Recipe and Gift Idea: Chai Tea Mix

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and C0-Owner, Nourish Northwest This time of year everyone is giving gifts in the form of cookies and baked goods.  Not that I’m against that (you can send any sweet treats to the Nourish Northwest address, attn: Olivia…

Staying Healthy this Holiday Season

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-owner, Nourish Northwest As a dietitian, I feel as though I must write the obligatory “how to stay healthy during the holiday season” post. I personally have always disliked reading these posts because they all typically say…

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….

Recipe: Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest As much as I rebel against most food trends/crazes, I admit: I like pumpkin spiced foods. In my defense, I’m not talking about the PSL and all the other absurd pumpkin spiced items. Pumpkin…

Happy Fall–A Recipe for the Season

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest I have many nutrition clients with special dietary requirements. Many are vegetarian, some are vegan, others follow a gluten free diet. For this reason, Olivia and I have become good at naturally planning menus for…

Recipe: Polenta Bites with Roasted Tomatoes and Vegan Pesto

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest If you were at our potluck this past weekend, you were lucky enough to taste these yummy bites (amongst many other delicious things you all made!).  This is a great recipe to wind up…

Recipe: A Back to School Power Snack!

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Happy first day of school to Portland parents and kids!!!  We often get requests for healthy kid-friendly snacks that will keep the kiddos energized.  Many packaged snacks tend to be heavy on the processed…

More Peaches and a Recipe

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Last week, Olivia wrote about Nourish Northwest’s annual peach picking day. Third time’s a charm because we hit the season and the day just perfectly. Olivia treated her peaches sensibly with freezing, dehydrating,…

A Tradition in Peaches

  Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Some traditions just naturally come to be and for the ladies (and little guy) of Nourish Northwest, peach picking is now in it’s 3rd year as an annual tradition.  Each summer we have…

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…

Recipe: Raw Nectarine Tart

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Looking for an easy, impressive, delicious, and healthy dessert that you don’t even have to turn the oven on for?  Look no further for this is my new favorite summer dessert recipe.  Packed full…

Berries, berries, berries! (And some peaches, too!)

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Summer fruit is in full swing and we couldn’t be more excited here in the kitchen of Nourish Northwest.  This is a time when the fruit is so sweet and flavorful that you really don’t…

A Recipe for Summer’s Bounty–Part 2

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest This recipe is a combination of everything good about summer. Last summer, I wrote a recipe post on how to use up all that extra zucchini and summer squash. This time, I decided…

Recipe: Sweet Potato Hash

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Sweet potatoes are the common ground tuber of the diet world. They are loved by many, vilified by few. Even the Paleo people embrace them as their sweet-starchy fix. Nutritionally superior to the white…

Meal Preparation Technique: The Bowl

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-owner, Nourish Northwest One of the many things we do as Registered Dietitians is meal planning. So many of our clients come to us with the same barrier to healthy eating: not enough time.  At an initial nutrition…

Discovering New Foods: Sorghum

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Here at Nourish Northwest, we cook  A  LOT.  Whether we are doing a private cooking lesson with a client, testing recipes for cooking classes, or making our own lunches, it seems as though we…

A Winning Green Smoothie Recipe Just in Time for St. Patty’s Day

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest This year we are teaming up again with Lifewise Health Plan of Oregon to provide a delicious, healthy treat at the Shamrock Fitness Fair.  We will be at the Lifewise booth at the Convention…

Kitchen Cabinet Meals

Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Awhile back, I wrote a post on how to keep a well stocked kitchen pantry.  It’s funny how this is not always something we think of as important, but as soon as the warning…

Vegan Main: A Cooking Class Favorite

Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Dietitian at Nourish Northwest What do meat-lovers serve as a show-stopping main course? Prime rib? Rack of lamb? It can be difficult to create a plant-based main course that is beautiful, delicious and worthy of a dinner party. After…