By Lauren Kennedy, Sargent Choice Nutrition Center Dietetic Intern Boston University’s Registered Dietitian Laura Judd cooked up Tofu Parmingiana during her “Healthy Cooking on a Budget” class last week. This dish is a perfect starter if you’ve never tried tofu before because it incorporates familiar ingredients, flavors and cooking methods. Master this method and you […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Bringing Back Breakfast: On-The-Go Healthy Breakfast Options Easily the most common excuse I hear from people who don’t eat breakfast is that they don’t have time. While it’s great if you get up early enough to make yourself eggs and toast, most of us set our alarms […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Wednesday this semester we will be posting about a new blog or cooking website that we love! The internet is filled with food websites, and our goal is to arm you with the “Best of the Food Web”! If you’re not sure whether or not Angie’s […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Bringing Back Breakfast: Not Hungry Excuse For those of you like me who have to eat breakfast first thing after waking up, it can be hard to understand how someone wouldn’t be hungry after sleeping 7 or more hours. While the possible physiological reasoning for not having an […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Bringing Back Breakfast: Choosing healthy breakfast cereals Image Source While breakfasts like omlettes and oatmeal sound great, many of us don’t have the time to cook breakfast in the morning. Instead, we reach for cereal and a carton of milk. Luckily, breakfast cereal can be a healthy way […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Image Source This month’s theme, Bringing Back Breakfast, is all about the “most important meal of the day.” We’ll be focusing on: Why breakfast is important How to choose healthy breakfast cereals Why some people have difficulty stomaching food in the morning and ways to help Dorm options […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College While we’re featuring buckwheat in our Grain of the Month series, it is actually a fruit seed and is related to rhubarb. However, because buckwheat is often used in replacement of rice, to make porridge, or ground down to a flour to bake with, we felt the […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Image Source Resolution #4: Exercise More The word “exercise” often conjures images of running on a treadmill or lifting weights at the gym , both requiring you to take a chunk of time out of your day to do. Well this year I challenge you to change that […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College The first Tuesday of every month we will be featuring a grain. The posts will include background on the grain, nutritional information, instructions on how to store and cook it, and, of course, one or two healthy recipes for using the grain. Our goal is to help you […]
By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Wednesday this semester we will be posting about a new blog or cooking website that we love! The internet is filled with food websites, and our goal is to arm you with the “Best of the Food Web”! Hapa = Hawaiian for “half” Bento = Japanese term […]