Eating Well
How to Buy & Store Fall Produce
Hopefully you have enjoyed plenty of fresh berries, kale, and spinach this summer. With days growing shorter, some different fruits and vegetables take center stage for the fall. Learning how to buy, store, and freeze seasonal produce allows you to extend your food budget. In the next few months, be sure to look for these [...]
How to Avoid Hidden Sugars
How much sugar is really in our drinks? Last week, Kate Ueland, dietetic intern at UW Medical Center, gave a Whole U seminar on the importance of limiting the consumption of added sugars in drinks. Prolonged intake of sugary beverages may be a key contributor to the epidemic of overweight and obesity and increases the [...]
Secrets of Super Grains
American grocery stores devote entire aisles to grain products, including crackers, cereals, bread, and buns. Most of these items are made from common grains like wheat or oats, but many are also refined, which strips the whole grain of its protein, fiber, and vitamins. Whole grains such as wild rice, steel cut oats, and Einkhorn [...]
Beat the Heat with These (Healthy) Icy Treats
As the summer sun heats up, nothing sounds better than an ice-cold popsicle. Oftentimes, ice pops are loaded with sugar or artificial sweeteners. Here are five guilt-free treats that are easy to make, will help you cool down, and are perfect for kids and adults alike! Frozen Fruit Pops Lots of fruit loaded into these! [...]
5 Quick Recipes for a Picnic
Picnics are the best. These open-air outings bring together all the things I love the most: family, friends, good food, and the great outdoors. Whether it’s at a park, on the beach, or in my own backyard, there’s nothing better than enjoying the scenery while eating and lounging on a blanket. I like to get [...]
Tasty Bites Paired With Fine Wine at the UW Club
Julia Child once said, “Wine is meant to be with food — that’s the point of it!” I couldn’t agree more. To me, a glass of good wine without a good meal is a waste of a good wine. Great food and great wine together can be sublime. After all, Aristotle taught us centuries ago [...]
6 Easy Steps to Cooking on Weeknights
Are the feelings of “I have no time to cook” or “I am too tired to cook” preventing you from making home cooked meals during the week? Working parents especially find the thought of cooking dinner at the end of a long day to be overwhelming. The good news is that making home cooked, healthy [...]
Eating for the ‘health of it’
If you think that changing your eating habits will be difficult, you are not alone. Who wants to follow a list of “don’ts” from the food police telling you not to eat your favorite foods? As a registered dietitian, I work with people of all ages to dispel this concern. Whether it is a young [...]
For the Love of Food: Contest Winner & Upcoming Events
In March, we celebrated National Nutrition Month with a 21-day Culinary Countdown, sharing recipes and inviting people to make at least one homemade meal a day. We created an Eating Well Facebook Group to keep us inspired during the challenge and to share recipes, photos, and cooking tips (I loved seeing what everybody was cooking!) [...]
Never Skip Breakfast with these Simple Recipes
You’ve heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but is that actually true? Research says yes! According to the American Heart Association, men who skip breakfast have a 27% higher risk of heart attack or death from heart disease. Why? When someone skips breakfast, they are likely to be more hungry [...]
The Secrets of a Healthy Gut Microbiota
There’s not just one diet, food item, dietary supplement, pill, or powder that fits all or is a fix all. Food/nutrition and its impact on our health is much more complex than that. An example of this is the connection between diet and our microbiota. The term microbiota refers to the collection of microorganisms (including, [...]