Having regular and reliable meals is a great way of providing good nutrition for health and wellness.   Planning for enjoyable food makes meals or snacks pleasurable and trying a new recipe can help add variety to repetitive meals. 

Check out the Health4U recipe collections featuring MSU chefs and Health4U staff members to help spice up your routine!


NOTE:

Please feel free to use these recipes and to share with family and friends. If you share them on-line or publish them in any way, please follow these guidelines:

  1. If you’re adapting someone else’s recipe, begin with a short note of the goal and what you looked for, perhaps something you changed and why. Then give credit to the person who you got it from: "Recipe adapted from ___________" and give a link to the original source.
  2. If you used someone else’s recipe for inspiration, but changed it substantially and the product is somewhat similar to the published recipe, give credit to the original by saying, " This recipe by (me) was inspired by ____________. The original recipe can be found here." and give a link to the original recipe.
  3.  If you change the ingredients substantially or completely came up with the product on your own; and you write directions in your own words for how you prepared it, the recipe is your own and you should claim it.
Recipe For Health

Trout Almondine

Classic preparation of rainbow trout with an elegant twist: a quick and easy pan sauce!

Culinary Cooking and Concepts

Napoleon Salad

Classic Italian-American salad with fresh creamy basil dressing features a stacked caprese. Wrap the greens with a ribbon of cucumber for an over-the-top presentation.

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Sorghum Banh Xéo Crepes

Banh Xéo is a crispy hot Vietnamese crepe. Xéo is the sizzling sound the batter makes as it cooks in the hot skillet. Traditionally, the fillings are cooked in the batter, the crispy crepe folded and served without utensils to be eaten out-of-hand.

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Yogurt Brûlée

Make this with homemade or store-bought Greek-style yogurt. Either way, it’s a simple, creamy, and delicious dessert.

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Hoppin’ John

I’ve got a feeling you’re going to love Chef Kurt’s twist on this traditional dish.

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Barbecue Jackfruit Sandwich

A vegan pulled "pork" sandwich!

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Food and Nutrition Counseling Services

Food and Nutrition Counseling Services provides you with access to accurate health and lifestyle information, helping you to explore new behaviors and skills, and identifying useful campus and community resources.

MSU community members eligible for food and nutrition counseling services include faculty, staff, graduate assistants, retirees and the spouses/partners of members of these groups.

To schedule an appointment with Health4U you are not required to email us from your MSU email address; please email us from the email address you are most comfortable with. 

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Departmental Services

The goal of department based services is to provide work units and colleagues the opportunity to learn about health and wellness as a group activity or exploration.  

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