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Recipes

Cook up something new in your kitchen with these resources for healthy, delicious recipes.

A Harvest of Recipes with USDA Foods
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

Use this cookbook, with recipes for breakfast, breads, soups, side dishes, and main dishes, to prepare USDA Foods in a healthy, tasty way. PDF | 4.17 MB

What's Cooking? USDA Mixing Bowl
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service

Find household and large quantity recipes and resources to support building healthy and budget-friendly meals. Search for recipes by cost, food group, nutrient, cooking equipment, and more. 

The Great American Potluck by the American People
Library of Congress

Explore the American immigration experience with recipes and their stories. Recipes have not been tested with regard to nutritional value, health, safety, taste, accuracy, completeness, or reliability.

Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes
HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Find 23 traditional and tasty Latino recipes with reduced fat, cholesterol, and sodium in this bilingual cookbook. PDF | 2.66 MB

Recipes for Healthy Kids: Cookbook for Homes
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service

Find recipes featuring foods that both children and adults should eat more of, including dark green and orange vegetables, dry beans and peas, and whole grains.

SNAP-Ed Recipes
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service

SNAP recipes are healthy and thrifty. They also have a short list of ingredients and are easy to make. Most of all they taste good!

Fun Family Recipes
HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Healthy recipes for you and your family. Happy cooking!

Cook It Quick! Recipes
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Find delicious, quick-to-prepare, and inexpensive recipes.

Deliciously Healthy Dinners
HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

This cookbook shows how to prepare and enjoy tasty recipes that are good for your heart and your health. PDF | 8.11 MB

Fruit and Vegetable Recipes
University of Tennessee Extension

Use your fruits and vegetables in new and exciting ways with this recipe collection.

EFNEP Recipes
University of Florida IFAS Extension

Find a list of recipes sorted from A - Z. Recipes available in English and Spanish.

Now Serving: Slow Cooker Meals!
North Dakota State University Extension Service

Find out the benefits of using a slow cooker, get basic safety tips, and recipes to try.

Tasty and Low-Cost Recipes
USDA, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

Visit these resources to discover delicious and budget-friendly recipes your family will love.

Vegetarian Recipes
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Find an A to Z list of more than 50 vegetarian recipes.

Delicious Heart Healthy Eating
HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

This website features more than 100 recipes from around the world created for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. Download cookbooks, get cooking tips and check out healthy eating video clips.