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Brined Sous Vide Turkey Breast with Sage Spice Rub

November 12, 2019 by Jeanette 4 Comments

Sous Vide Turkey Breast - moist and tender turkey breast, cooked at 145 degrees

This Brined Sous Vide Turkey Breast with Sage Spice Rub Recipe ensures a moist, tender and flavorful turkey. I’ve never been a fan of white turkey meat because it’s usually dry and less flavorful than dark meat. So, I was curious if cooking turkey sous vide could produce a softer, more tender turkey breast. I actually made this…

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Filed Under: Chemotherapy Recipes, chicken, Clean Eating, Cooking For Cancer, dairy-free, gluten-free, Holidays, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, Special Diets, Thanksgiving Tagged With: brined turkey, brining turkey, soft food diet, sous vide, thanksgiving, turkey

Thanksgiving Week Meal Prep Plan

November 18, 2018 by Jeanette Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving Week Meal Prep - sample meal prep for Thanksgiving week and Thanksgiving Day to decrease stress on the big day

Having a Thanksgiving Week Meal Prep Plan is essential to getting Thanksgiving dinner on the table with the least amount of stress. Spending a few minutes jotting down a Thanksgiving Week Meal Prep schedule will make sure you’re not spending the entire day frantically cooking. Instead, enjoy a relaxed pace on Thanksgiving Day so you can…

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Filed Under: Thanksgiving Tagged With: meal planning, prep plan, thanksgiving

Sweet Potato Casserole with Praline Topping Recipe

November 16, 2018 by Jeanette 5 Comments

Sweet Potato Casserole with Praline Topping - this is a really special sweet potato casserole for Thanksgiving and the holiday season. Roasted sweet potatoes and sweet spices add lots of flavor and the praline topping is amazing!

This Sweet Potato Casserole with Praline Topping is decadent – a real treat for the holiday season. Roasted sweet potatoes and sweet spices ensure lots of flavor, and the praline topping takes this sweet potato casserole over the top. I grew up eating sweet potato casserole with toasted marshmallows on top. Although I have fond…

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Filed Under: gluten-free, Holidays, side dishes, Thanksgiving, vegetarian Tagged With: gluten-free Thanksgiving side dish, holidays, praline topping, streusel topping, sweet potato casserole, thanksgiving

Cranberry Pear Sauce Recipe

November 14, 2018 by Jeanette 8 Comments

Cranberry Pear Sauce - this easy cranberry sauce can be ready in just 15 minutes; it can be made ahead of time for Thanksgiving

This easy Cranberry Pear Sauce can be ready in less than 15 minutes; make it ahead of time for Thanksgiving or on the day of the big feast. For the past month, I’ve been volunteering in the kitchen at Grace Farms, a brand new community center in our town, built on 80 acres of open space for…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, dips and sauces, gluten-free, Holidays, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian Tagged With: homemade cranberry sauce, pears, thanksgiving

100+ Gluten Free Holiday Side Dish Recipes

November 16, 2017 by Jeanette 8 Comments

Gluten Free Holiday Side Dish Recipes

You’ll want to refer to this collection of Gluten Free Holiday Side Dish Recipes for all your holiday entertaining. Holiday entertaining can be tricky when you have guests with special dietary needs. Plan on serving an assortment of side dishes at your holiday meal, including a variety of colorful dishes featuring different vegetables, some mashed,…

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Filed Under: Christmas, gluten-free, Holidays, side dishes, Thanksgiving Tagged With: christmas, gluten free Christmas, gluten free holiday menu planning, gluten-free side dishes, Gluten-Free Thanksgiving, thanksgiving

Vegan Holiday Recipes

November 14, 2017 by Jeanette 4 Comments

Vegan Holiday Recipes - please all of your guests with these vegan appetizer, soup, main course, side dish and dessert ideas. TIps for converting recipes to vegan.

This post includes Vegan Holiday Recipes if you’re hosting vegetarian or vegan guests this holiday season. If you’ve never made anything vegan, it can be a bit intimidating at first. But, once you have a few under your belt, it will be easier to adapt recipes to be vegan, or to come up with your own….

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Filed Under: Christmas, Holidays, Thanksgiving, vegan Tagged With: christmas, holiday, thanksgiving, vegan

How To Plan Thanksgiving Dinner

November 11, 2017 by Jeanette 2 Comments

How To Plan Thanksgiving Dinner - helpful tips and ideas for planning Thanksgiving dinner, including a sample schedule to follow for Thanksgiving dinner

Are you hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year? Learn tips on how to plan Thanksgiving dinner so you can relax on Thanksgiving Day. When I first started making Thanksgiving dinner, I had lots of questions. How do you plan Thanksgiving dinner? How do you cook Thanksgiving dinner in one oven when the turkey takes up so…

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Filed Under: Thanksgiving Tagged With: how to plan Thanksgiving dinner, thanksgiving

