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Five Healthy Convenience Foods

Posted: 04/09/2012 4:06 pm
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Cooking Light recipes rely on the freshest ingredients possible, but there are some convenience products that make even the freshest cooking easier and faster. Through years of recipe testing, we've learned that there are great time-cutting products out there that meet our standards -- for nutrition and flavor. When buying any prepared foods, read labels carefully, paying particular attention to sodium. We've identified our top 10. Comment below and tell us your favorites.


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A good basic bottled marinara sauce can make quick work of so many dinners—from spaghetti and meatballs to lasagna—plus it makes a great quick pizza or dipping sauce. Instead of creamy white sauces, choose tomato-based sauces, which are lower in calories and provide valuable nutrients. In our taste test of store-bought pasta sauces, we selected Rao’s Homemade Tomato and Basil Marinara Sauce as our top all-around pick, and our choice for the greatest value was Classico Tomato and Basil Pasta Sauce. Both are available in major supermarket chains.


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Karl Wilder
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12:41 PM on 04/11/2012
They were not too strict about the word healthy. Most jarred sauces have HFCS or sugar added. Most pre-cooked chickens are brined in a sugar and salt mix. It is surprising how much sugar the meat can absorb.
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08:03 AM on 04/11/2012
Since this is from "Cooking Light", a blog related to weight control, please also read my article about the 5 greatest weight loss products ever created. It was written to answer someone's question about weight loss gimmicks, but after explaining that there are no miracle pills, there are weight loss products that really help, mainly by enhancing the enjoyment and satisfaction of eating while lowering the calories. http://theandersonmethod.com/category/weight-loss-products-that-really-work/

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MinerSam
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05:39 PM on 04/09/2012
Most Tomato sauces have far too much sodium.

The one I found to have the least (more than 60% less) and is quite good is Chateau by Pastene
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