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By Maria Christensen

Cooked stuffed Spaghetti squash with meatballs in tomato sauce on a roasting pan

What to Eat With Spaghetti Squash: 4 Types of Meats and Recipes

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By Brenda Scottsdale

Stack of crispy waffle hash browns on a plate

Yes! You Can Make Hash Browns Out of Mashed Potatoes

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By Serena Styles

Try This High-Protein, Make-Ahead Egg Casserole

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By Fred Decker

Homemade autumn apple pie on rustic wooden background.

4 Replacements for Cornstarch When Baking an Apple Pie

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By Anika Torrance

Parboiled white rice in ceramic bowl with wooden spoon over gray background. Wabi Sabi style. Copy space. Horizontal.

The Best Way to Cook Uncle Ben's (Ben's Original) Converted Rice

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By Maxine Wallace

Cooked white Nishiki rice on a wooden table with chopsticks

The Best Way to Cook Nishiki Rice

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By Christabel Lobo

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How Many Calories Are in Grapes?

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By Caroline Haley

Expert Reviewed

Butterflied roast chicken with tomatoes and rosemary

How to Tell if Your Chicken Is Done (Without a Thermometer)

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By Lacey Muinos

Woman salting fresh prawn for cooking in the glass bowl

This Is How Salt and Sugar Preserve Foods Naturally

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By Lacey Muinos

Close-up of Shelled Raw Pistachios in Square White Bowl

The One Snack Cardiologists Want You to Eat for a Healthier Heart

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By Tiffany Ayuda

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10 High-Protein Pancake Mixes for a Filling and Tasty Breakfast

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By Jaime Osnato

Oatmeal cups on cooling rack with cup of tea. Wooden background. Top view.

10 Oatmeal Cups to Meal Prep for Quick and Easy Breakfasts All Week

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By Jaime Osnato

Hands cutting T-Bone Steak before getting meat sweats

Are Meat Sweats a Thing? Causes, Prevention, Treatment and More

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By Caroline Thomason

collage of the best high-protein snacks including Munk Pack Protein Cookies, The Good Bean Chickpeas, and Chobani Drinkable Greek Yogurt

25 Healthy High-Protein Snacks to Buy, According to Dietitians

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By Kate Harris

]woman sitting by the table at home cutting banana with vitamins and minerals

The Vitamins, Minerals and Amino Acids in Bananas

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By Sarah Pflugradt

Expert Reviewed

A man pouring a bottle of vitamin d supplements into his hand

The 7 Best Vitamin D Supplements for Your Health Goals

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By Krista Sheehan

Homemade Pumpkin Chocolate Brownies made with canned pumpkin instead of eggs and oil

How to Bake With Canned Pumpkin Instead of Eggs and Oil

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By Lacey Muinos

Stuffed butternut squash with chickpeas, cranberries, quinoa cooked in nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon. Thanksgiving dinner recipe. Vegan healthy seasonal fall or autumn food

What Goes Well With Squash: Side Dishes, Dinner Ideas and More

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By Sharin Griffin

Expert Reviewed

jamaican caribbean jerk chicken on baking paper

The 4 Best Ways to Cook Marinated Chicken to Juicy Perfection

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By Siddhi Camila Lama and Lacey Muinos

All About Delicata Squash Nutrition and How It Compares to Other Squashes

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By Sarah Pflugradt

Expert Reviewed

Two Hands Holding Whiskey Glasss With Ice Cubes and Whiskey In Front of Blurred Background

4 Foods and Ingredients Linked to Cancer, and How Much You Should Actually Worry

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By Joanna Foley, RD

collage of 3 low-carb cereals on gray-blue background

6 Low-Carb Cereals Dietitians Recommend for a Filling Breakfast

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By Jill Corleone

Baked Chicken With Cream of Chicken Soup Recipe Cooked With Mushrooms and Peas in a Casserole Dish on Wooden Table

How to Make Baked Chicken With Cream of Chicken Soup

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By Andrea Jordan

Cherry bread and butter pudding on blue and white table with cherries

How to Turn Challah Bread Into 5 High-Protein Meals and Desserts

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By Sarah Pflugradt

Expert Reviewed

Psyllium fiber in a spoon with plain yogurt in bowl

Psyllium vs. Dextrin: Which Is the Better Fiber Supplement?

