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Over 100 new recipes!

  • All recipes have been taste-tested. Many feature Maine produce. Recipes were created to be easy to prepare and use readily available ingredients. 
  • Each recipe includes a new FDA nutrition facts label. Learn more about the new labels.
  • Many recipes include how-to videos!
No-Bake Chocolate Chip Bites with mini chocolate chips spilled on the table
Snacks
Winter Salad
Salads
Ramen Noodle Skillet
Soups/Chilis
fajitas
Main Dishes
Carrot Fries
Side Dishes
Blueberry Cobbler
Desserts
Honey-Sweetened Lemonade
Drinks/Smoothies
homemade master mix
Homemade Convenience Mixes
root vegetables
Make Your Own: A Recipe Guide

Three decorated bags with dry mix in each of them
Gifts from the Kitchen
Picture of Black Bean Burgers
"Mainely Dish" Recipe Videos

Spoonful: A Bite-Sized Food and Nutrition Blog

  • Parents with two young children play outside with a handball.

    Moving Matters! Getting Started

  • Collage of cabbage, tomatoes, and conning jars.

    How to Plan Your Garden for Canning and Preserving

  • Bowl of mac and cheese

    Mainely Dish: Quick and Easy Macaroni and Cheese

  • Person serving themselves stew

    Community Food Events, Volunteers, and Food Safety

  • Photo Of Person Using Treadmill

    Moving Matters!

  • Eggs in Carton

    Using Egg Substitutes in Baking and Cooking

  • Oatmeal with fruit and nuts

    Mainely Dish: Oatmeal Packets

  • Sesame Seed Bagels

    Sesame – The New Allergen

  • Potatoes next to mashed potatoes in a bowl.

    Mainely Dish: Mashed Potatoes

  • Bowl of Braised Cabbage

    Mainely Dish: Braised Cabbage

  • Black Bean and Squash Chili

    Mainely Dish: Black Bean and Squash Chili

  • acorn squash soup with bacon and corn bread in the background

    It’s Soup Time!

More Spoonful: A Bite-Sized Food and Nutrition Blog

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