Healthy baking recipes are a great way to get creative in the kitchen. Finding ways to enrich both the nutritional content and the deliciousness of your baked goods and desserts can be fun, and lets you focus more on what you can add to a recipe in terms of taste and texture (as opposed to […]
Radu Bercan/Shutterstock Have you noticed this fairly recent change? If you’re ever ordering at McDonald’s, you probably noticed that the calorie count is listed for every item on their menu (unless it’s from the McDonald’s secret menu). You can order your Big Mac and a large fry and know exactly what you are consuming. You’ll see calorie counts […]
Szakaly/iStock/Getty Images Plus Is your butter approaching its expiration date? Want to stock up during a sale? Here’s everything you need to know about freezing butter. It seems really odd to put butter anywhere other than the refrigerator—after all, fridges literally have storage space designed especially for butter! (Though you can keep butter on the […]
What’s the big deal with pre-workout supplements? These supplements have boomed in popularity among gym-goers because they’re formulated with ingredients and compounds, such as caffeine, beta-alanine and BCAAs, that can lead to better workouts. Because they allow you to train harder for longer, you move towards your physique or performance goal faster. Some taste pretty […]
Everett Collection/Shutterstock Turns out I’m more like a 1940s housewife than I thought! In the first couple of decades of the 20th century, many women worked primarily in the home, taking care of children and making meals that took a lot of time to prepare. But when World War II hit, many women took on […]
Not checking your meat temperature StrikingPhotography/Getty Images One of the best ways to protect yourself and your loved ones from foodborne illness is to make sure you’re cooking your meat, poultry, fish, and leftovers to the correct temperature. All poultry and leftovers should be cooked to 165ºF and pork, meat and fish to 145ºF. Have […]
Chicken is an ideal base for a solid weeknight dinner: Fast, economical, nutritious, and filling. But it’s pretty common to get bored with a lackluster rotation of healthy chicken recipes. “A lot of people get kind of chicken-breasted out at some point,” Rachael Hartley, R.D., certified intuitive eating counselor and owner of Rachael Hartley Nutrition, […]
McDonald’s shakes contain no dairy stevanovicigor/Getty Images False. For believers of this rumor, the name said it all. Why would McDonald’s call them “shakes,” not “milkshakes”—unless it legally couldn’t, because they contained no actual milk? With that a foregone conclusion, people started making wild guesses about what was actually in them, from chicken feathers to Styrofoam. But […]
Brianna Griepentrog/Taste of Home Shopping for frozen waffles? We bet we know your go-to brand, but is it really the best? We tried eight options in a blind test to find the tastiest option for quick breakfasts. I love a good homemade breakfast, but I just don’t have time to make my favorite waffles from […]
Lingering over an elaborately prepared brunch spread is a weekends-only luxury. But you could (and should) be treating yourself to the quotidian delight of a delicious and healthy breakfast on weekdays, too. The key to fixing a proper breakfast in just a few minutes is keeping it simple. Just start with what you enjoy, Rachael […]
ffolas/iStock/Getty Images Plus Both are great on your Kung Pao chicken, but one has some added health benefits. If you’re shopping in the Asian foods aisle, you’ll probably see two similar bottles on the shelf. One’s soy sauce; the other, tamari. Say “soy sauce” and most people will make an instant connection. They’ll know it’s […]
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So you like eating pasta, and you like cooking food that’s good for you. (Or maybe you’re hate-reading about healthy pasta recipes, idk.) It’s kind of a beautiful thing how naturally those two things go together. “Pasta is such a lovely, easy way to work in a variety of different foods,” and in turn the […]
If you told me a month ago I’d be scouring food blogs for healthy air fryer recipes, I probably would’ve LOLed. Not one to pine for the latest trendy kitchen appliance—I still don’t get the Instant Pot hype, tbh—I had mixed feelings when my thoughtful parents gifted me an air fryer for Christmas. But all […]