NEW! Food and Nutrition Services Menu Items
Food and Nutrition Services, Master of Clinical Nutrition (MCN) students, and liveWELL have teamed up to bring new, nutritious, and delicious menu items to campus!
Want to recreate these dishes at home? Explore our cooking demonstration videos and easy-to-follow recipes for inspiration to bring into your own kitchen.
What's For Dinner: 10 Simple, Balanced Meal Ideas
Take the guesswork out of weeknight meals.
In this 10-minute video, liveWELL Registered Dietitian and Health Coach shares a simple approach to building a balanced dinner, along with 10 realistic meal ideas you can recreate at home. Use the accompanying meal guides to put the ideas into practice, with both general and plant-based options.
Building Balanced Meals and Snacks
Self Guided Resources:
Videos:
- Learn 3 mindful eating tips in this 4-minute video and handout from a liveWELL Registered Dietitian and Health Coach.
Meal Planning and Preparation
Self Guided Resources:
Videos:
- Ingredient Prep - Yakisoba
- Freezer Meal Prep - Chicken Fajitas
- Batch Cooking - Roasted Vegetable Salad
- Meals for One - Overnight Oats
5 A Day Your Way
Watch "5 A Day, Your Way," from liveWELL Registered Dietitian and Health Coach, Madison Coyne!
- Includes real meal examples and easy snack ideas
- Shows how small changes can lead to big health benefits
- Designed to fit into even the busiest schedules
EatWELL Cookbook Collection
Explore the 2025 edition and revisit your favorite EatWELL editions.
- First Edition: Recipes and Healthy Eating Tips
- Second Edition: Seasonal Recipes
- Third Edition: Interactive Nutrition Workbook
Fourth Edition: Quick, Balanced meals and snacks
Campus Resources
- A liveWELL Health Coach can help you get started towards healthy eating habits and wellness goals.
- FRESH is a free, six-month interactive text messaging program for faculty and staff focused on healthy eating habits.
- The Diabetes Prevention Program offers a full year of support in healthy lifestyle changes.
- The 12-Week Lifestyle Change Program (Wondr Health) is an online behavior change platform.
- University Health Care Food and Nutrition Services have daily menus.
Local Food Pantry Information
Food accessibility and affordability is very important to survive, maintain a healthy lifestyle, and to be able to focus at work and in school. An estimated 8.2% of Johnson County residents, including over 10% of children, are food insecure and lack consistent access to adequate food. (Source: Johnson County Iowa Public Health, 2022)
- Community Food Resources - List of local food banks in the Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty areas.
- UI Food Pantry - The food pantry is a free service available for ANY student, staff, or faculty member at the University of Iowa.