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Hunt’s®

Chicken breasts, simmered in tomato sauce, served with pasta and broccoli tossed with a creamy tomato-pesto sauce

Ingredients

8 ounces dry penne pasta, uncooked (8 oz = 2-1/2 cups)
3 cups small fresh broccoli florets
1 tablespoon olive oil
6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (5 oz each)
1 can (14.5 oz each) Hunt’s® Diced Tomatoes, undrained
1 can (8 oz each) Hunt’s® Tomato Sauce
1/2 cup soft cream cheese spread
1/3 cup refrigerated basil pesto

Directions

  1. Cook pasta according to package dir
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There are few things that are as soul-soothing as a fresh bowl of savory collards. But, depending on how you prepare them, they can also be one of your body’s best friends.

Collard Green 101
Collards are leafy green vegetables that belong to the same family that includes cabbage, kale, and broccoli. While they share the same botanical name as kale, Brassica oleracea, and some resemblance as well, they have their own distinctive qualities.

The first mention of collard greens dates back to the

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Flavorful salmon is baked with spinach, mushrooms and tomatoes and dressed with vinaigrette. It’s a tasty way to get your family eating right.

what you need
4 skin-on salmon fillets (1 lb.)
2 cups chopped fresh spinach leaves
1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 tomato, chopped
1/3 cup KRAFT Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette Dressing

make it
HEAT oven to 375°F.

PLACE fish fillets, skin-sides down, in 13×9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

COMBINE remaining ingredients; spoon over fish.

BAKE 20 to

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Dry hair is common for naturals, but there are great products on the market that can help keep your strands moisturized at all times. Try these products to get your natural hair back moisturized and bouncing!

Camille Rose Deep Conditioner

Camille Rose hair products is a favorite among naturals. A lot of people especially love the deep conditioner. It’s very thick and made with all natural ingredients. It’s one of the most moisturizing deep conditioners out there. This product is great for res

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Many people complain about not having enough energy or not being in a very good shape, yet few of them stop to think about their day to day habits that have a very powerful influence on the way they feel. Simple things such as not eating properly throughout the day or not having enough sleep can play a very important role in how you feel the next day and how much energy you have to do the things you are supposed to, without any difficulties. Of course, sport has a signific

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Is Smoking Hookah Tobacco Harmless?

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Smoking paraphernalia is seen during the ”Expocannabis” fair on its opening day in Leganes, outside Madrid, January 26, 2007.
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Smoking hookah can be addictive and harmful, though many dabblers may not realize the dangers, according to a new review.

 

“The cooled and sweetened flavor of hookah tobacco makes it more enticing to kids and they falsely believe it’s less harmful,” Tracey E. Barnett from the University of Florida in Gainesville told Reuters Health.

Barnett h

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Pepsi One

Consumer Reports is warning the caramel coloring that gives cola its brown hue may be dangerous in the levels its found in some popular soft drinks.

“There’s no reason why consumers should be exposed to an avoidable and unnecessary risk that can stem from coloring food brown,” toxicologist Dr. Urvashi Rangan, executive director of Consumer Reports’ Food Safety & Sustainability Center, said in a statement.

Researchers at the magazine tested dozens of cans and bottles from a variety of popular

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Everyone is not a born economist. We should learn the skills on how to save money from every possible aspect. Market money saving tips is one of the major parts. Let s have a look at how to save money for grocery shopping.

1. Use coupons wisely. Coupons in the Sunday newspaper or the supermarket circular are a great way to save money with little effort. But remember to only collect those useful ones for you. Shoppers often end up purchasing varieties or brands of foods and supplies that they w

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Charvis Brewer, the newest and youngest member of the Memphis Grizzlies, beams with excitement on Sunday. (Joe Murphy, Getty Images)
 
