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Recipes That Use Greek Yogurt As The Secret Ingredient Shutterstock By Laura Williams, M.S.Ed., ACSM EP-C/Updated: March 14, 2022 9:01 am EST It wasn’t that long ago (roughly 2009) that Greek yogurt barreled onto the American food scene, upending the yogurt market with its thicker, tangier, protein-packed existence, increasing Greek yogurt sales by 2500% between 2005 and 2011. As a result (certainly helped by the creation of Pinterest in 2010), it quickly became incorporated into recipe roundups, healthy substitution charts, and almost every professional woman’s lunchbox as the masses swarmed to the somewhat more filling snack food featuring higher levels of protein than the standard yogurt fare....

Redditors Are Disgusted By A Walmart Employee’s Mold Reveal Chekyravaa/Shutterstock By Ashley Delmar/Aug. 3, 2022 5:07 am EST Since first opening its doors in 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas, Walmart has become a staple of the American shopping landscape. With 230 millions Americans visiting a Walmart each week to purchase their family’s groceries (via Statista), it’s seems perfectly reasonable to expect a sanitary shopping experience. That’s why Reddit commenters on the r/walmart subreddit were so horrified to find out that their expectations of cleanliness fell short in one Walmart location....

Simple Condensed Milk Toast Recipe Susan Olayinka/Mashed By Susan Olayinka AND Mashed Staff/Updated: March 24, 2022 1:55 pm EST Bread is a staple in many households, as you can pair it with lots of dishes. It’s also, however, delicious to eat on its own. There are many ways to enjoy the staple food — either you top it with peanut butter and jam, add ham and cheese in between slices, make grilled cheese sandwiches, or simply enjoy good old toast....

Subway Used To Be Called Something Totally Different Joe Raedle/Getty Images By Chase Shustack/March 15, 2022 6:50 pm EST Subway is known for a lot of things, both good and bad. You may think about how, when you were younger, you watched that teenager behind the glass whip up your turkey sandwich like some kind of hoagie wizard. You may remember the classic $5 footlong deal–and the resulting scandal when people started to claim those footlongs were only 11 inches rather than the promised 12 (via Forbes)....

The App EatOkra Can Connect You To Black-Owned Restaurants. Here’s How Facebook By Boshika Gupta/Feb. 26, 2022 8:18 am EST For the Brooklyn-based husband-and-wife team of Anthony and Janique Edwards, finding Black-owned eateries in the area without having to go through the exhausting process of scouring the internet is crucial. According to Today, the couple’s story began in 2016 when Janique relocated to Brooklyn and began going out with Anthony. Getting settled was understandably stressful....

The Hell’s Kitchen Series Twitter Is Begging Gordon Ramsay For Mike Coppola/Getty By Ashley Steinberg/Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 9:21 am EST Gordon Ramsay fans are all incredibly familiar with one of his more famous shows, “Hell’s Kitchen.” The competition show is what sparked many fan’s admiration for Chef Ramsay as they returned year after year to watch Ramsay yell at culinary hopefuls vying for a spot as an Executive Chef at one of his restaurants....

The Major Stumbling Block Calvin Eng Faced When Opening Bonnie’s In Brooklyn - Exclusive Laura Murray By Hanna Claeson/July 13, 2022 9:00 am EST Calvin Eng, the James Beard Award-nominated genius behind Bonnie’s in Brooklyn, is not as cocky as he could be. The New Yorker raved over Eng’s flavor profiles for paragraphs. The New York Times can’t get over the char siu glaze the chef developed for Bonnie’s signature McRib....

The Problem Stanley Tucci Has With Italian-American Cooking Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock By Erich Barganier/May 13, 2022 12:46 pm EST Purists across America have noted a variety of problems with the homegrown takes on Italian cooking they have experienced over the years. According to Spoon University, anyone familiar with traditional Italian cooking techniques might hate it when chefs spray down food with cooking spray, break spaghetti into smaller pieces before cooking, fry bologna, or drink coffee overloaded with milk....

The Real Reason Oyster Mushrooms Can Be So Expensive Shutterstock By Robin Miller/Updated: June 17, 2022 2:38 pm EST If you plan to add a few savory mushrooms to tonight’s cream sauce, be warned, you may spend quite a bit for that edible fungi (via Whole Earth Harvest). Perhaps it’s worth the hefty price tag, since fresh oyster mushrooms are sweet, satiny, and add a delightful earthiness to your dining experience....

The Real Woman Behind The Granny Smith Apple Moniker Daxiao Productions/Shutterstock By Ceara Milligan/Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 10:29 pm EST Here’s something to chew on: There are approximately 7,500 apple varieties harvested around the globe, according to SelectHealth. And a whopping one-third of these crisp fruits are grown in the United States. The age-old proverb, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” rings true to a certain degree, as apples are rich in vitamin C, fiber, and antioxidants, help promote heart, brain, and gut health, and lower the risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer, per Healthline....

