Good morning to all of you joining us today and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by

nutritional weight and wellness. Today we'll discuss why you may want to start shopping at your

local farmer's market.

We'll also be sharing some tasty ways to cook those fresh vegetables.

I am Brittany Vincent. I'm a registered and licensed dietitian.

So what exactly have I learned over the years?

And this isn't the same as what I learned in school either.

I learned that I need to eat quality, meat, and eggs at least four times a day. I choose protein that's been grass-fed

or free range, pasture-raised, so it contains the fatty acids and more nutrients to support my brain function and overall health.

I also eat a lot of vegetables, and this time of year, it's so great to go to the farmer's

market to buy those locally grown organic vegetables. As we always say on dishing up nutrition,

food matters when it comes to your health.

So now you know a little bit about me, but we have two other co-hosts with me today who will

also share a little bit about themselves. Marian, please introduce yourself.

Thanks so much, Brittany. It is fun to be here with you both. I am Mary Ann Jurege. I'm a chef and a culinary

nutrition educator. And I have to say that shopping at the farmer's market is definitely one of

my favorite things to do. I also have the pleasure of teaching cooking classes for

nutritional weight and wellness. And I do this via Zoom right from my very own kitchen.

That's so cool.

Yeah.

And in these classes, I demonstrate how to cook real food.

We use recipes from the website and cookbooks.

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