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By TIMES STAFF AND WIRES
Published January 10, 2007
Look for these new items on your grocery store shelves. Special K goes chocolate Special K Chocolatey Delight cereal combines lightly toasted rice cereal with chocolate pieces for a breakfast or snack. Each serving has 120 calories, and with a 1/2 cup of fat-free milk, it contains 160 calories. The suggested retail price is $3.89. Whole-grain Fig Newtons If you're trying to add more whole grains to your diet, try Fig Newton Minis. Each bag of the bite-sized bars, made with whole wheat, provides 2 grams of fiber. If you like regular Fig Newtons, these should satisfy, too. At 130 calories per 11/3-ounce bag, it's a guilt-free indulgence. A six-pack box is $2.98 at Wal-Mart Supercenters. More from soup from Amy Amy's Organic Soups has added two flavors: Tom Kha Phak (Thai Coconut) and Tuscan Bean & Rice. The Thai soup is heartier than some other canned Thai coconut soups, with a vegetable lineup that includes sweet potatoes, carrots, green beans and shiitake mushrooms, but preserves the rich flavor that makes the soup a favorite on restaurant menus. With tofu subbing for the usual chicken, it's also vegan. Treat it as an occasional indulgence, though: Each serving, of just under 1 cup, contains more than half a day's allotment of saturated fat. Suggested retail for each 14.1-ounce can is $2.29. Seriously mint cookies Keebler Right Bites' fudge-dipped mint cookies give Girl Scout Thin Mints serious competition, all in a 100-calorie package. The doughnut-shaped Fudge Shoppe Grasshoppers don't taste like the stripped-down indulgences of some other snack packs, such as the 100-calorie Oreos without any cream filling. They've got a rich, indulgent flavor that had tasters reaching for more. Cinna Bites, a graham cracker in the same line, can't pull off the same feat. A blast of cinnamon flavor can't overcome the crackers' dry taste. Suggested retail is $2.89 for a box of six. From staff reports and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Cooking on TV Giada's Weekend Getaways Seems like everyone on the Food Network is traveling and eating, then doing a show about it. First there was Rachael Ray's two travel/food shows, then Alton Brown and the Deen boys got into the act. Now, Giada De Laurentiis hits the road, traveling to food towns perfect for long weekends. The show debuts Friday with back-to-back episodes from Seattle and Miami. Giada's Weekend Getaways premieres Friday at 9 p.m. with another segment airing at 9:30. Starting Jan. 19, tune in Friday nights at 9:30. .
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