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Greetings!
I was thrilled and honored to be a speaker at the Dr. Oz headlined Food For Your Whole Life conference at New York City's Grand Hyatt hotel
on June 6th-7th. Over the two days, I was able to meet and spend some time with Mollie Katzen,
the highly acclaimed, world famous cookbook author. We started our
"friendship" on Twitter several months ago. To find out that such a well-known woman would be as nice as any next door neighbor was refreshing.
We quickly bonded and I hope that was just the beginning of a long and
beautiful friendship! I also met Karen Collins, a fellow RD and
spokesperson for the American Institute for Cancer Research; what a
smart, kind woman. I was thrilled to be on the panel with this accomplished RD! I met Dr. Oz briefly-- no surprise
he was SO in demand and didn't stay long (you know how very busy that
man is!). It was also
great to chat a bit with Cornell's Dr. Brian Wansink, Yale's Dr. David
Katz, Dr. Roger Clemens from USC, Dr. Michael Roizen, from the Cleveland
Clinic Wellness Institute, and Dr. John Sabate from Loma Linda
University. The wonderful fitness expert Petra Kolber provided
a refreshing stress/decompression session just prior to my talk. And my
dear friend, registered dietitian and ADA spokesperson Keri Gans,
introduced me before I presented on
the topic of Teen
Nutrition Needs. You can check out an excerpt from the beautiful recap of my presentation
by the lovely Janel Ovrut, RD below, and read the full recap on her blog. - Elisa |
An Excerpt from the Food for Your Whole Life Recap by Janel Ovrut, RD:
I was excited to cover Elisa Zied's
talk on Teenage Years: Coming of Age. I look up to Elisa as a
dietitian and admire her work as an author and consultant. We had only
"met" in the past few months over Twitter and email, so I was excited to
meet her in person at FFYWL and find she is just as sweet in person as I
expected. Elisa's talk really intrigued me because the population she
discussed, teenagers, are at such a pivotal age when it comes to
nutrition.
Read the rest of the recap at Janel's blog. |
Me and the rest of the panel at the
Food for Your Whole Life Conference!
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Recipe: Caramelized Onion Chicken
Speaking of food for your
whole life, this recipe packs in many delicious foods and ingredients
such as onion--loaded with quercetin, a powerful antioxidant, as well as
allyl sulfides that may have anti-cancer properties, and ginger--also
loaded with potent antioxidants with funny names (gingerols, shogaols,
and zingerones). With few ingredients, this recipe is perfect to make
and enjoy as a family.
4 servings/ serving size: 3-4 ounces
preparation
time: 15 minutes cook time: about 17 minutes ˝
cup no sugar added red raspberry jam
1 ˝ tsp peeled grated fresh
ginger
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce
1
1/2 Tbsp canola oil, divided
1 medium onion, halved and sliced
1
pound boneless, skinless, halved chicken breasts
3/4 tsp Kosher salt
freshly
ground black pepper to taste
1. In a small bowl, combine
the raspberry jam, ginger, soy sauce, and red
wine vinegar, set
aside. Sprinkle with chicken with the salt and pepper.
2.
Heat 1 Tbsp of oil in a large skillet. Sear the chicken on medium high
heat for about 5 minutes per side, until golden brown. Remove the
chicken from the pan and set aside.
3. Heat the
remaining oil in the skillet. Sauté the onion for about 4-5 minutes
until browned minutes. Add the raspberry sauce and simmer for 1-2
minutes. Add back the chicken breasts and any accumulated juices and
cook for 2 more minutes. Serve with steamed broccoli and potato wedges.
Nutritional
Analysis Calories: 209, Protein: 21 g, Fat: 7.5 g, Saturated fat: 1 g, Fiber: 0.5 g, Na: 615 mg, Sugar: 9.5 g
Source: The upcoming
book Comfort Foods: Foods to Fill You Up, But Not Out (ADA,
2011) by Robyn Webb, Food Editor, Diabetes Forecast Magazine, author 13
cookbooks, culinary instructor. www.robynwebb.com
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 Check out Galtime.com for some nutrition tips and tricks that will get you thinking about the Question of the Week!
And check out my column on MSNBC.com, Chew on This for more great nutrition tips and tricks!
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