Tagged: Sargent Choice Nutrition Center

Berry Mango Smoothie Recipe

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College With school starting up (and having all 8am classes), coming up with a list of go-to quick breakfasts is a great idea! For those days when it’s still warm outside or you really just want a fast, refreshing breakfast, we here at the Sargent Choice Nutrition Center have […]

CSA Week 10: Easy Side Dishes

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Already week 10 of the CSA boxes and this week’s box was loaded with fresh vegetables with endless possibilities for recipes! It contained: 1 Melon 1 head of Lettuce 1 bunch of Cilantro 2lbs of Tomatoes 2lbs of Potatoes 1 Eggplant 4 Pickling Cucumbers 1.5lbs Summer Squash 1lb […]

Best of the Food Apps: Good Food Near You

By Allison Mars, Dietetics Student, Sargent College This week on Best of the Food Apps we discuss “Good Food Near You” an app that lets you find healthy food down the street. Upon opening Good Food Near You, you can select to have the app find your location via GPS or you can enter in […]

Purple Power Smoothie Recipe

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Last week we made mouths water with our Purple Power Smoothie post. Unfortunately for your taste buds, we were mean and didn’t give you the recipe. Since there are only two more weeks until move-in, we wanted to give you the recipe to this delicious (and sneaky) smoothie […]

Sargent Choice Cooking: Herb-Crusted Cod with Cracked Wheat Berry Salad

By: Stephanie Horton, Dietetic Intern, Nutrition and Fitness Center Video by: Alan Wong It only takes 3 minutes and 56 seconds to stay healthy when you’re in a hurry. “How?” you may ask. Simply by watching Executive Chef Walter Dunphy in the Sargent Choice kitchen cook a delicious herb-crusted cod with cracked wheat berry salad. […]

Berry-Mango Smoothie Goodness

By Ashley Packer, Dietetic Intern, Sargent Choice Nutrition Center As you may have seen in our previous blog post for the Purple Power Smoothie, Sargent Choice has been coming up with some new smoothie recipes for BU’s Late Night Café. Our Purple Power smoothie showed great promise when we tested it at the freshmen orientation […]

CSA Week 9: Art of Roasting Vegetables

By Kelli Swensen, Dietetics Student, Sargent College Here we are in August, another week come and gone and the school year only weeks away. Although it may seem like summer is nearly over, this week’s CSA box is full of beautiful produce that will keep your meals tasting fresh and summery! What’s in the box? […]

Best of the Food Apps: Honest Label

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 […]

Best of the Food Web: Student Savor

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”! There are so many great food blogs out there. […]

CSA Week 8: Getting In On It

By June Duan, Sargent Student, Sargent College This week’s CSA included eggplants, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, cubanelle peppers, sweet corn, and basil. Cubanelle peppers: also known as Italian sweets or banana peppers, cubanelle peppers have a sweet flavor and are usually stuffed or used in salads and casseroles. Try slicing them up and putting them […]