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I love watching Gale Gand cook on TV. She makes baking look so easy (when I know it isn’t). And watching her cook is a good substitute for actually indulging in baked goods. (Check out Gale’s recipes here.) If you’re a fan, Gale is hosting an interactive virtual cooking demonstration this week on Thursday, December [...]
I like spooning leftover cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving on my plain, no fat yogurt in the morning. It’s good on plain oatmeal or Greek yogurt at breakfast time, too. Another way to get rid of it is to mix it with horseradish as a cocktail sauce for shrimp. Cybele Pascal, the author of the bestselling [...]
Have you seen the gigantic bottles of POM Pomegranate juice at Costco? It’s sold at a great price and worth buying to make your Pomegranate Cranberry Sauce with or brine your turkey in. (Believe me, I’m sooo tempted to try yet another brining method after seeing this recipe for POM-Brined Turkey.) So what else can [...]
While I’m very tempted to try the Lemon and Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes and Sweet Potato Casserole with Crumbly Praline Topping this Thanksgiving, there are a few old favorite recipes that I’m considering too: Common Threads Sweet Potato Pone – super easy even middle schoolers can make it. Smashed Sweet Potatoes Topped with Caramelized Onions and Garlic [...]
Here’s another contender for the sweet potato dish I’ll be making this Thanksgiving. This one from Holly Clegg’s book Holly Clegg’s Trim & Terrific Freezer Friendly Meals. Even though Holly’s recipe is healthy overall, I’m still bothered by the amount of sugar she uses in both the casserole and the praline topping. I wonder if [...]
Brining a Thanksgiving turkey is a lot less intimidating than most people think. Usually I use Alton Brown’s Honey Brined Smoked Turkey recipe, since we like to smoke our turkey – the best way to cook it as far as I’m concerned. Yet when the folks at Kikkoman proposed that I try their way [...]
This year I did a trial run Thanksgiving turkey since I wanted to try a couple of new cooking techniques. Plus, I knew that we wouldn’t have any turkey leftovers since we are going to a friend’s home for the holiday this year. First, I brined it in Kikkoman soy sauce. Then inspired by a [...]
Holly Clegg is the author of several healthy cookbooks including The New Holly Clegg Trim & Terrific Cookbook and Eating Well Through Cancer: Easy Recipes & Recommendations During & After Treatment. (I featured her Marinated Shrimp and Edamame Salad last June.) What I love about Holly’s recipes is that she believes that home cooks should [...]
My Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day cookbook giveaway ends TONIGHT! So enter if you’d like to win a copy for yourself or to give to the baker in your life for the holidays. Chocolate and Coffee – a Rx for health? The following recipe from Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day by [...]
After last year’s struggles with the gluten free pie crust mix, I’ve decided to make a pumpkin dessert that does not require a crust. When my mother-in-law eats out, she carefully scoops out the pie filling and leaves the crust anyway, so no point in stressing myself out about pie crust. This one comes from [...]
Today This Mama Cooks! turns five. While you may consider that a birthday, it is in fact an anniversary of the relationship I started with you, my reader, a long time ago. I’m using today’s fifth anniversary of the day I started this blog (some posts are older and originally appeared at A Mama’s Rant) [...]
Compared to last year’s polymeal Thanksgiving, planning this year’s meal has been a challenge. I want to make something delicious, yet healthy. Plus it has to be gluten free for my mother-in-law and nut free for my daughter. Like I do every year, I bought copies of my favorite cooking magazines like Gourmet in its [...]
Last weekend at FoodBuzz's Blogger Festival I met Zoe Francois, co-author of Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day: 100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruits, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients. She was nice enough to sign my copy of her book while we discussed the challenges of baking at altitude. (My challenge not hers.) Since [...]
In my Cooking with Kashi: Multigrain Pilaf and Pine Nut Stuffed Vegetables post, you may have noticed the gorgeous asparagus and the sweet potatoes on the plate. I thought both dishes, neither which use Kashi ingredients, would make wonderful Thanksgiving side dishes. Good timing, too, as I noticed that asparagus spears were on sale at [...]
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