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Our Best Budget Dinners Our Best Budget Dinners Our Best Budget Dinners Our Best Budget Dinners Cooking more meals at home is a sure way eat healthy and cut down on total food costs to save you big bucks over the course of the year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American family spends upwards of $7,000 on food annually, with 43 percent of that total (or roughly $3,000) going toward restaurant and takeout meals....

Since type 2 diabetes relates to blood sugar control, if you’re unfamiliar with our well-balanced diabetes meal plan, you might think that a low-carb diet is your best bet for controlling it, preventing it or potentially shifting it into remission. Think again, suggests a new study published October 13, 2021, in the journal Nutrients. Eating more whole-grain foods will not only reduce our risk for receiving a type 2 diabetes diagnosis, but it will also greatly reduce the overall health care costs of related treatments (naturally)....

Emma D'Arcy and a Negroni Sbagilato Credit: Getty Images Emma D'Arcy and a Negroni Sbagilato Credit: Getty Images Emma D’Arcy and a Negroni Sbagilato Credit: Getty Images Emma D’Arcy and a Negroni Sbagilato Credit: Getty Images “A negroni … sbagliato … with Prosecco in it.” We’ve all seen the video by now, and we can’t stop saying it. House of the Dragon stars Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke are going viral from a snippet of a one-on-one interview with HBO Max that was posted on TikTok earlier this month....

Known for penning and crooning popular songs like “I Will Always Love You,” “Jolene” and “9 to 5,” Dolly Parton has evolved into so much more than a writer and singer (although she’s still stellar at those skills!). In the last year alone, Parton has chipped in to fund research for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, dropped a Christmas album, launched a signature flavor—Strawberry Pretzel Pie—with Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams to support her Imagination Library charity, unveiled a baking line with Williams Sonoma, worked with fragrance pros to bring to market a soon-to-be-sold perfume, and kept up an impressive media circuit to promote all of the above....

a collage of honey with an illustration implying inflammation Credit: Getty Images a collage of honey with an illustration implying inflammation Credit: Getty Images a collage of honey with an illustration implying inflammation Credit: Getty Images a collage of honey with an illustration implying inflammation Credit: Getty Images Whether you prefer it on a peanut butter sandwich or in your morning tea, honey is a natural (and delicious) sweetener often touted for an array of health benefits....

Want to transform a basic whole chicken into something brilliant? Make a chicken ballotine. This typical French preparation involves deboning a whole chicken then stuffing and rolling it before cooking. We’re not going to lie: the process takes some knife skills, but with a little time and patience you’ll be happy you gave it a whirl. (P.S. You can also ask your butcher to debone the chicken for you.) Set Yourself Up for Success You’ll want a sharp boning knife, large cutting board and kitchen towels or paper towels....

honey Credit: Getty Images honey Credit: Getty Images honey Credit: Getty Images honey Credit: Getty Images Honey is one of those amazing foods that can enhance so many dishes, both sweet and savory. It is also the only food that generally never goes bad, making it an ideal souvenir from your travels, or the kind of product you can explore in all of its various styles and flavors. But it’s always so disappointing when you reach for a jar of the sticky, sweet, magical stuff to find hardened or crystallized honey....

frozen turkey illustration Credit: Getty Images frozen turkey illustration Credit: Getty Images frozen turkey illustration Credit: Getty Images frozen turkey illustration Credit: Getty Images Whether you pre-order an heirloom turkey or buy a Butterball at the grocery store, your bird is probably still going to be frozen solid when it arrives at home. Although you may be preoccupied with the long list of to-dos that come with hosting a turkey feast, don’t let defrosting your turkey become an afterthought....

Fresh Market storefront Credit: Getty Images Fresh Market storefront Credit: Getty Images Fresh Market storefront Credit: Getty Images Fresh Market storefront Credit: Getty Images Is it just us, or is summer flying by? A new school year is just around the corner, and we’ll be more than happy to start enjoying some fall weather, leaves, sweaters and all things pumpkin. The Fresh Market is helping us gear up for autumn, while we wait for the temperature to dip, with a slew of new and returning fall goodies that started hitting store shelves last weekend....

