PRODUCT: Cucina Kitchen Spray

Top-quality room sprays that are environmentally-friendly. Photo courtesy Fruits & Passion. For years we have enjoyed the fragrant kitchen products from Fruits & Passion, a company with boutiques in its native Canada (think Body Shop combined with Caldrea luxury home care products). The company, which competes with Caldrea, sells to specialty retailers and websites in…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Sweeten Middling Melons

We think of cantaloupe as a miracle food: low-calorie and sweet, plus loaded with dietary fiber and polyphenol antioxidants. It is also a good source of folate, niacin and vitamin B6, and a very good source of vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium. But what if you’ve bought a middling melon—cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon or other…
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PRODUCT: Tofu Shirataki Noodles

Ready-to-eat in two minutes. Photo courtesy House-Foods.com. Shirataki noodles like Miracle Noodle have been imported from Asia for a while: good news for people who want food that is cholesterol-free, dairy-free, gluten-free, sugar-free and vegan. They’re very low in calories in their undressed form: a boon to dieters. Shirataki is made from the root of…
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