The Secret Way Little Caesars Saves So Much Money On Cheese ScannableZebra/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/July 23, 2022 5:52 pm EST In a market where Pizza Hut can brag about its “$10 Tastemaker” and Domino’s raves about its “Mix & Match Deals,” it seems that sometimes the little guys can be forgotten. Little guys such as Little Caesar’s, for example. Despite having “little” in its name, the Michigan-based pizza company is well-known for its pretty enormous deals....

The Sweetest Food Moment From 2022’s Emmy-Nominated Shows Joe Seer/Shutterstock By Karen Hart/July 16, 2022 6:10 pm EST Movies have the ability to capture the feelings and atmosphere of a specific moment in a way that brings about warm, fuzzy feelings in the viewer, especially when a scene involves food. Eating is universally relatable, and while some food-centric movie scenes make us hungry, others serve us a full plate of emotions....

The Unsettling Origins Of The Charcuterie Board Paty Tessmann/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/May 16, 2022 12:11 pm EST A charcuterie board is basically a spread of cheese, meat, nuts, and other sweet and savory finger foods — like a higher-end version of a snack tray you’d see out at parties. But for all their fancy cheeses and smoked meats, it’s not hard to build the perfect charcuterie board. While you don’t need to blow a lot of money on some expensive imported cheese from Switzerland, you also don’t want to just chop up some Velveeta and call it a day....

The Untold Truth Of Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza Elena Pominova/Shutterstock By Emily Monaco/Updated: March 22, 2022 12:40 pm EST Whether you eat pizza in New York or Naples, Detroit or New Haven, or any number of regional pizza styles, it always seems to follow at least a similar formula, if not precisely the same recipe. Order a pizza, and you’ll be presented with a thin round of dough that has been dressed with tomato sauce, cheese, and maybe a few other toppings....

The Untold Truth Of Ferrero Rocher Chocolate Dhananjay Bhagat/Shutterstock By Ian Stuart Bragan/Updated: March 11, 2022 2:44 pm EST Ferrero-Rocher are an Italian chocolate candy that consists of a whole, toasted hazelnut surrounded by a creamy, chocolate filling that is itself encased in a crisp, spherical wafer and then dipped in chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. They originated in Alba, a town in the northwest province of Piedmont. Piedmont means “foot of the mountain” and this section of the country predictably sits at the base of the Alps, the highest mountains of Europe....

TikTok Is Loving Reese Witherspoon’s Cake For Jennifer Garner’s Birthday David Livingston/Getty By Savanna Swain-Wilson/Updated: April 20, 2022 9:01 am EST Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Garner have been friends for years and when it comes to celebrating each other’s birthdays, the duo have been known to go above and beyond to let each other know how loved they are. Who could forget Garner’s special birthday saxophone serenade? The tradition continued this year, with Garner sharing a video to Instagram of a wooden bowl she gifted Reese — that she personally handcrafted herself....

Twitter Had A Hilarious Response To Guy Fieri’s Recent Award Scott Dudelson/Getty Images By Hannah Beach/July 14, 2022 2:44 pm EST Regardless of how you feel about Guy Fieri, there’s no denying that he’s a pretty successful guy (pun intended). Since he first got his start running a pretzel cart at the age of 10, Fieri has put decades of work into what Food Network describes as a “thriving culinary empire on land and sea....

What Happened To Misfit Foods After Shark Tank? Facebook By Gillian King/Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 2:08 pm EST Every season, “Shark Tank” introduces viewers to dozens of entrepreneurs hoping to win backing from the show’s sharks. The sharks, who hold the fate of these fresh-faced, would-be businesspeople in their hands, consist of a core group of six highly successful people: Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Robert Herjavec, Mark Cuban, Kevin O’Leary, and Lori Greiner (as per All Shark Tank Products)....

What Hell’s Kitchen Winner Dave Levey Is Doing Now Instagram By Boshika Gupta/Updated: June 17, 2022 11:04 am EST One of the most competitive and popular shows on the planet, Hell’s Kitchen, has enthralled fans for many years. And what’s more, the Gordon Ramsay led show is responsible for giving priceless opportunities to many talented chefs who’ve grown by leaps and bounds, after their participation on the series. One such chef is Dave Levey, who was a part of season six and managed to win everyone over with his charm and extraordinary talent (via Screen Rant)....

What The M&M’s Name Really Means Amy_Michelle/Shutterstock By Chase Shustack/July 5, 2022 11:09 am EST They come in pouches, or they come in tubes, but in the end, they’re still little round drops of chocolate in a colorful candy coating. M&M’s have been around for years, from the early 1940s as exclusive chocolate rations to US soldiers fighting overseas famed for their portability and melt-resistant coating (via History) all the way to that one Christmas commercial from 1996 (via YouTube) that still comes around every holiday....