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Test Kitchen: Indian Chickpea and Sweet Potato Kaftas
By Caroline Patrick, Graduate Nutrition Student We heralded in the Chinese New Year last week with a cross-cultural inspired feast. Indian koftas, sugar cookies, spicy rice noodles, and dumplings were all in abundance. We settled in, drinking tea and munching on Karen’s adorable and delicious whale-shaped sugar cookies, and learned about... More
Test Kitchen: Brown Rice Bowl with Lemongrass, Tofu, and Cashews
By Caroline Patrick, Graduate Nutrition Student Another cold night and another warm meal with excellent company. At this week’s Test Kitchen, we made a delicious rice bowl filled with the cutest baby bok choy. The finished dish was so green and vibrant in stark contrast to the white and 50 shades... More
Test Kitchen: Honey Ginger Tofu Stir-Fry
By Caroline Booth, Graduate Nutrition Student Last night’s Test Kitchen was a wonder. Karen Jacobs generously held her open ours in spite of BU’s closure for an amazing night of bones and food. Dr. Jonathan Bethard, a BU professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology gave us an enthralling talk... More
Healthy Cooking on a Budget: Quinoa and Vegetable Pilaf
By Emma Balek, Sargent Choice Nutrition Center Practicum Student & Senior Dietetics Student and Sarah Butler Mazerall, MBA, MS, RD, LDN, SCNC Registered Dietitian Recently in the SCNC’s Healthy Cooking on a Budget Class we took on the challenge of making a one dish wonder that gives us all the grains... More
Test Kitchen: Brown Rice Sushi
By Caroline Patrick, Graduate Nutrition Student At the Sargent Choice Test Kitchen we’re all about pampering our food. During our last Test Kitchen, goers were massaging the well-deserving kale, and this week we were fanning brown rice like royalty. I could nearly hear the granules singing, “I’m so fancy.” What exactly... More
Test Kitchen: Kale & Quinoa Salad
By Jay Patruno, Sargent Choice Ambassador & Freshman Dietetics Student Nothing is better on a hot summer day than a refreshing salad. So on a muggy October evening a salad turned out to be the best snack. Sargent Choice’s kale and quinoa salad with citrus dressing is a simple, fun recipe... More
Test Kitchen: Banana Pancakes
By Caroline Patrick, Graduate Nutrition Student October exams stressing you out? No need! I’ve got the remedy. Put on Jack Johnson’s “Banana Pancakes” and take his advice: pretend it’s the weekend and start flipping pancakes. Sargent Choice has got you covered with worry-free banana pancakes that take a hearty... More
Test Kitchen: Tofu Taco Tuesday
By Caroline Patrick, Graduate Nutrition Student Tofu taco Tuesdays, anyone? I know it’s the month of ghosts and ghouls, but don’t let the tofu scare you away. These things were deliciously taco-licious. At Wednesday night’s Test Kitchen we had our first rendezvous of the season with tofu, and we were lucky... More
Sargent Choice Test Kitchen in the News!
(photo credit: Daily Free Press) Last week BU's own Daily Free Press wrote a wonderful article about the Sargent Choice Test Kitchen. We are truly honored that Sargent OT Professor, Karen Jacobs invites us and BU students into her apartment weekly to cook up new (and a few old favorite) Sargent... More
Sargent Choice Night Success!
Last night we celebrated another successful Sargent Choice Night here at BU. Here are some of the highlights. Our student ambassadors Kylie and Jesse with dietitian Lauren Ferraro enjoying their night Jim the Baker at West Campus showing off his Whole Grain Vanilla Cupcakes Speaking of those cupcakes - delicious! Mixed Berry Parfaits And... More