First we had healthy food products, now we have healthy ingredients! Serious Eats posted this list of 11 Healthy Foods a few weeks ago and for the sake of eating healthy, we thought we’d pass it along.

Sadly, I only consume 5/11 of these foods…and not on that regular of a basis. I’m all for the pomegranate juice (you might remember I have an obsession with POM tea). I adore blueberries and cinnamon and pumpkin (I wasn’t steering you wrong when I challenged you all to eat a pumpkin a day!), along with pumpkin seeds!

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Today’s post comes to us from Brandi at Diets in Review. You may remember her from her previous post: Successful Weight Loss with Weight Watchers. Diets in Review helps you understand and debunk all those crazy diets and figure out what fits you best. We love how easy they make it!

Have you walked through the grocery store or local health market and gotten excited when you stumble on something that appears to be healthy and good for you? Then after trying it you’re rewarded with something that actually tastes great? We get the same feeling at DietsInReview.com, and we share those in our Food Finds series. It can be a struggle to find foods you like, that actually provide some nutritional value. These five Food Finds have made our grocery list, and will likely make yours, too.

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That may be because you’ve been eating one or more of the top 20 productive foods!

Lifehack.org compiled a list of the most motivating and energizing foods nature has to offer. And here they are:

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WHO KNEW?

Since cutting down a bit on my desserts and snacks (mainly by restricting myself to homemade stuff as opposed to store-bought junk) and making a conscious effort to eat fruit whenever I crave food between meals, I’ve lost five pounds.

That’s in addition to the five pounds lost via switching to diet soda (creepy as it may feel).

As a bonus, all the fruit I’ve been scarfing–grapes, strawberries, apples–is immensely snackable. Some of it even manages to be high on the Poppability Index, and none of it makes me feel ill the way I do after devouring a plateful of cookies (even if it is a happy kind of ill). All people need to do is make small adjustments where necessary to reap the benefits; keep some apples and peanut butter handy. Make some fruit salad and bring it with to work. Acknowledge that not every sweet thing you eat must involve chocolate or come from a convenient sealed bag.

Can you imagine what it’ll be like once I’m exercising regularly? I’ll give you a hint: Shirtless Christian Bale. Batman/American Psycho Bale, not The Machinist Bale. Minus, you know, the vigilantism and killing sprees.

-Jim predicts a total reversal of fortune following the next Ron of Japan visit

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I’ve seen Mickey Mouse on apple slices. I’ve seen Sponge Square Pants on my carrots. I’ve even seen a Pluto sticker on a peach (ok, that I bought intentionally.) But, what gives?

I don’t know if Disney is trying to make the world its Disney World, but I’ve noticed lately that Disney characters are dominating grocery stores all over - particularly in the vegetable and fruit aisles. Honestly, what does Mickey have to do with apple slices?

I mean, I do understand that it all has to do with marketing and they’re probably just trying to make fruits and vegetables appealing to kids. Parents can now point to Disney Garden products and say “Look sweetie, Mickey Mouse likes apples!” I can just see the behind-the-scenes marketing every time I look at a bag of Sponge Bob Square Pants carrots: “Kids will be nagging their parents for these carrots and the parents will love it!”

But what about us non-kids? I swear to G-d, one time I was grocery shopping, the ONLY mini bags of carrots they had were the Sponge Bob Square Pants ones. So I wound up buying them and now I’m a 22-year-old with Sponge Bob Square Pants carrots at work. Does anyone else find themselves stuck in this situation?

None of this is really the end of the world, but I find it ironic that so many cartoon characters are plastered all over the most natural products on Earth.

-Hillary, admitting that putting Pluto on anything will still work on her
Editor, Recipe4Living

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Just when you thought you’d seen everything, along comes Purple Cauliflower. Sold under the name of Foxy CauliColor, this purple variety is combined with yellow, orange and white cauliflower to turn ordinary veggies into an extraordinary meal. I bet even your kids will love these fun colors.

The purple variety of cauliflower was developed by a Dutch company and is 10 times higher in antioxidants than the white variety. The Grocers Review has a great article giving a brief history of this unique veggie and outlining some of its health benefits.

Sold nationally, at Giant, Dierbergs, Piggly Wiggly, Whole Foods and ShopRite grocery stores, the 9.5 oz. bag or 9.6 oz. pack cost $3.00. Of course, cauliflower is not just great as a side dish, but makes a wonderful meal.

And while you’re thinking of all the great things you can do with CauliColor mix, check out some of our great recipes at Recipe4Living.

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