Higher protein roasted butternut squash
Instead of adding cream to your soup, bump up the protein in this fall inspired soup by adding cottage cheese to make it creamy.
Emotional eating, overeating, binge eating – is there a difference?
What is emotional eating? It can be positive (eating to celebrate an engagement, cake to celebrate a birthday) or negative (eating for relief, distraction, numbness), and is most often referred to in a negative way. People tend to reach for foods that are nutrient poor (not containing a lot of nutrients) leading to food guilt…
Zucchini Chicken Meatballs
From your bariatric nutrition team These chicken meatballs are a nice change of pace from your traditional meatballs. The zucchini in the recipe helps keep the meatballs moist and delicious and is a great way to sneak in some veggies. Ingredients: 1 lb. ground chicken 1 medium zucchini grated; gently squeeze some of the liquid…
Aging independently
By Barbara Broggelwirth, MS RDN, CDN If you ask most older adults approaching their senior years, their desires are often the same – to maintain independence for as long as possible without having to rely on others for help with activities of daily living. This is known as “aging in place”. Living at home…
Atomic Habits – successful behavior change
Atomic Habits by James Clear, goes into vivid detail about why it’s so hard to change our behaviors. The author discusses what we can do to change our bad habits into good ones for long-term behavior change. It’s important for us to take accountability for our actions, and when we are unhappy with ourselves, we must be the ones to change those actions.
Harvesting and enjoying your garden tomatoes
What is a summer garden without tomatoes? We plant a garden every year, and each year we change it up a little. But one vegetable remains a constant – the tomato. We always have two varieties growing – a cherry or grape tomato and a Roma or beefsteak tomato. Having a summer garden is a great family project from planting, watering, feeding the plants to harvesting the fruit and vegetables. Even coming up with recipes for the bountiful harvest can be fun.
Grilled peach salad
If you are tired of the same old boring side salad this recipe is for you. Celebrate the arrival of summer peaches with this flavorful salad that will be the star of any meal. It pairs perfectly with a simple protein such as grilled chicken or fish.
Seek nutrition advice from nutrition experts
If you are struggling with weight or health, you may have received “nutrition education” from your doctor or nurse. As a dietitian, I know firsthand how often my patients receive incorrect nutrition advice from doctors and nurses.
Fire up the grill!
Nothing says summer like the smell of food cooking outdoors. Using an outdoor grill is great because it gets us out of the kitchen and closer to nature – what could be better? Cooking on a grill has the benefit of being a low-fat cooking method that adds a natural smokey flavor to foods and requires minimal clean-up.
Why is behavior change so hard?
Most of us have old behaviors we would like to change and new habits we would like to incorporate. So, why do we find making these changes to be such a challenge?! Typically, to change a behavior we need to break a habit we’re currently involved in AND incorporate new habits that are not always familiar or easy for us. Even simple changes take time and can be difficult to maintain.