When you’re craving something sweet but don’t want to overindulge, this apple crumble is the perfect way to whip up a healthy dessert that will satisfy any sweet tooth! This recipe even sneaks in 6 g of fibre and has no trans or saturated fats. This apple crumble is easy to make and uses minimal ingredients for a delicious dessert.

Download a printable PDF of the recipe here: Healthy Apple Crumble

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 °F.
2. Spray a 10 x 10 pan with non-stick cooking oil.
3. Peel, slice, and core the apples. Layer them into the baking pan.
4. Combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl and mix until the ingredients resemble crumbs.
5. Sprinkle the crumble topping to cover the apples.
6. Bake for 30 minutes until the apples are tender.

Makes 6 servings (171 g /serving).  1 serving = 1/6 of the pan
Adapted From: Jamie Oliver’s recipes

Prepared By: Jennifer Broxterman, Registered Dietitian & Joyce Ho, BScH Foods & Nutrition student
NutritionRx ● Email: info@nutritonrx.ca ● Phone:
(519) 520-9549 ● Website: www.nutritionrx.ca

These chicken salad rolls allow you to add some variety to your typical lunchtime sandwich and use up last night’s leftovers at the same!  The chicken salad can be made the night before to speed up your morning routine and also allow for the flavours meld overnight.

Download a printable PDF of the recipe here: Chicken Salad Rolls

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Stir chicken, the “something crunchy”, red onions, and mayonnaise or yogurt together until evenly coated.  Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
2. Evenly fill the hot dog buns with the salad mix.  Pack in a lunch sack with an ice pack and send off to work or school!

Makes 1 serving (176 g /serving).  1 serving = 1 sandwich
Adapted From: Food Network

Prepared By: Jennifer Broxterman, Registered Dietitian & Shannon Smith, BScH Foods & Nutrition student
NutritionRx ● Email: info@nutritonrx.ca ● Phone:
(519) 520-9549 ● Website: www.nutritionrx.ca

When you’re in the mood for baking, try this unique muffin recipe with the added nutritional benefits of white pea beans! White pea beans, also known as navy beans, are a very high source of soluble fibre. Because beans are a lower glycemic index food, they digest slowly and result in a slow rise and fall in blood sugar levels leaving you feeling full for longer.

Download a printable PDF of the recipe here: Banana Bean Muffins

Ingredients:

Directions:

1. Grease a 12-cup muffin pan and dust with flour.
2. In a bowl sift together flours, baking soda, and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Add mashed bananas, honey, brown sugar, white pea beans, vanilla, and buttermilk; mix well.
4. Make a well in the centre of flour mixture and pour in banana mixture; fold just until combined. Gently stir in nuts or chocolate chips.
5. Pour batter into prepared baking pan. Bake in a preheated 350°F (180°C) oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Place pan on a rack and let cool.

Makes 12 servings (109 g /serving).  1 serving = 1 muffin
Adapted From: The Supreme Bean II

Prepared By: Jennifer Broxterman, Registered Dietitian & Shannon Smith, BScH Foods & Nutrition student
NutritionRx ● Email: info@nutritonrx.ca ● Phone:
(519) 520-9549 ● Website: www.nutritionrx.ca

Erika Faust
Interrobang (Fanshawe’s Student Voice)
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Published: Monday, April 09, 2012

From landscaping to jewellery design to pretty much everything in between, the Summer Company program, one component of the Ontario Government’s Summer Jobs Strategy, has funded all sorts of startups by students.

The Summer Company program is available to students aged 15 to 29 (as of April 30, 2012) who will be returning to school in September. All applications need to be submitted by May 7, but the sooner you send in your application, the better, as space is limited.

Part of the program is a grant is worth up to $1,500 – an amount that depends on how much start-up money is estimated to be required in the business proposal, which is submitted as part of the application process. Program participants will also receive business training and mentoring to help them get started; local participants will work with staff at the London Small Business Centre (316 Rectory St., sbcentre. ca/summer_company.htm). At the end of the summer, participants are awarded an additional amount of money – the same amount they were given at the beginning of the summer – if they have met all eligibility requirements, including keeping detailed logs of business operations.

Jennifer Broxterman, a Registered Dietitian and Sports Nutritionist, was a full-time student in London completing her Master’s degree at the University of Western Ontario in Food and Nutrition in 2011. She participated in the Summer Company program last May, creating NutritionRx (nutritionrx.ca), a business that offers clients one-on-one nutritional counselling, meal plans and nutrition seminars designed to help them reach their health and sport performance goals.

Broxterman learned about the Summer Company program at a seminar at the London Small Business Centre, and advisors there helped her organize her ideas and write a business plan. She applied to the program and was “pleasantly surprised” when she landed a spot in London. “Not only did I get financial support, but also professional support from (the Small Business Centre’s) mentors to help me with marketing, accounting, human resources and all those different parts of running a business that maybe you haven’t had practice or training in.”

