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Make ‘em or buy ‘em. Photo courtesy MannPacking.com. Like many people we know, we’re a bad-choice snacker. When we’re out of the house, we buy cookies, muffins, pizza, candy—high-calorie empty carbs. During periods of focus, we buy bags of baby carrots and throw them into our backpack along with a water bottle. But we…
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Here’s a treat that you can make in any theme colors—just as long as the colors are available as flavored gelatins. For a red, white and blue display, use JELL-O Berry Blue plus any of the red flavors (there are seven, from Raspberry to Watermelon). You can use standard, pale yellow corn as your white…
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[1] Castelvetrano olives served with drinks at Maiden Lane | NYC (photo © Maiden Lane). [2] We could eat the whole bowl (photo © Musco Food). [3] Castelvetrano olives, cherry tomatoes, and garlic sautéed in EVOO make a delicious snack, appetizer, or topping for proteins and grains. Olive connoisseurs love Castelvetrano olives (pronounced kah-stell-veh-TRAH-no).…
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[1] Snack and garnish away: Pistachios may have fewer calories than previously thought (photo © Paolo Zanin | SXC). If you enjoy snacking on nuts, you may wish to focus on pistachio nuts. New research shows that they are a weight-wise snack. A USDA study presented on Monday shows that pistachio nuts, already one…
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Popcorn “chips”: Pop Corners from MedoraFoods. Photo by Katharine Pollak | THENIBBLE. Today is National Chip & Dip Day. Before you reach for the potato chips and onion dip, here are some suggestions for healthier chipping and dipping. Tortilla chips. Pick whole-grain tortilla chips. Salsa, the dip of choice, is low-calorie and healthy. Popcorn…
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