FOOD VIDEO: How To Choose Healthy Snacks

  If you’re one of the millions of people who have just made a New Year’s resolution to pursue better food choices, here’s an “inspirational” video. It shows some simple, portion-controlled snack ideas that let you treat yourself without going overboard. Whether you have a sweet tooth or prefer savory flavors—and there’s no reason you…
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RECIPE: Panettone Yogurt Parfait & More Panettone Recipes

[1] A panettone parfait for breakfast or for dessert (photo © Whole Foods Market). [2] Panettone is also a delicious breakfast bread (photo © Bauducco). [3] Tangerines, a type of mandarin (photo © Melissa’s Produce).   Just when we’d turned the last of our panettone into French toast for New Year’s Day breakfast, another panettone…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Healthy Soup

It’s winter, it’s cold and soup is warm comfort. It’s also Healthy Food Month at THE NIBBLE; so combining both concepts, we’ve got healthy soup recipes for you. Starting with 10 tips for “enlightened soupmaking,” you’ll see that you don’t need to sacrifice flavor to make family favorites and dinner party soups. The Hot &…
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RECIPE: Horseradish Hummus

A horseradish rush in hummus. Buy it or make it. Photo courtesy Tribe Hummus. Like horseradish? Add it to your hummus. Several hummus manufacturers make hummus with horseradish, although it’s not as easy to find as more mainstream flavors like garlic hummus and red pepper hummus. Lucky us: One of our local markets had a…
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RECIPE: Eat Your Spinach (With Garlic!)

Another better-eating tip for the New Year: make sure to eat your daily requirement of fruits and veggies. The old “Five A Day” rule has been replaced, recognizing that age and activity level have a greater bearing on what you should consume. For example, women ages 19 to 50 who are moderately active should have…
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