Whole Grains Features in Dining All October

As part of Dining's Whole Grains Challenge, we will be serving fun, whole grain features everyday in October.








Here is what you can look forward to:

• Sundays: whole wheat pancakes


• Mondays: popcorn (yup, it's whole grain!)


• Tuesdays: whole wheat pastas


• Wednesdays: whole grain breads


• Thursdays: assorted whole grains such as quinoa, wild rice, brown rice


• Fridays: corn day - corn on cob, corn salad, corn salsa, corn chowder


• Saturdays: steel cut oatmeal with fun mix-ins (dried fruits, syrups, brown sugar)

LiveWell Through Finals Week

Don't forget to eat well through Finals Week by choosing the healthy, RD-approved, LIVEWELL menu items in all of the Dining restaurants.

LiveWell meals meet nutrition criteria for calories, fat, protein, sodium, fiber and other nutrients.

Look for the LiveWell logo (pictured at right) for your next healthy meal.

Good luck on your finals!

Hydration Station

It's harder to remember to drink water when the temperatures have dipped in San Diego. For your optimal health and performance, it's important to stay hydrated.

UC San Diego's Dining Services have Hydration Stations in the restaurants to assist you in quickly and conveniently re-filling your reusable bottle without having to go into the serving area.

The water in the Hydration Station is filtered and chilled.

Drink up and stay well!

Veteran's Day Today 11/11/10

In honor of Veteran's Day, there are no classes today at UC San Diego.

Dining Services' restaurants will be open from 10am-8pm. Come by for a leisurely meal! Eating slowly is good for your health - it's best for digestion and weight control. Watch your pace; it's not a race!

So come relax with us today and let's share a yummy, healthy meal!

Steamed Vegetables Every Location, Every Day!

Every Dining Services restaurant serves at least one steamed vegetable side (plain, no butter, no oil) at every lunch and dinner service. The picture above is a great steamed veggie mixture of broccoli, red bell peppers, zucchini, snow peas, carrots and yellow squash at Pines restaurant on Muir College.

Dining Dollars? Meal Plan? Where can you eat?

Your Dining Dollars (meal plan) can be used to purchase meals and snacks at these restaurants:

• Plaza Cafe
• Pines
• Oceanview Terrace
• Cafe Ventanas
• Canyon Vista

And your Dining Dollars can buy meals, snacks, supplies, treats and specialty coffees at these Places & Markets:

• Roger's
• Goody's
• the Village
• Earl's
• Foodworx
  

You can also use your Dining Dollars at the weekly Farm2U farmer's market, which is every Wednesday at Muir.

Move-in Weekend!

It's great to see campus residents moving in today. Lugging all your worldly possessions from your parents' car into your residence hall or apartment is pretty exhausting. Make sure to stop into a Dining restaurant or a Place & Market to rest, relax and re-fuel.

That's a picture of me to the right. If you see me, feel free to ask me about nutrition and eating well on campus.

Welcome!