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You can only heat up slices of Thanksgiving turkey so many times before you’re tired of it. Instead, how about making a panini sandwich with your leftover turkey and cranberry sauce instead? My version is based on Mirassou Winery’s recipe for Mini Maple Turkey Panini with Riesling Cranberry Relish. I’ve healthed up the recipe by [...]
Happy Thanksgiving to all my readers! I’m grateful for your readership and thankful for your continued support. I hope you have time today to reflect this Thanksgiving day on everything – and everyone – you’re grateful for. Some food for thought from the Denver Post Colorado Voices: Why Dad loved Thanksgiving Give thanks instead [...]
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 [...]
I love planning for Thanksgiving. Every year I buy all the cooking magazines I can find to come up with new recipes for turkey, stuffing, side dishes and dessert. Sometimes I bring new cookbooks into the mix, too. This year I’m doing things a bit differently as I’ve chosen to find recipes that will use [...]
A few days ago, my hair stylist told me about the new oil free turkey fryer she bought at Big Lots. She said the instructions that came with it were vague, so she was worried that her Thanksgiving turkey wouldn’t turn out well. I told her to call the Butterball® Turkey Talk-Line® at 1-800-BUTTERBALL. Certainly [...]
I’ve signed up to be an Udi’s Gluten Free Living Community Leader. It’s a place where we’re discussing all thing gluten free, especially the tough time you have preparing meals and desserts for yourself or your gluten free guests and family members. Do you have an suggestions on some gluten free desserts? You can add [...]
Holland House is holding a Holiday Sweepstakes Bash on Facebook where you can win $500 for your holiday party. You’ll also get advice from an expert blogger party planner (not me, but one of my fellow Mizkan Blogger Advocates) to help you plan your holiday bash. All you need to do is “like” the Holland [...]
Are you looking for some ways to cut the (financial) fat from your Thanksgiving meal? Here are some ideas on ways to save this holiday season from shopping at discount retailers like Sam’s Club and Costco, to having a potluck, to using the good china instead of paper plates. How are you reducing your food [...]
I was introduced to Mirassou Winery at Bloggy Bootcamp Denver in September. Not only was it a treat to sample their wonderful wines at the closing cocktail party, it was a neat opportunity to meet a member of the Mirassou family, and learn about the history of the winery. Wine for the holidays The Mirassou [...]
We’re all looking for ways to make Thanksgiving cooking less stressful, which is why these holiday turkey tips from celebrity chef Sara Moulton and Chef’sChoice, the knife sharpener manufacturing company, come in handy. If you’re not familiar with Sara, she was the Executive Chef of Gourmet magazine for 23 years. Sara was also one of the Food [...]
Kathleen Sloan-McIntosh, author of 300 Best Potato Recipes: A Complete Cook’s Guide writes in her cookbook: I once knew a family of Carolinians who moved from the South to New York City many years ago. No doubt because of their Southern roots, these folks always called sweet potatoes “Carolinas.” This is the pie they made [...]
I still don’t know what we’re doing for Thanksgiving. Either we’re going to a friend’s or staying home. Then it’s just me and the kids (and maybe my mother in law) as my husband has already headed to Boston to start work. When I asked the kids what they wanted to eat for Thanksgiving, they [...]
Have you ever wonder how many calories are consumed during the Thanksgiving meal? The typical American consumes over 1600 calories. No wonder we feel like we need a nap after eating! via
Get your big and little spooks and goblins warmed up after trick or treating with this healthy, vegetarian pumpkin soup from Golden Door Executive Chef Curtis Cooke. Not only is this a perfect Meatless Monday dish, but it would also make a wonderful Thanksgiving meal starter. See my Four ways to cook a fresh pumpkin [...]
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