You may be familiar with the name “Toad in a Hole.” This quintessential English breakfast dish is basically a hunk of sausage buried in a rich egg custard and then baked. Did I mention the use of lots of butter or oil? Well, this healthified version uses crumbled turkey sausage instead of pork, light cheese [...]
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So it was a lazy Sunday afternoon when I realized that the leftover turkey I had planned for dinner had been nibbled at (substantially) and I was without a plan for dinner. Then the dreaded question struck: what’s for dinner? A moment of panic ensued and then I calmed and rationally debated with myself on [...] This is a recipe that my family has been making for years. It is a ridiculously tasty dish that also happens to be insanely nutritious and low in fat. Ok, so what’s the downside to all that? Well, it is a bit labor intensive. Like many great Asian-American meals, there is a fair bit of [...] I credit my Mother-in-Law, Kay, for giving me my first taste of corn chowder about a million years ago. We were visiting in the heart of winter (long before we moved to Texas) and she served up a heaping bowl of corn chowder yumminess and I fell in love. Of course I’ve made it three [...] Readers of this blog will know that this household is on a quest for low fat but highly flavorful dishes that don’t require the stocking of tofu or birdseed in our pantry. I don’t want to change the kinds of foods we eat (ok, minus the cream and butter) but I do want to change [...] So the quest for high flavor, low fat foods is ongoing in this household. Enter an old favorite of mine: Souvlaki with Tzatziki. I first fell in love with this Greek dish when I lived in Montreal, of all places. There was this tiny skiing village north of where I lived (I actually lived about [...] You know, I never fail to be stunned when I look at the nutritional labels on the back of a can of soup. I love soup and the myriad varieties, but man-o-man do I not love the sodium in them. Or the junk. I guess the quest for maximizing the mighty dollar has led food [...] Well, I learned a long time ago not to make resolutions. I only set myself up for failure and then I make everybody around me miserable until I work through it. So, no resolutions for me. However, if I were to make a resolution it might include trying to incorporate more healthy dishes into our family [...] A tasty, low fat alternative to the boring stir-fry. Doctors and nutritionists are always encouraging people to eat more heart-healthy fish, yet for many people preparing a fish recipe is daunting. Easy to overcook, fish can become dry and tasteless very quickly and the stand-by classics of pan frying or deep fat frying belie the benefits of consuming fish in the first place. This recipe [...] |
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