Girl Scout cookies are an annual tradition. Those green-vested girls show up in front of markets and shopping malls everywhere, offering a box of caramelly Samoas or crispy Thin Mint cookies, and who can turn them down? After all, these cookies are an American classic, part of our childhoods, some of our favorite flavors. Now you can get your Girl Scout cookie on in 8 fun, new ways. We've pulled together incredible recipes that use or recreate these classic treats in inventive ways! - By Brooke McLay

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.It's no secret that we're obsessed with frozen yogurt. You can keep your cupcakes and macarons - we'll be sitting alone at Pinkberry in the dead of winter and love it. Always on the lookout for a DIY dessert, we wondered if it was possible to make legit froyo at home, without shelling out for an ice cream maker (who has room for all these things?!). Turns out, it's stupid-easy. With just a few basic ingredients and a couple kitchen tricks, you can easily create frozen yogurt tasty enough to satisfy our soft-serve habit. We used a simple combo of berries and honey for this recipe, but feel free to try your own healthy (or not) combos.

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Ingredients:
4 cups plain or Greek yogurt
1 cup blackberries
2 tbsp honey

.Trick #1: Strain your yogurt well. You can use an ultra-fine sieve or line a strainer with cheesecloth and fill with your yogurt. Even if you start with Greek yogurt (which is already

It's almost impossible to talk about chia seeds without getting the catchy '80s jingle stuck in your head. These days you hear about chia all the time, but it has nothing to do with the beloved green "pet that grows." So what's the fuss about? What are the health benefits of chia seeds and what exactly are they? Chia is an ancient superfood dating back to the Aztecs and Mayans. The word "chia" comes from the Mayan word "strength," which is quite fitting considering the Mayans believed a single tablespoon of chia seeds could sustain a warrior for a full day. The edible seeds are packed with heart healthy omega-3 fatty acids, calcium, and fiber. A single ounce of chia seeds contains 137 calories, a whopping 11 grams of fiber, and 18% of the recommended daily amount of calcium. Chia seeds can also aid with weight loss as they absorb liquid in your digestive system, expanding to make you feel fuller. Unlike flax seeds, chia seeds do not need to be ground to be absorbed by the body. Not

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Our current Doable Challenge encourages upping dietary antioxidants for health and longevity, so when I read the headline "Antioxidants: Friend or foe?" on the cover of the April issue of Consumer Reports onHealth, I got a bit nervous. The article explains that it's not always advisable, and can even be unhealthy, to down tons of antioxidants in supplement form. Fortunately, the take-away message lines up nicely with our challenge: "Focus on food instead." Here's the nugget of wisdom from the article that I circled as a reminder to eat my greens, and purples, and reds, and yellows, and blues: "As scientists continue to explore how antioxidants work in the body, the best health advice remains the simplest: Make sure your diet contains plenty of varieties of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and legumes."

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An old classic like pasta salad could always use a little refreshing. This one channels a traditional Greek salad, and to much success. If you know you like bulgur, I would try doubling it straight off the bat and cutting down on some of the bowties. The texture combination is really great, but it gets lost if you don’t have enough bulgur in the mix. The cooked tomatoes flavor the rest of the dish with a light tomato sauce, and the olives add a nice brininess. You might experiment with smaller tomatoes, halved, in place of the larger wedges. The small ones, like grape or cherry tomatoes, are usually a little sweeter—a nice counterpoint to peppery arugula—and it would cut down the cooking time a bit as well. Be sure to let this sit before serving to allow the arugula to wilt and the flavors to meld. I enjoyed it most at room temperature anyway—perfect for leftovers. Recipe from The Food Matters Cookbook.

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Supermodel Kate Moss is jumping on the adult lunchbox trend with a limited-edition "Kate Moss" sushi box for French chain Sushi Shop. Hey, if Kate Moss is doing it, there's no reason why you can't enjoy these fancy grown-up lunchboxes at your desk. Right?

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Caramel cake is a Southern tradition, the likes of which "can reduce a fully grown adult to tears," Matt and Ted Lee write in their newest cookbook, The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen. And they don't mean tears of joy. It's the toffee-sweet icing that's the trouble.

"It has to be just the right temperature," they explain. "Warm enough to be pourable, but cool enough that, when you work it around the cake with an icing spatula, it sets in place." When the icing sets, magic happens; it develops a toothsome, fudge-like crystalline texture. It's also where things can go wrong. If the icing sets too fast, you'll rip apart your cake layers as you attempt to spread it. If it doesn't cool fast enough, you'll have caramel icing running all over the counters. Freaked out yet? Don't be.

It's likely the reputation of a purportedly untameable caramel icing that's kept this cake a Southern confection, rather than a coast-to-coast classic. But when Matt and Ted hand over crystal clear directions, a

It's March Madness time and that means we're going to be seeing plenty of college school spirit. One way to truly show off your school pride? A college mascot groom's cake. We pulled together a few of our favorites - all from schools that made it into this year's NCAA basketball tournament.

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