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food swapping Archive
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Swapping for a Cause: World Swap Day
Happy World #SwapDay, everybody! To celebrate, we're offering up some very special items today in exchange for donations to Goodwill's Fresh Air Camp. -
In the Swaplight: Do the Swap with Yoplait Light
Simple, healthy food swaps and recipes using Yoplait Light yogurt in place of higher-calorie alternatives, like mayo & sour cream, with personal stories from Melissa Massello of The Swapaholics at Swap.com. -
Swapping Cookies for a Cause
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and I really can’t think of anything more festive than a good, old fashioned Cookie Swap. Whether it’s it’s a tin full of snickerdoodles or a batch of blondies, the world needs to know about your favorite cookie recipe. That’s why our very own tandem events team, [...] -
Keep Your Diet In Check This Holiday Season
Now that we’ve polished off every last bit of turkey, cranberry sauce, green been casserole (I’m still salivating at the thought of such delightful foods) and other various leftovers from Thanksgiving, it’s time to make sure we stay on the healthy bandwagon until our next big splurge in December. And hey, if you want to [...] -
Grow Your Tastebuds with a Recipe Swapping Party
It’s so easy to fall into a routine when planning your weekly meals. You end up eating the same things week after week simply because its easy to quickly whip together something you already know how to make. But let’s be honest, that can get so boring after a little while. Why not change it [...] -
4 Ways to Get Involved in the New Sharing Economy
Chances are if you’re reading this you’re hopefully already participating in what has been deemed our new “sharing economy,” and share a resource with neighbors, or barter and swap your stuff for other goods. The advantages of participating in such an economy are indisputable. Sharing saves money, time, and wastes a whole lot less in [...] -
Swap Your Habits: Think Healthy and Avoid “Fat Free” Labels
When browsing your local grocery store aisles take this simple piece of knowledge with you: the fact is, labels promoting “fat free” or “low soduim” options are a trap. When manufacturers produce a fat free good, they often do so at the expense of your health. If you read our post 9 Food Swaps to [...] -
Swap of the Day: Swap Ingredients to Create a Brand New Dish
If you love to cook you are very familiar with the joy and excitement that comes from trying out a new recipe. Every step of the process from buying the ingredients to trying the final dish can be a joy to discover. Unfortunately in today’s busy world we don’t always have the time and energy [...] -
Swap of the Day: 9 Food Swaps to Make to Save Your Life
One of my biggest pet peeves is the use of the word “diet.” Diet has become synonymous with torturing our bodies by cutting out certain food groups for short periods of time only to return to our original eating habits, all the while expecting great weight loss results. But guess what? In reality, you are [...] -
Swap of the Day: Trader’s Co-op Grows Community Sustainability
Somewhere in my imagination there exists a fantasy world where I can make truly filling and delicious meals everyday of the week for absolutely zero cost (I’m cheap, what can I say? I’m a New Englander, born and bred, and cheapness runs through our veins here). And the great news is this world actually exists! [...]