The Best Healthy Veggie Chips to Buy In this veggie chip comparison, we stacked up every veggie chip on the market against EatingWell’s rigorous nutrition parameters-only the chips that scored high marks for nutrition made it through to the next round. Then we shopped our way through 6 grocery stores, and tore into 39 qualifying bags for taste-testing. After some serious debate (and eating and re-eating), here are our winners-along with some general shopping advice on what to look for when you’re buying a healthy veggie chip....

5267669.jpg 5267669.jpg 5267669.jpg 5267669.jpg Pictured recipe: Old Fashioned Cocktail As cocktails, beer and wine have evolved to become the craft beverages we know today, the ice that cools your cocktails has also evolved into craft cubes. From the geometric ice cubes shaved by hand at fancy bars, to the smart-fridge that makes these craft cubes for you, ice seems to have become just as important as the actual cocktail itself....

“What was wrong with school lunches as they were … was that they were school lunches. And there was a lot wrong with school lunches,” says Betti Wiggins, officer of nutrition services for the Houston Independent School District. Wiggins would know. She presides over the seventh largest school district in the country, with 280 locations and 209,000 kids. School lunch servers in her school district dole out 47 million meals per year....

Valerie Bertinelli on a designed background Credit: John Russo Valerie Bertinelli can’t wait for you to read her new book, Enough Already: Learning to Love the Way I Am Today. Always keeping busy, the actor has two Food Network shows, Valerie’s Home Cooking and Kids Baking Championship—both premiered this week!—plus she’s working on a pilot for NBC called Hungry, which follows a group of friends in a food-issues support group....

Aly Raisman in a chair Credit: Getty Images / NBC / Contributor Aly Raisman in a chair Credit: Getty Images / NBC / Contributor Aly Raisman in a chair Credit: Getty Images / NBC / Contributor Aly Raisman in a chair Credit: Getty Images / NBC / Contributor Aly Raisman is a legendary gymnast. As a former member of the “Fierce Five” and “Final Five”, she has six Olympic medals on her shelf along with countless other accolades....

Fennel might not be the first thing you grab from the produce aisle on a busy weeknight, but it’s worth getting to know it better. Although its subtle sweetness and crunch are reminiscent of celery, apples and carrots, fennel has a sophisticated, licorice-like flavor that can make even a simple salad more memorable. Here’s a fun fennel tidbit from Greek mythology: As the story goes, the god Prometheus stole fire from Zeus’ lightning, smuggled it into a hollow fennel stalk and brought it to humankind....

The reasons you’re feeling cold may not always be obvious. Often, feeling cold no matter the temperature outside can be a sign of an underlying condition, whereas other times, feelings of coldness are related to body size. No matter the cause, it can be uncomfortable to regularly feel cold, and turning to food to help you stay warm can be a good solution. Why Are You Always Cold? Regularly feeling cold can be a symptom of some illnesses or of a chronic condition that requires treatment....

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If you’ve been to Costco, you know that walking through the aisles can be a fun yet challenging experience, especially if you’re trying to lose weight. Giant tubs of peanut butter filled pretzels, huge bags of chips, cookies the size of your head… oh my. Everything is super-sized. But fear not, Costco carries lots of healthy foods and snacks too (You can check out our 10 Best Healthy Snacks to Buy at Costco)....

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breakfast bars on yellow background Credit: Ted & Chelsea Cavanaugh breakfast bars on yellow background Credit: Ted & Chelsea Cavanaugh breakfast bars on yellow background Credit: Ted & Chelsea Cavanaugh breakfast bars on yellow background Credit: Ted & Chelsea Cavanaugh Squeezing in a workout or dashing out the door? Don’t skip breakfast. Instead, start your morning off right with one of these delicious breakfast bars. These bars are full of healthy grains and nuts so you can stay energized throughout the morning....