My friend Regina Ragone, Food Director for Family Circle, brings more than twenty years of nutrition expertise to the magazine. She had served as the test kitchen director for Ladies Home Journal magazine, was an assistant manager at the Global 
Consumer Food Center of the Campbell Soup Company and was food editor for both Weight Watchers magazine and the Weight Watchers Publishing Group.
As a registered dietitian, Regina has dedicated her career to educating people on the benefits of eating healthy foods. She is the author of Win the Fat War cookbook and Decadent Diabetic Desserts and co-author of Meals that Heal.
In March, she started a monthly column in
Family Circle that provides a month’s worth of healthy family weeknight meals called On Regina’s Plate. She resides in New York where she can enjoy a wide range of culinary experiences. We recently interviewed Regina for this column.
Which food product or gadget would you never give up? Great Bread! It’s the staff of my life and no matter how hard I try, it gives me too much pleasure and satisfaction to ever give up.
What do you like to serve when you entertain? Lately we’ve been making hearty soups like French Onion or Mushroom Sausage and Farro with homemade bread.
Describe your “last meal?” Nothing fancy just perfectly made eggplant parmigiana with semolina bread, a great salad and a red wine from Southern Italy.
What food is your secret guilty pleasure? Trail Mix and Gr
anola. I could eat vats of it if left unattended.
What is your go-to neighborhood restaurant? A place called Valencia in Lynbrook where I live. When I was growing up it was ravioli shop that my dad would shop at and they have the old sign hanging up inside. It’s unpretentious, good food, the prices are great and I have never had a bad meal there.
What is one food product most people don’t know about, but should? Lucini fig balsamic vinegar. It’s so delicious I can bathe in it! I basically mix a half cup of it with a half cup of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of Dijon mustard and a sprinkle of salt for the best dressing ever. I also love their cherry and apple balsamic.
Twitter: FitFoodie @ReginaRagone
Website: Familycircle.com
– bonnie
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