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The benefits of colorful fruits and vegetables

It’s no secret that eating five to eight servings of fruit and vegetables daily has immense health benefits. However, varying the colors you eat in those servings helps achieve maximum nutrition.
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Cook Like a Chamorro: Latiya

It’s time for another Cook like a CHamoru recipe! If you want to learn how to make Latiya, a local favorite dessert, follow the recipe below!
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Tita’s Guguria

In 1965, Mariquita “Tita” Leon Guerrero was a young wife and mother who also worked as a cashier at a local market. Although Tita and her husband Ben earned enough money to live comfortably, Tita often dreamt of ways she could earn more in order to save for their children’s education. That’s when she began making guguria using a family recipe she...
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Guam Premium Chocolate

The Guam Premium Chocolate Factory is the island’s one and only producer of fine chocolates. A variety of chocolate products are manufactured in a state-of the-art facility that is outfitted with top-quality machinery designed and built by engineers in the U.S., U.K., Germany and Switzerland—the same equipment used by Hershey’s, Nestle, Ferrero...
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Sip on these delicious cocktails

When we thought 2020 was going to be our year, I don’t think anyone could have foreseen the “predicament” in which we seem to have found ourselves. With stress levels at an all-time high, consider sipping on some of these delicious cocktails as a stress reliever.
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Try a taste of snacks Guam is sweet on

Everyone likes dessert, right? Well, now that you are “where America’s day begins” – you are in luck
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Bite into Guam's tasty coconut crabs

What has six legs, gnarly claws, climbs trees and can grow to the size of a small dog? Oh! It’s tasty, too.
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Pång’lao: Guam's stuffed land crab

Like fish, crab was a staple in the Chamorro diet. Land crabs, pång’lao in Chamorro, continues to be one of the most frequently harvested animals on the island. Pång’lao echong (crooked crab) is the most common of the land crabs. It has extremely large claws.
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Naturally occurring phytochemicals in plants provide color, aroma, and flavor to fruits and vegetables. Different colors provide different nutrients, so eating a range of colors is essential for heart health. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Jennifer Gonzales)
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Experts dish out 9 tips for heart health

Earlier in February, the Military Health System showed how Total Force Fitness keeps the hearts of the armed forces healthy and ready to defend the nation.
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Tasty Chamorro Recipes: Potato Salad

Potato Salad
By Laurent Duenas
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10 hearty and healthy green salads on Guam that satisfy

Eating light doesn’t have to be torture on the taste buds and tummy (which is many times left grumbling and unfulfilled).
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Oodles of cold noodles

This cold noodle salad is quick, light, and won’t have you spending more than five minutes in front of a stove. The prep work is easy and the final dish comes together quickly. Boiling the noodles and a quick sear are the only things that will tear you away from your other summer duties.
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Rueben Olivas' Pico de Gallo Salsa recipes

Just about everyone loves to spice up their BBQ. This Pico de Gallo salsa will do just that for you. It has the excellent flavor and heat that will get your mouth watering and keep it there.
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Little Pika’s serves a taste of unique Chamorro meal

Known for its island hospitality and loco moco, Little Pika’s showcases locally sourced items and Chamorro greetings.
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Cook Like a Chamorro: Tiao Kelaguen recipe

Cooked without heat, kelaguen is a signature dish of Chamorro cuisine that uses a combination of lemon juice, salt, and hot peppers to “cook” chopped fish, seafood, or meat.
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Cook Like a Chamorro: Chicken Chalakiles recipe

We’re excited to bring you a new Cook Like a Chamorro recipe! In this step-by-step video, Chef Peter Duenas from Meskla Chamoru Fusion Bistro shows us how to Cook Like a Chamorro and prepare a pot of chicken chalakiles, a popular Chamorro comfort soup that is easy to make from a simple list of ingredients.