Andrew Dole

RDN, CEC

Performance Nutrition Expert

Andrew is a registered dietitian, chef, and performance nutrition expert. He is the owner of Body Fuel Sports Performance & Lifestyle Nutrition where he helps people to reach their personal nutrition goals through therapeutic diets, performance nutrition plans, and preparing meals as a private chef. Andrew also brings strong clinical expertise to the table, having previously worked as an in-patient clinical dietitian at Rose Medical Center in Denver, Colorado.

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The Everyday Chef: Hearty Budget-Friendly Vegetable & Cod Stew

Lighten up December meals with a festive, budget-friendly vegetable and fish stew. One of my favorite Italian dishes next to good old fashioned spaghetti is a…

Cauliflower Waffles You Can Top With Just About Anything

These cauliflower waffles are just fun and pretty much guilt free. The idea developed while I was looking for ways to increase vegetables at meals other than d…

The Everyday Chef: Caribbean Braised Shredded Beef for Stews, Tacos, Bok Choy & More

This recipe was made to use up leftover vegetables in the crisper, be flexible for several meals, and use an inexpensive cut of meat. I didn’t want to spend…

The Everyday Chef: How To Make Homemade Dough for Tasty Veggie Flatbread Pizzas

I’m not a big fan of heavy, fatty, pizza toppings, so I like topping flatbreads with lighter and healthier produce options. There’s no shortage of combinat…

The Everyday Chef: How To Make Savory Slow-Cooked Collard Greens

I associate slow-cooked collard greens with the changing of the seasons and moving into fall with cooler weather. Hearty and savory, these warm braised greens…

How To Make Chocolate Avocado Ice Cream

My wife loves guacamole. She eats it once a week and that means we have plenty of avocados in the house. It also means we get our share of brown avocados. It�…

Creamy Corn & Potato Chowder

I know what you’re thinking … there must be so many calories in this creamy chowder you can’t possible eat it. Wrong! This recipe uses 1% milk an…

Carrot Halwa – A Lightly Spiced, Sweetened Carrot Pudding

I’ve been teaching culinary arts at a local college for almost 9 years. Each year a few enterprising students will look at leftover ingredients and challenge…

How to Pit Dates for a Gooey Apricot-Stuffed Medjool Date Appetizer

If apricots weren’t fall flavor enough, how about gooey Medjool dates stuffed with dried apricots and walnuts! What is a good date? (Insert potential joke he…

The Everyday Chef: Quinoa Stuffed Antipasto Portabella

In Asian cuisine, mushrooms are important ingredients in achieving the fifth basic flavor: umami. They are known to have a savory, “meaty” personality. Por…

Protein-Packed Vanilla & Grape Parfait

One Thanksgiving my mother-in-law made grape salad (grapes covered in cream cheese, sour cream, and brown sugar). It was amazing, addictive, and I wanted more.…

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Performance Nutrition: Low FODMAP Fruits for Fueling

For FODMAP-sensitive people, like those with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, finding the right fruits to snack on doesn’t need to be hard. In fact, there are more…

Performance Nutrition: Vegan Athletes & Meeting Dietary Needs

Being vegetarian or vegan shouldn’t slow you down or make sport training challenging. However, there are minerals that need special attention in a diet that…

Performance Nutrition: Bananas, Cramps and the Real Deal on Hydration and Electrolytes

Electrolytes, namely potassium and sodium, as well as hydration are associated with the prevention of exercise-associated muscle cramps (EAMC); the painful, in…

How To Massage Kale for Salads & Sides

Kale salads seem to be popping up on menus everywhere. The problem is that raw kale isn’t particularly tender and often has a grassy flavor. However, after a…

How To Solve Your Frozen Smoothie Problems

There aren’t always enough hours in the day to get everything done, but I don’t want to let my health and nutrition suffer, so I use fruit and vegetable sm…

Performance Nutrition: Proper Fueling for Long Workouts & Races

Anyone exercising longer than 90 minutes knows about “the bonk” or “hitting the wall,” because it’s a terrible feeling. Fatigue, clouded thinking, an…