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Last weekend I went to two birthday parties, one bridal shower, and a Mad Men party. (So happy Don Draper is back in my life!) After a few too many glasses of wine, pigs in a blanket, and a ...

Detoxingly Delicious: Roasted Butternut Squash and Carrot

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I am obsessed with one-pot meals. They are the perfect answer for every busy family. As a die hard devotee of quinoa, I was yet to find any one pot wonders with this wonder seed — until now. ...

One Pot Wonder: Mushroom Chicken Quinoa Pilaf

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A staple of busy cooks, store-bought rotisserie chicken is a quick, easy, and healthy shortcut to hundreds of your favorite meals. Next time you find yourself in a culinary bind, pick up a chicken ...

7 Unique Ways to Eat a Rotisserie Chicken

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A hot addition to many of 2012’s trendy health food lists, black lentils are a nutritious food that should be added to every healthy eater’s diet. They’re packed with fiber, protein, and calcium ...

Healthy, Trendy, and Delicious: Black Lentils Bollywood Style

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I live in San Francisco, a city where one day it’s swimsuit and flip flop weather and the next day it’s pea coat and boots weather. The bi-polar weather of my city makes it tough to call one dish ...

Any-Weather 3 Bean Salad

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When it comes to knowing what the most important meal of the day is, Mama was right — it’s breakfast. If you’re facing a long day of meetings and commuting and life in general, you need a ...

7 Breakfast Ideas to Keep You Energized All Morning Long

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As a lover of Italian and Mexican cuisine, the moment I heard the name “avocado pasta” I knew I’d found love. A brief recipe hunt and one bite later, I was right. Full of good-for-you fats and ...

Smooth, Creamy and Delicious Avocado Pasta

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As a lover of all things snack-related, I’m constantly struggling to find healthy options for my between-meal bites. Instead of running to the cookie jar and chip bag, I try to keep my kitchen ...

9 Delicious and Nutritious Snacks to Keep in Your Kitchen

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Delicious, universal, and packed with calories, Chinese food can be one of the unhealthiest choices when dining out. Lean proteins and veggies are often doused with sodium, saturated fat and ...

How to Eat Healthy at a Chinese Restaurant: Order This, Avoid This

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Potassium is a mineral that’s critical to our health. Found in most foods, potassium is important to keep our fluid levels and blood pressure regulated. Potassium levels are easily checked by a ...

What to Eat and What to Avoid on a Low Potassium Diet

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One pot meals are quite possibly the answer to all of life’s problems. They are easy to clean up, perfect for reheating, and usually pretty darn healthy. I love making one of my one-pot faves ...

India in a Pot: Hearty and Healthy Khichdi (Rice with Lentils)

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Tired, lethargic, and low on energy? It might be anemia. If you’ve ever been diagnosed with anemia, it’s crucial to up your intake of iron. Anemic or not, it’s critical to have a balanced diet ...

8 Iron-Rich Foods (Red Meat NOT Included!)

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I have a bad habit of craving something sweet after dinner. I try to go for a cup of tea, and as much as I’d like to say that does the trick, it doesn’t. I’ve learned to have an arsenal of low-cal ...

5 Delicious Desserts, All Under 200 Calories

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My best friend growing up was Italian. One of my favorite parts of our friendship was her mother’s amazing and oh-so authentic cooking. One of her signature dishes was homemade lasagna. Meaty, ...

No-Carb Lasagna, Just Like Nana's (Minus the Extra Calories)

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Packed with protein, full of flavor, and all the good fat you need, there are few foods more balanced and nutritious than good old eggs. Think outside of the frying pan (and outside of the first ...

Six Egg-cellent Ways to Enjoy Eggs

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Comforting, hearty, and oh-so delicious, there’s nothing as soul-satisfying as potatoes on your plate. The low-carb craze made potatoes as taboo as a deep-fried Snickers bar, but we’re here to ...

Take Back the Taters: 5 Healthy Ways to Enjoy Potatoes

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Every morning for the past week I’ve run out of the house with nothing more than a granola bar or glass of juice for breakfast. By mid-morning I’m famished and I end up snacking on whatever I can ...

