Category: Seasonal Favorites
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Cooking for a Crowd? Try ‘For the Crowd’!
Cooking for a Crowd? Well Then, Cook ‘For The Crowd’! Whether it was relatives coming for a casual super or our family taking a ‘dish to pass’, it didn’t really matter. We often enjoyed a hot dish, or casserole, my mother made called ‘For The Crowd’! I don’t know where it came from. I suspect…
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Cabbage with Pickled Onions! Low, Low Fat & Sodium!
Looking for a side dish that is easy, a bit different, and still delicious? Low sodium and low fat too! Perfect for a holiday dinner, or as a side dish at a barbeque. It is even delicious on a bratwurst rather than sauerkraut. Good warm or cold it adds a zesty flavor to your meal!…
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Sesame Honey Chicken! It’s Good, Good, Good!
Years ago when our kids where young, we all loved going out for ‘chinese’. I so remember our daughter about 5 kneeling on a chair in a nice chinese, local restaurant, and poking around her food with chopsticks the server had nicely fastened together with rubber bands so she could use them. Her comment, ‘where’s…
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These Are Not My Mother’s Cabbage Rolls, or Are They? Low Sodium Too!
You know there are those days when you just have to cook something a bit complicated, something fussy, something that will mess up your kitchen like crazy, and result in a succulent, mind-boggling food sensation that will send you back to your childhood with one bite. Cabbage Rolls do that for me. Today was the day. …
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Cranberry Pretzel Dip: Salty, Tangy, Sweet, & Endless Uses!
Fall and Thanksgiving definitely offer cranberries in endless varieties. Cranberries can be found canned whole, canned jelled, frozen, and dried. Cranberries are everywhere this time of year. The dip itself is gluten-free. I have found gluten-free pretzels at my local food co-op for a perfect gluten-free snack. This dip is really good on a bagel with…
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Roasted Mango Salad Dressing: Fruity, Light, Different!
Summer has gone by and though squash, sweet potaotes, pumkins abound many already miss the fresh citrus fruits of summer.Roasted Mango Salad Dressing is good anytime of the year, but adds a nice lightness to all the comfort foods of fall. Great with salad greens of your choice, it works just as well when grilled…
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Dumpling Soup with Chicken, AKA Chicken Soup with Dumplings
While at our daughter’s recently she and my husband were outdoors doing yardwork and I was inside cooking Chicken & Dumpling Soup. Love that soup! Our grandchild loved it too, especialy the dumplings. She called it Dumpling Soup with Chicken. That tells you what part she likes the best! The trick is to use baked…
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Hearty Vegetarian Bean Soup – Way Low Fat & Sodium!
Love, love, love bean soup! It is filling and nutritious as beans are high in fiber and protein. This bean soup has a heartiness you know just has to come from a chunk of ham or something similiar tucked inside the soup. No it doesn’t! As a result it is very low in fat. In…
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Stuffed Mushrooms – Baked & Breaded: Low Fat & Low Sodium!
Breaded mushrooms have always been a favorite appetizer. Traditionally these mushrooms are breaded in seasoned flour or breadcrumbs and deep fried. Deep fried anything is usually way good, but not a great health choice. Dang! These breaded mushrooms are baked and even better than typical deep-fried mushrooms, at least that is my vote. So filling,…
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Glutten Free Pumpkin Muffins – Low Fat & Salt Free!
Nothing says fall like pumpkin. Pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, and pumpkin muffins. These muffins will help you feel full longer, and will not spike your blood sugar because there is no wheat in any form in them. They are very low in fat, have no added salt, and can be sugar-free depending on the sweetener you…