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Best of the Food Apps: Honest Label

August 12, 2011 at 10:34 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College This week on Best of the Food Apps we review “Honest Label” Honest Label allows you to scan bar codes on packaged food. The app then provides information on the amount of carbs, protein, and fat as well as breakdown of the ingredients, vitamins/minerals and basic nutrition facts […]

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Best of the Food Apps: GoMeals

August 5, 2011 at 9:58 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College This week on Best of the Food Apps we discuss “Go Meals”. Although not on the original food app list, one of our dietitians Laura Judd recommended it. Go Meals lets you keep track of your food intake in a 30 day log. You can search various foods […]

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Best of the Food Apps: Seafood Watch

July 22, 2011 at 10:33 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Seafood Watch is a must-have app for anyone who eats seafood! Produced by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Seafood Watch is an extremely informative guide to sustainable seafood. You can enter the name of any type of seafood or sushi in the search bar and it will tell you […]

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Best of the Food Apps: True Food

July 15, 2011 at 8:24 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College This Friday on Best of the Food Apps we review “True Food”. The True Food Network is the action network portion of the Center for Food Safety. They have various campaigns to stop factory farming and the production of genetically modified foods. This is where the app comes […]

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Best of the Food Apps: Fooducate

July 8, 2011 at 9:09 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Friday this summer we will be posting about a new food app that we’ve tried. There are tons of food apps out there, and our goal is to arm you with the “Best of the Food Apps”! Having a smart phone has many benefits. Being able to […]

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Where Barbecue Meets Snow: Sargent Choice Test Kitchen Smoky Corn and Black Bean Pizza

February 21, 2011 at 12:41 pm

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College With all this depressing cold weather I was in search of something to remind me of why I hadn’t gone to school in California. January 26th’s Sargent Choice test kitchen was just the reminder I needed. Karen Jacobs once again generously opened the doors of her apartment to […]

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Tackling Quinoa and Risotto with One Recipe: Sargent Choice Test Kitchen

December 8, 2010 at 11:51 am

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Going to the Sargent Choice Test Kitchen in Prof. Jacob’s apartment is my favorite way to spend a Wednesday night, and Wednesday, November 17th, Quinoa Risotto with Arugula and Parmesan was on the menu. People have pre-conceived ideas about both quinoa and risotto, assuming that both are difficult […]

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