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Jump-start your cooking with these FCS-friendly recipes

Now, you too can make the same delicious, and healthy substitutes for what are typically high-fat and high sugar food items. Try these FCS-friendly recipes at home and you’ll be creating some new traditions of your own.

Vegetarian
Includes Meat
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Apple Crisp

Black-Eyed Peas And Rice Thumbnail

Black-eyed Peas and Rice

Cauliflower Mash Thumbnail

Cauliflower Mash

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Cinnamon Apple Bars

Fish Soup Thumbnail

Fish Soup

Fish Stew Thumbnail

Fish Stew

Jerk Chicken Thumbnail

Jerk Chicken

Mixed Berry Pavlova Thumbnail

Mixed Berry Pavlova

Pork Tenderloin With Pomegranate Sauce Thumbnail

Pork Tenderloin with Pomegranate Sauce

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Potato Latkes

Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Cranberries Thumbnail

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Cranberries

Roasted Rainbow Vegetables Thumbnail

Roasted Rainbow Vegetables

Rosemary Turkey Thumbnail

Rosemary Turkey

Spinach Cheese Bake Thumbnail

Spinach Cheese Bake

Stuffed Mushrooms Thumbnail

Stuffed Mushrooms

Teriyaki Cauliflower Thumbnail

Teriyaki Cauliflower

Turkey Breakfast Sausage Thumbnail

Turkey Breakfast Sausage

Warm Holiday Bread Pudding Thumbnail

Warm Holiday Bread Pudding

Winter Butternut Squash Soup Thumbnail

Winter Butternut Squash Soup

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Download the FCS nutrition fact sheets you want

You can download individual PDFs of important nutrition information. Save these on your computer or phone of print them and keep them with you.

  • FCS Nutrition Basics (1 MB PDF)
  • FCS Nutrition Facts (368 KB PDF)
  • FCS-Friendly Foods (522 KB PDF)
  • 10-Day Introduction to the ‘New
    Normal
    ‘ (311 KB PDF)
  • FCS Friendly 7-Day Jump-Start Meal
    Plan
    (589 KB PDF)
  • Grocery List (1.3 MB PDF)
  • FCS Snack Guide (660 KB PDF)
  • 11 Steps for Eating Out (167 KB PDF)
  • Improvising Meals with Ingredients
    You Already Have
    (1.5 MB PDF)
  • Adding Flavor Without Adding Fat
    (1.6 MB PDF)
  • Cooking with International Flavors
    (1.3 MB PDF)
  • Versioning FCS Meals for Non FCS
    Eaters
    (2.2 MB PDF)
  • How to Read a Food Label
    (671 KB PDF)
  • Fat Tracker Fact Sheet (117 KB PDF)
  • Fat Tracker Worksheet (191 KB PDF)

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