Whether you tune in for football or the ads, Super Bowl Sunday is a day-long celebration for many families. Often, pizza and wings, potato skins, dips, chips and other high-fat, sodium-rich foods sideline healthy eating during the game. This year, get ready for some football with healthier versions of fan-favorite foods. Serve your family a [...]

Kathleen Cannata Hanna’s premise for her cookbook is laid out – for the most part – in the title: “The Good-to-Go Cookbook: Take-Along Food, Quick Suppers, and Satisfying Snacks for On-the-Go Families”   (Storey, $16.95). Maybe there wasn’t room, but the title omits references to nutrition and tastiness. Those are part of Hanna’s recipe too. The [...]

Recently, the U.S. News and World Report (with input from a panel of health experts) ranked the top 25 diets and eating patterns (http://health.usnews.com/best-diet). The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) pattern, which emphasizes low-fat milk and milk products, fruits and vegetables while minimizing sodium, came out on top. Since Jan. 16 marks the start [...]

The grilled meat-and-cheese sandwich on the box of the Heavyweight Calphalon Panini Pan and Press looks so scrumptious that it might be a sign of the potential culinary fun you are about to have. This 9-by-12 nonstick pan does so much more than help you make just a panini, or grilled sandwich, although if you [...]

There’s nothing worse than being sick during the holidays. Healthy eating along with hand washing and cough covering can help keep your family from coming down with a cold. It’s important to eat a variety of healthy foods from all food groups throughout the year and adding certain foods during cold and flu season can [...]

Enjoying traditional foods with family and friends make the winter holidays special. Now more than ever, balanced family meals can – and should – be part of your healthy holiday strategy. Instead of calling out seasonal treats to avoid, we suggest you focus on what to eat before you head out to holiday events or [...]

Ready, Set, GO!  The holidays are officially here and there is no looking back.  Make no mistakes, this season is all about love and cheer, but who makes it all come together?  MOM.  From the Gingerbread House Decorating Party, Mom’s Gift Exchange, presents for the whole family, to early Christmas with friends and classmates.  If [...]