TIP OF THE DAY: Popcorn Meat Loaf, A Healthier Meat Loaf Recipe

Here’s how to add fiber to a meatloaf and have fun with it. The recipe is courtesy Popcorn.org, the website of The Popcorn Board. Don’t expect pieces of popcorn popping up in the slices of meatloaf. The popcorn is ground in the food processor and used instead of breadcrumbs, which (unless they’re whole wheat breadcrumbs)…
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Rainbow Baby Carrots, 20+ Carrot Recipes & 8 Carrot Holidays

Baby carrots are hot sellers. But how much hotter can they get than these rainbow baby carrots? Carrots—standard size and baby—are available in six different colors: the familiar deep orange plus burgundy red, deep purple, tangerine (light orange), yellow and white. Baby carrots, by the way, are not a special breed but standard carrots cut…
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TIP: Flavored Water Enhancers For World Water Day

Don’t buy flavored water: Make your own with this pocket-size squeeze bottle. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   It’s World Water Day, an observance begun in 1993 by a declaration of the United Nations General Assembly, to focus on the challenges of the world’s water supply. On previous World Water Days, we advocated…
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FOOD HOLIDAY: Celebrate With A Spring Cocktail

Celebrate spring with a springlike cocktail. Photo courtesy Tuaca.   We’re less than 24 hours into spring and contemplating a spring cocktail this evening—to celebrate both the arrival of spring and the end of the work week. The spring equinox occurred yesterday at 12:57 p.m. It begs for a little astronomy lesson about equinoxes and…
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RECIPE: Cookies & Cream Cheesecake

Some might think that we publish too many cheesecake recipes. But when cheesecake is one’s favorite comfort food, how many are too many? Plus, we need to get our last licks: “Cheesecake season” concludes at the end of spring. The dense cream cheese cheesecake we favor is too heavy for summer. So this may be…
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