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Healthy Hearts Challenge Tip 1: Eat These 6 Purple Foods to Help Your Blood Pressure
To celebrate American Heart Month and our Healthy Hearts Challenge, every day this week we’re posting a quick tip to...

The worst thing to eat for your heart
Heart disease is the leading cause of death among Americans: on average, one person dies every 39 seconds, according to...

Dark meat vs. white meat: which turkey is healthier?
Turkey Day is around the corner and many of us are gearing up for a big Thanksgiving feast. As a registered dietitian...

6 myths about sleep busted
I’m lucky that I don’t (usually) have trouble falling—or staying—asleep. But there are...

3 secrets to the best pumpkin pie
If you’re looking for the easiest possible dessert to whip up for Thanksgiving, it doesn’t get any simpler...

5 secrets to making green bean casserole healthier
Traditionally made with butter, canned soup and canned French-fried onions, Green Bean Casserole—a classic...

5 ways to indulge without the bulge
We’re officially in full-force holiday mode now, which means plenty of opportunity for overindulging at festive...

5 ways to be a better cook
As the Food Editor for EatingWell Magazine, I’m always hearing from readers who want to cook dinner, but feel...

Thanksgiving for less than $5 per serving
I’d love to host my family’s Thanksgiving meal more often, but the one thing that gives me pause is the...

8 cooking tricks for awesome chili
Chili is the ultimate cold-weather comfort food. More than simply delicious, healthy chili is an easy one-pot meal made...

3 secrets for perfect pecan pie (with fewer calories and less fat!)
I love the expression “Why fix what isn’t broken?” I use this phrase when it comes to my time-honored...

4 health reasons to eat chocolate
I’ll be honest—I love chocolate year-round. But with the mercury dipping, a cup of hot cocoa or bite of...

5 ways to turn Thanksgiving leftovers into healthy meals
I look forward to turkey at Thanksgiving, but the real excitement for me lies in the dinners I’ll make with the...

Save 851 calories with this Thanksgiving menu makeover
I adore Thanksgiving, but I don’t adore all the extra calories I consume by eating my favorite foods. Luckily,...

Your post-holiday detox plan
I’m a big believer that Thanksgiving is not a day to diet. Once a year, you get to gather ’round the table...

4 soothing scents to de-stress
The holidays are just around the corner and although it’s supposed to be joyful, it can also be a stressful time...

Foods to keep your blood sugar in check
Chances are you know someone with diabetes. You might even have it yourself. It’s one of the most common and...

3 secrets for lighter scalloped potatoes
Some of our favorite cool-weather side dishes are comforting vegetable casseroles like good old scalloped potatoes (a.k...

How to make 20-minute Halloween popcorn balls
EatingWell’s popcorn balls have very few ingredients, come in at 78-103 calories each, contain whole grains and...

How To Roast Pumpkin Seeds
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve loved the smell of roasted pumpkin seeds that followed our Halloween pumpkin carving...

8 Italian foods you should be eating
There are certain foods I can’t get enough of and, incidentally, most of them fall within the Italian diet....

5 fall foods to help you lose weight
Say “fall” and “food” and the first things I think of are apples and squash—two foods...

Which type of yogurt is the healthiest?
Since I'm not a big milk drinker, yogurt is my preferred form of dairy. Eating yogurt is an easy, tasty way to get some...

7 tricks for better slow-cooking in your crock pot
The beauty of using a slow cooker or crock pot is that it’s pretty darn simple. Prep your ingredients, add them...