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Summer's a great time to pull out the chips and dips when entertaining. Here are three easy ideas that wil work with either Greek-style yogurt or sour cream

It's official. The Worst Food in America is not the Pizza-Crepe-Taco-Pancake-Chili Bag that was famous for about 30 seconds a couple of years ago. First of all, the PCTPCB doesn't actually exist, and second of all, the Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing from Outback Steakhouse, which does exist, has made its way to the top -- er bottom, as it were -- of Men's Health's list of the 20 Worst Foods in America.

The foods were chosen based on sheer caloric impact alone, because in the end, it all comes down to the number of calories we consume and burn. However, some "allowances" were made for excessive carbohydrates and fat, added sugars, trans fats, and sodium. After all their calculations, the Aussie Cheese Fries weigh in at 2,900 calories, 182 g fat, and 240 g carbs. Even if you do the polite thing and share the order with three other people, your starter alone will already put you over a dinner's worth of calories before the server even brings your entree to the table.

So I guess that means, order the Aussie Fries and a glass of water for dinner, right?

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It's Labor Day Weekend, so the side salads are going to be coming out full-force at BBQs around the country. Thankfully, the San Francisco Chronicle's Taster's Choice taste-tested bottled Ranch dressings so you can pick up a good one to save yourself a little time and energy. Strangely enough, their top two picks were store brands, Safeway and Albertson's, with the Safeway brand scoring enough points to earn itself a spot in the Taster's Choice Hall of Fame. Bottled Ranch; who knew? The dressings and their scores out of 100 are listed below:

• Safeway 81
• Albertsons 68
• Toby's 58
• T. Marzetti 57
• Hidden Valley 56
• Wish-Bone 35
• Ken's Steak House 30
• Litehouse 27
• Marie's 24
• Kraft 21
• Annie's Naturals 20
• Newman's Own 15
• Trader Joe's 14

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