Ingredients

Is Your Cereal Part of a Balanced Breakfast or Just Dessert?

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Cereal has always been a fan favorite and an easy breakfast.  However, has our beloved cereal just been dessert all along?  The Environmental Working Group (EWG) just analyzed over 1,500 types of cereal and discovered that some of them even contained half their weight in sugar. There is a lot of “added sugar” in most of the […]

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Product Review: Nutella

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Oh Nutella…you are so misleading.  You sound like a nut butter, but are actually a dessert. Nutella claims that it is a, “delicious hazelnut spread that contains quality ingredients, such as skim milk and a hint of cocoa, that moms can serve as part of a balanced breakfast.”  There are at least two problems with […]

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Get the “Fats” On Oils

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Oils seem to be one of the main topics of discussion with many of my clients lately.  I was recently interviewed by Beth Roessner, Associate Online Editor, of Active.com on this topic.   Here are the questions and answers from our interview:   Beth:  With so many products and information that are pushing people to a fat-free […]

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Peanut Butter Adventures

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I love peanut butter. A lot. (No joke, I found myself eating straight out of the jar while writing this post).  It is my favorite protein source, snack, and treat, all in one.  I used to eat Reduced Fat Jiff Peanut Butter, because I just liked the texture. But don’t let that “reduced fat” label trick you into thinking that it is one […]

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Have you heard of Z Trim?

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Last Wednesday, I attended a GastroIntellectual Property Law Symposium at Chicago-Kent College of Law.  It was great listening to Nick Kokonas, Jackie Leimer, Brian Chaiken, and Charles C. Valauskas dicuss how new innovations in food and technology may or may not need to be protected by patents and copyrights.  One food innovation that stood out that night […]

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Video Post: Shake The Salt Habit

What herbs and spices do you like cooking with?

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