Don Mauer
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Lean and lovin' it: Get acquainted with persimmonsJan 29, 2014 4:00 am - Years ago I stumbled across persimmons in an Asian market. I picked up a squishy fruit but put it back dismissing it as overripe. Even if I had brought it home, what wou...
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Lean and lovin’ it: Xanthan gum key to lean salad dressingJan 14, 2014 4:30 am - This month many of us will be swearing off fat and calories and signing onto salads. For many of my “less-than-lean” years a wide wedge of iceberg lettuce drenched with ...
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Lean and lovin' it: Early holiday gift yields sweet Christmas cakeDec 22, 2013 7:00 am - Uncertain that Santa knew exactly what I wanted; I recently gave myself a preholiday gift: a new bundt pan to replace my 20-year-old pan that was too thin, too dark, scr...
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Lean and lovin' it: Sizing up gifts for the cooks on your listDec 11, 2013 4:45 am - With the holidays nearly upon us, many people find selecting gifts for folks who cook to as hard as an oak butcher block, especially if that giftee has been cooking for ...
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Don't deny yourself holiday treats, just show restraintNov 25, 2013 5:00 am - • Editor's note: Don Mauer is taking some time off. This column originally appeared on Nov. 25, 2002. On your marks ... get set ... Go! In a few short days the holiday ...
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Lean and lovin’ it: Grading our nation’s changing dietNov 12, 2013 5:00 am - Earlier this year, Bonnie Liebman, director of nutrition at Nutrition Action Healthletter, created a nutritional report card covering 1970 to 2010. Using USDA statistics...
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Lean and lovin' it: Breakfast's role in weight loss plansOct 23, 2013 6:00 am - There's a war going on over breakfast and weight loss and I'm about to step in the middle of that battlefield. Care to join me? You've heard it said hundreds of times: ...
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Lean and Lovin' it: British author shares her take on intermittent fastingOct 08, 2013 1:00 pm - If controversy and confusion caused weight loss, anyone considering intermittent fasting (sometimes referred to as IF) would lose weight just by reading about it. Interm...
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Lean and lovin' it: Trimming down a cafeteria favoriteSep 22, 2013 11:00 pm - There's one kind of restaurant that I can never pass up: an all-American cafeteria. Cafeterias never had the historic and cozy cache of diners, even though they frequen...
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Lean and lovin' it: Defining a “foodist”Sep 12, 2013 9:00 am - Darya Pino Rose likes creating new words like “foodist” and “healthstyle,” and loves to eat and write about food — healthy, real food. Rose also makes lists; lots of 'em...