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Did you have a chance to try the Quinoa with Pomegranate Arils and Goat Cheese vegetarian recipe from POM Wonderful? I did on Christmas Eve as a side dish, and it was wonderful. Well, here’s another healthy recipe from the folks at POM Wonderful – Pomegranate Relish to use as a holiday party appetizer topping. [...]
Merry Christmas! Here’s a little healthy Christmas food for thought. While it’s UK based, I’m sure the advice can apply to wherever your enjoying your Christmas holidays this year. via Embed the above image on your site
This year, we’re going to a friends’ home for Christmas dinner – and all they’ve asked me to bring is mashed potatoes. Boring! Since I have the holiday meal cooking bug, I’ve decided to make a big meal for late Christmas Even afternoon. (Why afternoon? We’re off to see other friends that evening. Busy are [...]
If you’re wondering what you’ll be serving up for Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Boxing Day this year, these two gorgeous ecookbooks for the holidays can help. Vegan Christmas The first holiday ecookbook is by Nicola Griffiths of The Livity. Her ebook Vegan Christmas should appeal to anyone who is vegan as well [...]
One of the staples in our liquor cabinet is Angostura Aromatic Bitters thanks to my dad’s influence. He enjoyed the occasional Rob Roy and got my husband hooked on them. (My dad’s recipe for a Rob Roy was scotch, dry vermouth and Angostura bitters – not sweet vermouth and no cherry!) My mom also used [...]
Adding pomegranates to your holiday recipes is a delicious way to to stay healthy during the holiday season since pomegranates are high in antioxidants. Pomegranate juice, like the kind made by POM Wonderful, is also wonderful alternative to high calorie/no nutritional value cocktails. Just add a little seltzer and maybe a squeeze of lime or [...]
The problem with making roast beef is figuring out what to do with the leftovers, since reheating overcooks and dries out the meat. Sure, you could thinly slice the roast beef for sandwiches. But my favorite way of eating leftover roast beef (or venison) is cold and in a salad. You can either thinly slice [...]
I first came across Nadia G. of Bitchin Kitchen at a BlogWorld Expo 2010 food blogging session. I admired how she transitioned her online brand to primetime television. So, when I got home, I checked out her show on the Cooking Channel. I thought her cooking was rather elementary, but my son and husband said [...]
Today’s guest post from Holly Clegg focuses on healthy holiday baking. Since fresh cranberries freeze up to a year, you can bake up her Banana Cranberry Bread all year round. This is a terrific recipe for using up any overripe bananas you may have, too! Check out more of Holly’s trim& TERRIFIC® recipes at hollyclegg.com [...]
Having had a Jewish father, I grew up eating wonderful cookies and cupcakes at the Jewish-style bakery my parents frequented by my dad’s office in Red Bank, New Jersey. If you lived in the area in the 1970s, it was the bakery by Red Bank Catholic High School and down Main Street from Norman’s Deli, [...]
Are you looking for strategies to survive this holiday season in a healthy way without gaining weight? Rachel Berman, RD, CSR, CD/N, the Director of Nutrition for CalorieCount.com, has identified some of the unhealthiest holiday foods and has prepared the following list of suggestions for healthy and delicious swaps for holiday beverages, appetizers, desserts, side [...]
This year for Christmas I wanted to do something a bit different from the usual turkey, so I decided to make a pork roast. I bought my roast at Costco, which has an amazing selection of pork roasts. However, like everything else there, it was a bit oversized at six pounds, so I tripled the [...]
There’s nothing that bothers me more than a messy kitchen. No surprise that it's what I wrote about in my freelance article, Holiday Season Prep without the Mess, which appears this month at Clorox’s Simple & Surprising e-journal. Check out my tips on how to keep the holidays and winter break with the kids a [...]
It’s that time of year when you may be wondering what to get that foodie in your life especially if she or he seems to have every gadget out there. Here are a few of my personal favorites: Onion goggles – my new favorite kitchen gadget. Onion Goggles protects your eyes from irritating onion vapors [...]
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