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From tips for cooking through chemotherapy to busting healthy food myths to easy, pantry-friendly meal ideas — our team of experts covers it here.

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Avocado

Avocados may get a bad rap for being high in fat, yet most of the fats in avocados are heart-healthy monounsaturated fats like those found in olive oil...

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Celery

Historically used as a topical medicine and as a tonic to clean the bloodstream, celery is a crunchy vegetable that earns its green color and nutritional value from...

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In a Nutshell: The Value of Nuts in the Diet

Nuts are one of the healthiest foods you can snack on. Numerous studies have found that eating nuts regularly is associated with reduced risk of diseases such as...

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Five Tips for Creating New Food Habits

It is true to say that humans are creatures of habit, and therefore habits have a huge impact on all aspects of life, including our health. To successfully...

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Eggs 101: How to Boil an Egg

There are so many reasons to love eggs. They're easy to cook, cheap, and high in nutrients like protein, vitamin D, and iron. Plus, there are endlessly delicious...

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Arugula

Step aside kale, this leafy green contains just as many health benefits and adds a flavorful peppery kick. Also known as rocket or rucola, arugula is classified as a...

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Make Sure to ‘Draft’ These Snacks for Your Super Bowl Party

The Super Bowl is upon us, and no matter which team you’re rooting for, there’s one thing we can all agree on – the importance of game-day snacks. For...

Global Ingredients

The Real Food Pyramid

Lentils and beans, a staple of the Egyptian diet for centuries, still form a key part of many traditional Nile-side dishes. There’s koushari, a dish made with pasta,...

Healthy Holidays

Warming Warm Salads

Salads are often overshadowed by turkey and mashed potatoes during the holiday season, but there’s no need to shortchange leafy greens and vegetables in the winter. A liberating...

Healthy Habits

Choose My Plate

For many of us who were used to eating a traditional American diet heavy in meat, carbs, and processed foods, the Choose My Plate model felt like a...

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Cooking Through Chemotherapy

By Ann Ogden Gaffney When I was going through cancer treatment, I experienced bone wrenching fatigue. A pal of mine who knows I love to cook gave me a...

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Bay Leaves: The Herb in Every Kitchen

From ancient Greece across to the Indian subcontinent and East Asia, bay leaves have been used in cooking for millennia. They are the leaves the Greeks wove into...