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Green Gourmand: 8 Ways to Cook with Sprouting Seeds

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It's a common dilemma: your brain is telling you to eat healthy but your taste buds are screaming ICK don't eat that! We're not going to tell you that a diet of chocolate cake, French fries and wine will get you to a healthier place, but the…
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Serious Citrus: 10 Recipes Featuring Blood Oranges

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 Blood oranges are in season from December to May and if you haven't tried these succulent Sicilian favorites, you're missing out! Although they've been an Italian staple for centuries, blood oranges have only recently gained popularity in…
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Rock the Broc: 7 Kid-tested Broccoli Recipes that Always Win

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We’re pretty much always trying to find ways to get our kids to eat more fruit, vegetables and lean protein. Everybody knows how important a healthy diet is for children so we, as parents, want to provide every opportunity for a well-balanced…
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Lenten Recipes: Baked Shrimp Veracruz

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Growing up in El Paso, Texas we did not eat fish often. Actually, it was more like never. I don’t think I tasted seafood until I was in my teens and waitressed at a seafood restaurant. The closest we had to seafood growing up was tuna fish…
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7 Mussels Recipe Ideas to Bring You Out of Your Shell

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Does the thought of preparing mussels scare you? It certainly did us before we made it one of our resolutions to conquer this mollusk in the kitchen. We’ve been working on branching out with our healthy culinary skills and shellfish were…
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Spice Trails: The Fundamentals of Latin Cuisine

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Whether you love to cook or you simply do it out of necessity, there are certain staple items and tools you should always have on-hand to maximize your cooking (and your eating) experience. This is especially true of Latin cuisine, which focuses…
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A Latin Twist on an Irish Classic: Chicken Tamale “Shepherd's Pie”

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You can please the whole family with this quick and easy weeknight dinner recipe shared with us  from the Food Network Kitchen. The chefs have turned classic tamales into an Irish shepherd's pie-style casserole with a cornmeal topping. Read…
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Hot to Trot: Our 15 Favorite Hot Sauce Brands Right Now

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Are you the type that keeps a bottle of your favorite hot sauce parked at your dining room table and even at your desk at work to put on everything you eat? And is it so bad that you are usually brought to tears at every meal because once…
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Stacking the Odds: 10 Healthy Pancake Recipe Ideas

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Most moms are on a quest for a healthy pancake recipe that kids will love just as much as the traditional carb and sugar loaded breakfast treat. Pancakes date back to Ancient Rome and they're still a crowd-pleaser today. As the Maltese proverb…