Reading List: Overweight Pets, Fake Alli Warning & A Huge Beef Recall
In this week’s nutrition news: More concerns over BPA in plastics, counterfeit Alli sold online and celebrating National Popcorn Day!
In this week’s nutrition news: More concerns over BPA in plastics, counterfeit Alli sold online and celebrating National Popcorn Day!
In this week’s nutrition news: a study shows the chronically stressed turn to fatty foods, kid-friendly TV channels are full of junk food ads and have you checked your fridge for recalled beef?
From this week’s headlines: Starbucks ups their eco-friendly practices, more weekly food recalls, tips for creating dinner faster and weight loss surgery for teens.

From this week’s healthy headlines: Weeds for dinner, Obama’s new food safety website, the most popular grilled foods, a new beef recall and McDonald’s egg-cellent decision.

Grilling is one of the lightest ways to cook, but to keep it that way, you want to pick leaner meats. Find out which cuts to look for.

These lettuce cups are easy to make and fun to eat. I serve mine family-style on a large platter and let everyone make their own. The tofu mixed with beef is a delicious combo that might make a tofu-lover out of your family’s biggest carnivore.

The media loves telling us how bad red meat is (have you heard about the new study claiming red meat may cause an early death?). Meanwhile, dietitians say it can be part of a healthy diet. So what’s the real deal?

This family-friendly comfort food brings back those warm childhood memories. For the filler, Ellie Krieger uses extra-lean ground beef to cut the fat and pinto beans to add in fiber. Have them for a simple mid-week dinner and save some for lunch the next day.
What great ideas to make use of stale bread. With many of us, once it’s a day old, it’s forgotten but you have brilliant ways to make use of it. The simplest thing I can do from your list is the breadcrumbs to baked chicken. At least, it is a way to save.