By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College At last week’s Test Kitchen students gathered to bake delicious cinnamon raisin bread and enjoy multiple rounds of Bananagrams, a favorite anagram game among Test Kitchen goers. The recipe includes the option to make bread with butter or with vegetable oil, so we baked two loaves of each […]
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College At this week’s Test Kitchen we gathered to bake Roasted Root Vegetables with Rosemary, a perfect dish for anyone looking for a new side for Thanksgiving or the winter holiday meals. This is a simple and forgiving recipe that you can make additions to, or substitutions. This recipe […]
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College Baby carrots may be one of your staple grab-and-go snacks but for this fall recipe we put carrots to use in a new, creative way. We shredded bunches of large carrots in a food processor, producing several loaves of delicious carrot bread. The reviews were positive and carrot […]
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student – Sargent College At this week’s test kitchen we served up a nutritious, flavor-packed meal of lentils with roasted carrots and beets. Lentils have numerous health benefits: they are high in protein and fiber, low in fat, and full of minerals such as iron, copper, phosphorus, folate, and manganese. This […]
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student – Sargent College Students cried tears of joy while dicing onions to make lentil soup! The soup recipe, adapted from Sabrina Pashtan’s Saborina.com, accompanied by graduate student Jasper Zhao’s green tea from China created a comforting hot meal on a fall evening as our weather gets colder. Lentils do not […]
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student – Sargent College Despite their many health benefits, beans get a bad reputation – but what if you could receive the health benefits of beans at the same time as enjoying a delicious dessert? With Meal Makeover Mom’s Fudgy Black Bean Brownie and White Bean Blondie recipes, you can do […]
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College Students baked blueberry lemon yogurt cake and thoroughly enjoyed this tasty treat at Wednesday night’s test kitchen. After baking and taste testing, students recommended that this recipe should be called a bread rather than a cake. What makes this bread so healthy, compared to conventional pound cakes and […]
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College This Mexican quinoa salad recipe, which includes traditional ingredients such as corn, black beans, and avocado, was very popular among students at the test kitchen. One of the essential goals of SCTK is to create healthier alternatives of familiar favorite foods that students enjoy. This dish had the […]
By Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, Sargent College This vegan curry recipe was a comforting meal for a chilly evening, and pleased vegans and meat-eaters alike. The recipe was more similar to a stew; it could be served over brown rice, but students at the test kitchen ate it as a soup. It could be served […]
Written By: Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, SAR 16 This cauliflower rice recipe was a huge hit among students at SCTK, and a new favorite recipe for Karen! We created “fried rice” by using cauliflower made into small granules in a food processor as the base, replacing the rice. Recent trendy and innovative recipes have called […]