Turkey Brown Rice Congee Recipe

November 22, 2016 by Jeanette 12 Comments

Turkey Congee - this savory breakfast porridge is a great way to use leftover turkey bones from Thanksgiving

Turkey Brown Rice Congee is a wonderful way to use a leftover turkey carcass. It is humble comfort food. Turkey congee is a tradition in many Chinese American households after Thanksgiving. Congee, also called “shi fan” in the Mandarin dialect or “jook” in the Cantonese dialect, is basically rice cooked in water or broth until…

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Filed Under: Asian, Holidays, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, soups, Thanksgiving, whole grain Tagged With: congee, jook, leftover turkey recipe, thanksgiving, turkey

Butternut Squash Apple Kale Salad Recipe

November 21, 2016 by Jeanette 4 Comments

Butternut Squash Apple Kale Salad - this Fall harvest salad is delicious and packed with nutritious ingredients

Butternut Squash Apple Kale Salad is a delicious healthy Fall harvest salad that is perfect for the holiday season. Sponsored by Peapod. I created this festive fall harvest salad for Peapod’s holiday entertaining theme. Butternut Squash Apple Kale Salad is perfect for the holiday season. Hearty kale is dressed in a light maple apple cider…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, dairy-free, gluten-free, Holidays, New Year, salads, Thanksgiving Tagged With: holiday salad, Peapod, sponsored post, thanksgiving

Green Bean Casserole Soup Recipe

November 14, 2016 by Jeanette 8 Comments

Creamy Green Bean Casserole Soup - all the flavors of green bean casserole in this healthy and delicious soup!

This creamy Green Bean Casserole Soup incorporates all the flavors of a traditional green bean casserole into soup form. Bright green beans, sauteed onion, mushrooms, thyme and nutmeg, and cashew cream come together to create a deliciously healthy and vibrant soup. I developed this Creamy Green Bean Casserole Soup for Thanksgiving this weekend. One of…

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Filed Under: Cancer, Chemotherapy Recipes, Cooking For Cancer, Liquid/Soft Food Diet, Pureed Food Diet, soups, Thanksgiving, vegetarian Tagged With: community, cooking for others, green bean casserole, pureed soup, soft food diet, thanksgiving

Roasted Butternut Squash Cider Soup Recipe

November 19, 2015 by Jeanette 6 Comments

Roasted Butternut Squash Cider Soup - this sweet spiced soup is perfect for Thanksgiving and the holiday season

This sweet spiced Roasted Butternut Squash Cider Soup is perfect for Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season. Sponsored by Peapod. I can’t believe next week is Thanksgiving already! November has been flying by and I have been planning my Thanksgiving menu. I used to find preparing Thanksgiving dinner extremely stressful. The amount of time…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, gluten-free, Holidays, soups, Thanksgiving, vegetarian Tagged With: apple cider, entertaining, healthy butternut squash soup, holidays, Peapod, thanksgiving

Light Pumpkin Pie Gingersnap Parfaits Recipe

November 15, 2015 by Jeanette 10 Comments

Light Pumpkin Pie Gingersnap Parfait - this easy to assemble pumpkin pie in a jar recipe is perfect for a snack or dessert

These Light Pumpkin Pie Gingersnap Parfaits are perfect for a snack or dessert. Greek yogurt and nut milk lighten up these pumpkin pie in-a-jar desserts. These individual pumpkin pie parfaits are great for portion control and an elegant presentation. Sponsored by Peapod. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who doesn’t like pumpkin pie. Although…

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Filed Under: Clean Eating, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Thanksgiving, vegetarian Tagged With: dessert in a jar, Fall, healthy dessert, light dessert, Peapod, pumpkin, sponsored post, thanksgiving

Potato Turnip Mushroom Gratin Recipe

November 20, 2013 by Jeanette 19 Comments

Potato Turnip Mushroom Gratin © Jeanette's Healthy Living

This Potato Turnip Mushroom Gratin is a nice addition to any holiday table, made lighter by the addition of vegetable stock and Greek yogurt. Dried mushrooms bump up the flavor profile in this recipe. Sponsored by Pacific Foods. As the weather turns cooler and holiday menus are planned, rich comfort foods seem to make more…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Clean Eating, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, side dishes, Sponsored Post, Thanksgiving, vegetarian Tagged With: healthy gratin recipe, healthy holiday side dish recipe, thanksgiving, turnips

Gluten-Free Pear and Apple Crisp Recipe

November 2, 2012 by Jeanette 18 Comments

Gluten-Free Pear Apple Crisp

Gluten-Free Pear and Apple Crisp is the perfect Fall or Winter dessert. This version uses oats and olive oil in the crisp topping for a healthy and delicious treat. Last winter, my sister forwarded me an article from NPR featuring gluten-free desserts, and I’ve kept it tucked in my pile of recipes to try. One…

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Filed Under: allergies, csa, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, farmer's market, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: apple crisp, gluten-free crisp topping, healthy dessert, healthy thanksgiving, pear and apple crisp, pear crisp, thanksgiving

