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Tyler SullivanSteak lovers rejoice! We've collected 6 of the most delicious steak recipes around for you to enjoy. -The Daily Meal

Pepper Steak with Spinach and Beans

This fast dinner recipe is ready in less than 20 minutes, involves minimal preparation, and doesn't compromise on flavor or the idea of what dinner should be.

INGREDIENTS

For the steak:
2 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon salt
Two 8-ounce steaks
1/2 tablespoon olive oil

For the spinach and beans:
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon complete seasoning
1 15-ounce can cannellini beans
5 ounces spinach

DIRECTIONS

For the steak:
In a bowl, mix the pepper and salt. Coat the sides of each piece of steak in the pepper and salt mixture, making sure to cover the surface of the sides.

In a medium-sized frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Cook the steaks, covered, for about 5 minutes on each side for medium.

For the spinach and beans:
In a medium-sized saucepan, heat

Rich Sugg/ Kansas City StarFor John French, every day is a struggle. The musician, better known by his stage name Jay Jay French, is the founding guitarist of rock band Twisted Sister as well as its manager, and he's on a crusade to make sure that no business co-opts his band's name without his permission. And just when one issue gets resolved, another crops up.

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Most recently, French has been dealing with a coffee shop owner in Kansas City who decided to name her business "Twisted Sisters." According to the Kansas City Star, the coffee shop's owners, Sandi Russell (right) and sister Nancy Hansen, weren't familiar with the band's name and didn't realize that they were stepping on anyone's toes until they received a cease-and-desist letter in the mail from French's attorney.

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French isn't buying that story, though. "We had a good idea and people try to steal it," he told The Daily Meal in an exclusive interview.

CNNJust when we thought we've seen and heard it all-Krispy Kreme battles Dunkin Donuts' Glazed Breakfast Sandwich by introducing the Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe!

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National Donut Day, this past Friday, seems to have brought out the best, and well, maybe the worst, in the country's leading donut providers-desperate to shock and plump loyal consumers everywhere.

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With the arrival of Dunkin Donuts' new Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich on Friday, it seems as though the sugary goodness rival, Krispy Kreme, has outdone DD and so, in the form of a sloppy joe!

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The Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe, a deep-fried, beef-based, cheddar-cheese creation, served on two halves of glazed donut, was sold at Chicken Charlie's (California's "deep-fry king") at the San Diego County Fair on Saturday. At this point in time, it's unclear

Ali RosenThese 6 amazing muffin recipes from The Daily Meal are sure to be a hit!

Roasted Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Recipe (Pictured to the left):

INGREDIENTS:

-3 large bananas, unpeeled
-1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
-2/3 cup sugar
-1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-1 egg
-1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
-1/4 cup whole milk
-1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
-1/2-3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil. Place the unpeeled bananas on the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes (the peels will turn dark and there may be some liquid that leaks out). Remove the bananas from the oven and let cool. Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees.

In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.

Once cool, peel the roasted bananas and mash. In a medium-sized bowl, mix together 1 cup mashed bananas, egg, butter, milk, and vanilla and stir until combined. Add the

ThinkStockPhoto"The Mediterranean Diet", a diet consisting mostly of fish, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and olive oil has quickly taken center-stage as an effective lifestyle to prevent some chronic diseases and help prevent strokes and heart attacks. However, in the Nordic region, many countries are unable to adapt this healthful lifestyle because many products used in the diet, such as olive oil, are not readily available.

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Nutritionist researchers in this region have begun to develop an alternative to the "Mediterranean Diet" that uses many of the same concepts but relies heavily on local produce. The new "Nordic Diet" uses rapeseed oil, also known as canola oil, and bilberries, a berry related to blueberries. The diet also includes whole grains, root vegetables, and fish.

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To test the effectiveness of this new lifestyle, participants with metabolic syndrome,

thinkStockPhotosBPA (Bisphenol-A) is a chemical used in almost every type of food packaging to extend shelf life, make the product more durable, and withstand extreme temperatures. But it's also been linked to plenty of health concerns, the newest concerns for pregnant women in particular. In addition to the functionality of BPA, it is also linked to increase risks of cancer, heart disease, and reproductive abnormalities.


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The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG) released a paper this week advising pregnant women to avoid BPA when possible. "Pregnant women should reduce the use of foods and beverages in cans and plastic containers to minimize exposure to chemicals including BPA as part of a safety-first approach," the RCOG said in statement.

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The RCOG also said in the statement that fresh foods generally contain fewer, if any, non-food chemicals than

WikimediaFor many a daily coffee is their boost to get through the day, but that medium drip just might save your life.

People may preach about the dangers of caffeine, but a new study by the New England Journal of Medicine found that drinking coffee could have health benefits.




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The study, which began in 1995, took a sampling of 400,000 volunteers ages 50-71 that had no major diseases at the start of the study. By 2008, 50,000 of the participants had passed away. However, research found that those men who reported drinking two or three cups of coffee per day were 10 percent less likely to have died than those who didn't drink coffee and women drinking the same amount were 13 percent less likely to have passed away, according to The New York Times.

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Besides possibly living longer, caffeine may be able to help prevent Alzheimer's. A 2012 study by the University of South Florida tested the

EquallyWedDavid Barton, a conservative activist as well as a former evangelical pastor from Texas, gave a recent sermon with an extra caffeine jolt within it.

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"Starbucks is pouring all this money into destroying traditional marriage," Barton remarked in a video clip of the sermon. Barton continued the speech by asking, "If you know that when buying a cup… five, 10, 15 cents is going to be used to defeat marriage, can you do that? The answer is 'no.'"

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In January of last year, the global chain Starbucks, founded in Seattle in 1970, was one of many corporations which supported Washington state's same sex marriage bill. CEO Howard Schultz continued to express Starbucks' support for same-sex equality earlier this year at the March 2013 annual shareholder meeting, emphasizing at the meeting that "we want to embrace diversity of all kinds."

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