Tag: chocolate
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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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Getting Back on Track
Despite our best laid plans, it’s easy to overdo it—especially on holidays. During the last few days, we celebrated a birthday as well as the birth of our country, with double the goodies. And as I have confessed before, chocolate and other desserts are my kryptonite. Fortunately, I have found a few tricks to help…
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Make It Count
I can’t tell you how many times friends have lamented that eating healthy is so difficult. And while I agree it can be disappointing if you’re trying to retrofit a “low-fat” lifestyle into your old way of looking at food, I have found that eating healthy has changed our perspective, helping us to focus on…
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Chocolate Satisfaction
In addition to warm savory dishes, I also long for chocolate on cold winter days. And most other days, if the truth be told! When the craving hit on a recent weekday evening, I turned to a recipe my cousin gave me long ago: Chocolate Cherry Cake Preheat oven to 350°F and combine the following…
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Turtle Cake
One of my readers asked for dessert recipes in response to my last post on my family reunion. Although I don’t have recipes for many of my extended family’s desserts, here’s one for a cake that I had hoped to bring to the reunion. Given our recent heat wave, though, I opted to save it…
La Dolce Vita: Our Heart-Healthy Culinary Journey 