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The RU Healthy Dining Team is a joint program between Rutgers University Dining Services and the New

12/11/2025

Today is MCURC day, and we invite you to celebrate with these delicious dishes that nourish both you and the planet 🌍. Read below where you can find each of these dishes:
🌱Mushroom Bulgogi Bowl
-LDC lunch & dinner
-Neilson dinner
🌱Korean Bulgogi Bowl
-Busch dinner
🌱Plant-based Kkanpoong
-Atrium lunch & dinner

25/03/2025

Chef or Chopped? Find out which you are in our Scarlet Chef competition! Our first competition will take place next week on Thursday 4/2 at Neilson Dining Hall. Use ingredients from the dining area to create a dish in 20 minutes or less, face our panel of judges, and win prizes from 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place. Let’s see you what you bring to the plate 🍽️👩‍🍳

27/02/2025

Are your meals stuck in a flavor rut? HDT is here to help you build confidence in your every bite. Follow these tips to expand your palate in the dining hall, and pick up this week’s newsletter “Palate Passport” for more details. ✈️🥑🙌🏼

14/08/2024

Attending this year’s involvement fair? Swing by our table to learn more about the Healthy Dining Team, Rutgers Dining and how to eat healthier on campus! We can’t wait to meet you📚🤗

03/05/2024

Last week, HDT had the awesome opportunity to present our research and watch our director, Dr.Peggy Policastro’s insightful presentation at the New Jersey Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (NJAND) 91st Annual Meeting. We had an amazing time and are looking forward to more doing more research next year throughout the dining facilities and more!🔬🥗

29/04/2024

It’s that time of the semester again, finals week! RU starting to get stressed out because of all of your exams? If you are, it’s important to not lose sight of your health and well being during this time. Practicing healthy eating tips while studying can help set you up with the most success. Students who are more well nourished have been linked to higher grades, better memory, alertness and faster information processing. Read more on some tips for finals studying and eating healthy and thinks you can swap out to better your diet📚🍇

22/04/2024

Let’s talk about iron and anemia! If you are feeling like your energy levels are low, feeling dizzy and weak, or maybe you even caught yourself daydreaming about spinach? If this sounds familiar, you may be lacking iron. Read this week’s newsletter to learn more about how crucial it is to get iron in your diet and how you can navigate this in the dining facilities! There’s no denyin’ you need your iron🥩🥬🏋️‍♀️

15/04/2024

Picture that you are standing at the salad bar in one of the dining halls, contemplating how to incorporate more color, crunch and flavor to your meal. ‘Ring-Ring’🛎️, you’ve been saved by the bell pepper!! Pepper’s color can help indicate their potential sweetness, adding lots of flavor to your dish! Check out our newsletter to learn more about bell peppers nutritional value🫑💛

08/04/2024

Did you know that your gut contains trillions of “good” bacteria that are just as hungry as you are after your back-to-back classes! Prebiotics and are a component of food that act as a fuel source for the microorganisms in your gut to feed on. Our microbiome can be improved by probiotic foods that contain live microorganisms that improve gut health by diversifying “good” bacteria. Read more on pre and probiotics in this week newsletter in the Rutgers Dining Halls!!

01/04/2024

Whether your fueling for a run around Buccleuch Park or hitting the Livingston Rec Center, maintaining proper hydration is key for allowing your brain and body to perform optimally. Electrolytes are essential minerals that play a key role in maintaining our bodies physiological functions such as hydration, muscle function and blood pressure. Check out our newsletter this week in the dining facilities to learn more about how to incorporate electrolytes into your everyday meals!!⚡️🧃🏋️

27/03/2024

Be the next Scarlet Chef and participate in our dining hall competition. Our first competition will take place at Neilson dining hall, this Thursday 3/28 from 12-2pm. Use ingredients from the dining area to create a dish in 20 minutes or less, be judged by our panel of select judges and win prizes from 1st, 2nd or 3rd place! We look forward to seeing your there🧑🏼‍🍳🥘

25/03/2024

No need to chase the rainbow, just eat it! Check out our newsletter this week in the dining halls that contains lots of information on phytonutrients, how they can benefit you, and how you can incorporate them into your diet within Rutgers Dining🌈🥕

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