September Health Highlights
September brings busy schedules, football weekends, and the first hints of fall. This month, our partners at Nutrition HealthWorks are sharing a few simple ways to make everyday meals a little easier, add more veggies to your routine, and enjoy some seasonal recipes along the way.
Build Your Own Grain Bowl
Grain bowls are an easy option for lunches, dinners, or meal prep because you can build them around whatever you already have on hand.
Start with greens and a grain, add your favorite protein and fruits or vegetables, then finish it off with something crunchy and a little extra flavor. The Nutrition HealthWorks guide includes plenty of ideas for mixing and matching your own combination.
Add a Few More Veggies
Getting more vegetables into your day doesn’t have to mean completely changing what you eat.
Try blending spinach or kale into a smoothie, adding vegetables to eggs, mixing them into grains, using them as pizza or taco toppings, or simply roasting a batch to have with dinner.
Learn about 9 Ways to Eat More Veggies
Make Easy Tailgate Swaps
Football season is here, and a few simple swaps can bring something different to your next tailgate.
Try grilled chicken skewers instead of wings, a veggie tray with Greek yogurt dip instead of chips and ranch, baked sweet potato wedges instead of fries, or fruit kabobs when you want something sweet.
Try this Kale Farro Salad
Looking for an easy recipe to carry you into fall? This kale farro salad combines kale and farro with dried cranberries, almonds, goat cheese, and a simple homemade vinaigrette.
It works as a lunch on its own or an easy side to add to dinner.
View the Kale Farro Salad Recipe
Save this one for Fall
As cooler weather starts to roll in, try this vegetarian stuffed acorn squash. It’s filled with wild or brown rice, chickpeas, spinach, mushrooms, walnuts, dried cranberries, and Parmesan for a hearty fall meal.
View the Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe
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Whether you’re trying new recipes, building healthier habits, or looking for personalized nutrition guidance, our registered dietitians are here to help.
NINA CASETTA, RD
Warlick Family YMCA Dietitian
Nutrition HealthWorks
PATRICIA SKOLNIK, RD, LDN
McGill Family YMCA Dietitian
Nutrition HealthWorks