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Clean Eating Chicken And Peppers Sheet Pan Dinner Recipe

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This dish may not look like much, but it’s honestly one of the tastiest sheet pan dinners I’ve done to date. It totally qualifies as clean eating, has a good solid flavor and tons of veggies! What’s not to like? These sheet pan dinners I’ve been doing lately have been so much fun! And who doesn’t love minimal cleanup after dinner? You can easily cut this in half for one person or multiply it as many times as you need to serve more people. Stash it in your freezer for busy weeknights when life is hectic and you don’t want to do a ton of cooking. I mean, 5 minutes to put this together for the freezer? We all have 5 minutes on the weekend at some point. So get busy and stock up! It just makes life so much easier… NEED A GOOD SHEET PAN? This Nordic Ware Half Sheet is very similar to what I have and use. (I got mine at a local restaurant supply store.)  It’s perfect for this type of recipe! WANT TO SEE THIS RECIPE IN ACTION? PRESS PLAY! LIKE THESE CLEAN EATING SHEET PAN RECIPES?

Dear Mark: Coffee Alternatives for Liver Health, Vitamin C, Gelatin vs Collagen, NAC, My Favorite Way to Cook Greens, and Potato Starch Breading

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark , I’m answering several questions. First, if a person can’t have coffee but wants the benefits it provides to liver health, what else can they try? Next, what role does vitamin C play in glutathione production? Then, I explore how gelatin and collagen differ from each other, followed by a quick description of NAC. After that, I give my current favorite method for cooking greens, and end with a discussion of how breading meat with potato starch changes the meal. Let’s go: What is it about coffee, exactly, and can you get the same effect from other foods? Coffee is out for me because I am so highly sensitive to caffeine. For one, coffee is the primary way we get our antioxidants and polyphenols. You’ve got the satin-pantsed, Tao Te Ching-quoting set eating half their weight in goji berries and  the paleo set binging on 99% dark chocolate, but most Westerners get the majority of their polyphenols through coffee. That’s true for Japan , Spain , Po

Scooped Up Party Dip

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Thomas is a great cook. Soon after we met he grilled rosemary lamb chops for me, and I was so impressed! We have been to countless cookouts together, and his friends ( our friends, now!) always have the best food. This corn and bean dip is one of his favorite dishes to bring to parties, so I asked him to write down the recipe for me. He even took an ingredient shot when we made it! The secret sauce is a combo of mayo, avocado, and sour cream that blends into the dish as a creamy dressing. Everything else gets diced and minced and tossed together. It’s super easy to make! We took it to a cookout a few weeks ago and it was all gone by the time we headed home. A fan-favorite for sure. Thomas would also tell you that you MUST use Duke’s mayo. He is a die-hard loyal Duke’s fan. Not to be confused with Duke University. Sadly he is also a die-hard University of Virginia fan, so basketball season is interesting for us : ) Scooped Up Party Dip 6081227 Ingredients (A party-size