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Archived pages about food: the recipe collection and its category pages, the menu planner, the Portion Distortion quizzes, and the cookbooks and eating-plan booklets.

This page lists 53 items on the topic. Each line says what the page it leads to contains. Publications are listed when the text of the booklet itself was recovered; archived pages are listed when they hold at least a few hundred words of their own. Everything here is archived reference material, not current guidance.

Guides

New editorial guides written for this site, with cited current sources. They are not archived material.

Heart-Healthy Cooking for Beginners: 3 Label Numbers: Heart-healthy cooking starts with three label figures: 20 g saturated fat, 2,300 mg sodium and 50 g added sugars a day, plus a few simple swaps.
What Is the DASH Eating Plan? Servings and Sodium Limits: At 2,000 calories DASH sets 6-8 grain, 4-5 vegetable, 4-5 fruit and 2-3 low-fat dairy servings a day, with sodium capped at 2,300 or 1,500 mg.

Tools

Interactive Menu Planner: Adds up a day of meals against a calorie target, from the archived planner's food-group lists.
Portion Distortion quizzes: Both quizzes slide by slide: each food 20 years ago and today, the calorie difference, and the activity that burns it off.

Recipe categories

The archived recipe collection holds 119 recipes in these categories.

Beef recipes: Recipe category page: all 9 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Snacks recipes: Recipe category page: all 8 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Poultry recipes: Recipe category page: all 24 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Seafood recipes: Recipe category page: all 10 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Pork recipes: Recipe category page: all 5 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Pasta recipes: Recipe category page: all 16 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Vegetarian recipes: Recipe category page: all 10 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Vegetables recipes: Recipe category page: all 19 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Grain recipes: Recipe category page: all 13 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.
Lunch/Brunch recipes: Recipe category page: all 5 recipes of the category, each with its times, yield, calories and first ingredients.

Publications with full text (17)

AIM for a Healthy Weight - Portion Distortion Quiz: Publication, item 10-7413: the catalog record and the full text, about 750 words.
Aim for a Healthy Weight: - Keep an Eye on Portion Size (Z Card): Publication, item 10-7414: the catalog record and the full text, about 650 words.
DASH* to the Diet: Prevent and Control High Blood Pressure Following the DASH Eating Plan: Publication, item 04-5242: the catalog record and the full text, about 390 words.
Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes/Platillos latinos sabrosos y saludables (bilingual English, Spanish): Publication, item 96-4049: the catalog record and the full text, about 9,400 words, in Spanish, English.
Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes/Platillos latinos sabrosos y saludables (bilingual English, Spanish): Publication, item 96-4049: the catalog record and the full text, about 9,400 words.
Facts About the DASH Eating Plan: Publication, item 03-4082: the catalog record and the full text, about 10,600 words.
Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style: Publication, item 97-3792: the catalog record and the full text, about 6,000 words.
Heart Healthy Home Cooking African American Style: Publication, item 97-3792: the catalog record and the full text, about 6,000 words.
Keep the Beat ™ Recipes: Deliciously Healthy Dinners: Publication, item 10-2921: the catalog record and the full text, about 25,200 words.
Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes from the: Publication, item 03-2921: the catalog record and the full text, about 24,200 words.
Keep the Beat: Heart Healthy Recipes from the: Publication, item 03-2921: the catalog record and the full text, about 24,200 words.
Plan de Alimentacion Saludable Contra la Hipertension. Prevenir y controlar la presion arterial alta siguiendo el plan de alimentacion conocido como DASH*: Publication, item 04-5262: the catalog record and the full text, about 540 words.
Serve Up a Healthy Life-Give the Gift of Good Nutrition/Nais ng mga Pilipino ang Malusog na Puso (bilingual English, Tagalog): Publication, item 04-5079: the catalog record and the full text, about 1,000 words, in Tagalog, English.
When Delicious Meets Nutritious: Recipes for Heart Health: Publication, item 05-5227: the catalog record and the full text, about 2,200 words.
When Delicious Meets Nutritious: Recipes for Heart Health: Publication, item 11-5227: the catalog record and the full text, about 2,200 words.
When Delicious Meets Nutritious: Recipes for Heart Health: Publication, item 05-5227: the catalog record and the full text, about 2,200 words.
Your Guide to Lowering Your Blood Pressure with DASH: Publication, item 06-4082: the catalog record and the full text, about 10,600 words.

Archived pages (24)

About s Healthy Eating: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 510 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Deliciously Healthy Eating Recipes: Archived page from a 2012 copy, about 430 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Deliciously Healthy Eating Recipes: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 430 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Backgrounder: Archived page from a 2010 copy, about 390 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Basic Cooking Instructions: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 1,100 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Biographies: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 300 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Biographies: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 390 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Chefs in Training: Getting Children Involved in the Kitchen: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 370 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Events: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 530 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Frequently Asked Questions: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 1,900 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Glossary: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 500 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Guide to Common Cooking Measurements: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 420 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating How Much Should I Feed My Child?: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 420 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Keep the Beat Logos: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 1,400 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Press Release: Archived page from a 2009 copy, about 320 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating Video Series: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 320 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating We Can! Parent Tips: Making Healthier Food Choices: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 480 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
Healthy Eating What Can My Family and I Do To Encourage a Healthy Weight?: Archived page from a 2011 copy, about 1,100 words, in the old site's /healthyeating/ section.
National High Blood Pressure Education Month: DASH Article: Archived page from a 2001 copy, about 1,100 words, in the old site's /nhbpep_kit/ section.
NHBPEP-Slide Shows Menu Page: Archived page from a 2013 copy, about 370 words, in the old site's /nhbpep_slds/ section.
Nutrition Database/Analysis Tool: Archived page from a 2007 copy, about 420 words, in the old site's /projects/ section.
OEI Portion Distortion 2: Archived page from a 2013 copy, about 990 words, in the old site's /oei_ss/ section.
OEI-Slide Show Menu Page: Archived page from a 2013 copy, about 780 words, in the old site's /oei_ss/ section.
Stay Young at Heart, Portion Distortion: Archived page from a 2013 copy, about 760 words, in the old site's /oei_ss/ section.