Taste & Thrive

08/23/2025

One of our newest recipes just published by the Anticancer Lifestyle program. Also superb with a touch of dark chocolate chips😉

Creamy Greek yogurt forms the protein-rich base of this Frozen Yogurt Bark, while chia seeds add fiber, plant-based omega-3s, and antioxidants that may help reduce inflammation linked to cancer risk. Sweet-tart raspberries provide vitamin C, manganese, and polyphenols that support cellular health, a...

08/19/2025

🚨 Happening Today! 🚨
Our free Stress & Metabolism Q&A Call is happening at 1 pm.
If stress has been leaving your body in “survival mode,” this open Q&A session is for you. You’ll learn how to support your metabolism without restriction or burnout.
📅 August 19 | 🕒 1 pm ET
👉 There’s still time to join us: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V13TvXZrT4u03mAt5PAdHA

08/16/2025

Everything is happening all at once: back to back publications! Check out this freshly published article on culinary medicine education & the current food and public health climate in Today's Dietitian magazine🙌🥬👩‍🍳

https://www.todaysdietitian.com/issues/2025/augustseptember/ #49

Co- authored by Melanya Kushla, MS, RD, CHES and Christina Badaracco, MPH, RDN, LDN

For more info on how to start or scale your culinary medicine practice, join one of our free INFUSE CoP calls (and earn CEUs!) --> https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3IwFQHkDTH2-UDsei9f1Lw #/registration

08/14/2025

📚 It’s officially in print - and I just got my copy! Over the past year, I had the opportunity to serve as one of two primary revision authors for the newest edition of the National Restaurant Association' Nutrition textbook.

I immensely enjoyed this opportunity to update the content to reflect current research and provide real-world context and considerations the intersection of foodservice and public health—including two areas I’ve devoted much of my career to: food security and teaching kitchens. 🌱👩‍🍳

Now, future foodservice and culinary professionals will gain exposure to the prevalence of food insecurity within our communities, as well as an introduction of teaching kitchens as a viable career path!

If you're seeking an author or consultant on culinary medicine, public health, nutrition, or health education, I'd love to chat. Click on my link in bio and drop me a note

08/12/2025

Hey there! Join me for an open nutrition Q&A session this afternoon 🍓💚

🕒 Time: 1pm ET
📍 Location: Zoom → https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V13TvXZrT4u03mAt5PAdHA

This is a relaxed, supportive space—so come as you are. Grab a coffee, tea, or other hydrating beverage and come hang out with me!

08/11/2025

Kicking off TOMORROW! Get clarity on your next steps, remove confusion, and tackle whatever is standing between you and the healthy, fulfilling life you deserve.

- Ask your nutrition and wellness questions in real time from an expert in the field (and a fellow human being)
- Get practical, actionable answers on the spot
- Join open, judgment-free discussions
- Even experience a little live coaching

🕒 Time: 1pm ET/11am
📍 Location: Zoom → https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V13TvXZrT4u03mAt5PAdHA

This is a relaxed, supportive space—so come as you are. Grab a coffee, tea, or other hydrating beverage and come hang out with me!

08/09/2025

Got nutrition questions? Let’s chat.
Confused by all the conflicting advice out there?
You’re not alone — and you don’t have to figure it out all by yourself.

Join me for a live Nutrition Q&A >>> a free, open session where we’ll talk food, healing, and how to feel like yourself again.

🧠 Real answers.
💬 Real conversation.
💚 Real support.

📆 Tuesdays Aug 12, Aug 19, Aug 26 & Sept 2| 🕓 1pm ET/11am PT
👉 RSVP now: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V13TvXZrT4u03mAt5PAdHA

08/07/2025

Tired of going down the nutrition/diet rabbit hole on the internet? Seeing mixed messages and nutrition advice in your feed?

Come join one of my free, live Nutrition Q&A sessions this month → Ask your questions, problems, queries & conundrums. And I'll give you my honest take on it.

Here are some common ones I get all the time from my clients:
“Are eggs good or bad?”
“I have no energy and feel so drained all the time, what can I do to reduce my cortisol?"
“How do I prevent muscle loss while on a zepbound/wegovy/semiglutide?”
“I eat well and exercise but my XYZ is still a problem. Is there something I am missing?”

Nutrition, wellness, healing — let’s make sense of it all together. You don’t have to figure it out alone.

📆 Tuesdays Aug 12, Aug 19, Aug 26, & Sept 2 🕓 1pm ET/11am PT
🎟️ Save your spot: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V13TvXZrT4u03mAt5PAdHA

08/04/2025

Curious about intuitive eating, making healthy foods taste good, or how to support your health without dieting or giving up everything you love?

Maybe you just have a nutrition question you still haven’t found a clear answer to?

I’m hosting a free 4-part live Q&A series where you can ask your questions, get real, judgment-free answers, and explore a different approach to nutrition and wellness — one that actually meets you where you are and honors your whole self.

💬 No pressure. No rules. Just real talk about food, health, and what it means to feel better in your body.

There’s a lot of noise out there, and not everything on the internet is legit (shocking, I know 🙃). So let’s cut through the bs and just talk.

If you're:
🌱 Just getting started on your health/wellness journey
💪 Working toward a healthier, more confident version of yourself
🤔 Or simply want to be a fly on the wall and hang out with me

…this space is for you.

👉 Come as you are. Bring your questions. Let’s chat.

📅Tuesdays Aug 12, Aug 19, Aug 26 & Sept 2
🎟️ Grab your spot here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/V13TvXZrT4u03mAt5PAdHA

05/22/2025

Our first local event is in the books! What a fun night and a great turn out for the pasta making workshop.

Big thank you to Femme Community Space for hosting us in their lovely venue and supporting the event. Looking forward to offering more culinary nutrition workshops throughout the year!

05/10/2025

Got some giant fresh rhubarb from farm. It doesn't get more farm to table than this!

I'm already planning some strawberry rhubarb tarts, including a specialty breakfast rhubarb tart for - follow to catch the recipe release later this month!

02/03/2025

Food doesn't have to be elaborate to still be pretty. Simplicity has its own charm. Take, for example the humble egg wrap below.

There are easy ways to make food look good without much effort - a quick and easy one is the use of multiple colors.

Why does it matter what our food looks like if it's all going to the same place, you ask? Because eating involves all of our senses- and we eat with our eyes first!

How a food looks and smells is often the first stimulation of our appetite and determines if we actually want to eat what's in front of us or not. One of the secrets to enjoying nutritious foods, is to lean in to the sensory qualities that you enjoy- one of which, could be visual appeal.

Featured in the picture: A pinch of shredded cheese atop a fried egg, layered over two roasted plum tomatoes, sliced avocado, and a smear of savory cashew cream - all on a whole week wrap. This took me all of 5 minutes to make- I assembled the wrap while the egg was cooking and nearly all of the ingredients were leftovers from other things I made this week ✨👩‍🍳

What are some simple foods or dishes that you enjoy and find visually pleasing?