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College Grocery Shopping Made Simple
Emma Aneshansley Senior Health Sciences Student, SAR '17 I moved into a Stuvi1 apartment my junior year. Like most other students leaving the typical dorms for the first time, I was excited to have my own room and to be granted the new degree of freedom of being able to cook for... More
Test Kitchen: Cinnamon Raisin Bread
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College At last week’s Test Kitchen students gathered to bake delicious cinnamon raisin bread and enjoy multiple rounds of Bananagrams, a favorite anagram game among Test Kitchen goers. The recipe includes the option to make bread with butter or with vegetable oil, so we baked... More
Test Kitchen: Roasted Root Vegetables with Rosemary
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College At this week’s Test Kitchen we gathered to bake Roasted Root Vegetables with Rosemary, a perfect dish for anyone looking for a new side for Thanksgiving or the winter holiday meals. This is a simple and forgiving recipe that you can make additions to, More
Test Kitchen: Carrot Bread
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College Baby carrots may be one of your staple grab-and-go snacks but for this fall recipe we put carrots to use in a new, creative way. We shredded bunches of large carrots in a food processor, producing several loaves of delicious carrot bread. The reviews... More
Test Kitchen: Lentils with Roasted Carrots and Beets
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student – Sargent College At this week’s test kitchen we served up a nutritious, flavor-packed meal of lentils with roasted carrots and beets. Lentils have numerous health benefits: they are high in protein and fiber, low in fat, and full of minerals such as iron, copper, phosphorus, More
Test Kitchen: Lentil Soup
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student – Sargent College Students cried tears of joy while dicing onions to make lentil soup! The soup recipe, adapted from Sabrina Pashtan’s Saborina.com, accompanied by graduate student Jasper Zhao’s green tea from China created a comforting hot meal on a fall evening as our weather gets... More
Test Kitchen: White Bean Blondies
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student – Sargent College Despite their many health benefits, beans get a bad reputation – but what if you could receive the health benefits of beans at the same time as enjoying a delicious dessert? With Meal Makeover Mom’s Fudgy Black Bean Brownie and White Bean Blondie... More
Test Kitchen: Blueberry Lemon Yogurt Cake
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College Students baked blueberry lemon yogurt cake and thoroughly enjoyed this tasty treat at Wednesday night’s test kitchen. After baking and taste testing, students recommended that this recipe should be called a bread rather than a cake. What makes this bread so healthy, compared to... More
Healthy choices when you can’t be too choosy
Have you eaten at a restaurant without a single appealing healthy choice? Think of the last party you attended. How about dinner at your friend’s place. Did your mood sink along with your plans for healthy eating? All is not lost because healthy eating is not all-or-nothing. Use our 1+2+3 Solutions to make any... More
Cooking Video: Pear Carpaccio
In the video above, chef Walter Dunphy prepares pear carpaccio with baby arugula, Boston Bibb lettuce, and microgreens. Walter Dunphy, BU’s executive chef, offers up a tasty pear carpaccio to ease the transition from heartier cool weather eating to healthy eating. Dunphy’s take on vegetarian carpaccio, which means thinly carved... More