Nutrition

Ever since I started teaching spin classes at Fairfield University’s Leslie C. Quick, Jr. Recreation Complex, I’ve experienced a variety of feelings. One of the best I have experienced is the feeling of...

Recipe for Tangy Apple Salsa   Fall is upon us, which means many things – Halloween, pumpkin carving and apple picking. Since many of us are going to be apple picking in the first weeks of fall,...

In our modern world, social media has become the fastest and easiest way to make friends, learn facts and see what other people are doing. Because of social networks like Facebook, Snapchat and particularly...

For the longest time, I thought I was too much of a food snob to ever enjoy a grilled cheese sandwich. Although I have eaten many grilled cheese sandwiches in my life, I feel as though none of them have truly...

When you suddenly take on the new title of “college student,” it seems as though there are a million different people telling you a million different things about what the first year is going to be like....

For everyday people, summer starts on June 21. For us college students, summer starts moments after their last final exam. Since we are blessed with a longer-than-average summer, we will likely be spending...

Do you know your vitamins? It’s okay, not many of us do. We know the basics: vitamin A helps your eyesight, vitamin C is found in Kool-Aid and Hi-C juices and vitamin K is found in kale. Now that summer is...

Reduce, reuse and recycle. These are the three words many of us think of when we hear or talk about global warming. Some individuals are implementing small but positive changes when it comes to our environment...

At home, my mother always cooked me curried chickpeas, served over turmeric rice with a slice of naan. Curried chickpeas are garbanzo beans with a combination of Indian spices, onion and tomato paste. Naan is...

Lucky for us, Saint Patrick’s Day is coming up on March 17 during spring break. Some of us may spend this holiday eating Lucky Charms cereal, Irish-inspired foods such as corned beef and cabbage or even...