Cabbage Apple Slaw
Use your favorite NYS grown apples for this recipe!
We all want to make healthy choices for our families and ourselves. Yet, being healthy is easier said than done. That’s where Just Say Yes (JSY) can help. JSY provides nutrition education for low-income New Yorkers and those participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
Browse our website to find recipes, videos, articles, and our JSY workshop calendar. Whether it’s eating more fruits and vegetables, being physically active, or choosing healthy beverages, we make it easy to “Just Say Yes!”
Just Say Yes provides nutrition education for low-income New Yorkers and those participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.
Browse our website to find recipes, videos, articles, and our JSY workshop calendar. Whether it’s eating more fruits and vegetables, being physically active, or choosing healthy beverages, we make it easy to “Just Say Yes!”
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Use your favorite NYS grown apples for this recipe!
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Forget the takeout when you can make this dish just as tasty at home. Using low sodium soy sauce and brown rice are easy, healthy swaps.
This salad is a great way to use veggies from your garden or farmers’ market. This recipe also tastes great with frozen green beans.
The deep red color of beets makes this a colorful treat. Save your beet greens and boil or steam them for another yummy side dish.
This delicious side is a great way to get more fiber from beans! Dried or canned garbanzo beans both work well in this recipe.
This light and refreshing treat makes for a wonderful summer side. Try growing your own cucumbers and tomatoes in a summer garden.
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Try some different flavors in this delicious butternut squash dish.
Your favorite JSY recipes, come to life! Check out this Banana Pancakes recipe video! More videos at Feeding Westchester.
Are you ready to dive into one of our yummy recipes? Wondering where to start? Check out these basic knife skills!
SNAP, the New York State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is the new name for the food stamp program. SNAP issues monthly electronic benefits that can be used like cash at authorized retail food stores. Eligibility and benefit levels are based on household size, income, assets and other factors.
Cooking demos. Meal ideas. Info on SNAP and other assistance programs.
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