So right on the heels of my post dissecting her vegan mac ‘n cheese, 101 Cookbooks happened to blog about VEGANOMICON, a new vegan cookbook. I doubt most of you reading my site are vegan — most people in general aren’t vegans, which makes me happy as someone who throws semi-regular dinner parties — but […]

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Lately I’ve gone faux British and am hooked on my afternoon tea. That is to say, I “fancy” it. I make myself a whole pot — sometime black, sometimes green, sometimes herbal — and pour it cup by cup into my delicate little china cup with the lavender flowers.
And of course, I have a light […]

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This weekend I held an impromptu holiday dinner party. I love dinner parties! In order to enjoy them without waddling away from the table, I eat light the day of and make sure to get in some good cardio. And I follow a “one cracker only” rule around the appetizers.
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Appetizers:
Goat cheese under olive tapenade […]

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This weekend I made Fat-Free Chocolate Orange Cake from one of my favorite cooking blogs, Fat Free Vegan, which has a zillion tested-and-true vegan recipes and gorgeous photographs. (No, I’m not vegan, I just occasionally swing that way.) Fortunately most of her recipes aren’t actually fat-free. This one was, but it sounded so good I […]

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The holiday season creates the need for two kinds of recipes: First, those that impress in-laws and children at holiday events. Second, those that are healthy and quick to prepare, but tasty enough so that you don’t feel like you’re taking a respite from the death march (the mall) to be fed some gruel before […]

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I made Weetabix’s Chicken Tortellini Soup yesterday to ease my sore throat. My throat’s still sore and overall I’m worse, but the soup’s damn tasty! Tip: When you want to clean out and feel “light,” eat soup for a couple of meals in a row.
As usual, I used the recipe as a guideline, not a […]

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December is the month where my home-cooking goes in the toilet and I need fast foods that I can nevertheless make at home. Here’s one of my favorite quick dinners that’s relatively healthy but tastes like yummy junkfood — just what you need after stressful shopping excursions or long days at the keyboard.
THIN-CRUST TORTILLA PIZZA
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Attention all ye hypoglycemics, diabetics, and sugar sensitives! This Thanksgiving, I’m making a low-sugar cranberry sauce. I’m sad because I love the canned stuff. But alas, it’s all sugar, no fiber.
This recipe is very simple: It’s basically the directions off the side of the bag, replacing sugar with […]

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This weirdo plant reverses sour and sweet in your tastebuds for an hour after you eat it — a little reminder from nature that perception is everything.

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This molasses loaf is so rich and flavorful that you only need a tiny slice to satisfy, with a cup of tea or coffee. Now, let me stress: If you don’t like molasses, you won’t like it. Despite cardamom, cinnamon, and ginger all being on the ingredient list — and the fact that the original […]

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