FUELED Wellness + Nutrition | Eat Fit at Jazz Fest: In the kitchen with Ba Mien

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.

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 Health, available for Apple and Android devices. The Jazz Fest section features 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 Skewered Gulf Shrimp and Skewered Beef Tenderloin by Ba Mien.

About Ba Mien:  It’s a family affair! Ba Mien has been serving up traditional Vietnamese cuisine more than two decades and brings in family and friends – including Amanda Althaus to serve up their long-running Jazz Fest favorites, including Eat Fit favorites, Beef Skewer and Shrimp Skewer.

2025 Eat Fit Menu at Jazz Fest

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
• Lady Nellie Oysters – Lady Nellie Oysters on the Half Shell with Satsuma Mignonette

Congo Square 

• Gambian Foods – Spicy Grilled Tofu & Veggies w/ Peanut Sauce (without couscous or pita) | Veg
• Palmer’s Cuisine – 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 – option to add Grilled Shrimp | Veg
• Papa Ninety Catering – Shrimp and Lump Crab Ravigote, Louisiana Crawfish Remoulade
• TCA Brocato – Smoked Mushroom Vegan Gumbo (Eat Fit without rice)
• Walker’s BBQ / Love at First Bite – Cochon de Lait Salad
• 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)
• Sweet Soulfood Vegan Cuisine – Sweet Potatoes, Collard Greens | V
• Fritai – Grilled Shrimp Pikliz | GF
• Tempero’s Market Kitchen – Handmade Tacos: Fresh Gulf Fish, Grilled Shrimp, Grilled Veggies | GF

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 Exhange Pavillion

• Tempero’s Market Kitchen Y Ella – Tostadade Ceviche de Camrones (Gulf Shrimp), Tostada de Ceviche de Huitlacoche y Vegetales (Corn Truffle &Veggies)

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Molly Kimball, RD, CSSD is a registered dietitian and nutrition journalist in New Orleans, and founder of the 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 and TV segments at mollykimball.com, and download the Eat Fit mobile app to stay in the know about Eat Fit partners, new dishes, festivals, and more. To schedule a nutrition consult with Molly’s Lifestyle Nutrition team, email nutrition@ochsner.org.

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