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What Is Jicama? How to Enjoy the Refreshing, Juicy Root Vegetable

What Is Jicama? How to Enjoy the Refreshing, Juicy Root Vegetable

Jicama—also called Chinese yam, yam bean root, Mexican potato, fon goot, or sicama—is a root vegetable native to Mexico and Central America. It’s often described as a cross between a...

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What Is Jicama? How to Enjoy the Refreshing, Juicy Root Vegetable

Jicama—also called Chinese yam, yam bean root, Mexican potato, fon goot, or sicama—is a root vegetable native to Mexico and Central America. It’s often described as a cross between a...

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A Cook's Guide to 6 Types of Onions and How to Use Them

A Cook's Guide to 6 Types of Onions and How to Use Them

It’s hard to imagine a world without onions. The pungent members of the allium family (which also includesshallots, leeks, garlic, and chives)have been cultivated for over 5,000 years and remain...

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A Cook's Guide to 6 Types of Onions and How to Use Them

It’s hard to imagine a world without onions. The pungent members of the allium family (which also includesshallots, leeks, garlic, and chives)have been cultivated for over 5,000 years and remain...

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My Husband and I Lost 35 Pounds Each on a Plant-Based Diet, and We Never Felt Deprived

My Husband and I Lost 35 Pounds Each on a Plant-Based Diet, and We Never Felt...

I struggled with my weight for nearly 30 years. First, it was from having children. Then, a few years ago, I began to experience that thickening of the midsection that...

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My Husband and I Lost 35 Pounds Each on a Plant-Based Diet, and We Never Felt Deprived

I struggled with my weight for nearly 30 years. First, it was from having children. Then, a few years ago, I began to experience that thickening of the midsection that...

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How Working from Home Helped Me Lose 90 Pounds

How Working from Home Helped Me Lose 90 Pounds

I’ve always been athletic. In college, I played a few years of football and then joined the competitive cycling teams. But proper nutrition was a missing piece for me. I...

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How Working from Home Helped Me Lose 90 Pounds

I’ve always been athletic. In college, I played a few years of football and then joined the competitive cycling teams. But proper nutrition was a missing piece for me. I...

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8 Simple Hacks for Smoother, Tastier, More Interesting Hummus

8 Simple Hacks for Smoother, Tastier, More Interesting Hummus

As healthy foods go, hummus is in a league all its own. Kids love it. Adults crave it. (Ever found yourself eating hummus by the spoonful straight from the container?)...

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8 Simple Hacks for Smoother, Tastier, More Interesting Hummus

As healthy foods go, hummus is in a league all its own. Kids love it. Adults crave it. (Ever found yourself eating hummus by the spoonful straight from the container?)...

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Fonio: the Ancient West-African Grain That’s Healthy, Sustainable, and Quick-Cooking

Fonio: the Ancient West-African Grain That’s Healthy, Sustainable, and Quick-...

If you haven’t heard of fonio until recently (or now), you’re not alone. For decades, the tiny seeds cultivated in West Africa since ancient times have been a “forgotten food”:...

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Fonio: the Ancient West-African Grain That’s Healthy, Sustainable, and Quick-Cooking

If you haven’t heard of fonio until recently (or now), you’re not alone. For decades, the tiny seeds cultivated in West Africa since ancient times have been a “forgotten food”:...

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