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This easy chicken and broccoli recipe makes a delicious, healthier alternative to Chinese takeout — and it takes just 20 minutes to make, so it's ideal for an easy weeknight dinner. When toasted, ramen noodles make a tasty, crunchy topping for a stir-fry or salad.

Sweet & Sour Chicken with Broccoli

Serves 4

Active Time: 20 minutes

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Berberine is a bioactive compound from a range of plants grown throughout the globe.

Overview

Berberine has proposed benefits ranging from relieving canker sores to managing blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes. This supplement also has a history of use in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Special functions

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It’s finally spring, and that means asparagus is in season. Combining it with salmon is a winner for lunch or dinner.

Make sure to use medium-sized asparagus so the salmon and asparagus can finish cooking at the same time. It’s important to snap off the woody ends of the asparagus; however, if you also have the time and inclination, peel ...Read more

In her super-personal book, “The Secret of Cooking,” author Bee Wilson lists ideas to motivate homemade meals. A category titled “extremely easy dishes to revive you when your cooking energy is gone,” proves most helpful.

My cooking energy usually runs out around Wednesday. That’s when I start opening the freezer and the pantry to ...Read more

When it comes to comforting “bowl” foods, people tend to fall into one of three camps: team soup, team stew, or homeandleisure/recipes/varietymenu/s-3648622">Read more

In Hawaii, we eat a lot of Spam. Like, almost 7 million cans of the ...Read more

Maple syrup is a natural for pancakes and baking, and it has shown its prowess in savory dishes. But the springtime ingredient is equally at home in cocktails, too.

Bentley Gilman, head distiller of Tattersall Distilling in River Falls, Wisconsin, created these four cocktails using its Birkie WI-SKI, which was created “in the spirit of” the...Read more

LOS ANGELES — You can smell the char of the Wagyu burgers from down the block, which is, coincidentally, how far the line often stretches. But at Melrose Avenue's newest diner, the food isn't the only draw. Marathon Burger is an ode to late community activist and rapper Nipsey Hussle, and his legacy continues with this new family venture and ...Read more

Like a lot of Mexican food fans, I could stuff my face with tacos every day of the week and consider myself wonderfully fed.

But you've got to shake it up every now and again to keep flavors fresh and interesting at meal time, I suppose. Especially if the ingredients you reach for again and again — in this case, chili peppers, onions, ...Read more

Looking for a quick comforting soup? Here’s a warm and satisfying meal with minimal fuss!

It uses market-bought rotisserie chicken and is enhanced with the flavors of bottled marinara sauce, fresh basil and Parmesan cheese. The pasta is cooked right in the soup. So, there’s no extra pan to wash.

HELPFUL HINTS:

Any type of pasta sauce can...Read more

High food prices have American families feeling the pinch — grocery trips cost around 20% more than they did four years ago. Not only are outright costs higher, but shoppers are also dealing with “shrinkflation,” where products shrink in size while maintaining their price point.

There are ways to save other than opting for generic brands ...Read more

The funniest part of the Vermont Country Store catalog is the underwear.

The women’s cotton briefs they sell reach from the belly button to the knee. I exaggerate, of course, but probably by less than you think.

They do not sell men’s underwear. They don’t sell much in the way of men’s clothes at all — just five of the current ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS -- Anyone who’s seen footage of two competitive fighters coming face-to-face at a weigh-in knows it’s a space for mean-mugging and chest-puffing.

The offering of baked goods is not typical.

But that’s what Ben Neumann has been doing every chance he’s had for the past 10 years. As an amateur baker, he dished pies and cakes ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The bar was buzzing at in East Passyunk's newest hotspot, and the drink of choice was wine, mostly imported. As patrons grazed on picture-perfect Comté ravioles and herb-flecked lentil salad, they ponied up to the bar and counters at Supérette on Saturday and sipped on Slovenian pet-nat, an Italian white blend, and muscadet ...Read more