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We rely on them for our soups, stews, and easy weeknight dinners. They help make tough meat more tender, and can even be used to make bread. We also toss around their names interchangeably, assuming that Crock-Pots and slow cookers are interchangeable names for the same thing.

But that’s not completely accurate.

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I’ve been addicted to kombucha from first sip. It wasn’t really the probiotics or other health promises that did it for me — although I’ll take those, too! It was the way it tasted: like tart green apple mixed with sour stone fruits, but with an underlying sweetness that keeps it all together. And fizzy! I couldn’t believe that something this delicious could actually be made from tea, of all things. Or that I could make it at home with a few very basic ingredients.

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pAlthough this South Asian-inspired chicken salad is making its debut on my blog today, it’s been one of my favorites for years. In fact, this recipe first popped up in a title=”Nom Nom Paleo App” href=”http://app.nomnompaleo.com/” target=”_blank”our iPad app /aalmost three years ago, before making its second appearance in a title=”Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans” href=”http://book.nomnompaleo.com/” target=”_blank”our cookbook/a. When I’ve had a long day, I just throw this salad together and serve it on a […]

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Are you serving ham this weekend for Easter, or perhaps later next month on Mother’s Day? Ham is an easy and savory main dish, and part of the pleasure of serving it is enjoying with side dishes that play well with its rich flavor.

Here are 18 side dishes that will go beautifully with your holiday ham. You have to start with the biscuits (well, you can get away with rolls if you really prefer!). Potatoes are a must — we have classic scalloped potatoes for you, plus showstopping smashed potatoes with Gouda and horseradish. Or you can lean lighter, with an herbed potato salad or snap peas with Meyer lemon and mint.

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pimg class=”alignright size-full wp-image-54900″ src=”http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/control.jpg” alt=”” width=”320″ height=”204″ /I’ll admit I’ve come to significantly edit my environment over the years. I work largely a title=”Telecommuting: How and Why to Do It” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/telecommuting-how-why-to-do-it/”from home/a and have my favorite haunts and destinations as well as a title=”Are Humans Hard Wired For A Limited Social Circle?” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dunbars-number-group-size/”a close circle/a of like-minded family and friends. The nature of my work automatically puts me in touch mostly with those who have similar goals and lifestyles. Even a title=”Embracing IMF: 10 Strategies for Practicing Intermittent Media Fasting” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/embracing-imf-10-strategies-for-practicing-intermittent-media-fasting/”my media/a is customized (easy to do these days with the way we’re tracked by bots). I never watch television or listen to radio that has commercials. Without thinking too much about it, my environment is for the most part very Primally oriented./p
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Cheesecake should never be a source for anything except pure bliss. Not distress. Not frustration. Certainly never tears. Just dreamy, decadent, nonstop bliss.

So let’s break down this whole process into easy pieces. Let’s talk about ingredients, water baths, dealing with surface cracks — the whole shebang. Here’s a step-by-step recipe that will help you make a creamy, no-fail cheesecake that is everything you ever dreamed it could be.

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Buying a whole ham for Easter, Christmas, or a special occasion is one of the easiest ways to serve an entree for a large crowd. Even though the ham is already pre-cooked, you can still brush it with a homemade glaze as you’re heating it up to add some sweetness and punch.

Here are five easy glazes you can throw together from mostly store-bought condiments to make the ham your own!

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pimg class=” size-full wp-image-54884 alignright” src=”http://cdn.marksdailyapple.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/commitment.jpg” alt=”” width=”320″ height=”213″ /Insulin does a lot of important things for us. It pulls glucose from the blood and fritters it away into our cells to be burned for energy or stored as glycogen. It a title=”Dear Mark: Why Hyperglycemia Is Bad and Those Stubborn Final Pounds” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dear-mark-why-hyperglycemia-is-bad-and-those-stubborn-final-pounds/”prevents hyperglycemic toxicity/a to neurons, pancreatic cells, the arterial walls and the generation of excessive levels of reactive oxygen species. It even a title=”Effect of insulin on human skeletal muscle protein synthesis is modulated by insulin-induced changes in muscle blood flow and amino acid availability” href=”http://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/291/4/E745″ target=”_blank”promotes muscle protein synthesis/a and helps augment muscular hypertrophy, especially following resistance training. Clearly, we need insulin. Without it, we#8217;d die, as type 1 diabetics readily do without an exogenous source./p
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