Many of these vegetable lasagna recipes don’t even include traditional pasta — just layers of vegetables for an ultra-healthy twist.
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Who doesn’t love dunking into a delicious dip on game day? Whether you’re going to a Super Bowl party for the game, the commercials, or merely the camaraderie, it is undeniably a social event whose culinary focus seems to be all about prolonged snacking — and these Trader Joe’s dips and spreads are the perfect…
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I write about wellness, but as a certified sommelier and former Michelin-starred restaurant bartender, I also write about alcoholic beverages — two things that don’t have to be mutually exclusive, by the way. As a wellness writer, and frankly, as a human, I feel that any initiatives that promote reevaluating our individual relationships with alcohol,…
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On those short winter days when it seems like your interaction with daylight is best described as “limited,” it’s important to consider whether you’re getting the necessary Vitamin D you need — and certain foods can assist you with that. “Vitamin D is considered the ‘sunshine vitamin,’ in that it can be produced in the…
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Cholesterol can be a tricky subject to understand, as we’ve been frequently told there are both “good” and “bad” kinds. Understanding which is which, and whether your cholesterol numbers are something you need to start paying attention to — even if you haven’t been diagnosed as having high cholesterol — are important matters to consider…
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During pumpkin spice season, it’s the spice element that tends to take top billing, getting mixed into our lattes and oatmeals the minute September rolls around up until Thanksgiving when pumpkin pie season gets its proper due. But while the flavor of pumpkin spice tends to be all the rage throughout those early fall months,…
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Soup tends to take a backseat during the summer months when many of us prefer to eat fresher, and frankly, cooler meals. Now that a slight chill has started to grace the air, along with pumpkin spice everything, soup is ready to have its moment again. Thankfully, popular grocery stores like Trader Joe’s have many…
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