Weekly Wine Tastings
Friday evenings at participating stores.
If you’re a fan of fun food facts, perfect pairings, kitchen hacks and other tantalizing trivia, you’ll love our Daily Dish Blog! Read on for delicious topics like DIY projects, Foodie FAQs, new and seasonal products, Wines of the Month, Health Notes from Dr. Liz and more.
Friday evenings at participating stores.
Making their traditional appearance this time of year with ghoulishly carved faces, pumpkins also should make a showing on the dinner table for a boost to heart health. Pumpkins are packed with a staggering 10,000 milligrams of carotenes in a half-cup mashed (either made from fresh pumpkins or scooped right out of a can). These compounds, which act as antioxidants, help protect heart health by keeping the “bad” LDL cholesterol from damaging artery walls. Cooked pumpkin also supplies potassium and fiber, both crusaders for heart health.
No doubt you’ve heard the evils of trans fats. These fats are formed when food manufactures partially hydrogenate liquid oils such as corn oil into a soft, solid fat great for taste and texture in the baking of cookies, cakes, chips, crackers and the like. While trans fats may make a great cookie, these fats spell trouble for your heart health.
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Did you ever wonder how those huge wheels of cheese you see at Nugget become the delicious morsels that practically jump into your grocery cart? Take a tour of Nugget’s Specialty Cheese Department, where you’ll meet Kaelynn Medbery, Nugget’s executive cheese buyer, and find out about our more than 350 varieties of hand-selected, hand-cut, and truly quite delightful cheese.
Nugget is proud to announce that we’ve once again been named as one of America’s best places to work by FORTUNE magazine. We are ranked No. 12, our highest ranking ever! The publication’s 100 Best Companies to Work For listing was published online Tuesday, 1/22/08.
It’s time to go nuts – eating them that is. Studies show that making nuts – almonds, pecans, walnuts and the like – a regular part of your daily fare offers an array of health benefits.
‘Tis the season for cranberries, and they’re fresh in Nugget’s produce section from September through December. The fiber in cranberries is the water-soluble type that’s been shown to help curb appetite as well as lower circulating levels of cholesterol.’
Dr. Liz Applegate, a nationally renowned expert in nutrition and fitness, is the director of sports nutrition at the University of California at Davis, where she consults with student athletes and teaches the largest general nutrition class in the UC system. She is also the nutrition columnist for Runner’s World magazine.
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