Brown Baggin’ It
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 12:10-1 pm, Tang Ed Center
Stop spending too much eating out at lunch or settling on the same-old boring sandwich everyday. Get inspired with fresh ideas for time-saving, healthy, and budget-friendly lunches that put some creativity and excitement back in the brown bag! Recipes, demonstration and samples provided. Enroll at UCB Learning Center.

Seasonal Vegetables Made Easy
Wednesday, Mar. 21, 12:10-1 pm, Tang Ed Center
Yes, vegetables can be delicious! Learn to love veggies with efficient and simple cooking techniques to feature tasty vegetables with meals. Recipes, demonstration and samples provided. Enroll at UCB Learning Center.

Eat Green: Create Healthy & Sustainable Food Habits
4-week program, begins April 9, 2012

Learn to purchase, prep, cook, and serve in a more environmentally friendly way with this 4-week behavior change program. The program is email and web-based and designed to help create healthy & sustainable food habits. For more information and to register: uhs.berkeley.edu/facstaff/healthmatters/eatgreen.shtml

From Health*Matters, learn how to cook:

• Eat Real, Eat Whole Grains: Whole Grain Shopping 101
• Roasted Spaghetti Squash with Melted Leeks
  Print the recipe (pdf)
• Sweet and Savory Popped Corn
  Print the recipe (pdf - scroll to page 2)

From Fruits and Vegetables: More Matters
How to Prepare…

• Arugula
• Brussel Sprouts
• Mango
• Swiss Chard

From the American Dietetic Association’s video library, you can find:

• Cutting Back the Salt in Your Diet
• Healthy Breakfast Tips
• Home Food Safety 101

• Meal Planning Tool (pdf) from Health*Matters
• Flexitarian Recipes (pdf), Tips for Meat Eaters (pdf), and My Plate handout (pdf).
• Great Grains Basic Cooking Instructions (pdf) and Great Grains Recipes (pdf)
  Simple and delicious recipes and tips for cooking a variety of grains.
• Vegetables Made Easy (pdf)
  Four simple methods for preparing delicious vegetables along with tips and suggestions.
• Spring Vegetable Recipes (pdf)
  Bright and colorful veggie recipes, including roasted spaghetti squash with melted leeks and sauteed bok choy with mushrooms.
• Fall Vegetable Recipes (pdf)
  Tasty and comforting recipes including root vegetables with rosemary and garlic and cumin-lime coleslaw.
• Brown Baggin’ It (pdf)
  Get inspired with fresh ideas for healthy lunches from the Health*Matters fall class.
• Recipes Using Fruits & Veggies in 30 Minutes or Less
  Start your year off right by going out less and cooking with more fruits and vegetables using these time-saving recipes!
• Culinate Recipes
  
• 101 Cookbooks
• Eating Well Recipes
• Mayo Clinic Healthy Recipes
• Vegetarian Times Recipes
• Whole Grains Council Recipes

• Saturdays 10am- 3pm
  Center Street at Martin Luther King Way
• Tuesdays 2pm- 7pm
  Derby Street at Martin Luther King Way
• Thursdays (All Organic) 3pm-7pm
  Shattuck Avenue at Rose Street

Farmers' Markets throughout the East Bay
Go to Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association, use the drop down menu "Farmers' Markets" to find:

• markets by day
• markets by county

• Berkeley Student Food Collective
  A student run co-op dedicated to providing fresh, healthy, environmentally sustainable, and ethically produced food at affordable prices.
• STeam (The Sustainability Team)
  The Sustainability Team creates and implements a variety of projects that help establish sustainable practices and promote environmental awareness on campus.
• The Local (Created by STeam)
  A UCB cooperative organic vegetable/fruit stand on campus every Wednesday on Sproul Plaza from 11am-3pm.
• Naked Bear Magazine
  Founded in 2010 to educate and inform the campus community about food sustainability issues and practices.
• The Ecology Center
  A Berkeley non-profit that provides the public with reliable information, tools, hands-on training, referrals, strategies, infrastructure, and models for sustainable living

• Dr. Preston Maring's Farmers' Market and Recipe Update
  Dr. Maring is a Kaiser Physician and founder of the Kaiser Farmers' Markets. This site will also be featuring Dr. Maring's series of cooking videos. The first one, A Healthy Start, and Pan Roasting Chicken are now live.
• Sustainable Dictionary
  A dictionary of sustainability-related terms provided by Sustainable Table, a sustainability education site.
• Shopper's Guide to Pesticides
  Some conventional produce tends to be higher in pesticides than others. This Guide, created by the Environmental Working Group, helps consumers make informed choices to lower their total pesticide load.
• Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change and Health
  A full report on why what you eat matters from the Environmental Working Group.
  

Please share your ideas and feedback on all things cooking well! We want to hear from you about your favorite:

• healthy recipes and recipe websites. Your favorite 30-min meals to prepare when you get home from work
• healthy breakfast or lunch to eat at work
• meal planning tips
• ways to reduce food waste

Email Kristen:
krasmussen@uhs.berkeley.edu

Catering
Find caterers participating in Eat Well Berkeley Catering and shopping lists for healthier choices at several large stores with prepared foods for meetings and events.

Healthy Meetings and Events
Find the UC Berkeley Guide to Healthy Meetings and Events, link to Instant Recess – a 5-min video for physical activity breaks, and Eat Well Berkeley resources for event planners.

Restaurants
The Eat Well Berkeley Restaurant Program is under development.

Vending
Campus snack vending machines stock 50% product meeting the California guidelines for healthier snacks.

FOOD DAY, Oct 24, 2011

See the Food Day 2011 Photos