Title:Contributing WriterEducation:Florida State UniversityLocation:Denver, ColoradoExpertise:Nutrition, recipes, plant-based cookingJamie Vespa is a registered dietitian who worked as a clinical nutrition specialist and as nutrition editor for Cooking Light magazine before devoting herself full-time to her food and nutrition blog, Dishing Out Health. Jamie started out providing nutrition counseling to hospital patients, but realized her heart was not in managing chronic disease but in preventing it through encouraging and facilitating healthy eating. Jamie especially loves plant-based food and seasonal ingredients, and she sees food as a way to connect with others and with herself.M.S. in Clinical Nutrition, Florida State UniversityEatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.

Title:Contributing WriterEducation:Florida State UniversityLocation:Denver, ColoradoExpertise:Nutrition, recipes, plant-based cooking

Title:Contributing Writer

Education:Florida State University

Location:Denver, Colorado

Expertise:Nutrition, recipes, plant-based cooking

Jamie Vespa is a registered dietitian who worked as a clinical nutrition specialist and as nutrition editor for Cooking Light magazine before devoting herself full-time to her food and nutrition blog, Dishing Out Health. Jamie started out providing nutrition counseling to hospital patients, but realized her heart was not in managing chronic disease but in preventing it through encouraging and facilitating healthy eating. Jamie especially loves plant-based food and seasonal ingredients, and she sees food as a way to connect with others and with herself.

M.S. in Clinical Nutrition, Florida State University

EatingWell, aDotdash Meredith Brand, has been publishing award-winning journalism about food, nutrition and sustainability since 1990. Our mission is to share flavor-packed recipes from around the world, celebrating fresh ingredients and the farmers, artisans and chefs who bring them to our table. Through science-backed nutrition advice and smart stories about sustainability, we help readers live their best lives. Learn moreabout usand oureditorial process.