Pantry Raid: Clean Out The Crap
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If you shouldn't be feasting on these sugary and salty snacks, neither should your children. And once they're gone from your pantry, don't even think of replacing them. Next purge your pantry of other processed packages - prepared meals, high-sodium soups and anything loaded with high-fructose corn syrup would all make great donations for your local food drive. And while popular spices don't spoil, they do lose their flavor. Spices are a great way to add flavor to foods without adding fat. You may want to take a close look at their shelf life. Many chefs say to give spices the ole' heave ho after six months, but other experts are a little more liberal. Some use the following rule of thumb - up to four years for whole spices like cloves, cumin, peppercorns, nutmegs, 2 to 3 years for ground spices and 1 to 3 years for leafy herbs like oregano. The bottom line is that if these products aren't part of your weight loss solution, they may be part of your problem. So get cleaning.
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