RECIPE FOR HEALTH - FEBRUARY

By Peggy Crum, RD, Health4U Nutritionist

RECIPE FOR HEALTH - JANUARY

By Peggy Crum, RD, Health4U Nutritionist

Eating beans on New Year’s Day is a time-honored way in many cultures to bring prosperity to your family. You may be familiar with hoppin’ john, a dish made with black-eyed peas, traditional New Year’s fare in the southern U.S. But did you know that lentils bring in the New Year in Germany, Italy and Brazil and black beans in Japan?

Presidential Chicken

One of the most beloved MSU recipes has to be Presential Chicken. We get requests all the time for a copy of the recipe, so I thought I'd share it with all of you. Enjoy!

Presidential Chicken

Serves 6

1 T. olive oil

1 pound boneless skinless chicken tenders or chicken breasts

5 oz. cream cheese, softened

2 T. sour cream

2 T. green onion, sliced thin

½ t. garlic salt or kosher salt

¼ t. black pepper

6 puff pastry squares

1 egg

1 t. water

Sauce:

1 T. butter

Spartan Eats, Smokestack Coleslaw

One afternoon I met MSU Alumni Association Director, Scott Westerman for lunch at The Gallery. We started talking about cooking shows and how cool it would be if our departments collaborated to produce a show.

Recipe for Health - November

By Peggy Crum, RD, Health4U Nutritionist

Michigan has two turnip seasons. Thanks to cool temperatures in the spring and fall, turnips thrive twice a year. Spring is ideal for turnip greens and early tender turnips but warm temperatures can threaten the turnip bulb making the texture woody and the flavor harsh. The fall crop, often larger and better quality, provides plenty of turnips to store for winter use.

World's Longest Line of Tacos

Thanks to everyone who made the World's Longest Line of Tacos a success! I'd especially like to thank two students in The School of Hospitality Business, Nate Redner and Luke Magnini. Nate and Luke came up with the idea and I am so glad that we were able to make their idea a reality. As an alumn of The School of Hospitality Business, it meant a lot to me to see how excited they were to pull off the event.

Recipe for Health - October

By Peggy Crum, RD, Health4U Nutritionist

Inexplicably, chard is called Swiss chard in the U.S. Since chard is native to the Mediterranean region, not Switzerland, I asked around, “Why is chard called Swiss chard?” Two main themes emerged—because its leaves have holes like Swiss cheese (they sometimes do); and to add a touch of elegance to a name that, in the English language, reminds one of burnt food (charred).

Recipe for Health - September

By Peggy Crum, RD, Health4U Nutritionist

Whether you call them muskmelons or cantaloupes, these orange-fleshed melons roll out in August and peak in September. Although both names are used in the U.S. for the same fruit, we don’t see many true cantaloupes here. Cantaloupes, named for the small town of Cantalupo, Italy, are hard-shelled melons with a smooth, segmented surface mostly grown in Mediterranean countries. Melons with deeply-netted, soft rinds found everywhere in the U.S. are actually muskmelons.

Welcome back!

Welcome back to another great year at MSU! This is one of my favorite times of year - football, our welcome cookout, the busyness of it all - nothing beats an MSU Welcome Week! I'm really looking forward to getting into the swing of things, as we have some great stuff planned.

We start out with the Fall Welcome Cookout on Munn Field. Last year we served approximately 10,800 students and this year we are forecasting 12,500! Come out and enjoy some burgers, dogs and chicken sandwiches (there's veggie fare, too!) with local produce and desserts from the MSU Bakers.

August Recipe for Health: Blackberries

Peggy Crum is the nutritionist for Health4U in the University Physician’s Office at Michigan State University. She is responsible for the food and nutrition component of MSU’s health promotion program. Throughout her career, knowledge and information about what to eat have changed and evolved. Three key principles have remained steady—variety, moderation and balance. Peggy’s focus is to help individuals discover how to eat what is right for them.

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RECIPE FOR HEALTH - FEBRUARY

RECIPE FOR HEALTH - JANUARY

Presidential Chicken

Spartan Eats, Smokestack Coleslaw

Recipe for Health - November

World's Longest Line of Tacos

Recipe for Health - October

Recipe for Health - September

Welcome back!

August Recipe for Health: Blackberries