Recipe: Empanadas
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest One of the most common and flattering comments I get from cooking class participants at Nourish is that the recipes, aside from being delicious, are practical, approachable, and repeatable. It is so satisfying…
Cruciferous Recipe Roundup
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian & Cooking Instructor at Nourish Northwest In the four years I’ve contributed to this blog, I’ve offered many vegetable recipes. In the winter, I often default to cruciferous vegetables at home. Yes, they boast anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer…
Recipe: Winter Smoothie
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian & Cooking Instructor at Nourish Northwest In the winter, I generally crave warming foods. Hearty bean and vegetable stew, slow cooked meat, gooey casserole, tea…But lately, I’ve been dreaming about a smoothie. I have a stash of…
White Winter Soup
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian & Cooking Instructor at Nourish Northwest When people tell me they “don’t eat anything white,” I usually resist the urge to get technical. Sometimes, I can’t help but challenge. No cauliflower, onions, garlic, parsnips, apples, jicama, turnips,…
Healthy Holidays: 10 Things to Do Every Day
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner, Registered Dietitian & Cooking Class Instructor Today is the first day of the last month of 2015. That’s 24 days until Christmas and 30 until New Year’s Day. While the Thanksgiving festivities are over, last week officially kicked off the…
Recipe: Peanut Sauce
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian & Cooking Instructor at Nourish Northwest Peanut sauce is a versatile, balanced sauce that uses many kitchen staples. I love it tossed with warm noodles or rice and lots of sautéed vegetables. It is comfort food…
Recipe:Immune Boosting Carrot Soup
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian & Cooking Instructor at Nourish Northwest I cannot believe we have never posted this recipe. It is the single most frequently made soup of Nourish Northwest. I estimate we have made at least 100 batches of this…
How To Get Out of a Cooking Rut
Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and C0-Owner, Nourish Northwest I’m always surprised when I find myself not wanting to cook. Cooking is my passion, hobby and also my job. It is truly something that I enjoy doing. Perhaps because I do it…
Recipe: Honey Roasted Carrots
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Well, Yotam Ottolenghi has done it again! I had another successful dinner party, partially due to one of his lovely recipes. I had a beautiful bunch of rainbow carrots (don’t waste the tops!),…
A Case for Pizza! And a recipe for perfect dough
Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Pizza is healthy. You can quote me on that. Of course, there is a spectrum of health to discuss following that statement. Let’s put a meat lover’s double stuffed crust on one end and a…
Quick Weeknight Meal: Noodle Bowl
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Pasta has always been my quick default weeknight meal. It serves as an excellent base for fridge clean-out meals, too. I usually start with 100% whole wheat fusilli or penne pasta and add the remains…
Umami in Vegetables
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Umami, dubbed the fifth taste, is described as a savory or meaty flavor. Its sensation is attributed to free amino acids, primarily glutamate (also inosinate and guanylate) in foods. Unlike sweet, sour, salty, and bitter, umami…
Recipe: Brussels Sprouts with Marinated Pomelo
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Last weekend, I decided to host a dinner party using three recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More cookbook. I’ve posted a recipe from this cookbook before when I tried to follow a recipe. I learned…
The Best of Packaged Foods
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest I quietly envy those homesteaders who have self-sustaining gardens, churn their own butter, and collect eggs every morning. I have frequently made my own bread, yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut, granola, etc., and it is immensely…
On Following a Recipe
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Dietitian at Nourish Northwest It has been a while since I have been excited for a cookbook. With plenty of internet inspiration through food blogs and from my own experimentation, I rarely feel that I lack material for…
The Cruciferous Concern
Post by Paula Jahn, Registered dietitian and Co-owner at Nourish Northwest As a dietitian and cooking instructor, I sing the praises of cruciferous vegetables both for their nutritional benefits as well as for their flavor and culinary uses. The family of vegetables that includes broccoli,…
Recipe: Nursing Nuggets
Post by Paula Jahn, Registered dietitian and Co-owner at Nourish Northwest A few friends of mine recently had babies. Some new moms worry about their milk supply. An exclusively breastfed baby is a mysterious creature. While there are many ways to verify a baby is…
The Case of the Exploding Apples
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Nourish Northwest now has two harvest traditions: peach picking in the summer and apple picking in the fall. The past two years, Olivia and I have gone apple picking at Draper Girls farm….
Fridge Clean-Out Meals
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest I tend to get overzealous at late summer farmers’ markets. Everything is bursting with color and ripeness. I jubilantly fill my bag with fruit and vegetables that look good, without having a particular…
7 Ways to Prepare Zucchini
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Fall is approaching, but not before bushels (bundles, scores, loads!) of zucchini and summer squash grace/burden us with their overabundant presence. Around this time of year, any acquaintance with a garden will start…