I always think of muffins as just cupcakes with a health halo. Most muffin recipes, especially store bought muffins, are nothing more than sugar, butter and refined white flour. That’s why I’m bringing you this wonderful recipe from my favorite chef/dietitian, Ellie Krieger, RDN. Not only are these carrot cake muffins delicious enough to serve…
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Not Your Grandmother’s Prunes
Let’s start by calling them dried plums. Maybe this will help lift the culinary stigma surrounding these sweet, soft, chewy bites. Nutritionally, dried plums can protect our bones. Dried plums have a high phenolic content (antioxidant value) and contain vital nutrients including zinc, magnesium, manganese, copper, boron, and potassium, all of which are beneficial for bone…