LiveWell Meals

LiveWell UC San Diego has partnered with UC San Diego Housing*Dining*Hospitality's Registered Dietitian Becky McDivitt to present featured healthy meals and snacks called “LiveWell Meals.”

Every day at participating dining halls, a LiveWell meal will be featured as a lunch or dinner special. Choosing LiveWell meals are an important part of maintaining your physical well-being. Becky has created and posted the Nutritional Facts for each meal to answer your questions of “How many grams of protein are in this dish?” or “How many calories am I'm consuming by eating this food?”

Where Do I Find the LiveWell Meals?

On the Housing*Dining*Hospitality Nutrition Page, you can view the Daily Menu Specials for all of the dining halls.  Check back frequently because meal items and locations change!

http://hdh.ucsd.edu/diningservices/menu/dailyspecials.aspx

Check out the 35 Ways to LiveWell with Dining Services (pdf)

Healthy Dining on Campus Video

LiveWell meals are one way to eat healthy in the campus dining halls, however, there are many more options for healthy eating on campus. Housing*Dining*Hospitality's Registered Dietitian, Becky McDivitt, gives a tour of Cafe Ventanas (one of the dining halls at UC San Diego) and provides viewers with tips and tricks for selecting healthier foods.

Featured LiveWell Meal

This LiveWell recipe will be offered at all of the campus dining halls in Fall 2009. This meal supports environmental wellness (vegan) and physical wellness (healthy recipe that is high in fiber and has a great vegetarian source of protein from the quinoa).

Malaysian Quinoa (Vegan) [courtesy of Allrecipes.com]

Makes 2 servings:

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 1/2 cups water, divided

  • 1/2 cup dried soy chunks (textured vegetable protein)

  • 1 tablespoon peanut butter

  • 1 tablespoon canned cream of coconut

  • 1/2 bird's eye chile, seeded and minced

  • 1/2 green onion, diced

  • 1 teaspoon chopped cilantro

  • 1/2 cup uncooked quinoa

  • salt and pepper to taste

  1. Boil 1/2 cup water, and pour into a bowl. Mix in soy chunks. Blend in peanut butter, cream of coconut, chile, green onion, and cilantro. Keep warm while the quinoa cooks.

  2. Bring quinoa and remaining 1 cup water to a boil in a pot. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 15 minutes, until quinoa is fluffy. Stir in the soy chunks and peanut butter sauce, and season with salt and pepper to serve.

Nutritional Information (Per Serving)

Servings Per Recipe: 2

Calories: 326

  • Total Fat: 9.3g

  • Cholesterol: 0mg

  • Sodium: 534mg

  • Total Carbs: 35.1g

  •     Dietary Fiber: 5g

  • Protein: 30.8g

 

More Information

The LiveWell Blog, found on the home page of the Wellness Center website, highlights LiveWell Foods. Registered Dietitian Becky McDivitt will soon be featuring certain LiveWell meals on the LiveWell Blog.  Check back soon!  http://livewellucsd.blogspot.com/