Monthly Archives: January 2013

Skinny Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

January 31, 2013

 

Cheesecake squares, lightened up with yogurt and light cream cheese, maked on a chocolate graham cracker crust drizzled with melted chocolate and topped with fresh raspberries.

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, you NEED to make th…

USDA To Announce New Healthy School Snack Rules

January 30, 2013

* USDA secretary says foods rule expected early 2013 * Soft drink makers needed time to change products -Vilsack * Advocates want snacks to have less calories, fat, sugar * School vending machines, a la cart…

Classic Strawberry Shortcake

All strawberry shortcake recipes have three basic components: sweetened strawberries, whipped cream, and the cake. Some use cakes that are light and airy, while others use a denser biscuit, like this version. Once the dough is mixed together and rolled…

Strawberry Shortcakes

There are two basic versions of strawberry shortcake: one made with homemade biscuits, and the other usually made with bland store-bought, cellophane-wrapped cake cups. To improve on the latter version, we created this recipe using homemade sponge cake…

Chocoholic: Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes

From Sweets

[Photograph: Yvonne Ruperti]

Chocoholics live for Valentines Day. While red roses and little heart speckled undies don’t do much for me anymore (well, maybe they do…a little), I’m still a big sucker for the candy….

Rise in Fruit snacking bodes well for marketers

Consumers are finding more and more occasions to eat fresh fruits and retailers might be wise to try to capitalize on this trend. That’s the takeaway message of a two-year study recently completed by The NPD Group, a leading market research company headquartered in Rosemont, IL. Darren Seifer, who has

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Let Them Eat: Strawberry Almond Cheesecake

January 29, 2013

From Sweets

[Photograph: @sstiavetti]

I have a major thing for cheesecake. Despite my devotion, it’s one of those decadent desserts that I seem to save for special occasions, even though it doesn’t take a lot of work to put one t…

Raspberry White Chocolate Banana Muffins

January 28, 2013

Raspberry White Chocolate Banana Muffins

I originally wanted to make these muffins with fresh strawberries and I’m sure that option would also be very tasty but the speckled bananas on the counter top were very sweet indeed so I decided a tart ras…

Berries good for heart health – Statesman Journal

Berries good for heart healthStatesman JournalEating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries each week may help reduce a woman's risk of heart attack, a large new study suggests. During the study period, 405 participants had heart at…

Still room at the top for fresh fruit snacks

If you look more closely at the numbers, the same research that ranks fresh fruit as consumers’ top snack choice shows there’s plenty of room for improvement. The NPD Group’s “Snacking in America” report said fresh fruit is eaten as a snack 55 times annually per person. That’s great. But

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