Gluten -free? Not so much- still grain based. What to do? Bring in the mushrooms! Tasty, hearty & meaty, they make an excellent side dish to turkey, veggies and salad! I like to combine an assortment of different types including Cremini, Oyster, Shitake & Porcini. Saute some garlic & oil (big surprise!) in a cast […]
Read More ›If you have little ones, you're up early opening gifts. Perhaps you also have some cultural traditions; my grandmother of Norwegian descent, for example, liked to have us leave our shoes out front for Julenissen (Santa Claus) to fill with toys. How about this one to add to the list: A Christmas Day […]
Read More ›A recent piece in the NY TIMES focused on Weight Watchers Point System. The Chief Scientific Officer for WW stated, “Fifteen years ago we said a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. If you ate 100 calories of butter or 100 calories of chicken, it was all the same. Now, we know that is not […]
Read More ›Cranberry Sauce. The mere name brings to mind images of a jellied, sugary, can-shaped mass, which retains its shape even out of the can, only to be sliced, then wiggled onto a serving platter. Ingredients include cranberries, high fructose corn syrup and regular corn syrup (you get TWO types- great!). Rather than reaping any of […]
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