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Let’s Talk Detox

Diets that promise to rid our bodies of so-called toxins are popular, particularly at this time of year when many people are looking for a fresh start. But, while expensive juice-based diets can be very effective at flushing out your bank account, there’s little science-based evidence to suggest that these regimens offer much in the way of health benefits.

However, there are ways to explore the role healthy eating plays in ridding our body of toxins. Learn more here

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Feeding America—a Sun Basket Thank You

Find out how Sun Basket partners with Feeding America here

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The Seven Things You Must Do To Maintain a Healthy Weight in the New Year

Getting to a weight that’s right for you and staying there is key to your overall health and can help prevent many diseases. Maintaining a comfortable weight is not about dieting, it’s about adopting habits that will keep you on a path to lifelong wellness. 

Visit The Sun Times for seven ways to make 2017 your healthiest year yet! 

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The Sounds of Sun Basket

Tyler MacNiven, the director of Sun Basket studios, gets inspired by the most random things. Sometimes this results in chasing a cod-fishing boat with a drone camera, and sometimes we get a live dog fashion show at the office. The other day, while contemplating a test kitchen bread box, he realized it also made a pretty good little beat box. Looking around, he realized the same held true for a number of other of kitchen tools and Sun Basket ingredients. With our test kitchen cooks as unknowing musicians, he snuck a few shots of chopping and cooking resulting in this yummy end-of-the-year music video. 

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Sun Signs—January 2017

With fleet-footed, trickster planet Mercury moving in reverse until January 8th, the new year starts off with one foot on the brake and one on the gas.

Visit The Sun Times for your January Sun Signs horoscope. 

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Good Food. Bad Rap

Keeping track of the ever-shifting winds of nutritional research can make you dizzy. Turns out that the rumors about some of our favorite ingredients are unfounded.

For the lowdown on some benign yet much-maligned food, visit this week’s Sun Times. 

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Let's Talk About Fat

Fat has long been the nutrition world’s bogeyman, a scapegoat for every major malady from obesity to cancer to heart disease. But thankfully, that thinking is beginning to shift. Researchers have begun to realize that people who enjoy a high-fat diet are among the healthiest in the world. The key is in choosing the right fats.

This week on The Sun Times, we’re taking a look at six fats that we love. 

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Squad Goals: Team Sun Basket offers their resolutions for the New Year

Whether it’s eating healthier or getting involved with the food justice movement, the Sun Basket squad is ready to put their best food forward into 2017.

Visit The Sun Times for some New Year’s inspiration. 

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Sun Basket's Staff Nutritionist, Kaley Todd, Prepares for a Healthy 2017

“Now that 2017 is fast approaching, I’ve resolved to cook more often, and to make time to connect with family and friends. If you’d like to do the same, join me for the month of January in committing to 30 days of Sun Basket and to trying our new Lean & Clean recipes.”

Visit The Sun Times to read the complete interview.

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2016: The Year of Living Socially

This has been a busy year on Sun Basket's social media channels. We thought it was a good time to take a look back at what Sun Basket cooks have been doing, and share a few of our own favorite posts from last year. 

Visit The Sun Times to see some of our favorite moments from 2016.

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Help Sun Basket Fight Hunger

If you find that you need to skip your regular Sun Basket delivery at this busy time of year, you can now choose to have your box delivered to a food bank instead. This holiday season, Sun Basket is proud to partner with Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization.

Visit The Sun Times for more details.

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Sicilian Pignoli

Tender, chewy, and incidentally gluten-free, pignoli are found in Italian bakeries all over America, but they couldn’t be easier to make at home. 

Visit The Sun Times for the full recipe.

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Sun Basket sits down with Kristen Donnelly, author of Modern Potluck

It's potluck season, and we need party-friendly recipes more than ever. Happily, there's a book for that. Food writer Kristen Donnelly's Modern Potluck is filled with simple-to-make recipes that are ideal for taking to a holiday party. In Donnelly's own words, the recipes are "crowd pleasing with just a hint of edge." 

Read the full interview in The Sun Times.

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Olive Oil-Fennel Seed Shortbread & Almond-Tahini Cookies

Not all of the great cooks at Sun Basket work in the kitchen. Brittany Howlett had a career as a pastry chef before she came on board to work as a liaison between our test kitchen and our procurement team, the folks who buy our ingredients. Lucky for us that she hasn't given up her love of baking. Recently she brought these two incredible batches of cookies into the office to share. They're so good, we felt it would be wrong not to share the recipes with you.

For these recipes and more, visit The Sun Times.  

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Let’s Get this Party Started

Sometimes the festivities need a little nudge, especially when you're bringing together folks who've never met. Get things rolling with Sun Basket's conversation grid. Each guest needs to find another guest who fits the descriptor in the box. The first one to fill their card wins. 

Visit The Sun Times to download your own holiday conversation grid. 

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Open on a Strong Suit with Chef Justine's Favorite Holiday Appetizers

You never have a second chance to make a first impression. That's true whether you're hosting a holiday fête or throwing in for a potluck. These attention-grabbing appetizers say you've got this entertaining thing down. 

Chef Justine has your back with two easy-to-make recipes that will put you on the path to party victory.

Visit The Sun Times to add these recipes to your holiday entertaining repertoire.

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And the Winner Is...Sun Basket!

Sage Lazaro at Observer.com set out to test three meal kits with a healthy focus: Sun Basket, Green Chef and Chef’d. After trying several recipes from each service, she chose one as a clear winner. (Spoiler alert: It’s us!) 

Sun Basket wins because the food is just that good. I actually gave it a higher rating than Peach Dish, the winner of my first article testing and comparing meal kits. They’re priced about the same, as well. But Sun Basket was simply the most delicious, and I really appreciate how often it deviated from dishes like pasta and meat-with-a-veggie, which seem to be staples of the subscription meal service industry.

We pride ourselves on delivering meals that are easy, healthy, and above all delicious. Try them for yourself! Sign up now, and get 3 free meals to start. 

(Photo: Kaitlyn Flannagan/Observer)