Recipe Series: A Month of Lunches #4

Post by Olivia Martino and Paula Jahn, Registered Dietitians and Co-owners, Nourish Northwest   This post wraps up our month of lunches series.  In case this is the first post you’ve seen, for the past four Mondays we have shared a recipe that we…

Recipe Series: A Month of Lunches #3

Post by Olivia Martino and Paula Jahn, Registered Dietitians and Owners, Nourish Northwest It’s week three of our lunch recipe series and we are getting sophisticated. (No more rice and beans this week). We made crepes! This thin French pancake is surprisingly easy to make and meets our…

Recipe Series: A Month of Lunches #2

Post by Olivia Martino and Paula Jahn, Registered Dietitians and Owners, Nourish Northwest Making sure you get protein in your lunch can be a challenge when you are trying to step away from the traditional cold cut sandwich.  This week we wanted to make…

Recipe Series: A Month of Lunches

Post by Paula Jahn and Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitians and Co-owners of Nourish Northwest Welcome to our lunch blog series! We are always preaching to clients about the benefit of setting aside one day of the week to cook in mass quantities. Many people…

Recipe: Minted Pea Soup

 Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-owner, Nourish Northwest   It’s Day 1 for my Summer Detox group and it’s getting pretty hot in Portland.  During cleanses, I usually recommending eating a lot of soups because they are easy one-pot meals, are filling…

Recipe: Buttermilk Farro Salad

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-owner, Nourish Northwest This recipe was adapted from 101cookbooks (great blog for healthy recipes!) but it was originally inspired by a salad at Clyde Common here in Portland.  This is a great summer potluck salad, especially right…

Summer, All Dressed Up

Post by Paula Jahn, Dietitian and Co-owner of Nourish Northwest Summer is a time when I do a lot less cooking and a lot more “assembling,” aka salad making. And I’m not the only one seeking salad inspiration: Substantial Salads is one of our…

Stay Healthy This BBQ Season

Post by Olivia Martino and Paula Jahn, Registered Dietitians and Co-Owners, Nourish Northwest                 Eating at BBQs this summer doesn’t have to mean sabotaging your healthy lifestyle.  There are plenty of ways to enjoy yourself, delicious food…

Recipe: Vegan “tuna” salad

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-owner, Nourish Northwest Those who attended my Sea Vegetables workshop yesterday know how excited I get about these little mineral rich sea miracles.  Sea vegetables are predominant parts of other cultures’ cuisines, but are often overlooked here….

Recipe: Garlic Scape Pesto… Do it Now!!!!

Post By Olivia Martino, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian, Nourish Northwest I was surprised and delighted to see that garlic scapes are still on the shelves but was told by the produce department at New Seasons that this is the last week for them.  We…

Recipe: Fish and Corn Chowder

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest I think we are temporarily slipping back into soup season here in Portland, and from what I hear in many other places around the country as well.  This soup perfectly bridges the gap between…

Recipe: Wheat Berry Salad

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest This post is inspired by my Spring Cleanse Group.  They are over halfway done and are starting to re-introduce foods back into the diet.  Today they are bringing back grains and I know they…

Foraged Foods

Post by Olivia Martino, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian, Nourish Northwest This is a really fun time of year to go to the farmer’s market.  The vibrancy of red strawberries gives us a feeling of excitement and anticipation about what’s coming.  But the farmer’s market…

The Cleanse From A Skeptics Perspective-Part 2

Post by Natalie Clements, Pilates, Boot Camp, and TRX Instructor at Nourish Northwest In our last post, my fiancé, Drew, and I shared a bit of our experience doing Nourish Northwest’s 12-day cleanse.  It’s been about two weeks since the cleanse wrapped up, and…

Whaddya Say We Do Another Year????

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Six years ago, Paula Jahn and I had a vision.  We wanted to create a place where people could come and learn how to live a healthier lifestyle.  We wanted this place to change…

The Cleanse From a Skeptics Perspective- Part 1

Post by Natalie Clements, Pilates, Boot Camp and TRX Instructor at Nourish Northwest Hello again, Nourish family! I feel the need to apologize for going so long without stopping by, but this year seems to be absolutely flying.  There have been a lot of…

Recipe: Halibut with Lemon Caper Sauce

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest This is one of my favorite ways to prepare fish.  The original recipe asks you to drench the fish in flour and fry and also add some butter to the sauce.  I wanted to…

Recipe: Moroccan Roasted Vegetables with Fresh Herbed Quinoa

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest             My spring cleanse group is on Day 8 and that means they are starting to add foods back in.  Way to go, guys!!!! You are doing a great…

Recipe: Black eyed Peas with Kale

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest             Here’s another recipe for my Spring Cleanse group.  I’ve been hearing some feedback that people are having trouble thinking of good ways to get more green veggies in….

Recipe: Chia Pudding

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Owner, Nourish Northwest             Chia pudding is a versatile and easy recipe that we have made many times in our cooking classes at Nourish Northwest.  It works well in our “Shake the…