Don Mauer
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Natural salts worth their, uh, saltFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Salt enhances almost every food it touches. Even chocolate-covered caramels topped with a few gray sea salt grains taste sweeter. Yes, I know salt has been deemed this ...
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Lean and lovin' it: Meat's on the menuFeb 14, 2011 11:00 pm - For this lean guy, meat's a dinnertime mainstay. Turning to chicken makes that meal easy since the USDA's poultry nutritional information could not be more precise: one ...
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Low-fat foodies for chocolateJan 31, 2011 10:00 pm - Are you a low-fat foodie who loves chocolate? I sure am. Unfortunately, chocolate returns that love with fat and calories. For example, an ounce of Hershey's milk chocol...
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Lean and lovin' it column by Don Mauer: Expounding the benefits of a Mediterranean dietJan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - We've all read that forming a food plan around the way Mediterranean folks live can mean healthy eating. But, what goes into a Mediterranean diet? If you say a Mediterra...
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Simple strategies for weight-loss successJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - If you're like some folks, the moment 2011 arrived you found your new holiday sweater, the one that felt a touch snug on first wearing, now seems even tighter and it has...
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Applesauce trims fat in molasses cookiesDec 15, 2010 12:00 am - I just can't help it. I see homemade cookies on a holiday table and I have a hard time focusing on the love that went into baking them and instead think about the fat an...
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Cookbooks for gift givingDec 06, 2010 10:00 pm - The holiday's are almost here and since I love cookbooks they are the first gifts I consider for friends and family. Here are the 2010 releases that made my good-for-giv...
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Healthful recipes come to the Thanksgiving tableNov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - How times have changed. In 1990, Thanksgiving made me uneasy. Not about getting together with my family. No. That year I'd lost more than 100 pounds for the first time...
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Kick-the-Can Roast ChickenNov 08, 2010 10:00 pm - ΒΌ cup kosher salt 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar 1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper 1 large bay leaf, crumbled 1 can (12 ounces) beer (any inexpens...
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You can make beer-can chicken sans the canNov 08, 2010 10:00 pm - If you've ever made or eaten a beer-can grilled chicken you know that it's one well-flavored, moist, smoke-scented chicken. Some backyard grilling gurus I know rarely ma...