Though we do require fats in our diet to live, there are ways to cut down on the caloric and fat content of the items you enjoy and just cant get enough of! Cutting out the excess of fattening ingredients in your meals can really add up, so just because you cant give up mom’s [...]
It is winter, the earth is cracked and dried, the trees are like little gray skeletons, your fingertips are numb and the thought of spending time “relaxing” in your garden plot makes you cringe. Bring your garden indoors and let the flora and fauna therapy continue this season. As long as your home is 60 [...]
Nourishing NYC is overwhelmed by the support of our great sponsors and volunteers this holiday season. We gave out so many turkeys to families in need you could stack them as high as the statue of liberty….six times! So far we’ve been able to: - Give out over 1,000 turkeys to families in-need; - Provide [...]
So, you go to the grocery store buy your Count Chocula or your Lucky Charms…or maybe you even buy them for your little ones…well guess what? Only 1 in 4 children’s cereals meet the government guidelines for limits on sugars! Government guidelines recommend that cereals have no more than 26% added sugar by weight. Many [...]
What are you doing this Thanksgiving? How about helping out in your community, its time to give back! Nourishing NYC has ample volunteering opportunities for you and yours. Help Nourishing NYC as we launch our Thanksgiving Back campaign where you too can volunteer and help to feed, educate and advocate for families in-need this year. [...]
Nourishing NYC was happy to be presenting at this years Food Day in Harlem New York. “When Nourishing NYC was approached to perform a culinary and nutritional demonstration at this years event I was happy to share a personal favorite recipe of mine” Jessika Carney, Special Projects Coordinator at Nourishing NYC. “As a vegetarian for over 15 [...]
The Food for Health competition aims to address the lack of affordable, healthy food choices in underserved communities by bringing together local business students, social entrepreneurs, and community members with professionals from the public health, business, and public policy sectors to design informed, innovative, and sustainable business plans to market and supply health food choices to [...]
The TJX Companies And Nourishing USA Pack Hunger Kits To Help Feed Thousands of Families Around The USA TJX through their corporate responsibility programs are volunteering with Nourishing USA to pack Hunger Kits for groups across the U.S. so they can combat hunger and malnutrition in their communities NEW YORK, NY, October, 11, 2011 – [...]
New York (CNN) — When Gina Keatley first moved to New York to attend culinary school, she noticed that many of her neighbors were missing limbs. “I lived on 99th Street across from some projects,” she said. “I would walk to the train and think, ‘Why are there so many amputees?’” Keatley found out that [...]
Cook Up! NYC is looking for the best Caribbean food in all of New York City while fighting hunger and obesity. What is Cook Up NYC? Cook Up NYC is a search for New York’s best Caribbean restaurants. Caribbean cuisine offers a rich tapestry of flavor which is often overlooked by New York’s wider culinary community. [...]
During the Earth Day Event, Nourishing NYC will collect your gently used spare kitchen gadgets and small applicances such as peelers, knife sharpeners, mixing bowls, mini-food processors, pots and pans, to support one of our partners , GEMS-Girls, an organization that provides education, advocacy, therapeutic support and housing to hundreds of New York women who are starting [...]
Columbia Community Outreach (CCO) students helped to nourish Harlem through springs first urban produce program of 2012 at Nourishing NYC. Twenty dedicated Columbia Community Outreach (CCO) students came out on March 31st, 2012 to distribute fresh produce and healthy diabetic friendly recipes in underserved supermarket dessert East Harlem. “I am very impressed with the passion [...]
Its not just pitchers and catchers getting in shape this spring. The spring Healthy Home Plate Program Chefs learned this week about the benefits of eating locally and seasonally. They had the chance to create mini-gardens to take home with them and incorporate produce in a comfort food favorite macaroni and cheese. Recipe below. No-Bake Macaroni & Cheese http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/no_bake_macaroni_cheese.html From EatingWell: April/May 2006, EatingWell Serves Two Not only [...]
