Healthy Recipes and Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle from Dietician and Nutritional Expert Susan Greeley

Garden Ratatouille

Summertime is the best and easiest time to get fresh vegetables in your diet. Skip high-fat eggplant parmesan and go for this instead. You can make this all summer with local eggplant and zucchini and rosemary out of your own garden if you have it! Garden Ratatouille Recipe by Susan Greeley, MS, RD 1 medium eggplant, sliced 3 Tbsp. olive oil 2 zucchini (summer squash), cut in small chunks 1 large red onion, sliced 1 (28-oz) can low-sodium crushed (or diced) tomatoes 2 large sprigs fresh rosemary 1 tsp. salt Pepper to taste Fresh Parmesan cheese Place sliced eggplant in a colander and sprinkle with salt. Allow to sit about 10 ...

Spicy Quinoa, Black Bean & Mushroom Soup

How cool is it to have SIX of my "Top 10 Foods to Eat in 2011" all in one delicious recipe?! This soup is quick and easy to make, and it tastes even better after the flavors go through. Make it to have for lunch or dinner and ward off winter weight gain. This recipe is vegan, but to spice it up even more and appeal to the carnivore in you, add a spicy sausage or two. I used dried mushrooms in making it (Costco has a great big container of all my favorite ones), but for the recipe I'm ...

Pumpkin Oat & Cranberry Scones

If you like to get your hands "dirty" in the kitchen, here's a fun & easy recipe for some seasonal scones. Instead of frosting them, I typically smear on a little real butter and some of Trader Joe's pumpkin butter. -- If you're lucky enough to live near a "TJ's", go get some of this delicious spread. If not, these scones are great as is with your morning coffee or for an afternoon tea. Merry Christmas season! Pumpkin-Oat-Cranberry Scones by Susan Greeley, MS, RD 3 cups whole wheat pastry flour 2 1/2 cups rolled oats 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 cup organic ...