Serena Ball RD

Based near St. Louis, Serena Ball, MS, RD is a registered dietitian contributor to FoodNetwork.com where she writes about nutrition trends and develops recipes. She co-created and writes the Healthy Kitchen Hacks column for Food & Nutrition Magazine.

Her first cookbook, the best-selling The 30-Minute Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: 101 Easy, Flavorful Recipes for Lifelong Health was released in 2018.

Serena cooks up healthy recipes for her regular TV appearances on The Morning Show on FOX TV2, St. Louis.

She blogs at TeaspoonOfSpice.com about delicious recipes and time-saving Healthy Kitchen Hacks with fellow dietitian Deanna Segrave-Daly. For her blog, Serena also creates hands-and-pans recipe videos. She produces bi-weekly Teaspoon Of Spice Facebook LIVEs to demonstrate simple and fun ways to put Healthy Kitchen Hacks into practice.

Serena is co-owner of Teaspoon Communications, a nutrition communication group of culinary-minded registered dietitian nutritionists. She co-created The Recipe ReDux, a health blogger community platform.

Serena's second cookbook, The Easy Everyday Mediterranean Diet Cookbook: 125 Delicious Recipes from the Healthiest Lifestyle on the Planet, will be available in October 2020.

Serena is happiest in her bright aqua-blue kitchen developing healthy recipes for her five regular kitchen customers: her four children and husband.