Butternut Squash Pasta Bake
Tired of tomatoes? Try topping pasta with creamy ricotta and sweet roasted butternut squash for a weeknight dinner that’s anything but ordinary.
Banana Baked French Toast with Peanut Butter Drizzle
Apple Brown Betty Recipe
Have all the ooy-gooey deliciousness of apple pie without all the fuss. This simple dessert will have everyone begging for seconds.
Baked Mushroom Broccoli Stroganoff
This vegetarian twist on a classic comfort dish combines fresh mushrooms with creamy monterey jack cheese topped with crunchy homemade bread crumbs.
Give a toast to toast
The Daily Texan, 2/16/15 Exploring toast as an easy grab-and-go and healthy breakfast option.
“Day After” Turkey Sandwich
5 heart-healthy food swaps
Fox News, 2/4/15 In time for American Heart Month, a RD names simple dietary swaps to promote heart health. She suggests replacing mayo with Greek yogurt, whole fruit with fruit juice and whole wheat bread for white bread.
Where people around the world eat the most sugar and fat
Washington Post, 2/5/15 This article shares Euromonitor data on fat and sugar consumption per capita per day across the globe; despite the US being one of the highest intakes, the data generally does not show a perfect relationship between intake of these dietary components and the country’s obesity rates.
4 Cooking Mistakes That Make You Gain Weight
Yahoo! Health, 2/7/15 Many health-conscious people have given up white bread and pasta in favor of healthy starches, like quinoa, wild rice, and lentils. The swap is fantastic for your health, but eating excess portions of these superfoods can still prevent weight loss, or lead to weight gain.
Avoid the dreaded weight-loss plateau by taking a changing metabolism into account
Oregon Live, 2/7/15 While the 3,500-calorie rule works for the short term, we know now that the body’s energy requirements decrease as weight loss progresses. This is a challenge as it has been difficult to determine exactly how much the energy requirements decrease. This in turn makes it difficult to help even dedicated dieters from […]