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Cutting Costs on Food Using the Unit Price Label

This blog post is a part of our “Ask EFNEP” series where members of UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) answer questions they are asked when delivering food and nutrition programs. This question was answered by Brenda Bracy and is part two of a two part series going over how to […]

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Saving Money on Food for the New Year

This blog post is the second of our “Ask EFNEP” series where members of UMaine Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) answer questions they are asked when delivering food and nutrition programs. This question was answered by Brenda Bracy. Brenda has worked with EFNEP in Cumberland County for the past 25 years. […]

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Reducing Fat & Sugar in Holiday Baking

Some of my favorite holiday memories involve baking in the kitchen with family.  Whether it’s the aroma of my grandmother’s gingerbread cookies permeating the house or the mouth watering pecan pie my aunt makes every year, there are plenty of holiday sweets to go around. With the barrage of holiday treats during the holiday season, […]

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5 Tips for Make-Ahead Breakfasts

We hear that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it is the meal that is so often overlooked.  Why do so many people skip breakfast?  Sometimes not having enough time in the morning, unsure of what to make for breakfast,  or not being hungry are reasons why breakfast isn’t eaten.  Help […]

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