Healthy Morning, Healthy You: Veggie-Packed Savory Breakfast Muffins

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Choosing which appetizer to serve on Super Bowl Sunday is a huge decision. While it’s easy to break out the seven-layer dip, jalapeno poppers and brie cheese, be sure to include some healthy ...

Touchdown! Three Low-Fat Dips Just in Time for Super Bowl Sunday

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I love pasta. There are few things more comforting than an over-sized bowl of Italian love. Unfortunately, one cup of spaghetti and meatballs (my personal favorite) has an average of 400 ...

Low-Carb, Low-Fat Shirataki Noodle Spaghetti

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I’ve been stuck home sick with a nasty cold for the past week. Yuck! Not only do I feel icky, but the weather outside has been equally cold and nasty. Nothing feels better for a sore throat ...

Cold-Curing Tomato Celery Soup

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It's cold outside. Really cold. And word on weather.com is that it's going to get nothing but colder for the rest of the month. There's nothing more soul-satisfying on a cold day than a bowl ...

Heart-Healthy 3-Bean Chili for a Cold Winter's Day

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Whether you're looking to cut calories or reduce your carbon footprint, reducing your meat intake is a trendy (and healthy!) way to manage your diet. Instead of foregoing this versatile food ...

5 Meatless (and Tofu-free) Foods to Keep You Satisfied

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We've all been there. We're heading home from work, exhausted and hungry and rapidly losing our motivation to go to they gym. The moment we get home we end up scarfing whatever we find in the ...

5 Fabulous Pre-Gym Snacks

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There are few greater feelings than trying something new in the kitchen and realizing it worked. I recently tried roasting an acorn squash with a few teaspoons of rosemary last night and it was ...

Roasted Acorn Squash with Rosemary: A Winter Superfood

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From the shelves at the supermarket to the status updates on Facebook, everyone’s got one thing on their mind -- detoxing. After weeks of downing eggnog, endless slices of pie, and never-ending ...

7 Foods to Keep You Detoxed, Cleansed, and Happy

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The toughest part about New Year’s resolutions is sticking to them. We all know that once February rolls around, your resolutions are as forgotten as the scent of pine needles in your living room. ...

7 Ways to Keep Your 2012 Resolutions All Year Long

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If you’re anything like me, you love making New Years resolutions. A new year means a clean slate, a chance to make all your wrongs right again. In the past, I’ve tended to make a lengthy list of ...

5 New Years Non-Resolutions For the Non-Resolvers

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Holidays are a time of indulgence. From cookies shaped like trees to Aunt Ida’s famous bread pudding, the opportunities for excess are endless. One of the most dangerous dieting hazards is the ...

A Holiday Classic Fit for Your Waistline: Eggnog

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The most wonderful time of the year is also the most hectic time of the year. When you’re running around buying gifts for everyone from your children’s teacher to the mailman, eating healthy can ...

Healthy Holidays Breakfast Country Casserole

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If you’ve visited a health food store (or really any store for that matter) you’ve probably noticed a new addition to their drink shelves in the past few years —kombucha. Kombucha is a natural, ...

5 (Non-Controversial) Reasons I Drink Kombucha

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No matter how much I try to eat healthy, I often find myself on a see food diet, meaning I see food and eat it. The best trick I’ve found to keep my gluttonous ways at bay is to ensure I forbid ...

5 Packaged Foods You'll Always Find in My Kitchen

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Growing up traveling to India nearly every year of my childhood, I’ve always been a fan of coconut water. We’d have it straight from the coconut with nothing but a straw almost everyday. It was ...

Coconut Water: 9 Reasons to Drink Up and Feel Good

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’Tis season to be indulgent. From office holiday parties to friends-giving festivities, the month of December is a death trap for your diet. Take control of the butter-covered chaos by ...

Green Detox Soup, Two Ways

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Thanksgiving weekend for us includes pie for breakfast, mindless snacking, and four days of throwing in the towel on any semblance of a healthy diet. Recover from your days of indulgence by ...

