The cereal aisle is full of brightly colored boxes and flashy marketing…and many kids are full of opinions. Here are 7 tips to help you wade through your supermarket’s sea of cereal boxes together and choose a winner that’s rich in whole grains, not too sugary, free of food dyes, and kid friendly. We've included a list of more than two dozen healthy cereals for kids that fit the bill.
The “pumpkin” drink with more sugar than pumpkin is back on the menu at Starbucks. You can do better.
A grande (16 oz.) hot Pumpkin Spice Latte made with 2 percent milk has 390 calories—more than a Starbucks Chocolate Croissant (300).
Yearning for longer, restful sleep? Supplements with ingredients like melatonin, valerian root, and magnesium promise “sleep support.” And what about the “sleepy girl mocktail” (tart cherry juice and magnesium powder, topped off with a fizzy drink), which swept TikTok this year? Here’s what the science says.
Beef damages the planet more than any other food. A single 3-ounce beef patty produces nearly 5 pounds’ worth of greenhouse gas emissions (in carbon dioxide equivalents), according to the Environmental Database compiled by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
A "small" ice cream at a Ben and Jerry's scoop shop has more calories than you think. And many flavors have nearly a day's worth of saturated fat and added sugar.
I always thought I didn’t need an air fryer…I could just turn my oven to convection cooking. But my foodie friends kept insisting I had to give one a try. Wow, was I wrong about these mighty little machines! Air fryers heat up and cool down in just a few minutes, so you wind up with less heat in your kitchen, even when roasting at a high temperature.
A kadai—the stir-frying wok of Indian cooking—goes right on top of the fiercely hot tandoor oven, but I’ve adapted this recipe to cook on your stovetop at home. It also comes together with a pared-down list of ingredients. (You can trim the recipe even more by substituting 1 Tbs. curry powder for the coriander, chili powder, cumin, pepper, and garam masala.)
