Seasoning with Spices and Herbs


Objectives: Teach clients ways of flavoring food with herbs and spices to reduce fat, sugar and salt in their diet. Appropriate Occasion: Anytime, Spring/Summer growing herbs Appropriate Audience: Families, seniors, children, after-school classes, WIC
Handouts: Seasoning with Spices Seasoning with Herbs Seasoning with Spices and Herbs Culinary Herbs - Preparing and Using Culinary Herbs - Growing and Harvesting Websites: Nutrition Matters - NuBites Newsletter Interactive Spice Guide Cooking with Fresh Herbs - video Seasoning with herbs and spices - Facts Sheet Seasoning with herbs and spices - Leader's Guide Cooking with fresh herbs - Fact Sheet Fresh herbs: Safe handling practices for consumers - Fact Sheet Suggestion for agents: Have a slow cooker with rice at the class and let participants flavor small individual bowls of rice with cinnamon, basil, nutmeg, etc. You could also send home baggies with different spices.

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