Don't you love all the sales we've been seeing on avocados lately? There's nothing worse than a wasted avocado though, and it's so sad when you want to save half of a cut avocado for later but find that it's turned brown and unappetizing by the next day. So: Here's how to save half an …
Please tell me I'm not the only one who gets sucked in by some of the pretty recipes that get shared on Facebook? So last night I may have made up a batch of these cinnamon roll cheesecake bars. Yup, these are good. Not quite as good as I envisioned when I was drooling over the …
So I'll preface this by saying that this peanut butter is no worse than (with about the same ingredients as) the Jif I last bought, and I did know the ingredients before purchasing and bought it anyway. But... quick: When you hear Simply Ground peanut butter, what's your first assumption? A friend stopped by before I'd put …
New nutrition labels are coming to most packaged foods near you this July, and the FDA has posted the above preview of what they're going to look like. On the left above, an example of a current nutrition label. On the right, an example of the revamped nutrition label. One big change: These new nutrition …
Last week I posted a note on using leftovers in this Grilled Cheese with Roasted Garlic, Onions, & Avocado, and christine suggested a post on ideas for using up leftovers. Brilliant idea! Here are a few of my favorite uses for common leftovers, and I'd love to hear your ideas in comments. Make the mental shift …
I bought these cheap Quaker chewy girl scouts granola bars at Target the other day. Note the front: NO high fructose corn syrup. OK, good, we're all down with that. Now, let's look at what IS in these. Play "count the sugars," but start with this line alone: Corn syrup, sugar, corn syrup solids, invert …