Charvis Brewer, an 8-year-old super-fan of the Memphis Grizzlies, has bragging rights that most children can only dream about.
On Sunday, the basketball team drafted Charvis as its newest and youngest member. The ceremony, complete with a mock press conference, team photograph and visit to the locker room, was orchestrated by Make-A-Wish, a non-profit wish-g
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Nailah Winkfield, the mother of Jahi McMath, along with Jahi's uncle Omari Sealy (R), speak with the media outside Children's Hospital and Research Center in Oakland, California, December 30, 2013. (REUTERS/NORBERT VON DER GROEBEN)
The family of a California girl who was declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy won an 11th-hour court order on Monday, requiring doctors to keep her connected to a breathing machine for at least another week.
Under the latest court order in
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The chief of a foundation that is responsible for the International Standard Version of the Holy Bible, a trained theologian, says the family of Jahi McMath has a legitimate argument against the hospital's contention that she is "brain-dead" and her medical treatments should be halted.
She's not dead.
At least, not according to the Bible's definition, said Dr. William Welty, a Ph.D. who graduated from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and later taught New Testament Greek at Simon Greenleaf Un
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tonsillectomy-jahi-mcmath-ap-12-30.jpg?w=630The family of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from tonsil surgery was running out of time Sunday to find a new facility to take her in and keep her on a ventilator.
A judge's ruling will allow Children's Hospital Oakland to remove 13-year-old Jahi McMath from life support at 5 p.m. Monday unless her family appeals.
The family is now pinning its hopes on a New York facility after two California care homes withdrew offers to accept the teen.
Chris Dolan, the family's at
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fl-racewalking-0704p46-m.jpgWalking more is a simple way for people at high risk for type 2 diabetes to greatly reduce their risk of heart disease, a new study suggests.



Researchers analyzed data from more than 9,300 adults with pre-diabetes in 40 countries. People with pre-diabetes have an increased risk of cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke.
All of the study participants were enrolled in programs meant to increase their physical activity, shed excess pounds and cut fatty foods from their diets. T
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TESTBIGmiddle_headshot.jpgNothing is sacred to thy neighbor's germs, but millions take part in the cup-sharing religious rite. Why passing on the sacrament may be forgivable during cold and flu season.
Christmas is second only to Easter as the holiday most likely to attract churchgoers. In the coming weeks, more people than usual will be filing into churches big and small, and many of those parishioners will be taking Communion.
The overlap of the religious rite with cold and flu season raises an uncomfortable questio
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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:
Now we're looking at a new approach to confronting a public health challenge - the spread of HIV and AIDS. World AIDS Day was this weekend and that's a time when health policy experts and activists talk about solutions to stop
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How to Avoid Winter Weight Gain

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Winter might not officially kick off until December 21, but the temperature's dropping, we're getting all bundled up and the comfort food-filled holidays are just about here. And let's face it: braving the cold, hiding under a bunch of layers and being surrounded by indulgences can be the perfect recipe for packing on a few pounds.
Marjorie Korn, SELF magazine's associate editor of food and nutrition, stopped by HuffPost Live just in time to share the five best tips to avoid gaining weight th
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Bill Clinton says President Obama should figure out a way to honor his promise that people who like their insurance can keep it. (OZY via Facebook)
If you haven't heard about it yet, President Clinton sounds off on all things Obamacare during a provocative video interview with OZY, an online magazine.
Right off the bat, Clinton affirms his support for the law, despite its problems. "The big lesson is that we're better off with this law than without it," he says.
Still, the rollout of the on
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A memorial for linebacker Junior Seau last year in San Diego. Seau, who committed suicide at his home, was suffering from a type of brain damage found in other deceased former NFL players. (Kent Horner, Getty Images)
 
Faith takes a hit as evidence mounts of players who suffer brain damage.
Pro football has a serious morality problem. I am not talking about promiscuous players or racist team nicknames. Nor am I referring to the obscene amounts of money changing hands between the masses obses
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Want a side salad with that Big Mac?
McDonald's says it will start giving customers the choice of a salad, fruit or vegetable as a substitute for french fries in its value meals.
McDonald's Corp. will roll out the change early next year in the U.S., where people will be able to pick a salad instead of fries at no extra cost. McDonald's says it already lets customers make such swaps in some countries, such as France.
But now it says it now work to make the options available in 20 of its bigge
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Michelle Obama has pushed Americans to eat healthier and to exercise more. Now she says we should "drink up" too. As in plain water. And as in more of it.



The first lady, an exercise fanatic who loves French fries and whose biceps are envied by women everywhere, is getting behind a campaign being launched Thursday to encourage people to drink more plain old-fashioned water. Whether it comes from a faucet, an underground spring, a rambling river or a plastic bottle, the message is: "Drink up.
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