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Meatballs-in-Mass
If you like meatballs, make them by the zillions! Meatballs work as an appetizer, as a main course. They just work! Turkey meatballs, beef meatballs, veggie meatballs, they are all so practical and delicious! When I make meatballs I always at least double the recipe. I use an ice cream scoop and lay them out…
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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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Yes, Virginia, There Is Healthy Lunchmeat!
Often a quick lunch, whether on your plate or in your brown bag, includes a sandwich which usually means lunchmeat for many people. Lunchmeat hasn’t made its way into my grocery cart for years. Not since I became aware of harmful antibiotics and nitrates in many processed meats, along with tons of sodium and unhealthy…
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Brush Your Bread! Low-Fat Grilled Bread
Nothing rounds out a bowl of soup, a plate of pasta, or just about anything like a piece of grilled bread. Slathered (is that a word?) with butter it just has to be good. But sadly, yes you know it’s coming: not good for you. Here’s my trick for great crusty, flavorful grilled bread with…
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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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Breakfast Potatoes – Low Salt, Low fat, and Just Plain Good
Every once in awhile I just have to have something for breakfast besides my usual high fiber cereal. I crave a bit of decadence some mornings and every so often I indulge. My favorite is Smothered Breakfast Potatoes. Everyone loves this and when I want to pamper one of our adult kids, or now our…
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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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38, 39,…40!
Chew your food! Goodness, I heard Chew your food! Goodness I heard that often enough as a child. As a mother I am sure I said it even more times, and as a kindergarten teacher I am still saying it. It makes sense. Health sense and weight management sense. Studies have shown the slower you…
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Once You Start Making Your Own Pasta, You Will Never Stop!
Four words: homemade pasta is delicious. Simply put, simply true. The first few times I made my own pasta it was a lesson in frustration. Practice makes perfect and you will get better and better at it. The recipe is simple too: for every cup of flour, use 1 whole egg. I usually make pasta…
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Pan-Seared Scallops with Mushrooms & Maple Carrots
Scallops are a favorite we enjoy from time to time. We always eat wild scallops and usually make a servin Scallops are a favorite. We enjoy them from time to time. We always eat wild scallops and make servings of four scallops each. Quick and delicious they are one of our favorites we rarely had…
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