What to Eat When It’s Too Hot to Cook
When temperatures soar, my dinner plans don’t include an oven or stovetop. Frankly, even the barbecue gives off too much heat.
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How Hybrid Classrooms Change the Game
The first time I heard about teaching in a hybrid format, I was intrigued. Hybrid classes are a fusion of online and traditional in-seat formats. Having taught both online and "in-seat" classes, I liked the idea of…
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The Foods You Must Try While Traveling in Brazil
As an Argentine, I love going to Brazil's sunny and warm beaches for summer vacations. With my husband and preschool-aged daughter, our latest trip was to Maceió, a city in Brazil's northeast. Of course I tried every…
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A Taste of Sudanese Halal Cooking
While living in Sudan, a predominantly Muslim country, I had the wonderful opportunity to eat like a local. I was even invited to several iftar meals, which celebrate the breaking of the day's fast during Ramadan. It…
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It’s a Health IT World, Whether You Know It or Not
Here's something you might not know about informatics: in the modern world, pretty much everybody does it. Perhaps as a nutrition and dietetics professional you do not realize you do, but you do.
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Slow Cooker Greek Shrimp and Rice
Greek flavors are so fresh and tasty , and using the slow cooker is so easy! If you've never cooked seafood in the slow cooker before, this recipe is a great introduction. I used smaller, frozen raw shrimp in my…
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3 Classifications of Food Fraud
The USP Food Fraud Database categorizes the type or nature of food fraud reports as follows: replacement, addition and removal. Here is what those categories mean.
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6 Pantry Staples You Can Salvage (and 1 You Can’t)
What's a person to do when the bag of brown sugar in the pantry is rock-hard or the honey in the cabinet is crystallized? Before tossing seemingly spoiled foods, try these creative solutions.
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9 Foods That May Be Fraudulent
Worried about food fraud ? According to the Congressional Research Service, these are the nine leading food categories with reported cases of food fraud.
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Foraged Food Trend Is Part Epicurean, Part Environmental
There's a growing interest in wild foods. With edible weeds suited to thrive in nearly every environment across the country, to the trained eye, gastronomically exciting vegetation is abundant. Enter the burgeoning…
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The Risks and Benefits of DIY Blended Tube Feedings
Whole foods are the hallmark of a healthful diet : not to mention a resounding message from the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans . But the whole foods movement is manifesting in other areas of nutrition as…
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The Shady Business of Food Fraud
When you shop for food, are you getting what you pay for? How would you know? Recent news stories of food fraud incidents : imported olive oil labeled "extra-virgin" that's actually a less-expensive grade of olive…
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No-Baking-Required Cocoa Date Balls
I had been running out of snack ideas to take to work, so I came up with this recipe for a midday pick-me-up. They're easy to make, require only a few minutes of time on the stove (perfect for the hot days of…
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Sustainable Seafood Is Everyone’s Business
From tacos to salads to stir-fries, seafood is a great choice. And demand for shrimp, lobster, crab, salmon, halibut and tuna are growing. In a perfect world, we'd head out to the open waters and catch our own fish…
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Make a Global Impact with Nutrition Knowledge
Do you dream of treating malnutrition in children in other countries or working to ensure good nutrition practices are maintained even in difficult settings such as refugee camps? Do you yearn to use your expertise…
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Swiss Chard for Dessert? An Old Treat from the South of France
Really, it's not so bizarre to use vegetables in dessert. Consider zucchini bread and carrot cake. Or, what about red velvet beet cake, sweet potato pudding and avocado chocolate mousse? Dessert tarts made with Swiss…
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Implementing Electronic Health Records: Before Go-Live and Beyond
My involvement in nutrition informatics started early in my career. I helped build, test and implement the nutrition component of a new medical record. I learned how data is entered, queried and reported on with the…
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Aquafaba and More “Saved from the Drain” Ideas
You won't find the word "aquafaba" in the dictionary (at least for now), but some innovative chefs, creative home cooks and vegans know what it is: the cooking liquid of beans or legumes. In addition to this…
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Sardines Are Tiny Fish That Are Big on Flavor
Iridescent, tiny and flavorful, sardines are actually several different types of small fish : not a species, as some people think.
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Italian-Style Barramundi
The beauty of individually frozen fish fillets is that dinner is only a few minutes away. When I arrive home from work, I grab the number of frozen fillets that I need for dinner plus one more for tomorrow's lunch.
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My Gluten-Free, Vegetarian Passover Menu
The dining room table was set elegantly with springtime tulips as the centerpiece. Matzo ball soup filled china bowls, brisket and carrot tzimmes adorned the plates and everyone anticipated the dessert of…
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3 Ways to Share Your Nutrition Expertise around the World
Years back, I moved to the United States from my home country, Argentina, and volunteered in a Salvation Army clinic. Today, I'm back home and have hosted dietetics students as they come to visit. From these…
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Let’s Focus on Beating Diabetes at Home: and Around the World
Let's talk diabetes and prediabetes around the world : the main goals of World Health Day 2016. According to the World Health Organization, the number of diabetes cases is rapidly increasing in many countries. They…
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Food Safety when Traveling Internationally
Foodborne illnesses are a health concern everywhere. They are especially a concern when traveling abroad, though. When you are traveling to a different country, ask yourself: Are restaurants selling food that you can…
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