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Thanksgiving

Got leftover cranberry sauce? Make a Cranberry Apple Crisp

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 [...]

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Posted on November 27, 2009 in Desserts,Recipes,Thanksgiving and tagged as

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  1. Fat Smash Apple Crisp
  2. Deb’s apple cobbler
  3. More Thanksgiving sides – pomegranate cranberry sauce and roasted Brussels sprouts
  4. The Denver Post’s Countdown to Thanksgiving

Pomegranate juice for the holidays: drinks and desserts

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 [...]

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Posted on November 25, 2009 in Boozing It Up!,Cookbooks,Desserts,Recipes,Thanksgiving and tagged as

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  1. The Skinny On Losing Weight without Being Hungry and Pomegranate Salad
  2. Pomegranate health benefits and POM smoothies
  3. Whole lotta ricotta: Weight Watchers low POINTS ricotta desserts
  4. More Thanksgiving sides – pomegranate cranberry sauce and roasted Brussels sprouts

Thanksgiving sweet potato roundup

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 [...]

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Posted on November 24, 2009 in Thanksgiving,Veggies and tagged as

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  1. Thanksgiving sides: Oven Roasted Asparagus and Smashed Sweet Potatoes
  2. More healthy Thanksgiving cooking with Holly Clegg: Sweet Potato Casserole
  3. Recipes from BlogHer09: Common Threads Sweet Potato Pone
  4. Thanksgiving sides: Lemon and Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes

More healthy Thanksgiving cooking with Holly Clegg: Sweet Potato Casserole

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 [...]

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Posted on November 23, 2009 in Recipes,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers and tagged as

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  1. Holly Clegg’s healthy Thanksgiving cooking: Yam Corn Bread Stuffing
  2. Thanksgiving pie recipes for a healthy sweet potato pie and traditional, not so healthy pumpkin pie
  3. Cooking Light’s Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup with Cranberry Relish
  4. Recipes from BlogHer09: Common Threads Sweet Potato Pone

Spatchcocking your Thanksgiving turkey

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 [...]

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Posted on November 22, 2009 in Recipes,Thanksgiving and tagged as

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  1. Too scared to smoke your turkey this Thanksgiving? Cheater BBQ to the rescue!
  2. Win a Butterball turkey for Thanksgiving
  3. The gluten free, no eggs, no nuts, no soy Thanksgiving
  4. Thanksgiving Bon Appetit

Holly Clegg’s healthy Thanksgiving cooking: Yam Corn Bread Stuffing

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 [...]

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Posted on November 22, 2009 in Cookbooks,Recipes,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers and tagged as

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  1. Summer salads: Holly Clegg’s Marinated Shrimp Edamame Salad
  2. Weight Watchers Sausage, Apple and Cornbread Stuffing
  3. The gluten free, no eggs, no nuts, no soy Thanksgiving
  4. Thanksgiving pie recipes for a healthy sweet potato pie and traditional, not so healthy pumpkin pie

Thanksgiving desserts: crustless gluten free pumpkin pie

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 [...]

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Posted on November 19, 2009 in Desserts,Gluten Free,Thanksgiving,Weight Watchers and tagged as ,

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  1. The day of reckoning – Happy (gluten free) Thanksgiving!
  2. The gluten free, no eggs, no nuts, no soy Thanksgiving
  3. Thanksgiving pie recipes for a healthy sweet potato pie and traditional, not so healthy pumpkin pie
  4. No trifling matter: gluten free, vegan and raw food trifle recipes

Thanksgiving sides: Lemon and Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes

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 [...]

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Posted on November 16, 2009 in Recipes,Thanksgiving,Veggies and tagged as

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  1. Thanksgiving sides: Oven Roasted Asparagus and Smashed Sweet Potatoes
  2. Recipes from BlogHer09: Common Threads Sweet Potato Pone
  3. More Thanksgiving sides – pomegranate cranberry sauce and roasted Brussels sprouts
  4. Thanksgiving pie recipes for a healthy sweet potato pie and traditional, not so healthy pumpkin pie

Thanksgiving sides: Oven Roasted Asparagus and Smashed Sweet Potatoes

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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Posted on November 12, 2009 in Thanksgiving,Veggies,Weight Watchers

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  1. More Thanksgiving sides – pomegranate cranberry sauce and roasted Brussels sprouts
  2. Tomato and Roasted Sweet Pepper Soup
  3. Recipes from BlogHer09: Common Threads Sweet Potato Pone
  4. Five Days of Weight Watchers Frittata: Asparagus, New Potato and Chive Frittata

Spice Up Your Life: the Flexitarian Way with Carrot Phirni

I was meeting with my writer’s group last week at Mt. Everest Cafe in Ft. Collins, Colorado. It’s an inexpensive buffet style Nepalese/Indian place that I had driven by hundreds of times but never went in. I’m so glad my friends invited me to join them because the food was delicious. As I sat there [...]

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Posted on October 28, 2009 in Cookbooks,Desserts,Gluten Free,Recipes,Thanksgiving,Veggies and tagged as

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  1. Cooking Light’s Carrot and Sweet Potato Soup with Cranberry Relish
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  3. Sunset’s Soup Social – herbed carrot soup
  4. Extreme Fat Smash Eggplant Curry

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