When the arrival of our twins expanded our family’s Thanksgiving table from 3 to 5 in early November of 2008, we knew we had to hack Thanksgiving dinner. We purchased a local grocery store’s complete meal package to control the chaos. We were pleasantly surprised that 1) the meal was delicious and 2) the prep […]
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A note from Mary: Chris created this Low Sodium Crostini with Prosciutto & Pear recipe back in 2017 after we enjoyed a fabulous dinner date together. Below you’ll find his original words describing the inspiration for the recipe and his creation process. I may be biased, but one of his many talents was his amazing
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Low Sodium Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes I will apologize now, but these mashed potatoes will ruin you for all others. Normally, I am not one to brag, but these mashed potatoes are a home run! Out of the park! Grand slam with bases loaded! OK. Now that I have that out of my system, let’s
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Low Sodium Yorkshire Pudding Or Popovers Christmas dinner in our house meant Prime Rib and Yorkshire Pudding. No, it’s not a pudding as in a dessert as you may first think. It is a traditional baked savory pudding that turns into a bread like roll. Sometimes it is baked as large as a pie crust
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Low Sodium Prime Rib Roast And Beef Au Jus How do you celebrate the holidays? In our house it is Christmas that we celebrate. Christmas morning is spent with just us and the kids for breakfast. Traditionally then, we are off to spend time with extended family later that day. The big meal we eat
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Low Sodium Sweet Potato Casserole With Pecan Praline Topping Are you one of those people that grew up on that super sugary sweet potato casserole with marshmallow topping? I was and it lead to me hating sweet potatoes. I remember it just sat in your stomach like a rock after the turkey and stuffing. It
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The Best Low Sodium Dinner Rolls We all remember those silver dollar rolls of fluffy white bread that mom heated up and served in a cloth napkin wrapped bowl. They were fluffy and lighter than air. The butter would soak right in. There might be a scuffle if you or your sibling reached for the
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Low Sodium Slow-Cooker Cranberry Balsamic Brussels Sprouts My slow-cooker (crockpot) seems to be always on during the fall. I love to make so many tasty warm dishes that I can load up in the morning and have it ready by dinner time. Fall is also a huge baking and cooking time for my family, as
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Easy Low Sodium Slow-Cooker Cranberry Sauce Let’s face it. If we are being totally honest, Cranberry Sauce is usually the afterthought dish of Thanksgiving. We should actually have a little more respect for this fruit that is one of the native North American fruits. In the days of the first Thanksgiving, cranberries would most likely
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If you grew up in a neighborhood where there were Christmas Cookie Exchanges, you were truly blessed! It typically meant your house was filled with many varieties of baked goodies through the Holiday Season. At one point our neighborhood was up to 15 neighbors who participate. You made 16 dozen cookies. One dozen to keep
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