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Costco and Black Friday

Posted by Sadao Sasaki on

While the big retailers everywhere seem to ceaselessly vie for your attention after Thanksgiving with huge discounts and promotions, there is one retail giant that refuses to advertise its offerings even during holidays.  You may have guessed it.  Costco does not covet.  Instead, the membership-driven retailer wants its members to visit the store to trigger the switch that puts them in a treasure hunting mode.  In this video, Bobby has found a few items he uses regularly on sale.

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Vegan Pizza Making 101

Posted by Sadao Sasaki on

Trials and errors are essential in developing cooking skills, but learning from experts accelerates the process to reach the next level. In this video, the host shares tips in how to make a vegan pizza from selecting ingredients and seasonings to creating texture.  The Pick UP Limes creator brings valuable insights to cooking a seemingly a simple act of making a pizza as she explains the reasons for everything she does and science behind it in her demonstration.

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High Sodium Foods To Avoid When Grocery Shopping

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Living healthy means knowing what to avoid and reading food labels carefully before tossing the grocery items into the shopping cart while walking through supermarket isles. Calories, saturated fat, and added sugars are some of the obvious culprits that are damaging to our health, but there is another bad actor we tend to overlook - sodium.  Bobby reveals tips on how to shop for foods that contain healthy sodium alternatives.

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Bobby Reveals Healthy Drinks to Buy

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There is nothing like a cold refreshing beverage on a hot summer day.  With a seemingly endless selection drinks at a supermarket, it's easy to reach for visually appealing bottles of flavored drink, but let's look at the beverage isle from the perspective of how to boost our health versus simply quenching out thirst.  We know added sugar and food coloring disqualify from our pick.  Bobby shows what he recommends for healthy drinks from a grocery store.

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What to Look For When Buying Pasta and Sauce

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Visit any grocery store and we are conditioned to reach for the same package we bought before, among mind-boggling selections to choose from in the pasta and sauce isle.  The question is: have I been buying the right pasta?  In this video, Bobby walks through the isle to explain how to find the best pasta and sauce, and his reasoning behind the pick.

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