Healthy Eating

What Is the Mediterranean Diet?
It’s an eating style that can reduce the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and promote brain health. And it is used as the basis for the meals at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital.

Recipe of the Month - September
Looking for a new recipe? Rice Haunstrup, clinical nurse in Occupational Medicine at APD, provides a low carb chicken recipe. Learn more.

Four Steps to Brain Health
Want to keep your brain healthy as you age? Limit processed foods, switch to olive oil, and add a few key foods to your diet.

Recipe of the Month - August
This grilled vegetable couscous salad is a recipe from Alice’s Café at APD.

Recipe of the Month - July
Staying hydrated has never been more fun (and flavorful) than with infused water.

APD’s Growing Season
Nutrition Services grows vegetables and herbs in garden towers — and later turns them into delicious meals.

Recipe of the Month – April
Looking for a new dinner recipe? Shawn Richardson, director of Nutrition Services at APD, provides an international meal he’s served in Alice’s Café: sisig. Learn more.

Recipe of the Month - March
March’s Recipe is an olive tapenade, which can be used as an appetizer, sandwich spread, or spruce up leftovers.