PRODUCT: Red Velvet Cookies

We’re not fans of red velvet cake. We just don’t find a lot of flavor in it. We don’t want faint hints of cocoa: We want chocolate cake (or banana cake or buttery yellow cake or anything with lots of taste). But we can’t deny that red velvet cake has become a national craze—so much…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Chicken Sausage

Turn a Waldorf Salad, made with apples and walnuts, into a Sausage Waldorf with apple chicken sausage. Photo courtesy AlFrescoAllNatural.com. Most of us reach for pork sausage at the supermarket—it’s what we grew up with. But demand for healthier foods has created a robust business in chicken sausage. Just by switching to chicken over pork…
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PRODUCT: Stonehouse 27 Indian Simmer Sauces

Like Indian food? Would you like an easy way to prepare it at home? Stonehouse 27 cooking sauces are a boon for anyone who enjoys Indian flavors and would like to enjoy them more often. From-scratch Indian cooking is time-consuming, but much of that time goes into the preparation of flavorful sauces, in which meat,…
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TIP OF THE DAY: The ABCs Of Omega-3s

Get Omega-3s from Spaghetti alla Puttanesca. Photo by Nishi Daryuichi | Wikimedia. Omega-3 fatty acids are healthful polyunsaturated fats. Extensive research indicates that they reduce inflammation and help prevent certain chronic diseases such as heart disease and arthritis. They reduce cholesterol and lower blood pressure. We pop three small capsules a day to get our…
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TRENDS: Store Brands

Do you buy store brands? We do. Market research firm The Nielsen Company has released new information regarding store-brand (private-label) buyers. While some people think that it is lower-income people with limited funds who buy store brands, it is actually middle-income families ($30,000 to $70,000) who are the primary store-brand shoppers. Store brands also have…
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