PASSOVER: New Kosher-For-Passover Foods

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins Monday evening, the 18th of April, and continues for seven days. It commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from enslavement in Egypt, which many scholars agree took place in 1476 BCE. Moses led his people to Canaan, and God parted the Red Sea so the Israelites could escape from…
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PRODUCT: Limited Edition Papaya Mango Snapple

Papaya Mango is the new limited editionSnapple tea. Photo courtesy Snapple.   Last year, Snapple sponsored an episode of Celebrity Apprentice that allowed Bret Michaels to create one of our favorite Diet Snapple flavors ever, Trop-A-Rocka. The layering of mango, pear and cinnamon was the most complex Snapple flavor we’d come across. And it’s not…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Labne or Labneh

Labné or labneh (pronounced LOB-nay or LOB-neh) is the Lebanese version of cream cheese: yogurt cream cheese. It isn’t made with vegetable gum and shaped into a brick like American cream cheese. Rather, it’s thicker than yogurt and comes in a container the size of a large yogurt. Labné is packed with live cultures (beneficial…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Ripen Bananas

Ripe bananas. If you have more than youcan use, freeze them. Photo by Sanja Gjenero | SXC.   Some people like their bananas on the green side, before the skin becomes flecked with brown. We don’t. Our perfect banana looks like the ones in the photo (which shows the visual standard of ripeness). The flesh…
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PRODUCT: Probiotic Foods

Do you want to add more probiotic foods to your diet? Probiotic foods give relief to people with ongoing digestive disorders, by including large concentrations of beneficial bacteria that help with digestion. Not only do probiotic foods increase digestive health (and reduce the negative digestive impact of antibiotics), but they also boost the immune system…
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