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Are school lunches about to get healthier? Is it worth the higher cost? FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week. Read More »
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Cooking at home is much easier when you have basic ingredients at hand. And the more you cook and expand your repertoire, the more diverse your basic ingredients will be.
For example, last week I made curried chicken salad sandwiches using leftover chicken breasts. Normally, I’m not a…
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The weather may be cooling off but salad season is definitely not over. In fact, some of my favorite fall recipes are salads because there’s a huge variety of vegetables that are still fresh—from broccoli and cabbage to spinach and mixed greens. These dinner salads come together quickly and are an easy and delicious way to make good use of all the produce I get from my farm share. Plus with a little protein a salad is substantial enough for dinner and satisfies my hunger. To make our dinner complete, I just warm up a hunk of my favorite crusty bread and pour some wine. Here are 4 great dinner-salad recipes starring fresh fall produce... Read More »
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Some cooks swear by their steamer basket for quick vegetable side dishes. But I couldn’t live without my roasting pan. After a busy day at work, I just cut up whatever vegetables I have in the fridge, toss them with a bit of oil, salt and pepper and pop them in a hot oven. A stir or two later, I have roasted vegetables full of flavor you could never coax from a steamer basket. Here are three secrets to roasting vegetables perfectly every time... Read More »
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I’ve heard about a million times that I should be getting more fish in my diet, especially salmon. It’s high in omega-3 fatty acids that are good for just about everything from your heart to your brain. Salmon can keep your skin beautiful and healthy too. Find out how much you need to eat here.
So to keep it interesting, I found some new salmon recipes that use not only fillets, but smoked salmon as well—even salmon in a can. Plus they’re all done in less than 45 minutes.
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By Lori Rice Working in an office setting often makes eating a healthy lunch difficult, especially if you work with others who do not share your healthy habits. When everyone else wants to go out or order in, you may be tempted to forget about your boring sandwich from home and join in.…
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A popular cooking lesson I teach is a soup and stew class, which allows people to produce a large amount of food at one time. With that in mind, I recently made a huge pot of chicken soup, enough for six meal-size portions.
Making the soup took little time and was cheaper, healthier and…
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We’re all trying to reduce, reuse, and recycle. It’s better for our budgets and better for the planet. But school lunches present a special challenge. Plastic containers can release harmful chemicals, and paper bags just make more waste. What’s a hoping-to-go-greener parent to do? Read More »- Let’s talk: Comment (10) | Blog
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By Carmen Staicer, Chief
Mom - DietsInReview.com Most days you probably scramble out
the door with kids hovering around both legs, make-up half done,
and five minutes to spare. This daily scenario is happening in
homes across the country, and it's not helping our moms get any
healthier.… Read More »
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