America’s Healthiest Fast Food Restaurants

We started with a list of the 100 largest quick-serve chains in America, as defined by the number of locations. Using criteria that was created with the help of our expert panel (below), we scored the chains on such factors as the use of healthy fats and preparations, healthy sodium counts in entrees, availability of nutritional information, and the use of organic produce to arrive at our top 10.
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Chef LaLa Receives 2009 NAWBO-LA Inspiration Award

“I am always, always grateful,” said LaLa, who inspires with both deeds and words. “Even for the bad days. That’s why they call it the present – because every day you get a new one. Happiness is not money, it is not a career. As an entrepreneur you get to live your dream. You get to see the fruits of your success every day. You get to realize what you envisioned.”
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Yummy for Your Tummy

Contrary to popular belief, a new study released by First 5 California found that parents don’t need to sneak fruits and vegetables into their children’s meals - kids say they actually like them! Interviews with more than 100 preschoolers across California revealed that kids not only know it’s important to eat fruits and vegetables, they frequently prefer them to candy.

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Bucking the Trend in Latin Cuisine – Latin Business Magazine

Latin Business,
Spring 2008 Issue
The following interview is a story of a totally different initial career path being altered by a life-changing event, leading to personal and professional fulfillment as Chef LaLa. It should be evident that she not only enjoys what she does with Latin cooking, she takes pride in her mission to educate people, kids and adults alike, that eating healthy can be just as pleasurable, indeed more so, than the salty, sugary, greasy fast-food habit.
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