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Romaine, tomatoes and cannellini beans— with some leftover pasta as a bonus. Photo courtesy Galli Restaurant | New York City. Want an easy way to add flavor, fiber, protein and other great nutrition to your diet? Eat more beans: affordable, versatile and toothsome. Simply add them to your daily green salad. Toss them with…
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Black rice turns dark purple when cooked. Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | THE NIBBLE. You may have come across black rice in a Thai restaurant as an optional side. Black when harvested, it turns dark purple from the heat of cooking. Black rice is an easy way to add excitement to a dish, from…
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Large and small meringue cookies top a bin of chocolate chip gelato. Photo courtesy Vivoli.it. We were inspired by this photo from Italian gelato maker Vivoli, who decorated a bin of straciatella (chocolate chip) gelato with large and small meringue cookies. For an easy fancy dessert, simply serve a scoop of ice cream, gelato…
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A sprinkle of parsley adds garnish glamour to this plate of pasta. Photo courtesy Galli Restaurant | New York City. We love garnishing dishes with fresh herbs: We snip them onto everything from breakfast eggs to soup, salad and sandwiches to main courses and sides. But what if you don’t have any on hand?…
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Look for a small Fair Trade logo that identifies fairly traded products. Photo courtesy Green Mountain Coffee. Today’s tip is to purchase a Fair Trade product. May 11th is World Fair Trade Day. Fair Trade is a practice that seeks to aid economically challenged, small-scale farmers around the world. Many of them labor in…
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