HALLOWEEN: Gnosis Raw Organic Chocolate

You’ve heard that chocolate is good for you, but those claims leave out two key points: Many of the flavanoids, the healthy antioxidants in cacao beans, are cooked out of the beans during the roasting process. Chocolate contains lots of refined sugar—milk chocolate and white chocolate have the most sugar, bittersweet chocolate (70% cacao or…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Exciting Vegan Sushi Ideas

Pickle Me: a recipe with six grain rice, avocado, carrot, gobo, and pickled daikon. Photo courtesy Beyond Sushi.   In our book, to say you were a contestant on the Gordon Ramsay bleepfest TV show, Hell’s Kitchen, is not a status credential. The majority of cheftestants, who can curse expertly but can’t consistently cook a…
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COOKING VIDEO: Vegetarian Italian Sausage

  Since this week’s Top Pick is the Veggie Patch vegetarian line, our weekly video recipe follows suit. These delicious vegetarian sausages are billed as vegetarian in the video, but they’re actually vegan—no animal-based ingredients are used. Even the special flavoring, Bill’s Best Chik’Nish Seasoning, is vegan. The meatless sausages are made with a base…
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PRODUCT: Chocolate Pudding, Lactose Free & Cholesterol Free

People who are diagnosed with a food allergy have to give up some favorite foods or turn to less-than-tasty substitutes. But enough Americans are diagnosed with allergies that businesses are rising to the occasion to make good-tasting alternatives. Often, allergen-free products are made because a family member develops the condition. In one of the more…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Add Miso To Your Meals

Genji Miso Dressing. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | © THE NIBBLE.   Genji Inc. is a purveyor of sushi to 143 Whole Foods Markets and other food stores across the U.S. They supply the sushi bar and the staff who make the sushi. Sushi bar customers loved the ginger miso salad dressing so much that…
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