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Do a seasonal switch-up on everybody’s favorite cookies—chocolate chip cookies—for the holidays. Add dried cranberries to your chocolate chip cookie (or oatmeal cookie) recipe. You can find dried cranberries in most food stores. Ocean Spray Craisins are a marketing name for dried cranberries (cranberry “raisins”). Just split the amount of chocolate chips in your recipe…
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Make Christmas Lima Beans part of your holiday. Photo by River Soma | THE NIBBLE. Phaseolus lunatus (FAZ-ee-oh-lus loo-NAY-tus) isn’t any old bean. It’s the Christmas Lima Bean. And it makes a great stocking stuffer, party favor or small gift for just about anybody. A cream-colored bean with dark burgundy markings, the Christmas Lima doesn’t…
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Yesterday we received a wonderful holiday gift—a sampler of all of the flavors of Metromint Water. In a couple of hours, we’d consumed the Goodberrymint Water and the Spearmint Water, and we took Orangemint Water to the movies last night. Metromint is one of our favorite no-calorie treats. It’s available nationwide or online, where a…
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It’s not low-calorie if it’s loaded with fattening dip. Serve a nonfat dip! Photo courtesy Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Do the pants that fit before Thanksgiving dinner still fit? If not—or if you’re concerned that they won’t—here are some healthy holiday eating tips for hosts and guests from Women’s Health nutritionist Keri Glassman and THE…
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Chocolate-Candy Cane Ice Cream Cake. Photo courtesy Dreyer’s. Look for limited-edition holiday ice cream flavors at your favorite market or scoop shop. Egg Nog, Ginger, Gingerbread and Peppermint/Candy Cane/Peppermint Bark are ice cream flavors that we could enjoy all year. A scoop with or without chocolate sauce is a holiday treat. But you can go…
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