Eat More Veggies – These Recipes will get you Started

Photo from Flavor First: Cut Calories and Boost Flavor with 75 Delicious, All-Natural Recipes, by Cheryl Forberg, published by Rodale Books (c. 2011).By Sandy Hu

Last week, I interviewed dietitian Cheryl Forberg for tips on eating more healthfully. Cheryl spent 12 years counseling contestants on NBC-TV’s reality show, The Biggest Loser.

This week, Special Fork is giving away a copy of Cheryl’s fabulous cookbook, Flavor First: Cut Calories and Boost Flavor with 75 Delicious, All-Natural Recipes, published by Rodale Books (c. 2011).

To enter, follow me on Twitter @specialforksndy and tweet me a healthy eating tip with the hashtag, #freecookbook http://bit.ly/xkfEWM. Your tip could be as simple as “eat more veggies.” Tweet by midnight EST Sunday, February 12, 2012, to be entered into the drawing. Multiple entries are okay; each tweet counts as an entry. The winner, selected from a random drawing, will be announced next Monday, February 13.

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And the Winner is…

By Katie Barreira

February is National Snack Food Month, a fitting title, given that the hallmark of snack food consumption, the Super Bowl, falls on its first Sunday. Such snack-centric events often become occasions to indulge in highly processed, preservative-laced junk food. But hardcore snacking need not be dispirited by all of that rubbish.

The end of the month brings another snack-worthy occasion (thanks, Oscar) and if you’d like to snack without all the junk, then nosh on these homemade refreshments, inspired by some packaged favorites.

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