PRODUCT: Environmentally Friendly Tea

Buy refill bags instead of new canisters. Photo courtesy TayTea.com. Quite a few specialty tea companies package their fine teas in metal canisters, helping to extend the vibrancy of the tea by keeping out air and light. The problem is, if you’re a regular tea drinker, you can end up with quite a lot of…
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PRODUCT: Sugar-Free Barbecue Sauce

Barbecue sauce can have as much refined sugar as dessert (we call the super-sweet ones “meat sugar”). People on sugar-free diets have limited choices if they want some BBQ. One manufacturer offering help is Chef Hymie Grande. The company has created a line of all-natural barbecue “glazes” flavored with low-glycemic agave nectar instead of other…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Gazpacho Shots

[1] Start dinner with a gazpacho shot, with or without a splash of tequila (photo © Skyy Vodka).   Start a summer dinner with a gazpacho shot. You can: Serve gazpacho in a shot glass or four-ounce juice glass. Add a splash of tequila to the soup. You can switch the proportions and flavor tequila…
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