People avoid lactose or dairy for different reasons and lactose-free and dairy-free products are not equal. Learning the difference is important to those with special dietary needs.

Cookies, chips and crackers are easy default kids’ snacks, but they’re not the healthiest. Stock your pantry with these toddler-friendly foods instead.

To make cooking easier, and to keep your kitchen in order, organize spices and dried herbs by cuisine, using this simple guide.

Chewy wild rice paired with dried fruits and crunchy nuts makes for a hearty salad.

Bored with handfuls of nuts as a snack? Get all the nutrients nuts and seeds have to offer with these easy ways to incorporate them into your daily diet.

Quinoa is not only packed with nutrients, it’s easy-to-prepare. Make a curried quinoa salad for dinner (as a side dish or light main) and enjoy the leftovers for lunch.

Dehydration happens not just in the warmer months, but in winter, too. Make sure you’re drinking and eating the right beverages and foods in order to prevent it.

If you haven’t made good on your New Year’s resolution, don’t give up. Choose one (or more) of these updated resolutions and make 2013 your healthiest year yet.

Vinegar one powerful item to keep stocked in your kitchen — it adds big flavor without fat to recipes, and is thought to have medicinal properties as well.

Think you’re not a raw kale lover? Think again, and try this recipe, it’s converted many.