Our Favorite Sweet Potato Casserole
From November 16, 2009: One of our family’s favorite Thanksgiving traditions is this sweet potato casserole. My daughter Elizabeth, who...
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Lemony Chicken with Potatoes
Big news announced today from Weight Watchers! The Zero-Point food list has been enhanced to include dark meat poultry and lean red meat,...
Chickpea Stew with Orzo and Greens
This no-nonsense hearty soup comes from Melissa Clark of the New York Times Cooking section. It's low in fat, calories and WW Points, and...
Tri-Colored Roasted Bell Peppers and Red Onions
You could almost call this a non-recipe because it's so straightforward and simple. Roast three peppers and an onion and store them in a...
White Chicken Chili
In 2022 I posted a recipe from Weight Watchers for White Chicken Chili with Salsa Verde. It was very popular among WW members despite the...
Watermelon, Mint & Feta Salad
When I was a child, we ate watermelon cut into big wedges for dessert. We had as much fun picking out the seeds with our fingers as we...
Black bean, Corn & Pepper Salad
I found this super-easy, delicious salad in a 1993 edition of the Sunset All-Time Favorite Recipes cookbook. I'm originally from Northern...
Taverna Salad
Next time you make a salad, forget the romaine and make this leafless salad instead. It's named after the small cafes in Greece, or...
Quinoa with Black Beans
You know that quinoa has gone mainstream when you can find it at Costco. Quinoa has become very popular as a healthful, meat-free source...
Roasted Salmon Glazed With Brown Sugar and Mustard
Roasting salmon with Dijon mustard and brown sugar is a great way to temper what I consider to be its strong taste. There are lots of...
Butternut Squash Soup
Here's a rich tasting butternut squash soup that doesn't pack a caloric punch. Despite its creamy texture, there's no cream in this soup....
Lone Star Chicken
Following is a super-easy recipe that's perfect for this busy time of year when we're short on time but still need to serve healthy...
Spaghetti and Turkey Meatballs
This recipe for Italian-inspired turkey meatballs is a sacrilege to traditional Italian cooks because these meatballs are not fried in...
Roasted Tomato Caprese
Tomato caprese salad is a summertime favorite, made with ripe home-grown tomatoes and topped with fresh basil leaves. It's not something...
German Apple Pancake
Daughter Elizabeth and her husband Brendan phoned one Sunday morning to say they were walking over with my grand pup, Whitman, and they...
Baked Rice and Peas
The COVID quarantine turned many of us into modern versions of chuckwagon cooks — every night we cobbled together dinner with whatever we...
Stir-Fried Beef & Broccoli
Late Saturday afternoon I pulled a mysterious looking zip-lock bag from the freezer in hopes of finding something to cook for dinner...
The BEST Buttermilk Chicken
Truly the ONLY roast chicken recipe you'll ever need. Every time I go into self-isolation I crave roast chicken. OK, that was a lie. This...
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