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Red Skin Potato Packets with Garlic Butter

It is just too hot to cook! Add this recipe to your summer menu for a great grilled side dish that offers full flavor with minimum preparation or clean up! Do you remember those red skin potatoes that we got in our last CSA box? Well, originally I had planned on turning some of them into potato salad and some into oven roasted potatoes. With the heat, though, I opted instead to do these little red skin potato packets. Okay, laziness had something to do with it, too! My husband was grilling chicken anyway… This recipe generously feeds six with … Continue reading →

Sweet Potato Boats

Todd Adelman, Director of Nutritional Services for Block Institute, and co-author of the James Beard nominated book, Special Foods for Special Kids: Practical Solutions & Great Recipes for Children with Food Allergies, shares this recipe for sweet potato boats for this Thanksgiving. Kids love sweet potatoes and this recipe will keep them happy and eating something healthy. The Thanksgiving table would not be complete without a sweet potato dish and this is one to bring and share with all your family. I love that it’s a twist on regular potato boats. Sweet Potato Boats Ingredients: 8 medium sweet potatoes 2 … Continue reading →

Yes the words “Cheesecake” and “Low Fat” can be used together: Part 2

Here is a recipe from Paula Dean from the Food Network. I am normally not one to find recipes from the Food Network since most seem difficult, expensive or require ingredients I need to search the globe to buy. However, this recipe for Joanne’s Almost Fat-free Lemon Cheesecake , is fairly easy to make and requires only a simple trip to your local grocer for ingredients. Ingredients Crust: Cooking spray 1 3/4 cups fat-free vanilla wafer cookie crumbs, or any fat-free cookie crumbs of your choice 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted Filling: 3 (8-ounce) packages fat-free cream cheese 1 cup … Continue reading →

Yes the words “Cheesecake” and “Low Fat” can be used together.

This lovely little dessert was served at a bridal shower I attended. Everyone loved it! The best part is that this cheesecake is low in fat. You mean “low fat” and “cheesecake” are words you can use in the same sentence? Yes they are! In fact, I have a few low fat cheesecake recipes to share with you this month. Cheesecake is one of my favorite desserts yet I never eat it. I cannot justify the amount of fat and calories in one slice even in the face of such delicious goodness. So I have made it my mission to … Continue reading →

Common Holiday Foods and Their Calories

Yes, it is looming. It is the holiday season, a time when people who aren’t even trying to lose weight tend to gain a pound in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Food is so closely tied with the holidays, so unless you are planning on moving to Antarctica for a month or so, you are going to have deal with it all. There are a couple of ways to do this. You can ignore the calories and just indulge, facing a possible weight gain and loss of progress. Did you know that a typical Thanksgiving meal with all of … Continue reading →

Low-Cal Sweet Potato Pie

Is your mouth hankering for some delicious sweet potato pie like Mama used to make? Do you want to eat it so bad that you can almost taste it? Do you resent having to be on this blasted diet because it seems like all of the things that taste really, really good are high in calories? Think again! You can have your pie and eat it too! Here is a recipe for sweet potato pie that is too die for. Ingredients: 2-1/2 cups of sweet potatoes ¾ cup of skim milk 2 eggs 1-1/4 cups of no calorie sugar substitute … Continue reading →

Low-Fat Recipes for Your Thanksgiving Feast

Believe it or not there are some Americans who don’t believe in stuffing themselves with buffet’s worth of calories on Thanksgiving. I don’t happen to be one of them. However, I am related to a very svelte sister-in-law who eats her entire Turkey Day meal from a single salad bowl. Whereas, this is not a practice I personally embrace, I certainly understand the method behind her madness. When you are hosting a house full of people with differing tastes and eating habits, it’s nearly impossible to please everyone. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to offer a few dishes that appeal … Continue reading →

No Fuss Pumpkin Pie

If you have (or have had) a picky little eater in your family then you know the sheer delight that overcomes you when he or she finds a new favorite food. Two years ago I worked a miracle and got my picky eater (she’s not very picky anymore) to try a bite of pumpkin pie. Two bites later and my toddler was pumping her fists proclaiming her love for the spicy dessert. It was a Hallelujah moment and I immediately went online to hunt down every pumpkin pie recipe known to man. I spent months experimenting with pumpkin pie recipes, … Continue reading →

Sweet Pumpkin Party Treats

Finding a fresh pumpkin to eat is far less stressful than finding the perfect pumpkin to display on your front stoop. I should know since my daughter has allowed us to cook two of the six pumpkins we recently picked at the pumpkin patch. The pumpkins sacrificed for cooking purposes were not front stoop worthy (at least in her opinion), but boy, were they tasty. Before you leave your local pumpkin patch consider picking a few extra orange globes to cook with. The following recipes are ideal for the season not only because they make wonderful edible additions to your … Continue reading →

Week Night Menu: Crustless Quiche, Home Fried Potatoes, and Pineapple ‘Muri Sonando’

Thanks to a recent reader suggestion, here is a new feature I’m introducing to the food blog. One reader writes: I have such a hard time coming up with something quick enough to make in the middle of the week. Do you have any ideas? One trick to planning a healthy and complete meal in the middle of the week is planning ahead. You have to have your pantry well stocked, your meals planned, and your prep work done. However, it is possible! To help you, and others, work on your endeavor, I am going to write one blog per … Continue reading →