Nutritional Information

Joy O'Donnell is our volunteer who brings us nutrition nuggets each month. Watch our e-newsletter and website to find her articles with tips, facts and suggestions for leading a healthier life.

We send out grateful thanks out to Kara Sommerfeld, our volunteer who shared nutrition nuggets through December 2021.

Here are Kara's articles from the last six months of 2021:
It's Too Hot to Cook! - July 2021
Nuts about Nuts - August 2021
Convenience Meals - September 2021
Keeping Active in Colder Months - October 2021
Vitamin D - The Sunshine Vitamin - November 2021
Kitchen Stocking Stuffers - December 2021

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Latest Nutritional Nuggets

Food Waste by Joy O'Donnell, RD, LD

Issue Date:

August 2022

Food waste is leftovers that don’t get eaten, produce that goes bad before it is purchased at the
store, food thrown out because it is past an expiration date, spoiled food in your own fridge or food that
spoils while being transported from where it was made to where it will be sold.

Read more about Food Waste by Joy O'Donnell, RD, LD

Be Complex by Joy O’Donnell, RD, LD

Issue Date:

July 2022

Simple or complex. Refined or whole. Processed or natural. These words are all associated with the carbohydrates we eat. What is the difference? Why does it matter?

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The Back of the Box by Joy O’Donnell, RD, LD

Issue Date:

June 2022

How do you read the back of the box to find nutrition facts?

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The Best Vegetable Dip by Joy O’Donnell, RD, LD

Issue Date:

May 2022

My daughters provide plenty of inspiration for nutrition topics, as you have seen over the course of the past few months in these nutrition nuggets. Last week, my 10-year-old daughter decided that she was going to try to follow a vegetarian diet for a week.

Read more about The Best Vegetable Dip by Joy O’Donnell, RD, LD

A New Experience with Eggs by Joy O’Donnell, RD, LD

Issue Date:

April 2022

This week my 10-year-old daughter and I made a new recipe together for our family dinner. The recipe involved making hard-boiled eggs and this was the first time my daughter had the experience of making eggs this way (she has been making scrambled eggs and fried eggs on her own for breakfast for many years).