Top 3 Ways to Sneak Fiber Into Your Diet

Most of us know the best way to get more fiber into our diets is to eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and beans--yadda, yadda, yadda. But if it were so easy to get adequate fiber, we’d all be as slim as Shakira and have digestive systems as dependable as a Swiss watch. Sometimes you just have to trick yourself and your family into eating healthier by finding high fiber substitutions for packaged foods that don't taste like cardboard. Here are three top ways to sneak fiber into your diet. 

1. High fiber tortillas from La Tortilla Factory. You’ll say adios to your bread when you see that a single tortilla can provide you with as much as 12 grams of fiber for only 80 calories. Such a deal! Roll it around your turkey, spinach leaves and whatever else you like for a healthy homemade wrap.

2. Fiber Gourmet pasta . This flavorful line of pasta comes in a variety of shapes and flavors, such as garlic and parsley fettucine nests. One serving contains 12 grams of fiber, with only half the calories of ordinary pasta (and no one will be able to tell the difference, trust me).

3. Brownie mix made with can of black beans. My daughter sometimes makes these trick brownies that require only a brownie mix (Ghiradelli works well) and a can of black beans. Do not confuse these with brownies to die for, but they will adequately satisfy a brownie craving--and you won’t be tempted to eat the whole pan.

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FiberGourmet Macaroni and Cheese: Food Product Review

If you're a fan of blue box macaroni and cheese (and, admit it, who isn't) but wish it were...well, a little healthier, there's a new mac & cheese in town that is loaded with fiber and weighs in at under 

200 calories per serving. With its latest entry into the healthy pasta market, FiberGourmet, a little Florida food company, competes head on with big corporate giant Kraft Foods--and wins. 

Read more... from Associated Content.      

Afternoon Snack: Brownies (Made With Black Beans!) 

Brownies made with black beans? Yep, they're lower in fat and loaded with fiber antioxidants from the beans, but do they really taste ... good? Read more (and get recipe)... from Glamour Health and Fitness.

Top 3 Reasons Saying 'No Problem' Instead of 'You're Welcome' is a Problem

In recent years, the phrases "you're welcome" and "my pleasure" in reply to the words "thank you" have been supplanted by the underwhelming response "no problem." Here are three reasons why "no problem" is a problem:

1. Saying "no problem" implies that the person for whom the service was performed was potentially bothersome.

2. Often the people who say "no problem" actually do seem bothered they had to do something for a customer.

3. People's attitudes are shaped by language and the popularity of the phrase "no problem" could transform the feeling of pleasure one derives from performing a service for others to relief that no problem resulted from the interaction.

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When Did "You're Welcome" Become "No Problem?"

"The trend toward viewing customers as a problem versus income source seems prevalent these days. Haven't we all been to a coffee shop where the employees were so absorbed in conversation with each other they failed to notice the customer at the counter waiting to order her blended double decaf soy latte?

"Even fine retail department stores--the kind without shopping carts--have their share of salespeople who believe the customer is actually an interruption who steals valuable time away from more engaging activities, such as rehashing the latest Idol elimination with a colleague." Read more... from Associated Content

What ever happened to "You're welcome"?

"What's my problem with 'No problem'? Maybe it's my cranky suspicions that the phrase implies an imposition on the part of the person saying, 'Thank you.'

"No problem" translates as, 'What I did for you was not the sacrifice you so charmingly believe it to be. I hereby release you to get on with your day, blessedly free of guilt.'

"In other words, 'No problem' reverses the terms of the transaction. Rather than your doing a favor for an establishment by shopping there, suddenly the establishment is doing you a favor by having its employees help you, then reassuring you that it was no big deal, seeing as how you were already in the store and all." Read more... from Salon.

Top 3 Reasons Betty White is Like Bacon

1.Betty White and bacon are both salty.

2.Betty White and bacon are both ubiquitous.

3.Betty White and bacon improve whatever they're in.

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Is Betty White the Bacon of 2010?
My morning radio guys were recently discussing the ubiquitous Betty White, the 88-year old actress who seems to be on every TV show these days except the late night test pattern. One of them said, "I think there could be such a thing as too much Betty White. She's like the bacon of 2010." Read more... from Associated Content.


Bizarre Bacon: 12 Weird Bacon Products You Won't Believe
If there is one food I worship, it's bacon. Oh, man! Is there anything that beats the aroma of smoky strips sizzling in a pan? If I could eat bacon with every meal I would — and I'm not alone in this passion. Obsessed food bloggers stir it into cereal (!) while shops like Rehoboth, Delaware's famed Udder Delight scoop out their bacon ice cream by the gallon. Read more... from Delish.