PRODUCT: Halo Top Low Calorie, High Protein Ice Cream

Good stuff, fewer calories. Above, Chocolate and Lemon Cake. Photo courtesy Halo Top Creamery.   When we were first offered samples of Halo Top, we accepted but wondered: How good could an ice cream be at 70 or 80 calories per serving? The calories are so low, the carton promotes them in big numerals on…
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PRODUCT: Nestle Pure Life, Unsweetened Exotic Flavored Water

Sparkling Tangerine and Orange Peach Pineapple. Photo courtesy Nestlé.   On a beastly hot and humid day like today, our strategy is to keep inside in the A/C as much as possible, and never leave the A/C without a couple of bottles of ice-cold water. (TIP: Freeze one of the bottles of water. It will…
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PRODUCT: Hummus Snack, No Refrigeration Required

It’s not easy to find healthy snacks to eat on the go, much less those that are gluten free. Wild Garden Hummus, which sells shelf-stable (no refrigeration required ) hummus in jars, has a welcome new line called Snack Bo To Go!. It’s a tube of hummus packaged with a packet of gluten-free crackers. Neatly…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Artisan Chips For Cinco De Mayo

A line of chips made from the best-available ingredients. Photo courtesy Cabo Chips.   If you’re having tortilla chips on Cinco de Mayo, celebrate with a better chip. We received a sample of Cabo Chips, and the toughest part has been restraining ourselves so there are still chips left on May 5th. Cabo Chips were…
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TOP PICK OF THE WEEK: Siggi’s Skyr, Icelandic Yogurt

We remember when Siggi Hilmarsson’s skyr (pronounced SKEER), Icelandic-style strained yogurt, first appeared on the shelves of Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village. Hailing from Iceland, the transplanted New Yorker found the yogurts in the U.S. too sweet and not thick enough—even the Greek-style yogurts. So in 2004 he started to make his own, in his…
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