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From the monthly archives:
Back in January, my kids and I went to the Kids Good for You Cooking Academy Event with Jennifer Garner and Frigidaire. The event was to promote the work Frigidaire is doing with Save the Children to give poor kids access to healthy food. This time Jennifer Garner is teaming up with Frigidaire, Save the [...]
It’s not often that I find a food product that can meet all my food sensitivity needs. One of the them is NAKANO® rice vinegars. They’re all natural, gluten free, contain no preservatives, and have 50% less sodium than other rice vinegars. NAKANO Natural Rice Vinegar is unsweetened, has no sodium and can be used [...]
I can’t stand most celebrity cookbooks. They’re usually overly simplistic, obviously ghost written, and just meant to cash in on the celebrity’s popularity. Rarely the cookbook shows the celebrity’s passion for food and how he or she cooks at home. However, I’ll make an exception for Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to [...]
Obviously, this guy’s been overeating, over indulging and overly sedentary. But if you haven’t been doing all those things – and your tummy’s so bloated you feel like you’re carrying around this guys tummy – maybe it’s time to reevaluate what you’re eating. Check out my post on the Attune Foods blog, Does your tummy [...]
Since I found out that I have food sensitivities to dairy products, I’ve been checking out vegan blogs and cookbooks for substitutes for my favorite recipes that use cheese and yogurt. That’s why I requested a review copy of The Everything Vegan Cookbook by Jolinda Hackett with Lorena Novak Bull, RD. Vegan recipes like Thai [...]
With warmer weather here – or nearly so – my thoughts turn to cooling down with a yummy chocolate shake. However, like other people with food sensitivities to dairy and sugar, I have to forgo ice cream shakes. So I created this chocolate shake made with tofu and sweetened with stevia for those who want some [...]
So many of our family traditions revolve around food. For example: We go out for at least one fancy meal per vacation like to the El Tavor at the Grand Canyon or to Rick Moonan’s RM Seafood in Las Vegas. We eat potato pancakes during Hanukkah, even though our family isn’t Jewish. And we have [...]
Each month, Secret Recipe Club participants are assigned a participating food blog from which we’re to make a recipe. It’s a secret, so you can’t tell them you are making something from their blog! I was assigned Recipe Taster and chose Alessio’s recipe for Cuban Picadillo. I was intrigued that a Sicilian man living in [...]
I’m beyond thrilled to have Wade Rouse guest post here at This Mama Cooks! On a Diet today. I first became aware of Wade when I attended the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop in 2010. He taught the Three H’s: Humor, heartbreak and honesty workshop, which I enjoyed so much that I immediately reserved his first [...]
Here’s another gluten free dessert inspired by the Grand Canyon Cook Book. This recipe caught my eye because I LOVE bread pudding, but have to stay away from it due to my food sensitivities to gluten, baker’s yeast, milk products and sugar. My son who’s a big fan of Lärabars, which are date based, loved this [...]
My family and I just came back from visiting the Grand Canyon. It was one of the best trips we’ve ever taken, and if you have a chance – GO! While we were there I picked up a fun little cookbook called The Grand Canyon Cook Book, Southwestern recipes from Arizona’s natural wonder by Bruce [...]
After a fun week at the Grand Canyon (more on that soon) I’ve come back with a cough I cannot shake and the desire to stay in bed watching The Tudors. Luckily for us, Holly Clegg has stopped by with a guest post about Easter dining. Easter table must have asparagus The true sign of [...]
What’s a “third place”? Well, the first place is home, and the second place is work. And the third place is somewhere your spend time when you’re not at work or at home. It’s familiar and comfortable – a place where you can relax with good food and friends or family. On a Friday afternoon, [...]
OK, so maybe the flowered background was an attempt to dress up something that’s not so great looking. But who cares how it looks when you’re cooking up delicious chicken livers?! (Fine, you chicken liver haters can go pound cake.) No more chicken liver posts after this one, I swear…April Fools! Sautéed chicken liver with [...]
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