Recipe: Balsamic Black Pepper Mixed Berry Pie Filling
Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Last month I talked about making pie fillings ahead of time for my upcoming wedding. This method is a great way to preserve whatever is in season, when you are unable to eat it all…
Preserving the Seasons and A Recipe: Strawberry Basil Pie
Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Owner, Nourish Northwest I think I might be crazy because I have decided to make 25 pies for my own wedding, with the help of my amazing bridesmaids. The only way to help make this less stressful…
How to Can Tomato Sauce
Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest Let me start by saying I am no expert when it comes to canning. Many people have been doing this for decades as a means of budgeting and preserving the season’s bounty. There are…
A Mindful Meal
Post by Paula Jahn, Co-owner and Registered Dietitian at Nourish Northwest Summer is a time when most people really get out of their routines. What was a carefully planned dinner in the winter is now an impromptu happy hour with friends, food cart…
Recipe: Arugula Hazelnut Miso Pesto
Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest So, yes, this is the second recipe for pesto I have written in a month. The reason why is because I keep finding variations that I love and want to share. Traditionally, pesto is made from…
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…
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…
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…
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…
It’s time to Detox!!!!!
Post by Olivia Martino, Registered Dietitian and Co-Owner, Nourish Northwest It’s safe to say we are now officially in summer! Here at Nourish Northwest, I lead a seasonal cleanse, also known as a detox. I love developing the seasonal recipes but I have to say the…
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: 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…
Take Your Workout Outside!
Post by Olivia Martino and Paula Jahn, Registered Dietitians and Co-owners, Nourish Northwest Several years ago, while we were both living in Seattle, attending grad school we used to work out together at a gym at the very bottom of Capital Hill. If you…