Healthy Recipe Makeovers

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Healthy Chicken Piccata and More Favorite Italian Recipes

Cheesy lasagna, buttery chicken piccata, fried eggplant parm, those are all Italian, right? So they qualify as Mediterranean and thus healthy. Unfortunately many of those Italian classics have been Americanized in a not-so-healthy way. Fortunately it’s easy to reinterpret...

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Grilled Cheese Goes Gourmet

I did a quick Google search for “grilled cheese” and the first recipe I saw called for “2 slices cheese, 2 slices white bread and 2 tablespoons butter.” That’s for one sandwich. A seemingly innocent sandwich like a plain old grilled cheese is apparently not so innocent...

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Healthy Beef Stroganoff

Beef Stroganoff originated in Russia, but has migrated all over the world from China to Brazil, and became wildly popular in the U.S. in the 1950s (the ultimate comfort food era). Our Beef Stroganoff with Portobello Mushrooms, of course, is healthier and tastier than a...

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Mac & Cheese Made Healthy

We took this yummy shot of Baked Mac & Cheese for the cover of our book, Comfort Foods Made Healthy. Mac-and-cheese didn’t end up on the cover (twice-baked stuffed potatoes won that spot) but it doesn’t change the fact that mac-and-cheese is an all-time crowd-pleaser....

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