Update Your Plate
The Update Your Plate Series is designed to help you visualize an easy way to put together nutritious, balanced meals. In these posts, I start with meals that are “unbalanced”–meaning, they are missing a component or two. With a few changes, I transform the meals into nutritious powerhouses.
Check out the posts below and learn how to transform your smoothies, pizzas, salads, mixed dishes, and more into delicious meals that will work for you.
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Black Bean Power Bowl with Roasted Beets and Quinoa
Here’s a problem for you, my dear reader. The definition of Power is the rate at which Work is done–to wit, P = W/t (thank you, physics degree!) Work is measured by the displacement of an object by a Force (no, not THAT Force. People.) For example, you might pull the leash of an excitable…
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Crispy Roast Duck with Wild Blueberry Sauce and Blueberry Hazelnut Quinoa
By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by the Wild Blueberry Association of North America and am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was not compensated for my time. When I was in my oatmeal phase, I ate frozen blueberries with my breakfast every morning. Each steaming hot…
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Update Your Plate, Part 9: The Veggie Stagnation Edition
This post is a continuation of the Update Your Plate series, where I demonstrate how to use MyPlate to plan your meals. Read the story behind Update Your Plate here. The hyper-observant may remember a passing reference in this post to a series of morning radio segments I’ve been doing. If so, wow. I’m impressed….
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Update Your Plate, Part 8: The Tortillas & Wraps Edition
This post is a continuation of the Update Your Plate series, where I demonstrate how to use MyPlate to plan your meals. Read the story behind Update Your Plate here. (Before I begin, I just want to say thank you for your kind words on my last post! It wasn’t easy to write, and I…
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Update Your Plate, Part 7: The Combo Plate Edition
This post is a continuation of the Update Your Plate series, where I demonstrate how to use MyPlate to plan your meals. Read the story behind Update Your Plate here. Ever since I decreased my posts from six times per week to three times per week, I’ve skipped THIH’s weekly Monday Munchies (the series where…
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Update Your Plate, Part 6: The Pizza Edition
Remember this? Well, this is what our homegrown passionfruit looks like now: Empty as a fridge on grocery shopping day. I admit, my disappointment grew faster than Maddie eating a bag of stolen almonds when I saw this shriveled up passionfruit. I was looking forward to the sweet/tart flavor of a fresh-picked passionfruit sometime this…
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Update Your Plate, Part 5: The Simple Combo Plate
This post is a continuation of the Update Your Plate series, where I demonstrate how to use MyPlate to plan your meals. Read the story behind Update Your Plate here. This week, I introduce combination dishes. My plan is to eventually illustrate some really complicated dishes, like casseroles or stews with a million-and-a-half ingredients. ……
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Update Your Plate, Part 4: The Smoothie Edition
This post is a continuation of the Update Your Plate series, where I demonstrate how to use MyPlate to plan your meals. Read the story behind Update Your Plate here. This week’s UYP comes on the heels of the last one, which featured an egg ‘n’ fruit breakfast. Today: smoothies. How could you possibly lay…
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Update Your Plate, Part 3: The Scrambled Eggs Edition
A continuation of the Update Your Plate series demonstrating how I balance my meals using a technique similar to MyPlate. Today, I thought I’d show you something a little different: breakfast! Lately I’ve been on a smoothie kick for breakfast, but last week, I was cravin’ eggs something bad. One reason I love eating eggs…
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Update Your Plate, Part 2: The Salad Edition
It’s time for another edition of … Update Your Plate! *cue The Final Countdown* Last week, I introduced MyPlate, USDA’s newest healthy eating guide. I’ve been using a system similar to MyPlate for several years to help me balance my meals and to ensure I’m getting enough vegetables, protein, etc. to keep me nourished. The…
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Update Your Plate, Part 1: The Salmon Salad Edition
By now, many of you have heard of MyPlate, the USDA‘s newest healthy eating guide. For the first time in nearly 20 years, this food guide is not in the shape of a pyramid (for a fascinating look at the evolution of the USDA’s food guides, check out this link). I completed my dietetic internship…
