Ethnic Cooking
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Treat Your Heart To A Healthy Celebration!DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Provides heart disease prevention guidance and tips for making heart healthy food choices.
Cultural and Ethnic Food and Nutrition Education Materials: A Resource List for Educators (PDF | 217 KB)
USDA. NAL. Food and Nutrition Information Center.
This extensive resource list provides both background information and practical resources for various ethnic/cultural groups.
Delicious Heart-Healthy Latino RecipesDHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Provides access to a bilingual (Spanish and English) cookbook containing 23 traditional Latino recipes reduced in fat, cholesterol, and sodium that still taste delicious. Also in PDF|2.8 MB.
The Great American Potluck by the American People
Library of Congress.
Recipes and their stories, collected from 2002 - 2006, are posted for the sole purpose of illustrating the American immigration experience. Recipes have not been tested with regard to nutritional value, health, safety, taste, accuracy, completeness, or reliability.
Healthy Eating in Indian CountryUSDA. FNS. Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.
Check out a series of fliers about diet and health issues, including recipes, especially for Native Americans.
- Diabetes (PDF|197 KB)
- Do You Weigh Too Much? (PDF|175 KB)
- High Blood Pressure (PDF|195 KB)
- Exercise (PDF|181 KB)
- Lowering Your Risk of Heart Disease (PDF|463 KB)
- Eating Less Fat (PDF|180 KB)
- Eating Less Salt and Sodium (PDF|341 KB)
- Eating Less Suger (PDF|160 KB)
- Nutrition During Pregnancy (PDF|256 KB)
- Nutrition and the Older Adult (PDF|163 KB)
- Do You Have a Problem Drinking Milk? (PDF|197 KB)
Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style - With Every Heartbeat is Life
DHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Links to recipe book ordering information which includes many African American favorite recipes, prepared in a heart-healthy way to be lower in fat, especially saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. Also available in PDF | 3.35 MB.
A River of Recipes: Native American Recipes Using Commodity Foods (PDF | 3.5 MB)USDA. FNS. Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.
A collection of Native American Recipes from tribes across North America provide new and different ways to prepare USDA commodities, in addition to traditional recipes.
Tip Sheet: Eating Healthy Ethnic FoodDHHS. NIH. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
Sample of healthy entrees from a variety of ethnic cusines.
