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Seasonal Eats Made Simple: Root Vegetables and Budget-Friendly Winter Recipes

Explore the versatility of root vegetables this December. Learn about their nutritional benefits, seasonal availability, and budget-friendly recipes to warm up your winter meals. As winter settles in, it’s time to embrace the bounty of seasonal produce, especially...

Gratitude in Practice: Rethinking Thanksgiving Traditions with Compassion

Explore the complexities of Thanksgiving with a thoughtful reflection on gratitude, historical context, and inclusivity. Discover how to celebrate with mindfulness and compassion. Thanksgiving is often seen as a time to gather with loved ones, share a delicious meal,...

Reducing Neurodegenerative Risk Through Nutrition and Lifestyle

Discover how factors like diet, physical activity, gut health, sleep, and stress influence neurodegenerative disease risk. Learn practical wellness tips to support brain health and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other disorders. Have you ever walked...

EVENT: Summer CSA Food Demo

REMINDER! If you're in the East Village today, Tuesday, 8/22/17, we invite you to join us from 6:00 - 8:00 pm for our bi-monthly food demonstration at the Sixth Street Community Center located at 638 E. 6th Street, between Avenues B and C. Watch us prepare quick, easy...

Eating That Makes Sense

Eating That Makes Sense

Preparing or selecting meals and snacks that satisfy your senses will increase your enjoyment without carrying additional calories. The sights, smells, and even sounds of food can be quite tempting—not surprising, considering our senses play an enormous part in our...

EVENT: Summer CSA Food Demos

Starting today, Tuesday, 8/8/17, we invite you to join us for our bi-monthly, on-site food demonstrations at the Sixth Street Community Center in the East Village, NYC. Learn and sample quick, easy recipes using the fresh produce from the weekly Community Supported...

A Day in the Life of a Dietitian: DishWithDina

A Day in the Life of a Dietitian: DishWithDina

There is a screenshot waaaay down in my Instagram feed of a conversation I had with my dad a few years ago when I said I would be going back to school to become a Registered Dietitian and he didn't understand why I needed to spend so much time and money on a degree...

Cool as a Cucumber

Cool as a Cucumber

What better way to celebrate being in the company of people you love and feeding yourself well than planning a party of your own? Summer in northeast U.S.A. is the go-to season for healthful, colorful, and delicious fruits and vegetables and a time when families and...

Summer 2017 promotions

How the heck are we already more than halfway through the year? Yikes! If you're like me, you may be slightly anxious about not having accomplished certain things on that ever-growing to-do list by now. If one of those things was to engage in healthier habits, then...