Don Mauer
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Recipe shocker: Zucchini adds moisture, flavor to meatloafJun 09, 2015 6:00 am - Zucchini's about to burst out of gardens all over the place. If you're growing zucchini, what're you gonna do with it all? Over the years I've shared several zucchini re...
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Slimmed down banana cake with chocolate chipsMay 28, 2015 6:00 am - Award-winning English food writer, journalist and broadcaster Nigel Slate shared his recipe for Chocolate Muscovado Banana Cake in Food52.com's new cookbook “Genius Reci...
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Lean and Lovin' it: 1,001 'best' recipes a boastful title, but some fit the billMay 13, 2015 6:00 am - Sometimes cookbooks don't go around just once; they appear again and again. That's certainly true for Agate Publishing's “1,001 Best Low-Fat Recipes.” The second edition...
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Lean and lovin' it: Onion dip slims down for summer snackingApr 22, 2015 8:00 am - Editor's note: Don Mauer is taking some time off. This column originally appeared in June 2009. The other weekend I had some good friends over to celebrate the second ye...
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Lean and lovin' it: Don pretties up 'ugly' cake by trimming fat, sugarApr 07, 2015 6:01 am - Once glance at the cover of "Food52 Genius Recipes: 100 Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook" had me doing a double-take. My head spun and and eyed widened the same...
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Lean and lovin' it: 'Deliciously Ella' finds audience for healthy recipes on the InternetMar 22, 2015 11:00 pm - The Internet age sure has changed the way we go about finding recipes and connecting to cookbook authors. Culinary icons Julia Child and James Beard never blogged, had a...
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Lean and lovin' it: Bacon-braised cabbage beefs up St. Patrick's Day dinnerMar 10, 2015 6:00 am - You don't have to be Irish to love corned beef and cabbage. Add a side of boiled potatoes and you've got a sensational combination. My I grew up next to Skokie, home to ...
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Lean and lovin' it: Low-carb almond flour puts pizza back on the menuFeb 24, 2015 5:00 am - I love pizza. How long has this affair been going on? As near as I can recollect, it began with pizza from Evanston's The Spot back in the early 1960s. Mom was a teacher...
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Lean and Lovin' it: Tempt your valentine with guilt-less browniesFeb 11, 2015 5:00 am - I've never been more happy to admit I was wrong. Upon realizing recently that fat doesn't make people fat, sugar does, I waved goodbye to many of the low-fat desserts I'...
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Lean and Lovin' it: Is a grain-free diet a path to better health?Jan 27, 2015 5:00 am - Carrie Vitt has quite a story to tell and the ending turns out to be, well, good and delicious. But it didn't start out that way. As she chronicles in her blog, Deliciou...