TIP OF THE DAY: Food Safety Tips, Part 2

How much do you really know about keeping food safe? Yesterday, we published the first half of this list of food safety tips. This is Part 2. SAFETY WITH EGGS Myth #9: “Eggs are safe as long as the shell is not cracked. Germs can only get in through cracks.” Reality: Salmonella, one of the…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Low Carb Pizza Alternative: Zucchini Pizza

Zucchini “canoes” substitute for pizza crusts. Photo courtesy Lucero Olive Oil.   It’s not the toppings that are the problem with eating pizza frequently. The crust is where the ne’er-do-well carbs reside. The late, lamented Goldberg’s Pizza in Manhattan offered a diet pizza by heaping the toppings into an aluminum pie plate instead of onto…
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PRODUCT: BettaSnax, Diet Biscotti

Bettasnax is an artisan bakery that specializes in better snacks. Using only premium ingredients, the bakery aims to “fill the gap”: the gap in healthy snacks, the gap between lunch and dinner. They’ve scored a hit with their first product, all-natural biscotti slices. Conventional biscotti have been whittled down to thin rectangles, approximately 1″ x…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Fresh Garbanzo Beans (Chickpeas)

Love garbanzo beans (a.k.a. ceci and chickpeas)? Most of us have only seen these legumes canned or dried. But you can buy fresh garbanzo beans* from specialty produce purveyors year-round. It’s an altogether different eating experience. Each nutty green bean is enveloped in a thin, papery skin. To enjoy fresh garbanzos, simply sauté, steam or…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make Parsnip Chips

Parsnip: the new snack chip. Photo and recipe courtesy Actifry.   Earlier this year, we wrote about the new healthy chip craze, nutritious kale chips. Will the next hot snack be parsnip chips? These root vegetables, cousins of carrots, are popular in soups and stews. But they also lend their honeyed sweetness to a crunchy…
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