“It takes 7 to 8 pounds of feed to produce a pound of beef and 5½ to 6 pounds of feed to produce a pound of pork,” says Robert Lawrence,…
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The creamer aisle is hot. From caramel macchiato, crème brûlée, and white chocolate caramel latte to Almond Joy, Cinnabon, and Hershey’s, it’s no longer just a question of “Cream or sugar?”
And it’s not just creamer. Starbucks, Silk, International Delight, and others now sell ready-to-drink coffee in bottles, cartons, or cans. It’s a whole new Joe out there.
Here’s a quick cruise through the creamer and coffee aisles.
Black Bean Fiesta Salad Queso fresco is a fresh white cheese that should be available in most supermarkets. If you can’t find it, you can use feta. For extra zing,…
It’s not just kids’ cereals that are too sweet. Adult cereals like Kashi GoLean Crunch have 3 teaspoons of added sugars per (3/4 cup) serving. The American Heart Association recommends…
Fake meats have been around at least since 1896. That’s when John Harvey Kellogg (yes, one of those Kelloggs) created “Nuttose” mostly out of peanuts. In 2013, Dutch researchers unveiled…
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“When we feel stressed, we seek foods that are going to comfort us immediately, but oftentimes those foods are the very ones that lead to surges and crashes in hormones…
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, you may be thinking about buying chocolate for your loved ones. The idea is probably even more tempting because of all the recent…
There’s more to the dairy aisle than milk, cheddar and Swiss cheeses, and yogurt. Softer cheeses (from feta to goat and from cottage to ricotta), sour cream, crème fraîche, and…
More than seven in ten packaged meals for young children have too much sodium and more than a third of their cereal bars and breakfast pastries contain too much sugar,…