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Rooting Around For Mushrooms and More by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian Last night I went to aSOMAmeeting and listened to David Arora, author of Mushrooms Demystified (which is still a big mystery to me) and All that the Rain Promises and More..., ... Read on »
The Veggie Queen is Baaaack...From Denver and Elsewhere by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian I know that I have been remiss in writing here. I have been really busy for the past 6 weeks, teaching and traveling and have lots of excuses. But when I get notes from people ... Read on »
Summer Squash Love and Alchemy by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian I now recall why I love summer squash: you can basically eat as much as you want and not gain weight. It's a class of vegetables, like greens of all types, that lends itself t ... Read on »
Graffiti in Petaluma Has Winning Accessory Menu by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian I've never heard of a restaurant serving accessories but I'm glad that Graffiti in Petaluma does. My mother-in-law took me there and I ordered Beet Kim Chee ~ Red and Gold Be ... Read on »
Please Pop Over the Pears, Drop off the Apples, Leave me Persimmons by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian In addition to picking produce, which I am happy to do almost any time, I love it when I open my front door to find bags of it. It's often a surprise -- yesterday, my friend A ... Read on »
Ubuntu in Napa: When the Timing is Right by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian Sometimes there are evenings that have a touch of magic. I think that my dinner with my friendFran Costigan, the alternative dessert diva, was one of them.Fran and I both pres ... Read on »
Family Foodies CBC Final Answer by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian Here is the final installment of the CBC, cross blog conversation, with Family Foodies.FF: I would love some suggestions for “fake meat” products as an foray into vegetarian e ... Read on »
Life is for the Living and You'll Be A Long Time Dead by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian I know that this blog is about food but it's also about life and living it well. And despite the fact that I am a Registered Dietitian, writer and a host of other things (some ... Read on »
The Veggie Queen Hears Jonah Raskin Speak on Farmers by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian For many years, I have wanted to meet Jonah Raskin who is a Sonoma County writer and professor at Sonoma State University. When I read that he would have a booksigning last ni ... Read on »
Spring Farmer's Markets in Sonoma County by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian This weekend I went to 2 farmer's markets: one in Santa Rosa on Saturday, the other in Sebastopol on Sunday. I don't often do this but on Saturday I led a group of 4 through t ... Read on »
Organic Vegetables Help You Avoid Pesticide Residues by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian I don't spend a lot of time writing about buying organic but I honestly think that organic is better, especially if it means that you will be exposed to fewer, and less, pesti ... Read on »
Meeting the Rancho Gordo Big Bean Guy at Denver Airport by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian While snaking through the security line at Denver airport, I spotted Steve Sando ofRanchoGordobean fame. Just about a week or so ago he was featured in the New York Times. And ... Read on »
Denver Update While Back in Santa Rosa by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian To encapsulate my trip to Denver in a short blog post would not do the trip justice but I want to share a few of the highlights.Off the bat, I got to go to Boulder with my fri ... Read on »
Eating Elite or Making Choices by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian I am about to take off on a flight to Denver to go to the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference, so perhaps it is fitting that I have a bag of food wi ... Read on »
Sweet Potatoes with Black Beans -- One of My Favorites by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian OK, I am on a sweet potato kick. It's because there is a sweet potato recipe contest (sponsored by North Carolina sweet potatoes) and I am a big sweet potato fan. What's not t ... Read on »
I Love Sweet Potatoes in Curried Sweet Potato Soup by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian Curried Sweet Potato Soup Serves 4 to 6 This is easy to make and quite tasty, elevating the sweet potato to a new level in an enticingly, exotic way. It also happens to be veg ... Read on »
Flax Your Baking Muscles Recipe Contest Winners by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian The entries ranged from cookies, cakes, muffins and pies to horse treats, with just one savory entry. They were all good, some great, and choosing was incredibly difficult.The ... Read on »
Flax Baking Contest Over -- Winner Announced Next Week by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian If you entered the Flax Your Muscles Baking Contest I want to thank you. You will hear something about it next week. We had some great entries, with one of them a flax treat f ... Read on »
The Registered Dietitian Lens I Look Through -- National Registered Dietitians Day by Jill N. Registered DieticianHealth MavenPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegetarian I have been a Registered Dietitian for 25 years. That's a quarter century. But you can't tell it by looking at me (at least I don't think so), most likely because I practice w ... Read on »