Fiona's Low Fat Cooking Blog October 2007 Archive

Combining fall vegetables with fall fruits makes for a range of colorful, rich and satisfying low fat soups. My latest soup blends the earthiness of acorn squash with the sweetness ... Read More

Chicken is a great choice if you're trying to eat low fat, especially if you choose skinless chicken breasts—although dark meat chicken is fine once in a while. Some people ... Read More

What's more frightening than the goblins and grim reapers that show up on your doorstep at Halloween? The fat and sugar content of all that candy. Now, I don't want ... Read More

I adore rice pudding, and I wasn't prepared to give it up just because I wanted to eat low fat. The answer was straightforward enough: substitute whole milk and cream ... Read More

One of the joys of fall, apart from visiting the pumpkin patch, is to go apple picking. Here in Washington state, we have wonderful apples. We're lucky enough to have ... Read More

My neighbor gave me some fabulous pears that were ripening fast. Apart from making a little pear sauce, I wondered what I could do with them. I decided to make ... Read More

We just made our annual pilgrimage to the pumpkin patch at a local farm. It was a perfect autumn day: cool and crisp, yet sunny and bright. Before we grabbed ... Read More

Many of us eat low fat because we believe it’s one part of a healthy lifestyle; some of us do it to lose weight—at least, that’s what my recent poll ... Read More

Butternut squash and pears go well together in this lovely autumn soup. They’re both sweet, of course, but not overly so. Nonetheless, I like to add some curry powder to ... Read More

Comfort food needn’t be heavy and unhealthy. It can be filling and nutritious like this chicken, kale and white bean stew. I love the earthiness of kale, which adds its ... Read More

The problem with following any kind of healthy diet is that there are certain foods we feel we can’t possibly do without. For many, cheese is one of those foods. ... Read More

Fall is here with a vengeance. It’s wet, windy, and chilly, and my dog is looking at me expectantly: he wants a walk. Well if I’m going to venture out ... Read More