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By Jessica Bruso

Healthy brown rice salad for weight loss with grilled teriyaki salmon fillet in a gray bowl resting on wooden tabletop

Can Eating Rice Help With Weight Loss?

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By Sarah Pflugradt

Fried salmon steaks in a plate for a muscle building diet on wooden table

The 20 Best Muscle-Building Foods, According to Dietitians

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By Ashley Lall

Is Fried Rice Healthy? Calories and Other Nutrition Info

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By Abbie Gellman

Expert Reviewed

Is White Rice Healthy? Nutrition, Benefits and Risks to Know

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By Kelly Plowe

How to Pan-Fry and Roast Pumpkin Seeds, and 6 Tasty Recipes to Try

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By Andrea Jordan

Roasted vegetables open faced sandwich with hummus and feta cheese

15 High-Protein Open-Faced Sandwiches for Busy Weekdays

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By Jaime Osnato

hand pouring coffee into oatmeal on marble table

How to Turn a Cup of Coffee Into 10 High-Protein Breakfasts

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By Andrea Jordan

Sheet Pan Sausage dinner on table with plates

25 High-Protein Sheet-Pan Dinners That’ll Save You a Sink Full of Dishes

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By Dylan Roche and Lacey Muinos and Mayoni Ranasinghe, MBBS, MPH

Expert Reviewed

Grilled salmon garnished with green asparagus and tomatoes

7 Ways to Tell if You Have Spoiled Salmon

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By Michelle Kerns

Expert Reviewed

Juicy Beef rump steak from marble beef medium rare with sauce on wooden board, close-up. Selective focus.

How to Cook a Rump Roast in the Oven That's Juicy and Delicious

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By April Benshosan and Courtney Leiva

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The 9 Best Food and Kitchen Labor Day Sales You Don’t Want to Miss

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By Andrea Jordan

One of the best zucchini recipes: A cutting board with zucchini fries next to a cup of yogurt dipping sauce garnished with fresh parsley

30 Creative Zucchini Recipes That Go Beyond Zoodles

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By Kelsey Kunik

Young woman using smartphone at breakfast to calculate food's nutrient density

How to Calculate Nutrient Density

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By Jaime Osnato

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20 Tasty Peach Recipes That Go Beyond Cobbler

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By Ashley Lall

Wooden spoon overflowing with dry wild rice grains on a wooden tabletop

Does Rice Have Protein? All You Need to Know About Protein in Rice

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By Lacey Muinos

Selection of complex carbohydrates sources on white background

3 Functions of Carbohydrates and Why They're So Important

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By Lacey Muinos

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How Are Protein and Nucleic Acids Related?

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By Kelsey Kunik

Whole grain bread put on kitchen wood plate with a chef holding gold knife for cut

4 Reasons Our Bodies Burn Carbohydrates Before Fat

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By Jaime Osnato

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Chickpea pasta with tomato sauce and chickpeas in bowl

The One Processed Food Dietitians Want You to Eat More Often

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By Ashley Lall

Close-up of a Freshly baked Chocolate Chip Cookie on a spatula made with healthy chocolate chips above blurred background of chocolate chip cookies on a baking sheet

Are Chocolate Chips Healthy?

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By Kelsey Kunik

Homemade oatmeal with pears, two foods high in polysaccharides, in a bowl with spoon on the side

4 Polysaccharide Examples and Foods High in This Important Carb

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By Ashley Lall

Expert Reviewed

Black beans and rice with pepper cilantro zucchini and a lime wedge in a blue bowl on gray wooden table next to a spoon

Is Eating Rice and Beans Healthy?

