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Blog Posts (32)

Healthy eating – Is more than you realize

Food Journal, healthy foods and sweet desserts

Are there health benefits to apple cider vinegar?

One sliced apple and two whole apples beside a pitcher of glass pitcher of apple cider vinegar

Recognize hunger cues with intuitive eating

Fish tacos next to limes and a bowl of guacamole

An evidence-based look at mindful eating and health management

mindful eating for health

Salud y Bienestar Durante las Fiestas Decembrinas

Cabbage Recipes for Every Season

Every Season Recipes for Cabbage

Meatless meals

Cutting board with avocado, tomatoes, mushrooms, and various other vegetables

Nut Nutrition: Healthy Fats, Protein and Fiber

Nut nutrition. With tips on shopping, storing, and cooking

5 wholesome ways to add more oats to your day

oat-based recipes including overnight oats, savory oats, and oatmeal bars.

9 Sweet and Savory Pumpkin Recipes

Sweet and savory pumpkin recipes with tips on shopping, storing, and cooking

Meals in the Field for Farm Families

Farming combine in background with text in foreground reading Meals in the Field

3 Apple Side Dishes for Fall

Three apples on wood background

5 easy ways to fit fruits and vegetables into your day

picture of a green fruit and vegetable smoothiehea

Time to eat your tomatoes

Tomato basil salad on a blue plate

Counting carbohydrates for diabetes meal planning

counting carbohydrates

10 Recipes for the Zucchini and Summer Squash Overflow

Three green zucchini on wood background

Use herbs to flavor up your favorite drink

Assortment of green herbs laid out on a wooden cutting board.

Grow your own vegetables to benefit your health and the environment

women working in garden

Sweeten up with kiwifruit

Various pieces of food creating a bunny face (pretzel sticks for whiskers, kiwi slices for ears) on a white plate.

Pass the chili sauce

Lighten up your summer salads

Chicken salad sandwich with lettuce and bread, set on a napkin on top of a table.

¿Qué es la diabetes?

Fill your pantry with apples!

Apples on a cutting board

Pump up the iron with iron-rich foods

Yellow weight on a barbell.

Don’t believe everything you read, except this

healthy immune system from eating fruits and vegetables

Why water?

Blue background, glass in the middle of picture with water being poured into it.

Give your meals a Mediterranean makeover

Mediterranean Foods

Practice Mindful Eating for Your Health

person eating apple

Matcha Madness: Health Benefits & Recipes

Green tea late with foam flower in a white mug

3 Easy Ways to Boost Fiber in your Meals & Snacks

Homegrown: DIY Hydroponics for All Gardeners

Green herbs growing out of plastic tub in home hydroponic system

Rounding Up Some Fresh Blueberry Recipes

Fresh blueberries in square paper containers

News Releases (24)

Learn strategies to manage the holiday stress

Extension campaign gives tips for reducing diabetes risk

Practical tips to manage your diabetes

Stay hydrated in summer heat

Take care of your teeth

If at First You Don’t Succeed, Dry and Dry Again

Fun with Fermentation

Freezing Garden Produce For Best Results

Upgrade Your Salad

The Mediterranean Lifestyle

Every Step Counts

Is Gluten-Free Right for Me?

Change the way you see salad: meals, sides and desserts

Cracking Open Canned Food Myths

Using Fresh Herbs in the Kitchen

Creative Cooking with Fewer Ingredients

Improve your health at home: Online Webinar

Illinois Extension Offers Tips for National Nutrition Month

What's the Best Diet/ Plant-Based Eating Trend Grows

Program Helps Child Care Centers Promote Healthy Environments

Illinois Extension Offers Free ‘Gateway to Gut Health’ Program

February Meal Tip

Southern Illinois Food Pantry Network Awards Six Mini-Grants

Nourish Your Neighbor by Donating Healthy Food

Staff (1)

Caitlin Mellendorf

Caitlin Mellendorf

Extension Educator, Nutrition and Wellness