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Crunchy carrot and cabbage salad with a peanut dressing

Crunchy carrot and cabbage salad with a peanut dressing

Published by Sam Flores

Put 90g smooth peanut butter, 2 tbsp lime juice, 2 tbsp rice vinegar, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp honey, 2 tsp sesame oil, ½ finely chopped red chilli (deseeded), 1 grated garlic clove, 1½cm square piece of fresh root ginger (peeled and grated to a purée) in a food processor or blender with 2 tbsp hot water and blitz, or mix everything together with a fork, beating vigorously. You should have quite a smooth mixture. Cover and set aside. Source link

Mouth and gut bacteria may explain why peanut allergies vary so widely

Mouth and gut bacteria may explain why peanut allergies vary so widely

Published by Jenni Sidey

A quiet but powerful process begins the moment food touches your mouth. Long before your immune system reacts, bacteria in your saliva and gut may already be shaping what happens next. For people with peanut allergies, that hidden step could mean the difference between a mild response and a life-threatening emergency. A new study led by researchers at McMaster University, offers a striking explanation for a long-standing mystery. Two people can have similar levels of peanut-specific antibodies, yet react in very different ways. Scientists now suggest the answer may lie in the microbes living in your mouth and digestive system. “Peanut allergies can cause serious reactions like difficulty breathing, and in some cases, can even be life threatening. However, some people with peanut allergies can still eat small amounts without having a reaction. We were curious about why this happens, and we discovered the answer while studying the microbes in our mouth,” said Liam Rondeau, a postdoctoral fellow with McMaster University’s Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute. A graphical abstract of the study. (CREDIT: Cell …

Eating peanut butter builds muscle power in older adults, study finds

Eating peanut butter builds muscle power in older adults, study finds

Published by Jenni Sidey

The act of rising from a chair may seem like a simple task for most, but it is actually a significant effort for many older adults. This small movement serves as an everyday way to gauge overall strength, balance, and confidence, as well as what may ultimately determine how much assistance an individual requires in order to live independently. According to a new research study from Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, there is one food product that may be an unexpectedly easy solution: peanut butter. In this study, conducted over a period of six months, older adults consuming one serving of peanut butter on a daily basis, as opposed to those who did not, exhibited improvements in their lower body strength. Improvements were measured in relation to the speed at which individuals could rise from a chair after five repetitions. The study was formally titled “Capacity of Older Individuals after Nut Supplementation” (COINS) and was conducted by Dr. Sze-Yen Tan, PhD, Associate Professor and Nutrition Researcher, at Deakin University’s Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition …

More Workers Are Getting Peanut Butter Raises

More Workers Are Getting Peanut Butter Raises

Published by Jenni Sidey

For many workers who are holding out hope that 2026 may be the year of finally getting a well-deserved raise at work, it seems it might be happening, just not in the way people had hoped. As a money-saving measure, companies are using peanut butter raises to avoid actual cost of living pay increases or even merit-based pay bumps. According to the 2026 “Pay Increase Preview Report” from PayScale, researchers sought to provide one of the clearest views into how organizations are approaching salary increases, merit pay, and across-the-board raises for the year ahead. What they found is that while employees are getting raises at their jobs, the way they’re being compensated isn’t exactly making much difference in their take-home amount. More workers are getting peanut butter raises in 2026. Andrii Iemelianenko | Shutterstock The report found that many companies are shifting to “peanut butter raises” for their employees. Otherwise known as across-the-board pay, it means all employees are given a similar, usually modest, raise regardless of their individual performance. Career coach Colleen Paulson explained the …

Grandson of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups inventor is in pieces over missing milk chocolate

Grandson of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups inventor is in pieces over missing milk chocolate

Published by Sam Flores

For the grandson of the inventor of the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, all it took was one bite of a Valentine’s Day Reese’s Mini Hearts to leave him, well, heartbroken. “It didn’t taste like milk chocolate,” Brad Reese told NBC News. “It tasted cheap.” Reese said he looked at the front of the package and saw the words “peanut butter,” but not the words “milk chocolate.” And when he flipped the bag over and read the list of ingredients he was, as he put it, “horrified.” Hershey’s, which makes the beloved butter cups and seasonal spin-offs like mini-hearts, had replaced the milk chocolate with a chocolate-flavored coating “that definitely was not chocolate,” according to Reese. Make Reese’s Great Again “For most of my life I ate at least one Reese’s Butter Cup per day, and sometimes something seasonal like a Reese’s heart or a Reese’s Christmas tree,” Reese, 70, said. “But this was inedible. I threw it in the garbage.” Then Reese, who is so enthralled with his grandfather’s sweet creation that he often ventures …

Thousands of jars of peanut butter part of latest US recall

Thousands of jars of peanut butter part of latest US recall

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Check your cabinets: thousands of jars of peanut butter are part of the FDA’s latest recall. Over 20,000 cases of single-serve peanut butter and peanut butter-and-jelly combination snacks produced by Ventura Foods LLC and distributed under multiple brands have been affected. Originally initiated in 2025, the recall was upgraded to a Class II by the FDA this week due to the increased risk of health consequences after pieces of blue plastic were found during production. The products were shipped to retailers in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, …