RECIPE: Pressure Cook Beans & Rice—Fast!

Some people don’t eat more whole grains because they take too long to cook. But with a pressure cooker, brown rice is ready in 10 minutes, beans in 20 minutes (and really long cookers like short ribs in 40 minutes). Start your healthy New Year with a pressure cooker. We love our top-of-the-line Kuhn Rikon…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Switch Your Starches For Healthy Eating

[1] Alas, our beloved Corn Flakes are not whole grain. We’ve switched to Cheerios and oatmeal (photo by Hannah Kaminsky | © THE NIBBLE). [2] Switch white rice for brown rice (photo © Village Harvest). [3] Switch white potatoes for sweet potatoes (photo © Burpee). [4] Popcorn is a nutritious, whole-grain snack (pho6to © Crunch…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Lettuce Salad

You can make a salad with celery as the main ingredient. Photo and recipe courtesy Whole Foods Market. Commit to having at least one large plateful of salad every day. A salad first course will fill you up so you’ll eat less of the main course, which is typically starch and protein. And you won’t…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Eat More Fish

Is your goal to pursue a healthier lifestyle in 2011? It’s a challenge, since the diet for many of us is too high in saturated fats. (America’s two favorite foods, burgers/cheeseburgers and pizza, are full of them). The processed foods most of us eat too much of are full of salt and sugar. And our…
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RECIPE: Panettone Yogurt Parfait & More Panettone Recipes

[1] A panettone parfait for breakfast or for dessert (photo © Whole Foods Market). [2] Panettone is also a delicious breakfast bread (photo © Bauducco). [3] Tangerines, a type of mandarin (photo © Melissa’s Produce).   Just when we’d turned the last of our panettone into French toast for New Year’s Day breakfast, another panettone…
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