Podcast Episode 221: Go-To Recipes & Tools to Revolutionize Dinnertime – Jen Haugen

Jen Haugen, RD

 Healthy Recipes & Kitchen Tools to Put Menu Planning on Auto-Pilot By the time dinnertime arrives, most of us are already experiencing a long day’s worth of decision fatigue. And if you’re like me, you’re always looking for that simple, yummy and healthy “go-to” recipe that will satisfy every family member and yet not…

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Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle: Connecting the Dots Between Healthy People and a Healthy Planet

Margarita beef with orange salsa

You may have heard of the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle” in discussions about the environment. These terms have always applied to materials (think plastics, metal, glass, paper), and they’re about not wasting resources. Wasted food is a wasted resource, as well.  If these terms were applied to food, we might change the wording to, “reduce, reuse, and UPCYCLE.”

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Hungry for Hummus?? My First “Hands and Pans” Video!

I was excited to be invited to the “Lights, Camera, Almonds!” event in Chicago at Kendall College last Spring. The Almond Board of California partnered with the fabulous Food52 on this event to walk dietitians through, step-by-step, how to create a fast-motion video using just your smartphone and simple editing software on your computer. While…

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