Zucchini Noodle Lasagna and Other Ways To Use Up Your Summer Squash Surplus
Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Owner, Nourish Northwest Is anyone sick of zucchini yet? Summer has just begun but if you are growing summer squash, you are probably already drowning in it! You can only make so much zucchini bread and fritters,…
I Tried Nourish NW’s 12-Day Cleanse and Here’s What Happened
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner, Registered Dietitian & Cooking Class Instructor at Nourish Northwest As a dietitian and a general balanced, healthy eater, sometimes I need to hit reset on my eating habits. After what seems like a longer than normal winter, that feeling has…
Recipe: Easy Curry Sauce
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner, Registered Dietitian & Cooking Class Instructor at Nourish Northwest Clients often ask for quick weeknight meals that can be prepared with kitchen staples. Bonus points for healthy and budget-friendly meals. I have just the recipe. If you have an onion…
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: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…
Roasted Cauliflower in Tahini Sauce
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Where were roasted vegetables when I was growing up? I feel like they were just invented in the last ten years. My mom, who did a good job of almost always putting a…
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!),…
Storage Tips for Produce
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Farmer’s market season is here and good things are happening in backyard gardens. I see stray ripe strawberries in sidewalk garden boxes and know that we are about to emerge from our Pacific…
Sweet Treat Recipe Roundup
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Sugar has been on my mind lately. It has also been a hot topic in the media and the subject of scientific scrutiny in the last couple years. Today, we presented our…
Recipe: Stuffed Chard Rolls
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Dietitian at Nourish Northwest This is the time of year when I start to get local produce fatigue. Spring is technically here, but we will not see the results from the farms for weeks or months to come….
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…
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,…
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…
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…