360 Family Nutrition

Kristen Smith, MS, RDN

Kristen Smith

Overnight Cookie Dough Oats

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What is not to love about creamy cookie dough flavored oats?! Overnight oats made with chia seeds have become quite popular over the past year. All you need is a few simple ingredients and time (overnight) to produce a delicious and healthy breakfast.  A main ingredient, oatmeal, is typically prepared through a heating process. This […]

Waffle Pizza Sandwich

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I could eat pizza every day if I allowed myself.  I frequently attempt to make pizza in healthier forms such as in previous posts like “Guiltless Pizza Soup” and “Bianca Pizza”.  When you create a pizza yourself you have the control to lessen the amount of cheese and bread used, which produces a lower calorie food item. Today’s […]

Spinach Quinoa Taquitos

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Typically taquitos are small rolled-up tortillas filled with a protein source such as beef or chicken.  They are often fried and sold as frozen foods, which means they are high in fat and preservatives. Often considered a complete protein, quinoa is a vegetarian protein source.   Quinoa is rising in popularity due to its nutritional […]

Whole Grain Breakfast Cookie Cups

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Recipes for cookie cups have been springing up on many food blogs lately.  Most of these recipes feature a frozen yogurt filling and are labeled as a sweet treat or dessert.  I wanted to change things up a bit… To spice things up I traded the “dessert” labeled cookie cup for a breakfast cookie cup […]