5 Easy Ways to Eat More Fruit


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How to Get More Fruit in Your Diet

Luscious, juicy, sweet-as-candy fruit is one of the healthiest foods you can eat. It's full of vitamins, fiber to keep you full, water to keep you hydrated, and the natural sugars make it a healthier alternative to sugary treats. You should aim to eat three to six servings of fruit each day, but if that seems like a lot, here are some ways to sneak fruit into your diet. Add fruit slices to Read more

Better Breakfasts: 5 Ways to Gussy Up Greek Yogurt


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Healthy Greek Yogurt Toppings and Recipes

Yogurt is a crucial key to a better breakfast, whether it's straight out of the cup and plain, or all jazzed up. If you're looking to chance your morning meal, dress up FitSugar fave Geek yogurt, which has more protein than regular yogurt. If you are usually rushed in the mornings, pack your topping in a sandwich bag or tiny Tupperware the night before and mix up your meal at your desk. Here are Read more

10 Versatile Greek Yogurt Recipes


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10 Greek Yogurt Recipes and Recipe Substitutions

It's no secret that we love Greek yogurt around here, and there's good reason why. It's a perfect way to get more protein and calcium in your diet, and the probiotics are nothing but good news for your insides. But there are more than a few ways to eat it. From breakfast to dessert and everything in between, here are 10 Greek yogurt recipes! Read more

Breakfast Ideas For Healthy Skin and Fewer Wrinkles


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5 Breakfast Ideas For Healthy Skin and Fewer Wrinkles

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! Reduce wrinkles and look younger with your a.m. meal By Mara Betsch, Prevention There's more to getting healthy, glowing skin than buying the perfect anti-aging skincare products. "You can put on all the makeup and concealer in the world, but unless you're eating a diet full of beauty foods, your skin will not look Read more

What's Yummy This Week


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Top Food Stories For October 1-7, 2011

Fall cocktail must make: honey roasted martini. Check out what we learned at the 2011 NYC Wine & Food Festival! Five quick and beautiful ways to ice cupcakes. How well do you know different types of noodles? Try this pumpkin spice latte recipe at home. Get to know the staples of Greek cuisine. Creative variations of that French favorite, ratatouille. Adventurous pizza toppings that buck Read more

Giada De Laurentiis Offers Meatball Tips and Food Predictions


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Giada De Laurentiis at the 2011 NYC Wine & Food Festival

We've hit the ground running at the New York City Wine and Food Festival, and last night we kept busy (and full) stuffing our faces at Meatball Madness (our favorite: a brilliant duck and porcini creation). While our mouths were pretty much full the entire time, we'd have been remiss not to catch a word with the evening's host, Giada De Laurentiis, who had the weighty task of evaluating all 25 Read more

Link Time: From Apple Sausage Mac to Haute-Alaskan Cooking


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Apple Sausage Mac and Cheese Recipe

This weekend, kick off Oktoberfesst with apple sausage mac and cheese. — The FN Dish The best Greek yogurt doesn't come from Trader Joe's. — KitchenDaily Gail Simmons admits she's had a few food OCD moments. — Huffington Post Food The five foods that are most damaging to your teeth. — TLC Why you should be making holiday cookies right now. — The Kitchn Could Umami Ko be the future of Read more

In Season: Eggplant


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How to Prepare Eggplant

I'm not sure whether it's their versatility, their delicious flavor, or their purple glossy hue that's won me over, but whenever eggplant season rolls around I couldn't be happier. And luckily their season lasts from July to October, giving us ample time to enjoy its bounty. Eggplants have had a pretty interesting history. For centuries after their introduction to Europe — the aubergine Read more

Symon Says: Tips For Making Pasta


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Michael Symon's Homemade Pasta

At the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Michael Symon not only shared how his life has changed since he became an Iron Chef, but he also provided some awesome pointers for making your own pasta. If you have kids, the Greek-Sicilian chef believes you should have them make the pasta with you. He also stresses that it shouldn't be stressful; in fact, Symon says that it's "soothing to make pasta at Read more

Brain-Boosting Breakfast: 3 Tasty Morning Recipes From Epicurious's Tanya Steel


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Healthy Kid-Friendly Breakfast Recipes From Epicurious

Our mouthwatering Brain-Boosting Breakfast series continues with celebrity chefs and restaurateurs creating healthy, brain-boosting breakfast ideas to help keep kids going throughout the day. Today's recipes come from Tanya Steel, editor-in-chief of Epicurious.com and author of Real Food For Healthy Kids. Tanya Steel's seen and heard it all. As the editor-in-chief of Epicurious.com and author of Read more