Caitlin Mellendorf

Since 2012, Caitlin Mellendorf, MS, RD, has served as Food and Nutrition Educator in DeWitt, Macon, and Piatt counties. She teaches community classes about nutrition for diabetes and heart disease, home and restaurant food safety, canning and home food preservation, and general food skills like cooking, shopping, and budgeting. 

A graduate of Family and Consumer Sciences programs with a focus in nutrition and dietetics from Illinois State University and Eastern Illinois University, Mellendorf shares up-to-date, consumer-friendly nutrition information focused on developing the skills and tools individuals and families need on their health and nutrition journeys.

Mellendorf enjoys writing about everyday foods with ideas for recipes, tips for cooking more at home, and ways to add nutrition (not take it away). Read a couple of her recent posts from the Live Well, Eat Well blog: Make your own pepper flakes and Save water while cooking in a drought.