NutritionRx was a hit, and Broxterman has kept the business open throughout the school year. “It’s amazing. The snowball effect of word-of-mouth referrals – it’s literally on the cusp of just exploding. I think in the next year or two I’ll be ready to hire on some more dietitians to support the volume of clients that I see,” she said. “It’s completely exceeded any of my wildest expectations of how successful I could be with running my own business.” NutritionRx currently operates in the CrossFit gym facilities in London (353 Bathurst St., crossfitlondon.ca), which are owned by Broxterman’s boyfriend.

“It’s such a great message to other students because I get to set my own hours around my busy school schedule, I get to be my own boss, I can take off time when I need to take off time, and it pays for my cost of living quite comfortably, doing what I love and what I’m passionate about,” said Broxterman. “If you have a plan and you care about what you do, you can actually support yourself as a student entrepreneur.”

To apply to the Summer Company program, visit ontario.ca/summercompany and click “How to Apply” and then “Check Eligibility” to answer a short questionnaire to find out if you are a good candidate for the program. Every applicant must be a Canadian Citizen or Landed Immigrant living in Ontario, a current student who is returning to studies in the fall, prepared to devote at least 35 hours each week to their company, proposing a new business idea and the business must be operated in Ontario, among other criteria.

View the original article at Interobang (Fanshawe’s Student Voice): http://www.fsu.ca/interrobang_article.asp?storyID=8418&sectionID=1&issueID=203

By Paul Mayne
April 05, 2012

Paul Mayne, Western News

Brescia University College graduate student Jennifer Broxterman leveraged funds from the Ontario government’s Summer Company program to start her own professional nutrition consulting practice, NutritionRx.

Jennifer Broxterman has a full schedule. Not only is she a master’s student in Brescia University College’s Food and Nutrition program (edging toward her third degree), the 27-year-old also teaches a couple of courses at the university. And, she runs her own business, too.

Thankfully her line of work – a registered dietician and sports nutritionist – has her at the top of her game both physically and mentally.

Passionate about good food and leading a healthy, active and balanced lifestyle, Broxterman’s desire to empower others to reach their health and nutrition goals led to the creation of NutritionRx early last year. The company is a professional nutrition consulting practice offering clients individualized solutions to look, feel and perform their best.

It was her time as a Health Sciences student at Queen’s University when Broxterman had the inkling to become a dietician. She saw Brescia as the best fit.

“I was always into healthy eating and exercise and I knew I wanted to work with people, so I thought ‘What a cool career to get paid to talk about nutrition and physical activity and use your science background to help people,’” she said.

Broxterman fast-tracked her way through the Food and Nutrition undergraduate program in two years and spent the next year in practical training at London Health Sciences Centre, getting experience as a registered dietician.

She then began her master’s at Brescia in 2010, and will defend her thesis this summer, focusing on her work preventing pre-diabetes patients from progressing to Type-2 Diabetes.

“I am so into preventative health care and a preventative approach to nutrition, so I thought it would be cool to do a project that would look at the effects of a prevention program as opposed to a treatment program,” she said. “The money you spend on prevention is four times less than the costs of treatment. Health Canada has even taken this program and has started to share it with other communities.”

And thanks to a provincial program geared at student entrepreneurs, Broxterman received the financial push needed to set up her London-based business last year.

Summer Company is a component of the Ontario government’s Summer Jobs Strategy that attempts to transform students into entrepreneurs with hands-on business coaching, training and mentoring from business people in their local community.

Successful applicants receive up to $1,500 to put toward start-up costs and another $1,500 upon successful completion of the program.

“Things have been going strong with NutritionRx, and I’m proud to say I have remained in full-operation while completing my thesis and I have been able to help hundreds of clients make lasting improvements to their nutritional habits,” Broxterman said. “I’m coming up to my one-year mark of being a student entrepreneur and I couldn’t be happier being paid to do what I love and be my own boss.”

She added the Summer Company grant helped her get NutritionRx up and running by paying for her website, office equipment and other set-up costs that would have delayed the launch of her business.

A fitness enthusiast and former university varsity athlete in rowing and ice hockey, Broxterman incorporates her passion into her counseling. In just under a year, her client list already includes Western’s rowing, cross-country and women’s hockey teams along with a pair of Canadian Olympians.

She has also written nutrition-based articles for magazines including Canadian Running, Canadian Health and Chatelaine.

“I am so blessed,’ she said. “I’m 27 and I have, what I think, is the coolest job in the world.”

View the original article at Western News: http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2012/April/summer_warms_business_startup.html