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Nutritioulicious is about helping people eat delicious food that is also nutritious. I'm a registered dietitian and I love good food, new restaurants, good wine, and staying healthy while enjoying it all! My goal is to help people do the same.
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Aug 16
The other day I shared with you a way to prepare spaghetti squash, one of the many winter squashes. I also received a kabocha squash from my CSA, and this time I wasn’t really sure what to do with it b/c I had never made it before! It sort of l (read full article)
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Aug 11
Last week I told you all about summer squash — the different varieties, the nutritional benefits, and how to use it. I’ve also told you a little bit about some of the winter squash varieties. Surprisingly, the Barefoot Organics CSA grew winte (read full article)
Dinner, Meals, quick and healthy dinners, Recipes, Seasonal Eating, spaghetti primavera, spaghetti squash, summer squash, using spaghetti squash, winter squash
Aug 10
Today I have a special guest post by a nutritioulicious™ fan who gets to try almost everything I make in the kitchen…my husband! ————————————————& (read full article)
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Aug 05
Yesterday I told you about the nutritional benefits of strawberries. To follow up, here are some of the ways I like to include my farmers market strawberries into meals (you can do the same with strawberries from the supermarket too!): Top whole gra (read full article)
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Aug 04
Summer is the perfect time to buy strawberries! I recently went to the Union Square Greenmarket and found beautiful, bright red strawberries on many stands. I decided on two boxes from New Jersey for $9.00. The farmer at this stand told me that I got (read full article)
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Aug 03
Yesterday I told you about the different types of summer squash and their nutritional benefits. Whether or not you have made summer squash before, I wanted to share some different ways to cook with it and use it: Grill it. Toss sliced squash with ol (read full article)
Dinner, grilled squash, how to cook with summer squash, how to use summer squash, lunch, Nutrition Tips, Recipes, saute vegetables, Seasonal Eating, squash soup
Aug 02
One of the most common vegetables you’ll find at the supermarket or farmers markets during the summer is summer squash. Unlike winter squash, summer squash has a higher water content and is not a starchy vegetable, making it lower in calories. (read full article)
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Jul 29
Yesterday I told you all about sugar snap peas including how they differ from starchy green peas and their nutritional profile. With all of the nutritional benefits and the refreshing taste of this seasonal treat, I am definitely going to be enjoying (read full article)
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Jul 28
I love eating sugar snap peas in the summer. A few weeks ago, the Union Square Greenmarket was full of them, so I decided to pick some up from Keith’s Farm, which I can always count on for everything colorful, fresh, and organic. Sugar snap peas a (read full article)
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Jul 27
Yesterday I shared with you a recipe for Swiss Chard and Green Bean Stew. Some of the ingredients in this recipe are not the most widely used or well-known. Here is some information about two of the ingredients, including what they are, their nutriti (read full article)
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Jul 26
Last week I told you about my CSA dinner and shared the recipes for my Grilled Corn, Basil, and Tomato Salad and Roasted Red Potatoes, Kohlrabi, and Spring Onions. The third side dish I made for that meal was inspired by Food & Wine’s Quic (read full article)
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Jul 23
Today is the 1st birthday of my blog, nutritioulicious™! Here’s my first blog post: Welcome to My Blog! In the past year I have written 132 posts on various nutrition topics, including nutrition news, nutrition tips, holiday eating, behavior (read full article)
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Jul 21
Here’s a continuation of my CSA dinner recipes from last weekend. Roasting is one of my favorite ways to cook veggies when I don’t want them to go bad and have no specific recipe for them. You can roast pretty much any vegetable, although (read full article)
Dinner, kohlrabi nutrition, lunch, Nutrition Tips, Recipes, red potatoes, roasted vegetables, Seasonal Eating, spring onions
Jul 20
As I mentioned yesterday, last weekend I made dinner using my CSA veggies. Included in the bundle were 3 ears of corn and some basil. I also saw grape tomatoes on sale at Fairway (my local, awesome supermarket!), and decided to make one of my favorit (read full article)
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Jul 19
Every Monday I get a delivery from a CSA (same one as last year), so by the end of the week I need to make sure there’s room in the fridge for a new batch of goodies. This past weekend I had a lot leftover from the previous delivery, so I got c (read full article)
corn salad, CSA, Dinner, Entertaining, farm-fresh vegetables, green beans, Grilled Chicken, kohlrabi, Recipes, red potatoes
Jul 14
Today I’d like to introduce a new blogger here at nutritioulicious™ — Jo Bartell. Jo is interning with me and you will get to learn all about her today and through her future blog posts. I’m so excited to have Jo on my team, so please (read full article)
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Jul 13
A few weeks ago I posted a commentary on a New York Times article about children’s menus and whether or not they have a place at restaurants. While I understand both sides of this debate, I have seen firsthand that children can and will eat the (read full article)
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Jul 09
A couple of weeks ago I got back from Israel and told you that I saw many interesting things, including a salt tree, the leaves of which people cook with. One of the interesting things about Israel is that almost anywhere you go you can find fresh fr (read full article)
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Jul 06
July 4th weekend may be over, but there’s plenty of time left for grilling this summer. For some healthy grilling tips and recipe ideas, take a look at the segment I did for Fox 5 Good Day NY Street Talk: (It’s the 4th segment of the sho (read full article)
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Jul 01
We’re just a few days away from July 4th and that means it’s time to get the barbecue prepped and your fridge stocked with delicious eats for the holiday weekend! Before you go filling your grocery cart with traditional barbecue fare like (read full article)
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