*Recipes tested and judged by Registered Dietitians from Diabetes Care and Education (DCE) Practice Group and by the students at the Le Cordon Bleu of Minneapolis.

*Recipes submitted by DCE members.

Patricia Hess MEd, RD, BC-ADM, CDE

Trish was in the first group to test for the BC-ADM credential in August 2001. She works at an endocrinology practice doing insulin pump training, and follow up as well as all the pre-pump carbohydrate counting. She also sees endocrinology patients for other reasons such as weight gain, type 2 diabetes, pregnancy and type 1 diabetes, PCOS etc. She lives with her husband Amos and their 2 dogs, Abby and Apollo. Apollo is an Urban Search and Rescue Dog on PA task force 1. Abby is a therapy dog. They also have 4 grown children and 5 grandchildren. She received her BS from the University of Kentucky and her MEd from the University of Hartford.

Connie J. Buss, RD, LD, CDE

Connie has been the Diabetes Center Coordinator and out-patient dietitian at the Boone County Hospital in Boone, Iowa for almost five years. She was an educator at McFarland Clinic in Ames, Iowa for over 25 years prior, and has worked with wonderful diabetes educators and lots of great eaters! Connie is on the Boone County Iowans Fit for Life Committee working on improving the health and fitness of residents of Boone County. She is also a member of the Iowa Diabetes Network. Married to Jon for over 30 years, with 2 grown sons, she is “Grandma” to 5 year old, Cecilia, and 3 year old, Jack (and another grandson is expected in July!). Connie’s favorite pastimes include “being Grandma,” sailing, going on long walks, riding tandem bike, picnicking and enjoying the outdoors! Antiques, playing cards, baking, reading and listening to Jon’s piano & trumpeting are relaxing when she is kept indoors. Growing up with the warm, fresh smells of breads and baked goods and the colors of the gardens, she enjoys preparing, serving and eating a variety of foods. The expertise and encouragement of a good friend and ex-coworker from India have helped her branch out from the traditional Iowa meat, potato, vegetable plan reaching now to a palate of choices. This recipe submitted to the contest, was modified from one shared by her cousin.

Jenny Thompson, RD, LD, CDE

Jenny graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a BS degree in Dietetics and a Chemistry minor with honors in 1994. She completed her internship in South Carolina, returning to Iowa upon completion of the program. Jenny has been employed with Skiff Medical center for the past 11 years, working as the outpatient dietitian the first five, in diabetes education the second five and taking over as the Diabetes Education Coordinator over the past year. During her time at Skiff, Jenny has experience with public speaking, conducting community cooking classes, wellness education, health screening and individual counseling. Jenny, along with a colleague, has produced three cookbooks over the past 10 years. In her spare time Jenny enjoys cooking, baking and experimenting with new recipes always with the next cookbook in mind. Jenny is married to Steve and they have one child, 2 ½ year old, Drew. They are expecting their second child in August.

Cece Ohmart, RD, LD

Cece graduated from the University of Maine in Orono in her undergrad and from the Emory University for her internship. She is a clinical dietitian with emphasis in nutrition support, consultant dietitian to nursing homes, Headstart, and Home Health Agencies, Chief Clinical Dietitian, and diabetes educator. She has held several positions on the Maine Dietetic Association Board (pre 1992) including secretary, fundraising and media representative, Maine Board of Licensure of Dietetic Practice, Chair since 1992, Recognized Young Dietitian (Maine) 1995. She also loves to ski and play golf. She has a special interest and practice in cooking, especially ethnic foods. She loves to knit, rug hook, quilt, and garden around her house.

Doris Yamanoha, MS, RD, CDE

Doris has relocated at least 10 times over the past 30 years - mostly due to her husband's corporate reassignments. They’ve lived in places like Chicago, San Franciso, Alaska, Washington, Guam, Saipan, and southern California. Along the way, she has managed to use her RD skills in a variety of settings. In addition to hospital based inpatient/outpatient positions, she has worked in pediatric specialties, taught college-level nutrition courses for nursing students, conducted nutrition research studies, and even sold infant formulas as a sales representative. She currently lives in Hilo, HI. In June, she will be the new diabetes program coordinator of a community-based health education outreach center. She thinks that life in Hawaii is great - except that she misses the tabouli from Trader Joe's or Whole Foods Market deli, since neither store is available in Hilo. That's what started her "Heart-y Bulgur Salad" quest. She created this recipe trying to duplicate familiar taste and flavors. She ended up adding her own "special ingredients." She has shared it with clients and prepared it for sampling at health fairs with good reviews. When her husband asked her to prepare this for his potluck luncheon at work, she knew she had to submit this to the DCE recipe contest.

Araceli Suverza-Fernández NC - Coordinator of the Nutrition Clinic.
Kaori Loza-Hirasaka - Patient management
Alejandra Zarate-Collado - Patient management

Araceli, Kaori and Alejandra work at the Nutrition Clinic of the Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City performing service to all the university community. The purpose of this clinic is to allow the students to acquire professional practice in the patient management and to serve the university personnel in the assessment of their nutritional status and their management. The patient’s ages served are from 18 – 60 years old, men and women; and they perform 39 outpatient consults per week – which has accumulated to a total of 1687 patients since the creation of the clinic in 2001. One of the advice they give to the patients is the modification of typical Mexican recipes, such as the submitted recipe “Sweet Rice with Milk”.