Tagged: Kelli Swensen

Best of the Foodweb: Food52

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Wednesday this semester we will be posting about a new blog or cooking website that we love! The internet is filled with food websites, and our goal is to arm you with the “Best of the Food Web”! With a tag-line of “We created Food52 to bring […]

Video: Eating Healthy on a College Budget

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Watch this video on YouTube A few weeks ago, BU Today featured our very own Stacey Zawacki, director of the Sargent Choice Nutrition Center, in a great video featuring tips on navigating the produce aisle and lean protein options. With the weather getting colder and motivation to go […]

CSA: Visually Appealing

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Image Source When walking through the grocery store, you are bombarded with choices. For most aisles, we make a decisions based on brand preferences – are you a Skippy or Jiffy peanut butter fan? But what about the produce aisle? You don’t just go up to the stack […]

Best of the Food Web: Beyond the Plate

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Wednesday this semester we will be posting about a new blog or cooking website that we love! The internet is filled with food websites, and our goal is to arm you with the “Best of the Food Web”! If you love stunning pictures you have to check […]

Fat Talk Free Week

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Fat Talk Free Week Video — Be sure to check out this video! “She’s too fat to be wearing that swim suit” “You look so pretty and skinny” “I hate how these shorts make my thighs look fat” We’ve all heard, and probably have said, comments similar to […]

CSA Week 18: Subbing in for Pumpkin

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Although pumpkin usually gets special treatment, it is actually part of the larger winter squash family. Besides being comforting, winter squash varieties offer many nutrients that make them excellent additions to any fall menu. Usually a shade of orange or yellow, the flesh of winter squash is rich […]

Best of the Food Web: Sweet Beet

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Every Wednesday this semester we will be posting about a new blog or cooking website that we love! The internet is filled with food websites, and our goal is to arm you with the “Best of the Food Web”! “At its core, eating well is an act of […]

Dining Hall Takeover: The Results

I hope everyone who attended Sargent Choice Night had a delicious experience! Personally, I couldn’t get enough of the Tomato and Sweet Potato Soup! So how did the night go? You told us! You all had a lot to say (which made us VERY happy!) We also have some photographic evidence of the night (these […]

CSA Week 17: Snack-Time’s Favorite Whole Grain

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Although I’m excited to start baking with pumpkin and enjoying more hot beverages, October marks the last month of CSA boxes. I hope you all have enjoyed the CSA posts and have discovered new fruits and vegetables and ways to prepare them that you love! In this week’s […]

It’s Always the Season for Southwestern Flavors

In the final week of summer when most students were fitting in their last beach days and home cooked meals, FYSOP freshman and staff were already back on campus, doing community service throughout the Boston area. Sargent Choice Nutrition Center RD Laura Judd went and talked to the Hunger Team, bringing a delicious southwestern salad […]