FUELED Wellness + Nutrition | Eat Fit at Jazz Fest | In the Kitchen with Charlie Mendy of Gambian Foods

Molly Kimball
·2 min read

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Eat Fit is on the menu at Jazz Fest! The Ochsner Eat Fit team has once again collaborated with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, to spotlight nutritious options right on menu boards. Find the full nutrition facts (and extra menu items!) on the free Eat Fit mobile app, available for Apple and Android devices.

Details: Look for the Eat Fit seal on menu boards at Jazz Fest, spotlighting festival favorites that also happen to fit within the Eat Fit nutritional criteria.

For full nutrition facts, download the free Eat Fit mobile app powered by Ochsner. The Jazz Fest section is organized by food area, featuring vendors, dishes, photos and nutrition facts of the Eat Fit dishes. The app also features additional Eat Fit approved festival dishes not labeled on the menu boards – including amazing dishes like Spicy Grilled Tofu & Veggies w/ Peanut Sauce (double veg in place of couscous or pita), featured today by Charlie Mendy of Gambian Foods.

About Gambian Foods:  Charlie Mendy and Tejan Jallow have shared their passion and talents as Jazz Fest vendors for nearly 30 years, serving up delicious, nourishing dishes with origins in Gambia and Senegal, adapted for easy festival eating.

2024 Eat Fit Menu at Jazz Fest 

  

CONGO SQUARE

  • Gambian Foods – Spicy Grilled Tofu & Veggies w/ Peanut Sauce (without couscous or pita) | Veg

  • Palmer’s Cuisine – Caribbean Fish or Jamaican Chicken + Steamed Veggies (veggies only, no rice)

  • Bennachin – Poulet Fricasse; Jama Jama

  • AJ’s Sno-Balls – Sugar-Free Sno-Balls

FOOD AREA 1

  • Joyce’s Lemonade – Fruit Salad | Veg, GF

  • Clesi’s Seafood Restaurant – Boiled LA Crawfish

  • Burks & Douglas – Vegetarian Red Beans (red beans only, no rice) | Veg

  • Smoke Street Catering – Fried Brussels Sprouts | Veg

  • Ten Talents Catering – Sunflower Green Salad |Veg

  • Papa Ninety Catering – Shrimp & Lump Crab Ravigote, Louisiana Crawfish Remoulade

  • Walker’s BBQ / Love at First Bite – Cochon de Lait (no bread)

  • Sunshine Catering – Rosemint Herbal Iced Tea, Mandarin Orange Iced Tea, Blackberry Breeze

FOOD AREA 2

  • Sunshine Catering – Rosemint Herbal Iced Tea, Mandarin Orange Iced Tea, Blackberry Breeze

  • New Orleans Coffee Company – Café Au Lait (Hot, Iced), Black Coffee (Hot, Iced); Available black or with milk (2% or unsweetened almond milk)

  • Mona’s Café – Greek Garden Salad | Veg, GF

  • Jamila’s Cafe – Tunisian Salad (without pita); Merguez (without rice)

  • Fritai – Grilled Shrimp Pikliz | GF

  • Carmo – Handmade Tacos: Fresh Gulf Fish, Grilled Shrimp, or Grilled Veggies | GF

HERITAGE SQUARE

  • Ba Mien Vietnamese Cuisine – Beef Skewer, Shrimp Skewer

  • Café du Monde – Café Au Lait (Hot, Iced)

  • Sunshine Catering – Rosemint Herbal Iced Tea, Mandarin Orange Iced Tea, Blackberry Breeze

AROUND THE GROUNDS

Cee Cee’s and Plum St. Sno-Balls – Sugar-Free Sno-Balls

LOUISIANA FOLKLIFE VILLAGE

United Houma Nation – Shrimp Macque Choux

CULTURAL EXCHANGE PAVILLION

Carmo y Waska – Ceviche de Camarones w Patacones (Fried Plaintain); Ceviche de Vegetales w Patacones (Fried Plantain)


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Molly Kimball, RD, CSSD is a registered dietitian + nutrition journalist in New Orleans, and founder of Ochsner Eat Fit nonprofit restaurant initiative. Tune in to her podcast, FUELED | Wellness + Nutrition and follow her on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @MollyKimballRD. See more of Molly’s articles + TV segments at www.mollykimball.com, and sign up for Eat Fit Wellness Bites weekly newsletter, here.

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