Roasted Brussels Sprouts

@nutritionjill @davidgrotto @sarahjaneRD @writerunlive Yum on the roasted Brussels sprouts. Try with a drizzle of walnut or hazelnut oil.

Cooking by Number – Stir-Fry

One of my sons used to groan when homemade stir-fry was on our dinner menu. After all, Asian cooking is not in our culinary genes, except to order in a Chinese restaurant. But two things helped turn him around – his non-Chinese nutrition professor at Cornell, who cooked a stir-fry in the lecture hall that

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Cooking By Number – Muffins

Last week, I spoke for a group of nursery school teachers on healthy snacks for preschoolers. When I asked the director whether the kids cooked in school, she mentioned that they made muffins but needed healthier ideas. Hey, who says muffins can’t be healthy? These get their moisture from pureed fruit or veggies. You can

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Shop BedBathBeyond to LoseWeight

Did you know that getting different plates, bowls, and table linens might boost your weight loss efforts by helping you manage portions?

In a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, people ate less when the color of the plate and the food on the plate contrasted, such as pasta in red sauce on

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Cooking by Number -- Bean Soup

With winter on the way — never mind the sneak preview of snow in New York in late October — the weather is perfect for bean soup. By beans, I mean the whole family of legumes, including black beans, white beans, pinto beans, split peas, and lentils. And there’s a lot to love: • Beans

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Cooking by Number -- Main Dish Salads

It’s Thanksgiving week and the official start to the holiday season. What a perfect time to look for ways to get through November and December with your weight and health more or less intact. So I’m kicking off my Monday blog post with Cooking by Number.

Did you ever “paint by number”? You start

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Canning As Therapy -- A Bushel of Peaches, 48 hours

For the past two months, I’ve been pestering my farmer’s market friend Sharon, of Mead Orchards in Tivoli, NY, to sell me a basket of peach seconds. I have fond memories of the crazy weekend I spent a few years back making peach ice cream, jam, and pies in 100 degree heat after buying a

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Where's the middle ground?

Delicious food, sometime homey and sometime fancy, made and eaten in a healthy way. http://t.co/wd3SIW4

Taste Buds Need Time To Adapt

Liked it better when Campbell’s quietly lowered sodium stealthfully. Taste buds need time to adapt http://t.co/ODOFG9v via @FoodNavigatorUS

Saveur Announces Best Food Blogs

Saveur announces best food blogs. Can’t wait to visit them. http://t.co/KKTBmU9