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November 24, 2010 - 10:35am

The one cookie you should bake this holiday

By Stacy Fraser in Food Blog

As the EatingWell Test Kitchen manager, I've looked forward to our annual cookie contest for the past six years. Even though I was on maternity leave during most of this year's contest, overseeing the selection process was one part of my job that I just couldn't give up.

We asked our readers for the best recipes for healthy, festive holiday cookies and more than 300 recipes flooded my mailbox. The recipes were screened by our registered dietitian to cull those that were too high in saturated fat, sodium and/or calories.

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TAGS: Dessert, Food Blog, Holidays, Stacy Fraser

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April 28, 2010 - 12:09pm

The secret to baking healthier cupcakes

By Stacy Fraser in Healthy Cooking Blog

Cupcakes are not just for kids anymore. They’re perfect for wedding showers, baby showers, whimsical weddings and even Mother’s Day. This year, my mom will be visiting us on Mother’s Day and my son, Sawyer, and I are already planning to bake her a special batch of healthier Chocolate-Cherry Cupcakes to show her how much we love her.

When I make cupcakes at home or when I’m developing new recipes in the EatingWell Test Kitchen, I try to keep the ingredients as healthy as possible. To limit saturated fat...

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TAGS: Dessert, Healthy Cooking Blog, Recipe Makeover, Stacy Fraser

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December 9, 2009 - 12:01pm

5 secrets for baking healthier holiday cookies

By Stacy Fraser in Healthy Cooking Blog

Every year when I was a kid, my mom, my sisters and I baked dozens of rich, buttery cookies to fill our famous holiday gift tins. I still love giving homemade cookies as gifts to friends and family, but I don’t want to feel like I’m sabotaging someone’s diet with my present. So this year, I’m going to fill my cookie tins with healthier cookies, like these delicious Boot Tracks and 9 more irresistible cookie recipes for 100-calories or less.

To make the cookies in your holiday tin healthier (and still use your favorite recipes), try my ...

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July 10, 2009 - 4:36am

Freezer pops you and the kids will love

By Stacy Fraser in Food Blog

While working on five new freezer-pop recipes in the EatingWell Test Kitchen, I was greeted by, “Mom, Mom, did you bring me another popsicle?” when I got home at the end of every day. My son Sawyer was our official under-5 taste-tester and he took his job seriously. Although his hands-down favorite was the Vanilla-Orange Freezer Pop, he gave high marks to all, except the coffee-flavored confection. Just one taste of the chocolaty Mocha Ice Pop and he declared, “This one’s just for moms and dads.” What Sawyer didn’t know is that all the pops we developed are less than 90 calories each, so you can experience guilt-free pleasure when cooling off with one.

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TAGS: Dessert, Food Blog, Healthy kids, Kitchen tools, Snacks, Stacy Fraser

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