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I headed to the hospital again this afternoon for another shadowing session with a dietitian. Today’s experiences were particularly “enlightening” in that I gained some insight into a side of nutrition that I never would have been exposed to otherwise. As I mentioned in my last shadowing re-cap, the RD whom I am shadowing works mostly with transplant patients but dabbles in other areas as well; today’s dabbling was in radiation oncology. This unit of the hospital is hardly cheery, but I really enjoyed the patient contact here as compared with other units. The nutritionist mostly recommended ways to increase kcalorie intake and suggested supplements for these patients. Part of the afternoon was also spent in the cardiac intensive care unit, where I met a recent heart transplant recipient. He was not happy to hear that he couldn’t have ice cream for a while! Overall, it was quite an educational afternoon; I left with a greater emotional and intellectual understanding of life as a dietitian.
I have a chemistry test tomorrow, so I better get to the food already!
Monday
Vanilla Spice hemp, you make my life complete.
peach smoothie with vanilla spice hemp, soymilk, & Acai Apple granola
Tuesday
In case you haven’t noticed, I take advantage of the mornings on which I don’t have class by preparing a big stinkin’ bowl of hot cereal. Today’s rendition was pretty fab. I had been neglecting my almond butter for far too long.
berry-ful (whole grain) Cream of Wheat with hemp milk, wheat germ, blackberries, strawberries, & almond butter
The midday meal was inspired by a dish from Taverna Nikos. You may recall my mentioning this restaurant before, because my parents and I dine there every time they visit me in Durham. Although they no longer have the salad on their menu, I remember its components quite well: artichokes, white beans, potatoes, and sweet peppers. I got a major craving for it this afternoon, so I created my own version with a little twist–a hummus-tastic twist, that is. I have far too much prepared hummus in my fridge right now, so I am attempting to whittle down the supply. I am dreaming up a version of this salad with homemade hummus…oh the possibilities…
Mediterranean Salad with artichokes, red bell pepper, boiled potatoes, pine nuts, chopped basil, & trio of hummus; fruit
the heavenly trifecta: original, roasted red pepper, & lemon
For dinner, I made a salad inspired by a recipe from Totally Vegetarian, combining edamame and apple. As per usual, I changed it up significantly by omitting jicama, adding cashews, and seasoning with a bit of agave and ginger. So, basically, it’s more my recipe now than Toni Fiore’s. The end result was pretty freakin’ delicious.
edamame apple salad with cashews; rice crackers; zucchini & onions; salad
Alright, those pesky Power Point slides are calling my name…Ciao for now!
Filed under: Meals
Caroline Yoder, dietitian-to-be and all-around foodie.
Hummus twists are always a good thing
. Pine nuts + basil + artichokes = oh so Italian and delicious! Wow, how do you come up with all these fabulous recipes, not only on a daily basis, but for each meal?
Love your big bowl of hot cereal! So yummy!
Mmm and the edamame and apple salad looks great!
That hot cereal breakfast does look fab! I think I might need to break out the Cream of Wheat again some time soon.
What a yummy looking salad! Pine nuts look like such a good addition to salad!
The RD that you shadow sounds like she has a very interesting job! Do you have any idea what kind of dietitian you would want to be? I mean, do you want to go into nutritional counseling, or work in a hospital, school, sports, etc?
Now I’m craving taverna nikos… and kinda missing durham/duke!
I LOVE JICAMA!
I have been looking at your smoothie and shake recipes a lot lately. They look so tasty! I want vanilla spice hemp to make my life complete too
Yes, a hummus trifecta! This particular post reminds me of how I always used to follow a strict recipe for all 3 meals of the day last summer… ED&BV for lunch, VwaV for dinner, a blog recipe for b-fast…what has happened?! Now I make up random stuff all the time! But I always especially love your on-a-whim tofu creations – that’s the area I’m too scared to experiment in!
wow….colors galore! Everything looks gooood~ You should be a food artist
I love your smoothie!
Sounds like your shadowing was very interesting and eye opening:)
you’ve amazed me once again! the cream of wheat looks so artfully put together, but that mediterranean salad is what REALLY caught my eye. it looks incredible! i added you to my blogroll today, by the way. i couldn’t believe i didn’t already have you on there!
-JB
http://cardiovegsular.wordpress.com
That dietitian shadowing sounds so interesting! I’m glad you got some good experience
Your eats look delicious. I love that Mediterranean salad, and your yummy dinner! Hummus is so good!
glad you enjoyed your shadowing session! it sounds like you are learning so much!!!
LOVE your eats!!!
xoxox
all your salads look really good. trio of hummus? gotta try that!
If you say its tasty, I’m in on that Vanilla Chai Nutiva…
oh wow that salad does look and sound incredible! So glad you were able to semi-replicate the dish!
And yay for having a good day shadowing! It sounds soo interesting!
I hope I can find vanilla spice hemp at a store near me, it sounds delicious!
we are freaking twins! i used to have that lightlife deli meat all the time but recently reduced my processed soy intake, so there has been less…but it was def a staple for sammies in college. i havent tried the grape kombucha, cant wait to now though!
holy hummus trifecta – im in heaven with the pics. your smoothies look sooooo good too.
ive never tried sunbutter, yet…
It was interesting to read about your dietition shadowing. Im also on clinical placement at the moment…nursing that is
I wish you could come cook for me, your food always looks so delicious!
Rose
The shadowing experience sounds VERY cool. I’m totally jealous of your future career
I love that you take extra time to have a nice breakfast the mornings you don’t have class- I bet it makes them that much better
Too. Much. Hummus? I’m sorry – I don’t understand what you mean.
I’m glad you’re liking the job shadowing! Doesn’t it feel so nice that you can now see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of school & see what your future has in store?
Wow…. it must be really interesting seeing all the different diets all the patients get. I’d love to hear more about it. I feel sorry for the poor heart patient…. all he wants is a little ice cream!! Ha! Maybe you can introduce him to the whipped banana that’s all over the blogs this week!
-A
get your study on girl!
your salad looks reallllllllly good
How fun to shadow an RD/Dietician! Thanks for sharing what you’ve learned – I find it truly interesting.
Your dinner looks and sounds fabulous. I woul.d’ve never thought to use edamame and apple – LOVE it!
shawdowing sounds really fun and educatioanl.
And as usual, your food may take the cake for prettiest CONSISTENTLY in the blog world! People have gorgeous meals here and there, but your meals are allllllllllways beautiful!
that med salad is to die for. and i like the strawberry positioning on your bfast! that is fun you shadow a RD at the hospital, sounds really exciting!