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Nutrition

It Turns Out an Egg a Day Isn’t So Bad For Your Heart After All

Eggs have been in the hot seat for a while now. Are they good for your heart health? Or does the cholesterol in the yolk put you at risk for heart disease and high cholesterol levels? Should you be only eating egg whites, then? Or make your omelet with two eggs instead of three? Or only limit egg consumption to a few days a week?

Nutrition

5 Everyday Foods Rich in B-12 to Add to Your Diet

How to get your fill of this important B Vitamin.

B-12 might seem like a far-fetched thing you need to consume, but it’s actually quite an important vitamin. A member of the B family of vitamins, B-12 is crucial for brain and nerve health as well as the production of red blood cells and DNA.

Tips

Still Confused About the Egg Carton Label? Here’s What’s Important

Decode all the lingo.

Have you noticed how much stuff egg cartons have squished onto their labels? Free-range! Organic! Vegetarian! What the heck does it all actually mean?

Recipes

5 Clean & Quick Ways Eat an Avocado For Breakfast

Avocados are a powerhouse of healthy fats, which means they’re a great choice whenever you’re looking to fill your plate with something wholesome and sustaining. Just half an avocado contains 10 grams of monounsaturated fat and 2 grams of polyunsaturated fat, both of which are important for heart, brain, and blood health.

Recipes

Only Have 5 Minutes for Breakfast? Here’s What to Eat

Are your mornings as hectic as ours? We bet they are — and since you can’t decide to not get dressed or brush your teeth, often when something has to go, it’s breakfast.

Healthy Pantry

3 New Grocery Store Finds the Whole Family Will Love

Do you ever find yourself in the grocery store overwhelmed with the deluge of new products? You know there’s some interesting and healthy that will check all the requirements on your list — family friendly, tasty, and nutritious — but with all the options it’s hard to know where to start.

Tips

5 Awesome New Ways To Love Your Eggs

Eggs are synonymous with breakfast. There’s nothing wrong with that—but we’d like to take these healthy essentials way beyond the simple scramble.

Beauty & Style

These 5 Foods Will Help Give You Gorgeous Hair

Though we don’t control our genes, we’re in charge of what we eat. Here some foods experts recommend for beautifying and strengthening your locks.

Recipes

7 Awesome Breakfast Toasts That Go Beyond Avocado

Toast is a delicious and easy way to add whole grains to your diet. Top it with some fruits or veggies and protein and you’ve got a great, balanced breakfast.

Tips

Avocados & Other Surprising Foods You Didn’t Know You Could Freeze

We all know that leftover soups, casseroles, and baked goods are made for the freezer, but there are plenty of other foods you can freeze. Avocados, for starters. (Yes, really!)

Tips

Beat Cravings With These Foods

These foods can curb your appetite for longer stretches and keep the munchies at bay so that you don’t resort to that 990 calorie frozen mocha latte.

Recipes

Roasted Asparagus And Arugula With Hard-Cooked Eggs And Walnuts

Veggie maven Deborah Madison gives us this beautiful asparagus and arugula dish from her new book In My Kitchen (published by Ten Speed Press).

What to Eat When

The Best Foods to Eat When You’re Flying

You know airline travel can result in not-so-awesome issues like gas, bloating, water retention, and dry skin. Here’s what to eat to avoid those problems.

Recipes

Cloud Eggs Make Breakfast Sunny

The latest Instagram food craze is so delicious, we think it’s here to stay.

Recipes

Dandelion Salad with Hard-Boiled Eggs

Dandelions, a bitter green, surprisingly make a great salad. Pair them with hard-boiled eggs and vinegar, and you’ve got yourself a healthy, hearty salad.

Tips

5 Foods That Can Make You Smell Bad & How To Fix It

Sorry, someone needed to tell you… What foods to limit in order to feel and smell your best.

Recipes

The #RETOX California Burrito

Lauren Imparato loves having this as a breakfast pre workout or post workout snack. This easy recipe is featured on her blog and Instagram.

Recipes

Spring Vegetable Frittata

Elizabeth says, “It is one of the easiest egg dishes to make if you are having a lot of company over for brunch or to feed the whole family. This recipe replaces traditional heavy cream with non-dairy milk and loads in veggies for added fiber and nutrients.”

This recipe is from The Clean Plates Cookbook ($17; Running Press) by Jared Koch with Jill Silverman Hough.

Recipes

Lentil Ful Medammes

This yummy 30 minute weeknight dinner is packed with fiber and protein.

Recipes

Quick & Easy Shakshuka

A quick and tasty protein-packed start to your day.

Recipes

Go Around The World For Breakfast

Get some new ways to start the day that are healthy, full of flavor and easy.

Menus

Weekend Menu Hacks: Swiss Chard Frittata & Purple Spuds

While the heat is on, do-ahead dishes are the answer to your prayers

Swiss Chard Frittata with Turmeric and Purple Potatoes with Avocado Oil & Fresh Herbs are healthy, delicious and easy to make ahead.

Recipes

Swiss Chard Frittata with Turmeric

This dish is packed with vitamin-rich greens, protein, and anti-inflammatory turmeric.

Menus

Weekend Menu Hacks: Grilled Brunch

Why heat up the kitchen when you can make brunch all on the grill?

