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This Mama Cooks! On a Diet
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Watch this mama lose it...one pound at a time. Diet and fitness tips, weight loss inspiration, and delicious, healthy recipes the whole family can enjoy!
Recent Posts
Cooking with Truvia: Exotic Hot Chocolate
Truvia™ is a zero-calorie, natural sweetener that's an alternative to sugar. Besides adding it to coffee and tea, you can safely cook with Truvia. (Download this Sweetness Conversion Chart to figure out how much Truvia you’ll need to substitute f...
Virtual baking class with Gale Gand and new product reviews
I love watching Gale Gand cook on TV. She makes baking look so easy (when I know it isn’t). And watching her cook is a good substitute for actually indulging in baked goods. (Check out Gale’s recipes here.) If you’re a fan, Gale is hosting an ...
Got leftover cranberry sauce? Make a Cranberry Apple Crisp
I like spooning leftover cranberry sauce from Thanksgiving on my plain, no fat yogurt in the morning. It’s good on plain oatmeal or Greek yogurt at breakfast time, too. Another way to get rid of it is to mix it with horseradish as a cocktail sauce...
Pomegranate juice for the holidays: drinks and desserts
Have you seen the gigantic bottles of POM Pomegranate juice at Costco? It’s sold at a great price and worth buying to make your Pomegranate Cranberry Sauce with or brine your turkey in. (Believe me, I’m sooo tempted to try yet another brining me...
Thanksgiving sweet potato roundup
While I’m very tempted to try the Lemon and Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes and Sweet Potato Casserole with Crumbly Praline Topping this Thanksgiving, there are a few old favorite recipes that I’m considering too: Common Threads Sweet Potato Pone â€...
More healthy Thanksgiving cooking with Holly Clegg: Sweet Potato Casserole
Here’s another contender for the sweet potato dish I’ll be making this Thanksgiving. This one from Holly Clegg’s book Holly Clegg's Trim & Terrific Freezer Friendly Meals. Even though Holly’s recipe is healthy overall, I’m still bot...

