Jill Nussinow is a cookbook author, Registered Dietitian and culinary educator with more than 30 years’ experience teaching healthy cooking. Jill retired in December 2019 from Santa Rosa Junior College after 30 years teaching in the culinary department.
With her business, The Veggie Queen, she has worked on a diverse range of projects ranging from remaking the cafeteria menu at Kaiser in Santa Rosa, to consulting with Amy’s Kitchen on various projects including a menu plan, and teaching cooking classes for the Sonoma County library system. Jill has also taught the McDougall program for almost 20 years and has been a guest presenter at Rancho La Puerta, in Tecate, Mexico since 2010. Jill has won numerous contests and received awards for her recipes and cookbooks. She is a plant-based Instant Pot expert and loves helping people, especially families, learn how to optimize their health through better cooking and eating.
Jill has been practicing yoga for more than 20 years and it is her salvation and “great escape” from the kitchen and the computer. Her website is theveggiequeen.com.