Peanut Butter Lovers Month Recipe Roundup

Peanut butter is more than a sandwich spread. We’ve rounded up some of the most nutritious and delicious peanut butter recipes around the web. Show your peanut butter love this November! Now that you know November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month, we figured you’d want to get in the kitchen and put your jar(s) of peanut butter to good use….

Celebrate Peanut Butter Lovers Month

The holiday season is officially here, and along with Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas, we have another holiday to celebrate this November: National Peanut Butter Lovers Month This post was written by Nutritioulicious contributor Tiana Yom, MPH, CHES  Nuts are known as a great source of protein and antioxidants, and nut butter is too. According to the National Peanut Board, peanuts…

Blueberry Season and Menu Plan Monday: Week of November 10, 2014

Blueberry season may be over, but that doesn’t mean you can’t cook with these Little Blue Dynamos all year round! See how they inspired this week’s menu. As fall has set in for good and the weather is getting increasingly colder, our fruit choices have been mostly limited to oranges, grapefruits, apples, pears, and grapes (yes, it’s California Grape season, in…

Blog Brûlée Highlights: Setting Fire to Better Blogs

 Setting fire to better blogs with wine, cheese, s’mores, and amazing speakers and friends at Blog Brûlée. My attendance at Blog Brûlée was partially funded by the sponsors of the event. I was not compensated to write this post. A few weeks ago I shared my excitement over my impending trip to Vermont for the first annual Blog Brûlée and when I returned I gave you some…

Sunday Morning Fun & Menu Plan Monday: Week of November 3, 2014

Hope everyone had a happy, healthy, safe, and fun Halloween! My girls had a blast trick-or-treating with some of their little friends and collecting candy. Once they went to bed, mommy and daddy had our fill of what they collected 😉  Don’t worry, we saved them some! The rest of the weekend was treat-filled too with mini-muffins at brunch Saturday…

Celebrate the Benefits of Chocolate on National Chocolate Day

October 28th is…. National Chocolate Day Believe it or not, there is a day devoted to chocolate and today is that day. What better way to celebrate all things Nutritioulicious than with chocolate, which we know is delicious, and research is showing is nutritious and providing us with numerous health benefits! Research within the past 10 years has found that flavonoids…

Menu Plan Monday: Week of October 27, 2014

The past week has been a whirlwind as I attended the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (aka FNCE) in Atlanta and came home just in time to get cooking with moms from my girls’ nursery school for our annual parents’ cocktail party. While I’m still trying to catch up on what I missed while…

Get in the Game with School Lunch

Teach kids the importance of balancing what they eat with physical activity by celebrating this year’s National School Lunch Week theme “Get in the Game.”  Post was written by Tiana Yom, MPH, CHES Schools have been back in session for a couple of months now and everyone knows how important it is for kids to be properly fueled to make it…

Getting Dinner on the Table and Menu Plan Monday: Week of October 13, 2014

Every week I post my Menu Plan Monday with the hope that I’m inspiring your cooking and taking out some of the work of your meal planning. Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, personal chef, student, man, or woman, getting dinner on the table is no easy feat and everyone can use a hand or two to get it done. So when this weekend’s…

Roasted Butternut Squash & Brussels Sprout Pasta with Lemon-Sage Ricotta

Roasted butternut squash and brussels sprouts tossed with creamy lemon-sage ricotta and a hint of maple syrup make this pasta dish nutritious and delicious, perfect for a cool fall night. October is…. National Pasta Month! Pin the Recipe {Disclosure: By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by the National Pasta Association and am eligible to win…

All About Ancient Grains + Jalapeño Cheddar Crusted Salmon {Gluten Free Recipe}

Ancient grains may be old school, but with the rise in gluten sensitivity and allergies, boy have they made a comeback! And with these ancient grains come protein, fiber, and a whole host of long-term health benefits.  Disclosure: I was sent free product samples and compensated for my time to participate in a webinar sponsored by Udi’s Healthy Foods, LLC. The…