By Katie Fanuko on Jul. 30, 2015

University of Montana’s executive chef says flexibility is key when storing local produce for winter.

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Bringing veggies to healthy meatloaf

By Dana Moran on Jul. 13, 2015

Kim Smith's Brain Healthy Cooking guidelines have found a way to keep the meat in meatloaf while introducing more produce, grains and other ingredients.

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Students win recipe contest to call attention to healthy lunch offerings

Jul. 01, 2015

Starting in the fall, San Diego Unified School District’s lunch menu will feature student recipes such as “Terrific Turkey Tacos” and “AVAcado Salad.”

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