Fiona's Low Fat Cooking Blog

Want to know why eating causes so much anxiety, and why we eat so much corn in its various guises? Do you know why we overeat and what can we ... Read More

Fats are not universally bad. In fact, dietary fats are essential. If you regularly read the news, you probably noticed that both good fats and bad made the news on ... Read More

Living in the United States, I'm used to eating turkey at Thanksgiving. As a Brit, I’m used to eating it at Christmas, too. If turkey is on your menu this ... Read More

Who can resist cute little gingerbread men or sugar-dusted holiday cookies? And Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a little eggnog. So here are some low- or reduced-fat versions of some ... Read More

I meant to finish my holiday shopping last weekend, but a big windstorm blew in, knocking out power to more than one million households and businesses in the Puget Sound ... Read More

Could eating a low-fat diet help prevent the recurrence of breast cancer? A long-term study of more than 2,400 post-menopausal women who had been treated for early-stage breast cancer suggests ... Read More

My girls love to help me make these tasty little chocolate truffles. Actually, they’re more interested in testing the truffles “to make sure they taste good.” Sometimes they need ... Read More

The chestnut reminds me of Nat King Cole singing the classic Christmas Song, or of street vendors selling bags of hot roasted chestnuts on a cold December day. They are ... Read More

Here’s the thing about eating low fat during the holidays, or indeed any other time of year: we may be lured into eating more calories. Recent research led by Brian ... Read More

We're obsessed with food: obsessed with what to eat, what not to eat, and how much to eat. Food causes us so much anxiety yet we continue to make poor ... Read More

Make this easy and delicious low-fat gingerbread cake, and your kitchen will be filled with the smells of the holidays. Enjoy a square of gingerbread cake with a little confectioners' ... Read More

I don’t know about you, but after a long day of running errands, and holiday shopping in busy malls, the last thing I want to do when I get home ... Read More

New York City’s Board of Health voted unanimously to ban trans fats in all its 24,000 restaurants, from high-end eateries to fast-food joints, becoming the first city in the United ... Read More

Pies are popular during the holidays, but they can be big fat traps even before you fill them and top them with cream or ice cream. Pie crusts are usually ... Read More

It's hard for me to walk in to a kitchen store and leave empty handed. There are so many wonderful tools and gadgets I never knew I needed. During the ... Read More