Don Mauer
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Caramelizing veggies bumps up flavor profileFeb 10, 2016 5:00 am - I'm always looking for ways to prepare vegetables that combine easy preparation with flavorful results. First, some history. Grandmother Mauer believed that boiling vege...
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Lean and lovin' it: Finding tasty, healthy wheat alternatives a challengeJan 27, 2016 5:00 am - Giving today's highly-hybridized wheat the boot isn't as easy as: “Just say no.” Whether you have celiac disease, are gluten-sensitive or believe, as some authorities do...
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Ancient grain einkorn wheat makes clean eating sandwich breadJan 13, 2016 4:58 am - In every one of my cookbooks there's one recipe I never share; how to make bread because my bread making history is pitiful. It's not that I don't like bread. Hardly. I ...
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Lean and lovin' it: A new sugar substitute in time for holiday bakingDec 20, 2015 5:03 am - Swerve, a sugar replacement product, swerved right under my natural sugar substitute radar until a $1.00-off coupon appeared in an email advertisement. Swerve needed tha...
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Lean and lovin' it: A fan offers a welcome back to food critic, writer Ruth ReichlDec 09, 2015 5:00 am - To echo Jeff Foxworthy's: “You may be a redneck if …” You may be a foodie if you instantly recognize the name Ruth Reichl. Even if you're not a foodie, you may have know...
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Try these tricks to avoid the dreaded holiday weight gainDec 01, 2015 4:57 am - When you gaze into your crystal ball, do you see yourself on New Year's Day smiling because you fit comfortably into the same clothes you're in right now? That scene doe...
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This pumpkin treat's a fairly easy trickOct 27, 2015 5:43 am - It would be hard to imagine that you haven't already had your fill of pumpkins and yet, Halloween's still three days away. Just as everyone else in my neighborhood, we h...
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Lean and Lovin' It: 23 years of Lean and Lovin' ItOct 13, 2015 5:33 am - Twenty-three years ago I contacted the Daily Herald's Food Editor, Olivia Wu, asking to write a column about low-fat foods and to share lower-in-fat recipes. That turned...
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Lean and lovin' it: Sugar-free garlic dill pickles you can make at homeSep 29, 2015 6:00 am - It had been a long time since I'd made pickles and the pickles I'd been making before I'd lost 150 pounds were a unique brown-sugar-sweetened bread and butter pickle. My...
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Smashed cucumbers worth the challengeSep 09, 2015 5:45 am - Last month The New York Times trumpeted the explosion of smashed cucumbers (the English call them “smacked”) on restaurant menus all over the city. The Times' smashed cu...