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Yesterday Lisa showed us an easy, full meal cooked on one baking sheet. Want another meal you can pull off with little fuss and hardly any cleanup? Cooking "en papillote," or in wrapped packets, is healthy and fairly foolproof.

When you're indulging in chain restaurant or fast food meals, fries can seem like just a drop in the calorie bucket. The creators of the worst foods in America list beg to differ, pointing out some fries that sit like entire meals.

Many people working on getting in shape find that they frequently crave food in between meals. If you're trying to cut down on your in-between snacking, these simple deterrents can help.Photo by Phillie Casablanca.
Over at the how-to guide site wikiHow they've put together a guide to decreasing your appetite when you're trying to avoid overeating. Their list contains several gems like:

You don't need overpriced "recovery" products after exercise, but eating a low-carb meal can have real benefits for your next workout, and for your general health and metabolism. It all has to do with tissue storage and insulin reception.Photo by SuziJane.

Even if you don't care about having six-pack abs, studies show excess belly fat is unhealthy. Turns out just 30 minutes of weight lifting a week can make a big difference.Image by HGruber.

Even if you've hacked out some less-than-healthy food from your diet, it's still possible to over do it with healthy food. Use this simple hack to help control your portions.

If you're using calorie counts in your diet plan, you might want to leave a little more buffer space. Researchers have found some notable calorie discrepancies between what's given out on health fact sheets and what independent lab tests discover.

If you want to buy fresh, locally-grown produce but aren't sure what's ripe or in season, an interactive ingredient map at foodie web site Epicurious can help you figure it out. Sorry for the duplicate post.

For some (me), Twinkies are one of life's best indulgences—but the idea of ingesting something that could theoretically survive a nuclear winter is a little unnerving. Here's a preservative-free recipe for the yummy snack cakes you can feel good about.