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Commonwealth Conversations: Public Health December 22, 201 1 Fun, Health Recipes for Families to Cook Together Posted b John Jacob, a health com m unications writer and editor at the Massachusetts

1 Commonwealth Conversations: Public Health December 22, Fun, Health Recipes for Families to Cook Together Posted b John Jacob, a health com m unications writer and editor at the Massachusetts Departm ent of Public Health. Here at Mass in Motion, we re all about finding new way s to help Massachusetts families to eat better and mov e more. This week we re proud to announce an ex citing new resource in that effort a free monthly newsletter called ChopChop. Each month in ChopChop, we ll feature a fun, easy -to-make and healthy recipe - featuring locally -grown produce - which parents and children can make together. What s so important about that? First off, meals cooked at home tend to be healthier (and less ex pensiv e) than takeout food. What s more, by teaching our kids to cook we make them more nutritionally literate and more likely to dev elop healthier eating habits ov er a lifetime. Besides, cooking together can be fun! Governor Patrick, ChopChop founder Sall Sam ps on, and friends m ak e Cranberr Apples auce The ChopChop newsletter is the product of an innov ativ e partnership with ChopChop Magazine, a nationwide quarterly publication that focuses on fun, healthy cooking for families. Each month s newsletter will be posted on the Mass in Motion website at /massinmotion/chopchop. We ll also send the electronic newsletter out v ia to pediatricians, school nurses, community health centers and other community partners. The new collaboration was announced this week by Gov ernor Dev al Patrick at a fun-filled ev ent at Community Serv ings, a not-forprofit food and nutrition program in Boston. Following his opening remarks, the Gov ernor was joined by an energetic group of y oung people in the program s test kitchen to prepare Cranberry Applesauce the recipe that s featured in the debut edition of the ChopChop newsletter. 1/5

2 Le he m a hing begin! Also appearing at the ev ent were Health and Human Serv ices Secretar Jud Ann Bigb, MD; Department of Public Health Commissioner John Auerbach; Department of Agricultural Resources Commissioner Scott Soares; Department of Transitional Assistance Commissioner Daniel Curle, and ChopChop Maga ine Founder Sall Sampson. 2/5

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3 EOHHS Secretary Bigby, Governor Patrick, and DPH Commissioner Auerbach at the event. A big thanks to Community Servings for hosting this exciting event and helping to make it such a success! 3/5

Com m ents Hi Marina, glad y ou're checking out the recipe and thank y ou for the for the suggestion! That is definitely som ething we will keep in m ind for future recipes.

4 Com m ents Hi Marina, glad y ou're checking out the recipe and thank y ou for the for the suggestion! That is definitely som ething we will keep in m ind for future recipes. Posted by : Lani January 04, at 1 2 :07 PM Suggestion for Recipes posted in ChpChp: go to a selection of stores, research the ingredients, and giv e people a "ballpark" price for how m uch it would cost to m ake the m eal featured in the recipe... Also suggest cheaper alternativ e ingredients where appropriate (like substituting honey or sugar for m aple sy rup) Posted by : Marina Lent Decem ber 3 1, at 04 :3 0 PM "m eals cooked at hom e tend to be healthier (and less expensiv e) than takeout food." couldn't agree with y ou m ore. I find when I eat out m ore offten I gain weight m uch quicker. Posted by : Bob Decem ber 2 7, at 05:1 0 PM Verif our Com m ent Prev iewing our Com m ent Posted by : This is only a prev iew. Y our comment has not y et been posted. Po Edi 4/5

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