Dietitian Course: Culinary Techniques Every Dietetic Professional Should Master

CULINARY TECHNIQUES EVERY DIETETIC PROFESSIONAL SHOULD MASTER

With the number of people cooking at home on the rise, dietetic practitioners need to be able to educate clients on how to lighten up or modify dishes while maintaining their flavor appeal or develop healthy recipes on their own. The speaker will discuss healthy cooking techniques, healthier ways of flavoring food, and ways to retain nutrients during preparation and cooking, along with steps for developing recipes.

Upon successful completion of this one-hour course, the participant should be able to:

Identify common culinary skills that can pose a barrier to patients'and clients'adoption of healthful recipes.

Discuss basic culinary techniques and understand their application to recipe adoption.

Develop a strategy for practicing and mastering the identified culinary techniques.

Apply the identified culinary techniques to healthful recipe development.

Live Webinar Date: Oct 19, 2023 (04:00 PM - 05:00 PM Eastern Time) (US and Canada)

Expiration Date: May 31, 2024

Performance Indicators/Learning Objectives: 2.1.1, 8.4.1, 8.4.3, 9.4.1

Target Audience: RDs, DRTs, Health Professionals

Number of Credits: 1.0

Level(s): 1

Total Cost: $18

About the Presenter: Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, FAND

Toby is the founder of Toby Amidor Nutrition, PC, where she provides nutrition and food safety consulting services for individuals, restaurants and food brands. She is a Wall Street Journal bestselling cookbook author and has 9 published cookbooks and her upcoming cookbook Up Your Veggies: Flexitarian Recipes for the Whole Family is due out October 2023. For close to 15 years Toby has been the nutrition expert for FoodNetwork.com, and founding contributor to their Healthy Eats Blog. Toby is a regular contributor to Forbes.com, Shape.com, EatingWell.com and others and has her own “Ask the Expert” column in Today’s Dietitian Magazine. She is also on the medical board for Forbes.com and EatThis.com and on the editorial board for Today's Dietitian Magazine. As a nutrition expert, she has been quoted in hundreds of publications and appears on local and national television shows. For 11 years Toby was an adjunct professor at Teachers College, Columbia University teaching food service management and also taught at CUNY Hunter School of Public Urban Health in New York City.

Toby trained as a clinical dietitian at New York University. Through ongoing consulting and faculty positions, she has established herself as one of the top experts in culinary nutrition, food safety, and media communications. In 2018, Toby was awarded by the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics the coveted Media Excellence Award.