Video: Eat Healthy this Holiday Season!

From apples, pumpkins and squash, autumns crop of fruits and vegetables offer a range of intense flavors and substantial textures.   Whether you are planning meals with in-season produce or looking for recipes that epitomize this time of year, Celebrity Chef Candice Kumai is here to help incorporate the new food guidance icon issued by the USDA into our favorite fall and holiday recipes.

 
Just in time for the holidays, Chef Candice Kumai will show us some of her tips on how to jazz up your holiday meals and make them healthier for everyone.    Americans tend to skimp on their fruits, veggies and whole grains during this time of year in favor of all the yummy holiday goodies.  Candice will show us how to enjoy some of the fall and holiday food faire all while incorporating the new food guidance icon issued by the USDA, called My Plate, which reaffirms what nutrition experts have known all along-grain foods are an essential part of a healthy and balanced diet.
 

You may remember Candice when she made her way into the heart of Americans on Season One of Bravo's "Top Chef."  She has since become co-host of Lifetime's hit series, "Cook Yourself Thin" and helped create the show's companion cookbook which became #1 on The New York Times Best Seller List.  Candice is also chef-contributor on Cooking Channel's "Unique Eats," one of the expert hosts on TLC's "Home Made Simple" and will be featured as a judge in the upcoming season of "Iron Chef America."  In February 2011, Candice released her first solo cook book, "Pretty Delicious," which is being called "the most gorgeous health inspired cookbook ever published."