Last Minute Thanksgiving Recipesfeatured
Thanksgiving is the ultimate free pass for eating all your favorite calorie-laden dishes with zero consequences, because the Pilgrims said so.
On this Eat-fest Eve, I present to you, a roundup of some Thanksgiving-appropriate recipes — just in case you’re still looking for something a little out-of-the-box for your Turkey Day feast.
Lick My Spoon’s Greatest Hits, Thanksgiving Edition:
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Friday Freebie: Dufflet Crackle Giveawayfeatured
Canada, eh? You’re so sweet with your maple leaves and your beavers. Your Wayne Gretzky perma-crush and your alcohol tolerance. Your Tim Hortons and your poutine. Your funny pronunciation of words like bahhhsil. Now, there’s another reason to love the Canadians: Dufflet’s Crackle (crack).
Dufflet Rosenberg, Toronto’s “Queen of Cake,” started professionally baking from her home in 1975. In 1982, she opened her legendary Queen Street Café, and has been delighting the city’s sweet tooth ever since.
Today, we are giving away a 3-box assortment of her Crackle. A twist on Florentine cookies, Dufflet’s Crackle feature toasted nuts encased in a thin sheet of Belgian chocolate. Utterly addictive – yes, like crack.
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Yosemite Road Trip and Sweet Potato Friesfeatured
Sometimes you just need to get a little Nature back in your life. Good thing, living in the Bay Area, we are in no shortage of accessible natural beauties. We decided to take advantage of the lingering warm weather and got outta dodge for a weekend in Yosemite.
There is something instantaneously liberating about driving on the open road, music loud, windows rolled down. We saw an adorable roadside stand selling some locally grown strawberries and couldn’t resist. They were sweet and tart and soon our little rental car smelled like a strawberry patch.
Since our day started a tad late, we decided to pit stop that evening in Groveland, a sleepy town about an hour outside the park. Sneeze and you’ll miss the short strip of main street dotted with a few shops.
We checked into the Hotel Charlotte, a quaint bed-and-breakfast (that may or may not be haunted…just sayin’…the jacuzzi tub in the room turned on three times by itself in the middle of the night).
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Friday Freebie: Rocco DiSpirito Cookbook Giveawayfeatured
Hold on to your panties, ladies, Rocco DiSpirito’s got something special for you, and it’s not just his pretty face. His new cookbook, Now Eat This! showcases 150 new options for eating your favorite splurge foods the healthy way, all at under 350 calories (just in time for this calorie-laden season).
As he explains in the book’s first few pages, Rocco takes on America’s favorite “bad boys” — “those foods that we desperately love but that really aren’t good for us.” (Cute, Rocco). He takes dishes like fried chicken, mac ‘n’ cheese, pizza…and makes them over with less fat, fewer calories, and zero sugar, while still managing to make them taste satisfying.
He does this through “flavor-saving fat-free” cooking techniques…like “Faux Frying,” what Rocco calls the “superstar technique” of this book. Using this method, things like onion rings and chicken fingers are made using whole wheat flour instead of white flour, whipped egg whites instead of whole eggs, and whole wheat panko instead of breadcrumbs. Then, rather than deep frying, the breaded item is placed on a baking rack and sprayed with cooking spray, then baked in high-heat. Rocco swears you won’t miss the deep-fry with the delicious crisp crust you’ll get using this method. (Hmm… Faux Fried Twinkies, anyone? Thoughts?)
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