Your Post-Holiday Detox Plan: 8 Steps to a Healthy Season

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year for everything but your waistline. While parties abound, there’s no more difficult time to avoid temptation than during the holidays. Follow these ten tips ...

10 Holiday Health Tips to Keep You on Track All Season Long

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Thanksgiving is a day dedicated to giving thanks, reconnecting with loved ones, and — of course — eating. As delicious and fulfilling a plate (or three) full of T-Day goodness might be, the ...

Thanksgiving Sides: Healthy Potatoes, Three Ways

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There’s nothing more satisfying than a bowl of homemade soup on a cold fall evening. Rich in phytonutrients and antioxidants, butternut squash is a quintessential fall flavor. It’s also low in fat ...

Fall Flavors: Simple Squash Soup

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I’ve yet to meet a plate of creamy pasta that I don’t love. I can picture it now ... a heaping mound of warm, cheesy fettuccini alfredo ... ahhh ... so good. As delicious as cream-covered carbs ...

Creamy Autumn Pasta That Your Waistline Will Love

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Hearty, fiber-filled, and oh-so delicious, chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans) are one of the most underutilized beans. Not only will they keep your belly filled, they also help to regulate ...

Garbanzos the Great: 5 Ways to Enjoy This Healthy Bean

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Dieting sucks. There’s nothing worse than feeling deprived and hungry. Instead of starving yourself and eliminating entire food groups, rethink what it means to be healthy. These five tips will ...

5 Mealtime Tips to Live it Instead of Diet

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I’ve yet to meet someone who doesn’t list pizza as one of their favorite foods. Warm, crispy, cheesy, and loaded with flavor, it’s easy to see why. As delicious as pizza may be, it doesn’t always ...

Healthy Pizza? Yes Please! Six Diet-Friendly Alternatives

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Dessert. A four-letter word in the vocabulary of every dieter, there’s no more dreaded phrase to many a weight-loser than “dessert time.” Instead of depriving yourself from anything sweet, throw ...

Eat Your Cake Too: Seven Easy (and Guilt-Free) Desserts

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Low in calories and high in fiber and protein, a warm bowl of oatmeal is the perfect way to start the day. However some people just can’t get into oats, no matter how much you dress ’em up. ...

Think Outside the Bowl: 10 Uses for Oatmeal

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Detox diets suck. Not only are they restrictive and almost impossible to stick to, but they’re also not necessary. Numerous medical experts say the science behind detoxing is “junk” and our bodies ...

DIY Detox: A Better Plan for Cleansing Your Body

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From Atkins and South Beach to Weight Watchers and veganism, there’s no weight loss plan I haven’t tried. My painful years of yo-yo dieting has taught me one powerful lesson: calories in + ...

What Does 100, 200, and 300 Calories Really Look Like?

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In my never-ending mission to eat less meat, I’ve started adding lentils into my weekly dinner rotation. My number one favorite way to prepare lentils is as a traditional Indian masoor, a recipe I ...

Meatless Monday Recipe: Traditional Indian Masoor

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Last week I stumbled across a headline in Self magazine claiming that those who keep a food journal lose three — yes THREE — times more weight than those who don’t. With odds like that, I decided ...

Write It Out: Why You Too Should Keep a Food Journal

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Within the blink of an eye, summer is ending and fall is right around the corner. The best way to stay warm (and healthy) during the crisp autumn months is with warm, creamy, and veggie-filled ...

Sayonara Sun: Three Recipes for Belly-Warming Fall Soups

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Ayurveda medicine is an ancient (5,000 years ancient) holistic Indian healing practice. When being treated with ayurveda, the practitioner looks at the patient as an entire entity — body, soul, ...

Ancient and Effective: Six Foods for Ayurvedic Healing

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The nutritional savvy among us know that we’re supposed to eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. However, mornings are usually filled with missed alarm clocks, ...

7 Ways to Eat Breakfast Like a King