If you’ve been trying to eat healthier and lose weight, you’ve probably noticed Clean Eating Magazine at your local newsstand or bookstore. The editors of the magazine just introduced The Best of Clean Eating: Over 200 Mouthwatering Recipes to Keep You Lean and Healthy, their first full-length cookbook. The cookbook contains over 200 healthy recipes [...]
Posted on November 30, 2010 in Cookbooks,Recipes,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy recipes
Was junior high fun for you? For me, not so much. Sure I had good friends like Suzanne who I’d walk with back and forth to school. Or Lauren who loved the Beatles as much as I did. Yet there were the days that I was mercilessly teased about my not-so-cool Levi’s corduroys. Or maybe [...]
Posted on November 29, 2010 in Desserts,Recipes and tagged as chocolate
Now that Thanksgiving is over, are you wondering what to do with all that leftover canned pumpkin puree? Well, how about making some pumpkin cookies? Several years ago a friend made these Egg Free Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies for a play date since my then toddler daughter, Lucie, was eating an egg free diet due [...]
Posted on November 26, 2010 in Baking,Desserts,Egg Free, Food Allergies,Recipes,Weight Watchers and tagged as food allergies
Here’s the last two items on my Thanksgiving menu. I love sweet potatoes, but the rest of my family could care less. So all the fiber and anti-oxidants are for me! I’ve also wanted the challenge of making a giblet gravy, doubly so since I’m brining and smoking my turkey this year, and it’s hard [...]
Posted on November 24, 2010 in Recipes,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers
I’m having one of those Thanksgivings where I’m doing everything last minute, like deciding my final menu to getting my groceries. I still have to write down my Thanksgiving shopping list! Still I wanted to share what I finally decided to cook up for our Thanksgiving feast before I get out of my PJs to [...]
Posted on November 24, 2010 in Recipes,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers
I face multiple challenges when it comes to Thanksgiving desserts. They need to be gluten free (for my mother-in-law), nut free (for my daughter) and somewhat traditional (for my husband). I want Thanksgiving desserts to be healthy, too, though I don’t mind indulging. That’s why pumpkin desserts fit the bill – nutritious, nut-free, traditional, yummy, [...]
Posted on November 23, 2010 in Desserts,Featured,Gluten Free,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy recipes
Each year I buy all the Thanksgiving cooking magazines to find the perfect recipes for side dishes and desserts. This year I bought over 20 magazines! Yet I wasn’t thrilled with any of the recipes for cranberry sauce. Well, thank goodness for Holly Clegg and her no cook, cranberry sauce recipe. It’s unique and easy [...]
Posted on November 22, 2010 in Recipes,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy recipes
Last night, I stopped by the Holiday Taste of Sam’s Club event to create a “perfect Thanksgiving meal” with the $50 gift card Sam’s Club sent me. I decided to do ham instead of turkey (everyone does turkey!) And I tried to keep the meal as healthy as possible – but a little indulgent, too. [...]
Posted on November 20, 2010 in Recipes,Sam's Club,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers
I’ve been brining and smoking Thanksgiving turkeys since 2007 when I saw Alton Brown make his Honey Brined Smoked Turkey recipe. I’ve also made a Citrus-Stuffed Herbed Turkey with a honey and citrus brine and a Savory Turkey Brine using Kikkoman Soy Sauce. This year I found a maple and herb based brine from Robin [...]
Posted on November 19, 2010 in Recipes,Thanksgiving and tagged as brining
It’s time for Sam’s Club annual Holiday Taste of Sam’s Club event, happening nationwide this week from Friday, November 19 to Sunday, November 21 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at more than 600 Sam’s Club locations across the country. This is not an event to miss! (Not a member? Maybe it’s time to join!) [...]
Posted on November 17, 2010 in Sam's Club
If you’re like me, you’ve read a lot of books on weight loss. In fact, you probably have a few gathering dust on your bookshelf right now. Well, before you think, “Oh no, I’m not going to read about another diet and exercise weight loss plan,” let me introduce you to Marty McGee Bennett and [...]
Posted on November 15, 2010 in Books,Contests and Giveaways,Inspiration
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about kitchen safety, especially after attending Underwriters Laboratories’ Serving Up a Side of Safety event at BlogHer Food last month. One thing we should do before entering our kitchens and dining rooms – or heading over to grandma’s or to a friend’s home – [...]
Posted on November 12, 2010 in Thanksgiving
Halloween is over, which means it’s time to cook pumpkins, not carve them! Inspired by the Hidatsa Stuffed Sugar Pumpkin I made a couple of years ago, I purchased a couple of medium sized, organic sugar pumpkins at Sunflower Market. Instead of wild rice – which my kids don’t care for – I used quinoa. [...]
Posted on November 10, 2010 in Featured,Recipes,Thanksgiving,Veggies,Venison,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy recipes, pumpkin. quinoa
Inspired by recipes for Milk Braised Pork Shoulder and Milk Pork, I wondered if I could do the same braising technique with venison. Usually, I like cooking venison roasts in a crockpot with a lot of beef stock since wild game tends to be very lean and a bit tough. Slow cooking leaves venison meat [...]
Posted on November 8, 2010 in Recipes,Venison,Weight Watchers and tagged as healthy recipes
