What's In Your Food sports drink video

What’s In Your Food: Sports Drink

By michelle / November 10, 2016 /

Do you drink sports drinks to replenish and rehydrate? Learn why you might want to check the bottle’s label before you take another sip.

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Quinoa salad from Home Chef

Hungry For Something New?

By michelle / November 2, 2016 /

Do you love the idea of meal delivery services but feel like they don’t offer enough choices and flexibility for your picky palate and busy schedule? Then it’s time to be a box boss. With Home Chef, you’ll get more than just farm-fresh, perfectly portioned, sustainably sourced ingredients and delicious recipes delivered to your doorstep—you’ll…

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Green Chef steak meal kit

Healthy Harvest

By michelle / October 5, 2016 /

Autumn has officially arrived, which means the light-and-easy cooking of summer is giving way to the heartier tastes of fall. Hankering for warm stews and roasted root veggies but don’t have time for the slower cooking they require? Then it’s time to “fall” for Green Chef. This organic meal kit service delivers the recipes and…

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5 New Healthy Products We Love: Volume 10

By michelle / September 28, 2016 /

This week we found five new healthy products—including color-changing tea and low-carb bread—so good they’re almost magical.

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Ugly Vegetable Pattern-scape

12 Instagram Foodies We Love

By michelle / September 20, 2016 /

We’ve all snapped photos of our meals before we take a bite to make others drool with envy, literally. And nowhere is this more in evidence than on Instagram.

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A (Naturally) Sweet Deal

By michelle / September 15, 2016 /

When it comes to honey, we’re not shy about our preferences: We like it raw. It’s packed with natural enzymes and nutrients that can help heal cuts and scrapes, boost immunity and soothe sore throats, all without spiking blood sugar like crazy. If you want to get your paws on the sticky-sweet stuff but have…

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Box of Sun Basket ingredients and recipe

Max Flavor, Minimum Effort

By michelle / September 7, 2016 /

Fast, fresh, healthy and tasty: We’re pretty sure that’s the minimum of what you’re looking for in a weekday home-cooked meal. But what if you could have the maximum—all of that along with a truly gourmet sensibility? Sun Basket is a new, organic meal kit service that delivers everything you need to make distinctive-to-the-max dinners…

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Veggies and hummus wrap

13 Creative, Healthy School Lunch Ideas

By michelle / September 6, 2016 /

There’s no need to fall into a rabbit hole of bento boxes and cookie-cutter-shaped mini sandwiches. Try 13 delicious school lunch ideas, recipes and tips.

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Zucchini recipe

Sautéed Green and Yellow Zucchini with Pistachios, Mint and Lime

By michelle / September 2, 2016 /

You can use zucchini, summer squash, patty-pan squash or a combination in this side dish.

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Halibut recipe

Halibut in a Pouch with Leeks and Tomatoes

By michelle / September 2, 2016 /

This halibut dish is great for company, because you can assemble the foil packets ahead, chill and then pop them in the oven or on the grill when you’re ready.

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5 New Healthy Products We Love: Volume 7

By michelle / August 25, 2016 /

This week we discovered how we much we actually enjoy eating savory oats for dinner. Don’t knock it till you try it! Read on to find out more.

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Plate of Green Chef's chicken and salad

Green Chef To The Rescue

By michelle / August 24, 2016 /

To get a healthy, home-cooked weeknight dinner on the table, you practically need superhuman powers: You must plan, shop, chop and cook faster than a speeding bullet. If time pressure is your kryptonite, then rescue yourself from the ticking clock and be a dinner hero with Green Chef, whose USDA-certified organic meal kits make it possible…

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Love With Food

Love With Food, Love Your Food

By michelle / August 19, 2016 /

There are a few times in life when you can score a win-win: Adopting a loving dog from a shelter or learning carpentry skills while building a house for a veteran are two that come to mind. We just discovered a new one: joining Love With Food. This California-based company serves up smart snacks shipped…

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rawclates new healthy products

5 New Healthy Products We Love: Volume 6

By michelle / August 17, 2016 /

Our weekly pick of the best new healthy products out there, from pecan butter and frozen organic vegetarian entrees to decadent vegan chocolates.

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5 New Healthy Products We Love: Volume 5

By michelle / August 11, 2016 /

We love snacks that add a bit of snap, crackle and pop to our day especially when a group mid-afternoon yawn rolls around. Here are this week’s favorite new healthy products:

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6 Ways to Love Lavender Even More

By michelle / July 19, 2016 /

Ahhhh, lavender—this delicate flower’s scent conjures up visions of fragrant purple fields and perfumed soaps and lotions that exploit its calming essence.

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Chef Olivia Roszkowski at work

How To Eat From Root To Frond

By michelle / July 13, 2016 /

Peels, rinds, stems, ends, tops: No matter how you slice it, preparing vegetables can leave you with a lot of undesirable bits. But before you rush to throw that “waste” into the garbage or compost, keep in mind that one cook’s trash is another cook’s treasure.

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Salad with avocado and bacon

12 Salads We Love From Instagram

By michelle / July 8, 2016 /

The term “salad days” has new meaning when you drool over these 12 sumptuous creations we curated from Instagram, all of which taste of the warmth and ripeness of summer.

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Man holding fresh Thai coconut

The Better-For-You Beverage

By michelle / July 7, 2016 /

After having fun in the hot summer sun, don’t you wish you could dive into the center of a cool coconut and lap up all the good hydration of the water within?

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12 Burgers We Love From Instagram

By michelle / July 4, 2016 /

Few foods speak more of summer than a big, fat, juicy burger. The quest for fire really intensifies when we see these decadent beauties on Instagram. Here are 12 of our favorites, all from home cooks.

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English pea ragout with grilled sea scallops

Grilled Sea Scallops with English Peas and Orange-Patis Butter

By michelle / July 1, 2016 /

This recipe is from Around the Fire: Recipes for Inspired Grilling and Seasonal Feasting from Ox Restaurant ($22; Ten Speed Press) by Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton, with Stacy Adimando.

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Grilled skirt steak

Grilled Beef Skirt Steak with Onion Marinade

By michelle / July 1, 2016 /

This recipe is from Around the Fire: Recipes for Inspired Grilling and Seasonal Feasting from Ox Restaurant ($22; Ten Speed Press) by Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton, with Stacy Adimando.

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Cut up watermelon

Water(melon), Water(melon) Everywhere

By michelle / June 27, 2016 /

Is there anything that screams “summer!” more than a wedge of cool, sweet watermelon?

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Strawberry buttermilk sherbet

Strawberry “Buttermilk” Sherbet

By michelle / June 22, 2016 /

This recipe is from The New Milks ($17; Atria Books) by Dina Cheney.

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