Don Mauer
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Holiday cookies connect generationsDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Food and family are inextricably intertwined at my holiday get-togethers. Both my grandmother's were excellent cooks and both created holiday meals and goodies that stil...
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Lean holiday goodies from the kitchenDec 02, 2008 10:00 pm - If you're like me, you've started thinking about Holiday gifts. When it comes to homemade food and gifts, friends and family expect lean Holiday goodies from my kitchen....
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Proper potatoes, smart substitutions make great mashersNov 23, 2008 10:00 pm - Does your vision of Thanksgiving Day dinner include a serving dish mounded high with steaming mashed potatoes, dusted with paprika with melting butter streaming down the...
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Technique key to keeping Thanksgiving leanNov 18, 2008 10:00 pm - Homemade, traditional Thanksgiving dinners carry with them the hope for a kitchen filled with the intoxicating aromas of roasting turkey and herb dressing, the earthy fr...
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Avoid derailing diet during holidaysNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - If you've been watching what you eat and have either lost weight or kept it off this year, map your strategy now for navigating the treacherous stretch from Thanksgiving...
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Some sweet facts about sweet potatoesNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - They're sweet, but with no artificial sugar, packed with vitamin A (one large contains more than 34,000 IU), containing almost as much potassium as bananas (422 mg vs. 5...
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Lean muffins, good coffee worth waking up forOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - For many folks, morning doesn't begin until they've had a cup of coffee. For years that's meant stopping at the local Java Joes, yet in this tough economy, those morning...
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Restaurant desserts can fit into lean eating planOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - With high gas prices and what appears to be regular bad economic news, many of us dine out less. This may be a good thing for those of us concerned about losing or maint...
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Bigger prices come in smaller package sizesOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Last weekend, while scraping the last of some reduced-fat mayonnaise out of its quart jar, I peered inside and noticed a hump in the jar's bottom. Curious, I turned the ...
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Leave the pumping up for the gym; I want my meat unenhancedOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Over the past few years, when you've shopped for fresh meat or poultry, you may have noticed labels with the word "enhanced" on them. And, if you shop at Wal-Mart, nearl...