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The Best Vegan Artisan Cheeses for Your Holiday Charcuterie Board
The Best Vegan Artisan Cheeses for Your Holiday Charcuterie Board
The Best Vegan Artisan Cheeses for Your Holiday Charcuterie Board
If you are hosting a dinner party, cheese board and charcuterie plates are often the best centerpieces to keep your guests satisfied during cocktail hour. A well-stocked cheese plate is perfect for date nights, holiday gatherings, or the run-of-the-mill dinner party, keeping hungry friends and family happy before dinner. But...
The Best Healthy Crackers to Buy for Your Next Dinner Party
The Best Healthy Crackers to Buy for Your Next Dinner Party
The Best Healthy Crackers to Buy for Your Next Dinner Party
It's natural to want to find the healthiest crackers that also taste great, so when you have that indulgent pre-dinner snack, you can rest assured that you are choosing a whole grain or seed-filled healthy cracker that is not only tasty and a perfect match for your choice of spread, cheese or non-dairy topper, but that you're feeding your body healthy ingredients that will fill you up but not spik
The Best Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Sip This Season
The Best Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Sip This Season
The Best Non-Alcoholic Beverages to Sip This Season
America loves to end the day with an alcoholic beverage, whether that's an ice-cold beer in front of the big game or a craft cocktail for a night out. Nearly 70 percent of Americans drank alcohol last year, but the love for liquor is increasingly linked to damaging mental health and threatened physical well-being. And younger genera...
Taste-Test: The Best Nutrient-Rich, High-Protein Pasta You Can Buy
Taste-Test: The Best Nutrient-Rich, High-Protein Pasta You Can Buy
Taste-Test: The Best Nutrient-Rich, High-Protein Pasta You Can Buy
Pasta has never been considered a health food but now you can raise the nutrition bar of your favorite pasta dinner with new formulations of every shape of noodle you like, now made with nutritious, high-fiber, protei-rich ingredients like chickpeas, lupini beans, and even green bananas. Dep...
The Best Vegan Thanksgiving Roasts: Your Ultimate Taste Test
The Best Vegan Thanksgiving Roasts: Your Ultimate Taste Test
The Best Vegan Thanksgiving Roasts: Your Ultimate Taste Test
There's a good chance you’ll be serving one or more vegan or vegetarian family members this Thanksgiving. Or, maybe you’ve decided to go plant-based for your health. Whatever your reasons may be for needing a vegan turkey option, you're probably searching for the best turkey alternative that can serve as a vegan main dish for your holiday meal. With more plant-based turkey o...
The 10 Best Dairy-Free Chocolate Bars to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
The 10 Best Dairy-Free Chocolate Bars to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
The 10 Best Dairy-Free Chocolate Bars to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Unwrapping a chocolate bar is a timelessly satisfying experience, but most of the beloved candy bars we remember from childhood have fallen behind the times. Chocolate giants including Mars, Dove, and Hershey's still mostly offer chocolates made with dairy milk, despite growing interest in more sustainable, dairy-free chocolate. However, ther...
Keep Your Gut Healthy! Here Are the Best Kombucha Brands
Keep Your Gut Healthy! Here Are the Best Kombucha Brands
Keep Your Gut Healthy! Here Are the Best Kombucha Brands
Kombucha is a relatively new trend among health-conscious Americans, but this fermented tea beverage dates as far back as 221 BCE. Nearly every gas station, supermarket, or corner store has stocked its shelves with at least one kombucha brand, and Americans cannot get enough of it, especially among younger shoppers...

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