[00:00:00] Host Amber Smith: Here's some expert advice from registered dietitian Heather Dorsey from Upstate Medical University. What are some healthy fall food favorites?
[00:00:10] Heather Dorsey, RD: The fall is all about pumpkin, so roasting pumpkin seeds or actually mixing pumpkin with other types of squashes, like acorn or butternut.
One of my favorite seasonal, I love spaghetti squash. It's very low in calories, and you can make some really good ... you can cut the spaghetti squash in half, bake it and then add some beans and some ground turkey and some vegetables, and then rebake it and have a really nice spaghetti casserole, which is delicious and healthy.
One of my favorite fall things is chili. Load it up with every kind of bean that you can think of -- black beans, northern beans, pinto beans.Also, substituting like a ground turkey versus a hamburger, just to lower the fat consumption.
And then, of course, roasting vegetables, parsnips, asparagus. And then, I love apple crisp, but I think one of the ways we can make apple crisp a little bit more healthy is making it with some almonds or some walnuts.
[00:01:12] Host Amber Smith: You've been listening to registered dietitian Heather Dorsey from Upstate Medical University.
