PRODUCT: Limited Edition Papaya Mango Snapple

Papaya Mango is the new limited editionSnapple tea. Photo courtesy Snapple.   Last year, Snapple sponsored an episode of Celebrity Apprentice that allowed Bret Michaels to create one of our favorite Diet Snapple flavors ever, Trop-A-Rocka. The layering of mango, pear and cinnamon was the most complex Snapple flavor we’d come across. And it’s not…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Labne or Labneh

Labné or labneh (pronounced LOB-nay or LOB-neh) is the Lebanese version of cream cheese: yogurt cream cheese. It isn’t made with vegetable gum and shaped into a brick like American cream cheese. Rather, it’s thicker than yogurt and comes in a container the size of a large yogurt. Labné is packed with live cultures (beneficial…
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TIP OF THE DAY: How To Ripen Bananas

Ripe bananas. If you have more than youcan use, freeze them. Photo by Sanja Gjenero | SXC.   Some people like their bananas on the green side, before the skin becomes flecked with brown. We don’t. Our perfect banana looks like the ones in the photo (which shows the visual standard of ripeness). The flesh…
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PRODUCT: Probiotic Foods

Do you want to add more probiotic foods to your diet? Probiotic foods give relief to people with ongoing digestive disorders, by including large concentrations of beneficial bacteria that help with digestion. Not only do probiotic foods increase digestive health (and reduce the negative digestive impact of antibiotics), but they also boost the immune system…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Passionfruit For Easter

Australian passionfruit is small and purple-skinned. Photo by Brybs | SXC.   You may have assumed, like many people, that passionfruit was named for the passion it inspires in those who consume it. But the name actually comes from a religious source, rather than any aphrodisiac properties. The fruit is named for the plant’s flower,…
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