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 will 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 and today will be my last time co-hosting

Dishing Up Nutrition for a while because just in a few weeks I will be delivering twin girls.

Very excited and feeling great and I think part of why I'm feeling great is because of my nutrition.

I just want to say I'm so appreciative to have learned how to eat to support my own health,

but also the health of my twins.

So what exactly have I learned over the years?

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

So 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. I've also learned that my body

and my twins need lots of beneficial fat. So I use

grass-fed butter, coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, and I use those to saute my vegetables,

nuts, avocados, olives as well throughout the day. 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. Marianne,

please introduce yourself. Thanks so much, Brittany.

It is fun to be here with you both. I am Marianne Jurege. I'm a chef and a culinary nutrition

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