TOP PICK: Gourmet Vegan For Everyone, Plus Flexitarians, Pescatarians, & Others

Delicious Vegan Ginger Chicken. Photocourtesy Vegetarian Plus.   If you’re not already a flexitarian, pescatarian or vegetarian, a vegan diet may seem extreme. Give up all animal products, including dairy, eggs and honey? If that sounds like too much sacrifice, you should still consider choosing it for a day or two each week. It’s not…
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PRODUCT: Quinoa & Whole Grain Brown Rice

Absolutely delish: a mix of quinoa and brownrice, deftly seasoned. Photo courtesy SeedsOf Change.   The Uyuni Salt Flats of southeast Bolivia, high in the Andes Mountains, are best known for salt production. But quinoa has been cultivated there by the Incas for some 5,000 years. Quinoa, pronounced KEEN-wa or KEE-noo-ah, is an exceptionally nutritious…
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GOURMET GIVEAWAY: Laurel Hill Tortilla Chips

Super Bowl Sunday is February 6. If you win this week’s Gourmet Giveaway prize, you will be well prepared for a football party. Two lucky winners will each receive two bags of every flavor of Laurel Hill Tortilla Chips, including: Multigrain Nacho Cheese Olive & Caper Pumpkin Seed Sea Salt & Lime Made with all-natural…
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HEALTHY RECIPE: Tofu Caprese Salad

Substitute tofu for mozzarella in yourcaprese salad. Photo courtesyMaiCuisine.com.   We love cheese. We eat it daily: mozzarella, feta and goat cheese are favorites. They’re also loaded with saturated fats. So one of our 2011 goals is to look for satisfying substitutes. When we had lunch at Mai Cuisine, a creative New York-area sushi bar-and-restaurant…
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PRODUCT: Dr. McDougall Healthy Soup

Photo courtesy Right Foods. The doctor is in…and he’s making healthy soup. John McDougall, M.D., physician and nutritionist, has been studying the effects of nutrition on health for more than 20 years. A founding father of the modern wellness movement, he established the McDougall Program in Santa Rosa, California, to help people improve their health.…
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