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By Ashley Macha

Bagels with peanut butter and berry jam as an example of what to eat before sports tryouts.

How to Eat Before Sports Tryouts, According to a Dietitian

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By Lacey Muinos

Preparing fresh tomato sauce in pan in a kitchen

How to Fix Burned Spaghetti Sauce, According to a Chef

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By Lacey Muinos

pieces of dark chocolate with caffeine stacked on a gray table

Is There Caffeine in Chocolate?

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By Kelsey Kunik

woman reaching into a candy dish, a food high in total carbohydrates and sugars.

How to Calculate the Percent of Total Carbohydrates From Sugar

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By Kelsey Kunik

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How to Calculate the Percent Daily Value for Fiber, According to a Dietitian

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By Madeleine Burry

Expert Reviewed

Plant-based eater taking supplements for vegetarian diet.

The 5 Best Supplements for Vegetarians, According to a Dietitian

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By Heather Mayer Irvine

Expert Reviewed

Woman seasoning her pot with sodium-rich salt

30 Foods High in Sodium to Cut Back On (and What to Eat Instead)

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By Sanjana Gupta

Expert Reviewed

Brown bowl filled with red and brown rice grains shot from above on wooden table

Parboiled Rice vs. Brown Rice: What Are the Differences?

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By Diana Bruk and Madeleine Burry

Expert Reviewed

Best protein powders on amazon in a row on yellow background, including Now Foods, Four Sigmatic and Vega Sport

The 15 Best Protein Powders for Every Health Goal

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By Sarah Pflugradt

Expert Reviewed

Frying an egg, one of the best foods to eat while pregnant, in a frying pan

The 6 Best Foods to Eat When You're Pregnant, According to Dietitians

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By Karla Walsh

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collage of the best vegetarian heat and eat meals including brands like Amy's, Sweet Earth and Tattooed Chef

7 Vegetarian Heat-and-Eat Meals With 15 Grams of Protein or More

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By Jaime Osnato

Woman pours coffee, a sweat-inducing food, from cups into glasses

8 Foods That Make You Sweat, According to a Dietitian

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By Karen Gardner

Expert Reviewed

drying homemade pasta strings on wooden sticks

How to Dry and Store Fresh Pasta

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By Ashley Lall

Expert Reviewed

Sticky Rice Nutrition: Calories, Benefits and More

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By Dylan Roche

Expert Reviewed

Woman cooking tomato sauce in a stainless steal metal pan

Is It OK to Cook Tomato Sauce in Metal Pans?

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By Ashley Lall

How to Get Seasoning to Stick to Popcorn: Tips, Tricks, and Flavors to Try

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By Anthea Levi

Expert Reviewed

biotin-rich beef liver in bowl on wooden table

10 Foods High in Biotin for Healthy Hair, Skin and Nails

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By Karla Walsh and April Benshosan

three types of canned cocktails on a blue background

12 Delicious, Low-ABV Cocktails Under 200 Calories

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By Madeleine Burry

Expert Reviewed

Healthy mornings start with some vitamin support

The 7 Best Supplements and Vitamins for Energy, According to a Doctor

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By Kelsey Kunik

Expert Reviewed

Green phosphatidylserine-rich soybeans with sea salt in bowl

4 Foods High in Phosphatidylserine for Brain Health

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By Rebecca Bragg

How to Prep Eggplant Before Cooking It

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By Kelsey Kunik

Expert Reviewed

woman holding her leg from a cramp while running-- a common need for increasing potassium quickly.

5 Ways to Raise Potassium Levels When Your Body Needs More

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By Maria Masters

Slow cooker roast beef on table with festive side dishes

How to Cook Roast Beef in a Slow Cooker: The Ultimate Guide

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By Sandi Busch

Grilled beef steak on plate with side of grilled veggies

2 Reasons Your Body Will Thank You for Eating Less Red Meat

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By Sylvie Tremblay

Dandelion Greens: Nutrition, Benefits, Risks, Foraging and More

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