Listen to internet radio with THE RECIPE BOX Grilling tips Never leave a child alone with a hot grill. This is the cardinal rule of grilling alongside your children. A grill is like a combination of a hot stove and a campfire. Real tragedy can occur in a matter of seconds. Even if you can [...]

Halloween treats that you won’t be frightened to feed to your kids! Chef Jill Houk of Centered Chef Food Studios will share fun recipes you and your family make together. www.centeredchef.com Bonus: Cookbook author, Kris Holechek will be here to discuss The 100 Best Vegan Baking Recipes cookbook. www.nomnomnomblog.com Surviving Halloween—Tips and Recipes Tips It’s [...]

Chef Jill Houk Co-Founder of Centered Chef Food Studios Chicago, IL Students are just settling into the fall semester (or gearing up to go), which usually ushers in late nights, stressful situations, and some very poor food and drink choices. Despite eating cafeteria food or food cooked in a dorm room, students can still feed themselves [...]

Next to smoking, your diet is the largest lifestyle factor in determining whether or not you contract cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates that 35% of all cancers are related to diet. For women, the correlation between diet and cancer is more prevalent, in that 50% or more of the cancer contracted by women is influenced by diet.
For cancer prevention, ACS recommends a diet high in plant-based foods, that is low in fat and high in fiber. Over and above the dietary recommendations for general cancer prevention, there are specific recommendations for prevention of breast cancer:

Chef Jill co-founded Chef on Call Chicago, now Centered Chef Food Studios, with partner Chef Ryan Hutmacher.  Chef Jill functions in a business development and event-planning . In addition to her work at Centered Chef, Chef Jill is a media spokesperson, food stylist and consulting chef for Sara Lee Corporation. She has appeared nationally on [...]

Chef Jill returns this month with tips for cooking for one. Cooking for one can present unique dietary challenges, especially in portion control that you don’t face when cooking for a crowd. She will share her insights for planning, shopping and learning to enjoy the process of cooking. she’ll give tips on saving time and [...]

New Food Trends for 2009 Our favorite chef, Jill Houk, takes time out from her busy schedule at Centered Chef Food Studio of Chicago to teach us about healthy food trends, share a few recipes and answer your questions. Join us on TRB. 5) Flexitarianism–a lot of listeners realize that eating vegetarian is healthier, cheaper [...]

Chef Jill Houk returns to the program to share healthy and delicious recipes for all of the holiday leftovers. It is always a treat to have Chef Jill with us. She is a great guest and talented chef and provides tons of fabulous healthy menu ideas. Listen to the show for her tips on storing, [...]

Wednesday, 10/29 Quinoa—the SuperGrain of the Incas, Chef Jill Houk Explains Our favorite chef, Jill Houk of Centered Chef Food Studios returns to the program to discuss quinoa—the supergrain of the Incas. In addition to being rich in fiber and folate, quinoa is a vegan complete protein, which is essential for anyone reducing or eliminating [...]