Peggy Woodward, RDN

Shullsburg, WI

School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Expertise: Recipe testing; Recipe development; Food science, Nutrition; Baking; Preserving

Peggy Woodward, RDN

20 years of test kitchen experience
Former in-house nutrition expert for Taste of Home editors
Has developed and tested thousands of recipes throughout her career

Experience

Peggy is a registered dietitian nutritionist and former senior food editor for Taste of Home. In addition to curating recipes, she wrote articles, developed recipes and was our in-house nutrition expert. She studied dietetics at the University of Illinois and completed post-graduate studies at the Medical University of South Carolina. Peggy has a background in food science and more than 20 years of experience in the food industry.

She lives in rural Wisconsin with her husband and children, where she's an avid baker.

Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, bachelor's degree in dietetics

Post-graduate dietetic internship at the Medical University of South Carolina

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Articles & Recipes

January Healthy Eating Meal Plan

New year, new you. This healthy eating meal plan includes family-friendly dinners and sides that will make it deliciously easy to keep your resolution.

55 Heart-Healthy Slow Cooker Dinners

Just because it comes from the slow cooker, doesn’t mean dinner has to be loaded with fat and sodium.

24 Meals We Miss from Our ’70s Dinner Table

These retro dinner recipes will make you feel nostalgic for the 1970s, back to a time when all you needed to worry about was being home before dark (on your banana seat bicycle).