Davette Brown

Cooking, Eating, H.E.A.L.T.H.y C.H.O.I.C.E.s, & Writing

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Thanks for stopping by!  You can look forward to hearing more about some things I love, like saving time and money while feeding your family good, nutritious food, and improving your health and weight.  I am the self-appointed Recipe Makeover Queen, because I like to take a traditional recipe and see how much I can improve the nutrition while maintaining (or even improving) the taste.  I also like to tinker on my computer, explore my hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska, and take photographs.

 

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I’m a mom to a 14 year old son, a Happily Retired (!) pediatric nurse, and now a writer.  Feel free to ask me questions about food and cooking in the comments section.

 

Take Care Now,

 

DavetteB


Cream of Anything Soup

Cream of mushroom soup (et al) are very popular, if not for eating, for gluing together casseroles and hot dishes.  But for those of us trying to eat better the ingredients in most of the canned soups are things to avoid, like HFCS and MSG.

 

I have a solution for you. Continue reading →

Frugal Friday Tip – Potluck Party!

(above, men do the serving at the Pow Wow potlatch)

Everyone loves a party, right?  A potluck (or potlatch, bring-a-dish, or covered dish supper) is a fun and economical way to have a dinner party without one person being responsible for the whole event.  Everyone contributes; non-cooks bring the beverages, ice, and paper plates and someone or someplace provides the home or place (this is very popular for picnics, cookouts, and church suppers). Continue reading →

Whole Wheat Bread (for bread machines)

I’m calling this whole wheat bread, but you could use any whole grain like spelt (my fave), kamut, or make multigrain with a combination of whole grain flours.  You still want a base of wheat or spelt for the gluten even if you add some non- or low-gluten flours like oat or rice.  White whole wheat is milder for those who tend not to like traditional whole wheat, and it is lighter if you have kids that turn their noses up at dark bread.

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Time Saver Tuesday Tip – Bread Machines

This week’s tip involves a frequently overlooked and underrated appliance – the bread machine (aka auto-bakery).  They had a big run in the 90′s, but now you don’t really hear about them so much.

 

I don’t know why that is; it takes a few simple ingredients for basic bread (of course, you can go further if you want) and the machine does the work. Continue reading →

E is for Eliminate

(This is the 2nd part of the series explaining H.E.A.L.T.H.y C.H.O.I.C.E.s)

 

E is for Eliminate - Eliminate the “white stuff”, that is, white flour, white sugar, white rice, and dairy milk, from the main portion of your food intake.

 

Why?

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