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I was excited to walk into my local library and spy a copy of Perfect Light Desserts: Fabulous Cakes, Cookies, Pies, and More Made with Real Butter, Sugar, Flour, and Eggs, All Under 300 Calories Per Generous Serving by Nick Malgieri (author of the popular How to Bake) and David Joachim right on the shelf. […]

I absolutely love the Christmas season!  As a child on Christmas Eve, we spent the day finishing up shopping and making last-minute trimmings on the tree.  My mom and I then frantically wrapped all the presents (with the exception of the things my dad had for my mom, which he would reserve for me to […]

Holidays are filled with delicious things to eat and most of them are loaded with fat and sugar. When I think of a typical Thanksgiving treat, I visualize pies, cookies, and cakes, all with lots of butter and sugar. I love those treats and I certainly will eat them. But I want to limit the […]

For FitFare’s first ever blogging event, Fall Feast-ival, I am pleased to say we had several fantastic entries. Special thanks to everyone who took part! The whole point of Fall Feast-ival was to challenge bloggers to use seasonal produce to create delicious and healthy dishes. The entries included snacks, main courses, soups and desserts. There […]

We only have 5 days left until the end of FitFare’s October event, Fall Feast-ival. So far we’ve only seen a few entries, so if you are thinking of joining in but haven’t yet, now’s the time!
There are so many delicious fall fruits and vegetables like pears, apples, squash, chard and endive. For a […]

When it comes to dessert, one of my oldest and dearest loves is pumpkin pie. I’ve been known to polish off whole pies in the past (sans the crust, who needs it?). Well, these days I try to avoid eating more than a slice at a time. Pumpkin still remains a foremost enjoyment of mine.
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As the trees begin to give a watercolor painting effect around you this autumn, you will begin to notice that apples prices at your local farmers market or grocery store have suddenly dropped. This change in cost is directly related to the abundance of apples at local apple farms. Although you may be tempted to […]

Peach Melba is a classic dessert. The story goes that it was created for a famous actress in the late 1800s. My own first experience with it was in Paris in the late 1980s. I was 14, traveling with a student group, and someone who was much more cultured than I was […]

Ice cream is one of those things the lactose-intolerant or casein-allergic really miss, and when I was first diagnosed as being allergic to milk, the plethora of soy or rice-based ice creams available now just didn’t exist. The only way I got to have ice cream was to make my own, so an ice cream […]

Sorry, but I’ve decided that the answer to that is no. Any recipe that starts with a cup of butter isn’t going to be “good” for you. But this recipe does make an honest effort to use more whole grain and organic ingredients. And surprise, the cookies are really yummy. I […]