Recipe Doctor: Elaine Magee MPH, RD

Years ago, in good faith, I tried making an oven-baked funnel cake and it didn’t go over too well with funnel cake fans. It didn’t have the one thing they loved so much about funnel cakes — the crispy outside and moist inside. So years later, I tackled this challenge again, except this time [...]

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Feeling inspired to make a seasonal summer recipe? Here’s a fresh-tasting corn salad that you can make when the ears of corn are six for a dollar and you have a couple vine-ripened tomatoes handy. Fresh cilantro and red onion flavors complete the salad perfectly. I was tempted to drizzle a couple teaspoons of olive [...]

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Yummy Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Double The Fiber and A third Less Sugar
Q—Dear Recipe Doctor, I just enjoyed a moist and delicious chocolate cupcake from a bakery and it made me wonder if you had [...]

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[Elaine’s next book, TELL ME WHAT TO EAT IF I SUFFER FROM HEART DISEASE, is now available in bookstores and online]
Quick Fish Recipe–Citrus Glazed Salmon
Q—Dear Recipe Doctor, we are trying to eat fish more often and were hoping you had a recipe you would share that is easy to make.
A—One of my favorite fish recipes [...]

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Easter-Friendly Favorite Potato Casserole Gets A Makeover
Q—Dear Recipe Doctor, I would like a lighter potato recipe to try for this year’s Easter Dinner. Thought you might have a suggestion or two.
A—Many families [...]

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Favorite Rolled Sugar Cookies Get A Hearty-Healthy Makeover Before Valentines Day!
Q—Dear Recipe Doctor, have you ever developed a healthier rolled sugar cookie? I don’t believe I’ve seen one in the column and it would really come in handy through the year.
A—Your timing is perfect because I developed a new and improved rolled sugar cookie recipe [...]

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Buttery but Light Blueberry Shortbread
Q—Dear Recipe Doctor, I am addicted to shortbread and I am begging you to make up a buttery but light shortbread recipe for me. PLEASE HELP!
A—I understand the affinity for shortbread and butter. I’m no Paula Deen though, so I whipped you up a shortbread dough using half whipped butter [...]

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Easy But Elegant Appetizer For A Healthful Holiday Party
Q–Dear Recipe Doctor, do you have an appetizer recipe that is easy but can be served at more elegant functions?
A—It’s that wonderful time of year when we are attending all sorts of work and friend functions, many of which we are asked to bring an appetizer [...]

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Easy Pumpkin Pie (without evaporated milk)
By Elaine Magee, MPH, RD
It’s that wonderful week in November when pumpkin pie and roast turkey are front and center on dinner tables throughout the country. And it’s probably the only time during the year when you buy the obligatory can of evaporated milk. I don’t know about you but [...]

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Fish For Breakfast? Try This Simple Salmon Frittata Recipe.
Q—Dear Recipe Doctor, I saw this recipe from The Barefoot Contessa for Smoked Salmon Frittata and it sounds wonderful but calls for butter, lots of eggs and heavy cream. Is there a way to make this light?
A—I love the idea of getting your daily dose of [...]

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