Tag: baking
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Birthday Pie During Pumpkin Spice Season
When my kids were small, I spent the month of October cranking out cakes, cupcakes and cookies for their birthdays—treats for school, family gatherings and parties with their friends. Meanwhile, I also conjured up Halloween costumes for trick-or-treating. It was a busy month. One creation that was fun to make was my daughter’s castle cake…
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5 Ways to Slash Sugar When Baking
With the many varieties of apples available at farmstands, we have entered one of the best baking seasons of the year. As I’ve written before, although we try to focus on whole grains, lean proteins, fruit and vegetables, and healthy fats in our diet, our cravings for sugar remain a stumbling block. I’m not tempted…
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Peaches and Pastry
Peach season is one of my favorites—whether I am baking a peach pie or crisp, dicing peaches for salsa to accompany chicken or simply biting into a blushing peach out of my hand, with the juice running down my arm. According to tradition, each summer I bake a peach pie for Dan, whose birthday falls…
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Weighing In for Healthy Meals
When I’m rushing to get dinner on the table, it’s easy to become slapdash with recipe measurements, but it’s important to pull out those measuring cups and spoons when preparing heart-healthy recipes. It’s very tempting to pour a swirl of olive oil into a pan, estimating that I have about a tablespoon, but if I…
La Dolce Vita: Our Heart-Healthy Culinary Journey 