Hearty chili serves as comfort food in many homes, and everyone has their own favorite recipe. Beans are one of the star ingredients in many versions, although some people prefer their chili without beans. Kidney beans are the most commonly used beans in chili, although many other types can be used as well.
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Truvia is a sweetener extracted from the stevia plant. Because it contains no calories, people often use it as a sugar substitute in everything from coffee to cereal. You can also use Truvia's Baking Blend or Brown Sugar Blend for to help reduce overall calories when baking.
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Sipping a glass of wine with dinner or after a long day is typically a pleasurable experience. However, while enjoying the taste, you might not realize that you're adding calories and carbs to your diet.
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Creamy Tomato Soup with Croutons is one of the daily soup offerings at Panera Bread. The soup features pear tomatoes blended with cream that provides the creamy texture. It is sold in a 12-oz. bowl.
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Young children are famously active, running circles around their parents and other adults. But as they grow older they tend to slow down. During the teen years, boys often stop getting an ample amount of exercise because of the pull of TV, video games and computers.
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With its toy tucked inside, McDonald's Happy Meals are a hit with kids, and are available with hamburgers, cheeseburgers or chicken McNuggets. The total calorie count in the hamburger Happy Meal depends on the side and beverage you choose to have with the burger.
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Smoothie King's Gladiator is a high-protein, low-carb smoothie designed to help you bulk up. The drink, intended as a meal replacement, combines the company's protein formula with two fruits of your choosing. It is sold in three sizes: 20 oz., 32 oz. and 40 oz.
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Most entrees at the Olive Garden come with your choice of soup or salad. If you opt for soup, you can choose from Minestrone, Chicken and Gnocchi, Pasta e Fagioli and Zuppa Toscana. Nutritional values vary depending on your selection.
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The Quarter Pounder with Cheese from McDonald's has a 4-oz. beef patty with two slices of cheese on a sesame-seed bun. If that's your sandwich of choice from the fast-food eatery, you should understand how it impacts your daily diet.
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Crystal Light makes an extensive line of drink mixes designed to give your water a little extra flavor. These include On the Go mixes, which are individual packets that can be added to a bottle of water. Flavors include grape, peach tea, fruit punch, strawberry banana and citrus splash.
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Philadelphia Cream Cheese, a division of Kraft Foods, markets a line of cream cheese products for use in recipes or simply for topping a bagel or English muffin. Philadelphia's Cream Cheese varieties include original, neufchatel and no-fat cream cheese.
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Subway's Steak & Cheese is made with thin slices of steak topped with melted cheese. It is one of several Select sandwiches the chain offers; others include the Subway Club and the Chicken & Bacon Ranch sandwich.
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Turmeric is a food spice that gives curry and other Indian dishes their bright, vibrant color. It has also been used for centuries as an alternative treatment for myriad illnesses and medical conditions, the University of Maryland Medical Center reports.
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Turmeric is the spice that gives curry dishes their color and flavor, and curcumin is the main active ingredient in turmeric.
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Most people look at dandelions and see a weed they must eradicate from their lawns. Historically, though, the plant has been embraced by Native Americans as a means of treating a variety of medical conditions, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Through the years, its use has persisted.
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Pomegranates became wildly popular in the early to mid-2000s. They started showing up in large numbers in grocery stores, and pomegranate juices and syrups become widely available. Some of the fruit's popularity is probably due to its nutritional content.
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The herbs saw palmetto, pygeum and nettle root all have been used to treat men with benign prostatic hyperplasia, a condition also known as an enlarged prostate. The herbs can be taken alone or together to help relieve some of the bothersome symptoms of BPH, including nighttime urination and difficulty urinating.
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Despite legal initiatives and public education campaigns, drunk driving remains a serious problem in the United States. In 2008, more than 1.
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Ginger is a popular flavor in many Asian cuisines. Fresh ginger can be purchased at many groceries and markets in the form of a knobby rhizome that looks like a root. Although many stores sell dried, powdered ginger in the spice aisle, dried ginger and fresh ginger have very different tastes.
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