Don Mauer
-
Lean and lovin it: Homemade chocolate fits into a healthy eating planJan 12, 2015 10:00 pm - It's been six months since I showed sugars and refined carbohydrates (even whole grain wheat) the door. What wasn't easy at the end of last year were the many sugar-load...
-
Lean and lovin it: Don Mauer recommends books for cooksDec 09, 2014 5:00 am - Thinking about what to give someone who loves to cook this holiday season? Look no further. Here are four suggestions for books that will make the ideal gift. First up, ...
-
Lean and lovin' it: Making the case for heritage turkeyNov 12, 2014 5:00 am - Let's talk turkey. Heritage turkey. Calling a turkey “heritage” is like calling a tomato “heirloom;” both descriptors hark back to a non-hybridized past where flavor was...
-
Lean and lovin' it: ATK cookbooks help slow cooker novices get into the grooveOct 21, 2014 6:00 am - Just a few weeks ago I ventured out into unknown (to me) cooking waters and sailed through making dinner with a slow cooker. My results weren't half-bad for a first-time...
-
Lean and Lovin' it: Don Mauer reflects on two decades of advice, looks forward to healthier recipesOct 08, 2014 6:01 am - My first column appeared right here 22 years ago and the inaugural photo showed me wearing a bow tie. I quickly ditched the bow tie, but that's not the only thing that c...
-
Lean and lovin' it: Don catches up with the slow cooker revolutionSep 24, 2014 5:51 am - Until recently, I had never used a slow cooker. It wasn't an appliance that ever grabbed my attention. Living in a one- or two-person household, getting home after work ...
-
Lean and Lovin' it: Delicious pasta swap for homemade BologneseSep 09, 2014 5:45 am - I've loved pasta since my first serving of mac and cheese. My love affair has been on hold for a bit since my path for the past three months has been avoiding sugars and...
-
Lean and lovin' it: Learning to recognize, curb sugar addictionAug 25, 2014 11:00 pm - “Sugar and me, we go way back. I love sugar. LOOOOVVVVVE it. I love everything about it: how it makes little occasions special and special occasions fabulous. How it per...
-
Lean and lovin' it: Everyone loses (weight, that is!) when fats go back into their dietAug 12, 2014 11:30 am - It's been more than half a century since the theory - yes the theory - was floated that saturated fats caused heart disease, food manufacturers slowly started to remove ...
-
Lean and lovin' it: Fat does not make us fat. Really.Jul 23, 2014 5:30 am - It's all been a big fat, supersized lie. We've all been bamboozled: me, you, everyone. And what bothers me most is that I was one of the megaphones through which an ill-...