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 […]
Written By: Alaina Coffey, Senior Dietetics Student, SAR 15 Chocolate lovers at the Test Kitchen were very excited about this recipe. Sargent Choice is all about taking typical dishes and flavors that students already like, and utilizing them to create more nutritious, wholesome alternatives of familiar foods. Students enjoyed this creative and original take on […]
Caroline Patrick, Graduate Nutrition Student Good ol’ fashioned oats are always on a shelf in my pantry—right next to thepeanut butter. Oats and peanut butter are a classic combination that I never tire of, throw in a banana and I’m done for. At Wednesday’s Test Kitchen, we mixed things up and made breakfast as a […]
By Caroline Patrick, Graduate Nutrition Student We heralded in the Chinese New Year last week with a cross-cultural inspired feast. Indian koftas, sugar cookies, spicy rice noodles, and dumplings were all in abundance. We settled in, drinking tea and munching on Karen’s adorable and delicious whale-shaped sugar cookies, and learned about the traditions of the […]
By Caroline Booth, Graduate Nutrition Student Last night’s Test Kitchen was a wonder. Karen Jacobs generously held her open ours in spite of BU’s closure for an amazing night of bones and food. Dr. Jonathan Bethard, a BU professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology gave us an enthralling talk about his career and […]
By Caroline Patrick, Graduate Nutrition Student October exams stressing you out? No need! I’ve got the remedy. Put on Jack Johnson’s “Banana Pancakes” and take his advice: pretend it’s the weekend and start flipping pancakes. Sargent Choice has got you covered with worry-free banana pancakes that take a hearty twist on the classic. Instead of […]