From Our Kitchen: Balsamic-Roasted Vegetable Farfalle
From Our Kitchen
This vegetable-packed pasta dish makes a great weeknight meal. Pair it with these Golden Romano Garlic Knots! Servings: 6 Ingredients: 9 ounces farfalle pasta 1 cup diced yellow squash 1 cup diced zucchini ½ diced red bell pepper ½ diced green bell pepper ¼ cup diced red onions ¼ cup diced onions ¾ cup drained, chopped canned artichoke hearts 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 3 peeled, minced fresh garlic cloves 1 ½ teaspoons dried basil ½ teaspoon dried oregano...
From Our Chefs: Livening Up Your Leftovers
From Our Chefs
During any school week, convenience is a key part of meal planning. One-pot and one-sheet meals, make-ahead freezable meals, and meals big enough for leftovers are your friends when you need to get dinner on the table between after-school activities, homework, and the bedtime routine. Balance efficiency and creativity with your weeknight food prep by finding different uses for a large piece of meat. The example we’re using is a 10-pound boneless chuck roast, but you can apply this...
From Our Dietitians: Immune-Supportive Recipes with Zinc
Nutrition
We know you may be changing your lifestyle to support your immune system. Although no single food or nutrient is the magic answer, incorporating certain nutrients into a well-balanced diet can help. We started with vitamin C, vitamin D, and beta-carotene, and zinc is up next. Zinc helps protect the body from infection by building a type of white blood cell, T lymphocyte. Zinc is also necessary for the body’s overall growth and development, recovery from wounds, and ability...
Fostering Community with Student-Submitted Recipes
SAGE Community
At SAGE, we embrace students of diverse cultural backgrounds and enjoy celebrating those cultures through food. Our Managers work with student groups to honor customs and traditions in the dining hall through authentic cuisine, and we encourage students and community members to submit their favorite recipes to be included in the menus. Kirby Jones, Senior Food Service Director at Principia School in St. Louis, knows the importance of including student-submitted recipes in his menus. He said there’s a large...
Forming a Positive Relationship With Food
Spotlight Program
Today’s world of constant media exposure bombards you with messaging about food, diets, and health. What you should or shouldn’t eat. The next diet fad you should follow. What you’re doing wrong for your health. These messages, and the actions people might take because of them, can lead to a negative relationship with food, poor body image, restrictive and/or binge eating, and other harmful habits. Helping community members form a positive relationship with food is at the cornerstone of...
All Foods Fit: Exploring All the Reasons We Eat
All Foods Fit
SAGE’s nutrition philosophy is All Foods Fit. This means that there are no “good” or “bad” foods because we eat many different foods for many different reasons. Food supports our physical, social, emotional, mental, and cultural well-being, which support our overall health. We want to honor and celebrate those reasons! Food keeps us nutritionally balanced, provides the opportunity to explore other cultures and flavors, and allows us to create long-lasting memories and enjoy the dining experience. Below, we’ve highlighted...
From Our Kitchen: Chickpea Salad with Feta
From Our Kitchen
This salad makes a great lunch or side dish. It’s packed with produce and can help you add more vegetable variety to your daily intake. If you’re vegetarian, chickpeas — also known as garbanzo beans — are one of the plant-based proteins you can eat to maintain a balanced diet. If you’re allergic to eggs, you can save the liquid from the canned chickpeas, called aquafaba, to make an allergen-free, vegan egg replacer. Servings: 6 Ingredients: 15-ounce can...
Celebrating Global New Year’s Traditions Where All Foods Fit
Nutrition, Holidays
As the year comes to a close and we prepare for a new year ahead, cultures around the world celebrate with a variety of dishes and traditions meant to bring prosperity, love, and luck. While the ingredients and rituals vary, each tradition reminds us that food is not only fuel, but also connection, excitement, and community. Every bite has a place at the table when it’s shared with meaning and joy. Let’s dive into a few traditions around the...
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