This week you likely laughed and cried and were bored and angry, all while watching the Republican and Democratic conventions and drowning yourself in buckets of blueberries. (Hopefully you also got inspired to go check out these excellent Philadelphia and Cleveland restaurants.) So this weekend you’re no doubt ready to hit a festival, a golf course, a yoga mat, a beach or an air-conditioned bedroom, so you can zone out. But how do you relax if you’ve got people coming over and they need to be fed? Who wants to turn on an oven during our tiresome “heat dome?” We at Clean Plates have you covered. Our grilled brunch menu hits all the right bases—garden fresh, simple, healthy and oh-so tasty. It’s done in about 10 minutes, and gives you the requisite protein and antioxidants to Netflix and chill. Make the recipes and upload a photo to Instagram or Pinterest with the tag #cleanplates. We’ll choose our favorite and that person will win a free Clean Plates Cookbook.     Height of Summer Weekend Menu Blueberry Bliss Smoothie Grilled Poached Eggs Grilled Asparagus and Broccolini   Step 1: Add a stainless steel skillet to one side of the grill. Preheat the grill to 400°F. Step 2: Bring a full kettle to a boil. Add the boiling water to the pan and add the salt and vinegar. Step 3: Add the eggs to the boiling water. Step 4: Toss the asparagus and broccolini in a bowl with the oil, salt and pepper. Step 5: Place the veggies on the other side of the grill. Step 6: After 3 minutes, turn the veggies over. Step 7: Whip up the smoothie in a blender and pour into cups. Step 8: Plate the asparagus and broccolini onto 4 individual plates. Step 9: Top each plate with a poached egg. Step 10: Put food in mouth. #Yum  

Recipes

Grilled Poached Eggs

Not everyone has the luxury of a gas grill with a side burner, but did you know with the right pan your grill can function as a cooktop or an oven?

Tips

6 Fatty Foods You Should Eat

Can't get enough avocados or nuts? Fear not—these ingredients will not make you fat

Afraid of fatty foods? Read this. We found six fatty foods that you could be eating without guilt.

Recipes

Try a vegetarian take on traditional Korean bibimbap for a hearty breakfast

Try a vegetarian take on traditional Korean bibimbap for a hearty breakfast

Make your salad much more egg-citing

When it comes to salads, a little extra on top can go a long way to turn a pile of raw greens and vegetables…

Recipes

Kale-Carrot Salad
 with Hardboiled Eggs

Kale, the trendy new green on everyone’s plates, makes its’ way into this simple salad dish. This recipe gets a nutrition boost from egg that makes it high in protein as well. Here are some tips to keep kale fresh as well.

Recipes

This Slow-Cooked Chickpeas Toast is the Perfect Breakfast

Chickpeas are no longer a boring food with these slow-cooked chickpea toasts. In this recipe, spices like cayenne and paprika give it a real kick. Top it with an egg for a more balanced meal. We recommend using a sprouted grain bread and coconut palm sugar.

Allergic to chicken eggs? Duck eggs might be just the right answer

Make the switch to duck eggs.

And how to manage it

Stressed out? Surprise: there are certain foods that cause stress. Find out which they are, from Dr. Mark Pitstick…

People & Places

Food Talk: The Happy Egg Co.

Finally, an egg brand you can actually trust

Do happy hens lay better eggs? Read about this Certified Humane company, and you decide…

Wish you had some less sweet, or even sugar-free breakfast options? Try four delicious choices from around the world.

People & Places

Four Local Farms Laying Fresh and Interesting Eggs

Skip the supermarket for these great local egg purveyors

Fresh eggs laid by happy, healthy hens are beautiful: They boast multi-hued shells, superior nutrition, bright orange-yellow yolks and tight whites that taste delicious. Here are four great options.

Residents are taking healthy, affordable food into their own hands

Faced with a lack of accessible fresh food, East New Yorkers are turning waste into compost: Cypress Hills residents are building Pollos del Pueblo, or The People’s Chickens…

Skip the artificial dyes this Easter, and go for natural dyes to decorate your eggs

With natural dyes, potential alchemy can be found anywhere in the kitchen: coffee grounds, red cabbage, beets—find great instructions for vegetable and fruit-based dyes for Easter eggs.

Avoid a food coma with these Easter dinner ingredient tips

Easter doesn’t have to mean candy comas and too much honey-glazed ham.

Recipes

Recipe Makeover: Deviled Eggs from Epicurious.com

Our healthy spin on this classic dish

Substitute Greek yogurt for mayo, plus other ways to boost the health quotient of this popular hors d’oeuvre…

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Tips

The “Healthy” Mistake You’re Probably Making at Starbucks

Maybe you pop in all the time, maybe you only go there in a pinch — either way, chances are grabbing coffee from Starbucks is a part of your life. And though you’re probably already avoiding those venti super-sugary specialty drinks (right?!), your go-to Starbucks order might not be as healthy as you think. Read on to find out the “healthy” mistake you might be making.  

Wellness

5 Ways to Chill Out When You Only Have 10 Minutes

You could probably use an hour or two to relax every day, right? Over here in the real world, we feel lucky when we get 10 minutes. There’s good news, though: That’s actually plenty of time. Here are some good ways to chill out when the clock is ticking. (Hint: Scrolling social media isn’t on the list).

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