Turkey Soba Noodle Soup Recipe

November 24, 2011 by Jeanette 17 Comments

Turkey Soba Noodle Soup

Turkey Soba Noodle Soup Recipe is a great way to use a leftover turkey carcass and meat. Delicious and healthy, the broth is so flavorful. If you celebrated Thanksgiving today, you probably have some leftover turkey (unless you were lucky enough to be invited over to someone else’s house or ate at a restaurant). As…

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Filed Under: Asian, chicken, cruciferous vegetables, dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, Pasta and Noodles, Thanksgiving Tagged With: Asian noodles, buckwheat noodles, leftover turkey, leftover turkey recipe, recipes with turkey, soba noodles, soup noodles, thanksgiving, turkey, turkey soup, turkey stock

Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Quinoa Mushroom Pilaf

November 21, 2011 by Jeanette 22 Comments

Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Quinoa Mushroom Pilaf

This recipe for Roasted Acorn Squash Stuffed with Quinoa Mushroom Pilaf is a great vegetarian and vegan option for the holiday season. During the holiday season when menus are full of turkeys, hams and roasts, it can feel challenging coming up with a vegetarian or vegan main course that doesn’t feel like an after thought….

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Filed Under: dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, side dishes, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetarian, whole grain Tagged With: acorn squash, allergy-free, allergy-friendly recipe, gluten-free main course, gluten-free pilaf, holidays, meatless, quinoa, thanksgiving, vegan main course, vegan pilaf

Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Spiced Pumpkin Pie Recipe

November 19, 2011 by Jeanette 15 Comments

Gluten-Free Spiced Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie, along with Apple Crisp, are our family’s traditional desserts for Thanksgiving each year. Sometimes I offer to mix things up, but as many of you can probably relate, Thanksgiving is not the time to mess around with tradition in some households. This year, however, I was forced to make a few changes to…

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Filed Under: dairy-free, gluten-free, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized Tagged With: dairy-free pumpkin pie, gluten-free pumpkin pie, Gluten-Free Thanksgiving, holidays, thanksgiving, vegetarian pumpkin pie

Healthy Gluten-Free Thanksgiving Recipes

November 18, 2011 by Jeanette 13 Comments

Gluten-Free Apple Oatmeal Crisp

Today, I am sharing my collection of gluten-free and dairy-free Thanksgiving recipes that I have accumulated this past year. I can’t believe how quickly Thanksgiving has crept up on us. This time of year always seems to go at warp speed. This is our family’s first gluten-free (and dairy-free) Thanksgiving. It’s almost been one year…

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Filed Under: allergies, dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, Holidays, Resources, Thanksgiving Tagged With: dairy-free thanksgiving, gluten-free side dishes, healthy gluten-free thanksgiving, healthy menu ideas, healthy thanksgiving, thanksgiving

Mushroom Cornbread Stuffing Muffins Recipe

November 16, 2011 by Jeanette 33 Comments

Gluten-Free Mushroom Stuffing Muffins

Thanksgiving Day should be a day for both the cook and the family to relax, but oftentimes, the cook spends the better part of the day in the kitchen. At least, that’s what used to happen in my house until I realized that so many of the Thanksgiving dishes could be prepared ahead of time….

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Filed Under: dairy-free, Dinner, gluten-free, Holidays, side dishes, Thanksgiving, whole grain Tagged With: cornbread dressing, cornbread stuffing, dressing, gluten-free dressing, gluten-free stuffing, Gluten-Free Thanksgiving, holidays, muffins, Side Dishes, stuffing, thanksgiving

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Grapes Recipe

November 15, 2011 by Jeanette 20 Comments

Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Grapes

Roasting vegetables is one of the easiest ways to prepare almost any kind of vegetable. I’ve roasted cauliflower, broccoli, beets, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and brussels sprouts, all using the same technique. It is super easy and quick, making it my go-to method for preparing vegetables on short notice, perfect for Thanksgiving and the Holidays. So…

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Filed Under: cruciferous vegetables, dairy-free, gluten-free, healthy choices, Holidays, side dishes, Thanksgiving, vegan, vegetables, vegetarian Tagged With: brussels sprouts, easy recipe, Gluten-Free Thanksgiving, healthy recipe, holidays, how to roast vegetables, roasted brussels sprouts, Side Dishes, simple recipe, thanksgiving

Cranberry Ginger Upside-Down Cake Recipe

November 11, 2011 by Jeanette 45 Comments

Gluten Free Cranberry Ginger Upside Down Cake

Cranberry Ginger Upside-Down Cake is an elegant holiday cake that will please any guests. Thanksgiving side dishes and desserts have been on my mind the last few weeks. I’ve been a little stressed about coming up with gluten-free foods that will taste good, look good and meet the dietary restrictions of my son this Thanksgiving,…

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Filed Under: Christmas, dairy-free, Desserts and Cookies, gluten-free, Holidays, Thanksgiving Tagged With: 50 Women Game, christmas, dairy-free cake, gluten-free cake, holidays, thanksgiving

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