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Green & Healthy

Chef Fabio Viviani: Eco-friendly cookware and recipes

Looking for a tasty way to go green in the kitchen? Try swapping your conventional non-stick cookware for an eco-friendly brand of...

Family Recipes

8 Recipes you can make with the kids

Do you have trouble cooking when your kids are home swinging from your ankles and Mod Podging the drapes to the ceiling? How about...

Family Recipes

5 Meals that every guy loves

Guys are not known for their picky eating habits. There are a few tried and true foods that tower over the rest in the hearts and...

Couple Time & Romance

3 Benefits of making meals together

Getting behind the counter together can be a great experience. Sharing the cooking duties is more fun than slaving over the stove...

Dieting & Nutrition

Save your calories and fat: Try these tasty swaps

Less fat and fewer calories doesn't have to mean less flavor and fewer reasons to enjoy any given food! Here are six simple swaps...

Dieting & Nutrition

The healthy eater's guide to grocery shopping

With so much information on healthful eating out there, stocking your kitchen can be daunting. Every day the news touts some new...

Food & Kitchen How-tos

How to dice

To dice means to cut something in even sized cubes - usually between 1/4 and 3/4 inch in size. Dicing helps foods have consistent...

Food & Kitchen How-tos

How to chop like a pro

Chopping foods is a basic skill that every cook needs to master. Knowledge, practice and the right knife will turn you from Jack the...

Dieting & Nutrition

The health benefits of orange fruits and vegetables

The lively color orange represents strength and endurance. The spectrum of this sunny color can enhance a bright and energizing mood...

Food & Recipes

Four ways to cook Brussels sprouts

Brussels sprouts are notorious for being the most disliked vegetable on the market, but in recent years the close cousin to green...

Family Activities

5 Ways to include kids in holiday cooking

Kids are always anxious to get their hands dirty and help Mom in the kitchen during the holidays. It's also a great chance to get...

Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

10 Healthy recipe substitutions

No one can resist the temptation of a sinful dessert and, although it is not a sin to indulge, it may put your health at risk. When...

Cooking Tips & Trends

5 cooking shortcuts to save you time in the kitchen

Cooking at home is an economical way to get your family to eat well, but it can take time. When you're short on that -- or just...

Organizing & Cleaning

Is your food prep really safe?

We tend to give restaurants a hard time, blaming our horrendous food poisoning on the burger at the local fast-food joint, or on the...

Cooking Tips & Trends

10 Tips for getting dinner on the table every night

It’s not easy shuffling kids from school to practice to daycare to games to clubs to home, all while trying to get yourself where...

Healthy Recipes & Nutrition

How to use dairy substitutes in recipes

If your stomach just can't handle dairy products but you can't live without some of your favorite dairy-filled recipes, here are a...