Jackie Newgent is a Brooklyn-based registered dietitian-nutritionist (RDN), classically-trained chef, media personality, and professional recipe developer. She's passionate about plant-based cuisine. Jackie is the author of 1,000 Low-Calorie Recipes, Big Green Cookbook, and the award-winning books, The All Natural Diabetes Cookbook and The With or Without Meat Cookbook. She's a recreational culinary instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education and frequent contributor to Everyday with Rachael Ray and Woman's World magazines, as well as Livestrong.com. Jackie's unique recipe makeovers can be found on her blog, "tasteovers by jackie." Plus, she stars in health and cooking videos, most recently for About.com. Other exciting media projects are in the works!