{"id":20432,"date":"2022-12-21T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=20432"},"modified":"2022-12-02T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:31:22","slug":"vegetarian-nutrition-dietetic-practice-group-launches-latin-culture-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2022\/12\/21\/vegetarian-nutrition-dietetic-practice-group-launches-latin-culture-plate\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group Launches Latin Culture Plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VN-DPG-Latin-Culture-Plate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VN-DPG-Latin-Culture-Plate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VN-DPG-Latin-Culture-Plate.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/VN-DPG-Latin-Culture-Plate-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD<\/p>\n<p>The Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group (VN DPG), a group of nutrition professionals with expertise and\/or interest in vegetarian nutrition, recently introduced the first of four Culture Cuisine Plates \u2013 Latin Cuisine. This colorful handout features vegan foods that are commonly used in Latin American communities. The handout\u2019s sections include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shifting to a plant-based diet<\/li>\n<li>Foods included in the Latin Culture Cuisine Plate (vegetables, fruits, whole grains, proteins, dairy substitutes).<\/li>\n<li>Regional plant foods of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean<\/li>\n<li>A sample menu<\/li>\n<li>Lists of common spices and common beverages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Culture Cuisine Plates project was developed by VN DPG\u2019s Diversity Team and was funded by a grant from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Additional Culture Cuisine Plates are being developed for African, East Asian, and Indian Cultures.<\/p>\n<p>You can download a copy of the Latin Culture Plate <a href=\"https:\/\/higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com\/THEACADEMY\/859dd171-3982-43db-8535-56c4fdc42b51\/UploadedImages\/VN\/Documents\/Resources\/VN_DPG_Culture_Plates_-_Latin_Cuisine_-_V3.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD The Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group (VN DPG), a group of nutrition professionals with expertise and\/or interest in vegetarian nutrition, recently introduced the first of four Culture Cuisine Plates \u2013 Latin Cuisine. This colorful handout features vegan foods that are commonly used in Latin American communities. The handout\u2019s sections include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20434,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20432\/revisions\/20434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}