I've heard it countless times: Iceberg lettuce is not nearly as nutritious as it's greener counterparts. Maybe it's not. But it's not a junk food either and while the leafy stuff may have taken a hit as a health food, it seems to be making a ...

Salad is my all-time favorite fat burner. Whenever my diet takes a turn for the processed worst, I toss a salad. Yesterday it was baby spinach with julienned veggies for a guaranteed pound lighter in the morning. Whenever I'm stuck at a weight ...

My favorite grocery store justed started carrying ready-to-eat green leaf lettuce. The large, deep green leaves are stacked like a loaf of bread and packaged in a recyclable plastic container. Usually I purchase a head of green leaf lettuce, rinse, ...

After all the overindulgences of the holidays, you're probably trying to watch what you eat. Good for you -- but in order to successfully 'watch what you eat,' you need to know what you're putting into your mouth, horrendous calorie counts and all. ...

Svelte celebrities. I bet some are blessed with fantastic genetics and some workout as hard as rockstars party, and eat healthfully, too. But it's hardly rocket science to speculate a whole host of celebrities take the road to thinness with the ...

I love summer salads, but I don't eat as many of them as I'd like to because it's so hard for me to keep lettuce and salad greens fresh in the refrigerator for more than 1 day at a time. But it seems FitSugar has the answer, and who knew it would be ...

Remember my post a while back about dirty organic produce? I ranted, yes I did, about how organic produce always seems to be dirtier than conventional when you buy it in the store. Well, speaking of dirty . . . We joined a CSA farm this year, which ...

When I head to the grocery store, I can't help it. I'm drawn to those pre-washed bags of salad that offer so much convenience for just little bit more money. You see, most of the time, I'm cooking for one and it seems like more trouble than it's ...