Nutrition Awareness Blog

Slow Cooker Thai Coconut Curry

I’m pretty sure I just made my first Thai curry! I love all types of curries but for some reason [...]

Balsamic Black-Eyed Power Bowl

This week I cooked with quite a few ingredients that I had never worked with before, one of them being [...]

Dietitian Spotlight Series: A Trip to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with Kelly Ventresco, RD, LD

This week the spotlight is on Kelly Ventresco, who I met in my internship at Mt Carmel College of Nursing. [...]

Pesto, Pear and Goat Cheese Mini Pizza

An amazingly simple and delicious variation on your regular pizza… Pesto, Pear and Goat Cheese Mini Pizza 1 small whole [...]

Fall Festivities: Dallas Arboretum

Hi everyone, Happy Friday! It’s starting to get pretty chilly here in Dallas but I hear some of my friends [...]

Whole Grain Angel Hair Pasta with Artichokes, Lemon and Parmesan

Serves 4 in 20 minutes or less 1/2 box of whole grain angel hair pasta 2 tbsp extra virgin olive [...]

Dietitian Spotlight Series: Lisa Lang, RDN, LD

This week’s Dietitian Spotlight is on a great old friend of mine, Lisa Lang RDN, LD. We graduated from The [...]

Meatless Monday: Spaghetti Squash Marinara

Spaghetti squash is a fun and easy way to enjoy pasta without the guilt. The strand-like vegetable serves the same [...]

Creamy Fire Roasted Corn and Arugula Pasta

I always tell my clients to steer clear of anything with cream sauce when dining out because they’re loaded with [...]

Looks Healthy But Really Isn’t: Planters NUTrition Peanut Butter

From looking at the label, you would think Planters NUTrition Energy Mix Cinnamon Raisin Granola Nut looks like a good [...]

Lunch Under 300 Calories: Muenster, Apple and Cabbage Sandwich

Looking for an unconventional but delicious way to get in more fruits and veggies?! Sick of the same old turkey [...]

Dietitian Spotlight Series: Whitney Reist, Personal Chef at Dietitian In The Kitchen

For those of you who frequent my blog, you probably know I am a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) and I [...]