Eat Less By Slowing Down and Enjoying Your Food.  Do you find yourself rushing through life? Are you always busy? If so, this could be contributing to many health problems, including weight gain. What can you do? Try slowing down a bit, especially when it comes to meal time. If you're in the habit of eating while standing or eating very quickly...You need to sit down, and slow down. Take the time to enjoy and savor your food.

"Who's having pie?" "Grammama? Uncle Romey? Apple or pumpkin?" "A little of both, please."

We are the family you don't want to invite for Thanksgiving. I am a kosher vegetarian. The ChickieNob wants to dip everything in cranberry sauce and dribble it across your table. The Wolvog not only doesn't eat certain foods but he will not sit at the same table with those consuming salad, noodles, or cereal. Which leaves good old Josh. Perhaps you want to extend your invitation solely to him.

Even for experienced cooks, putting a traditional American Thanksgiving dinner on the table is a culinary challenge. People love lots of Thanksgiving side dishes, but the meal has turkey and gravy which both need last minute attention. Thanksgiving dinner can be a timing nightmare, but using a crockpot slow cooker is something that can really help. Another great Thanksgiving sanity-saver is making things ahead, then just reheating them or cooking them on turkey day.

Any recipe you have can be made a bit healthier. Let's use my World Famous Fettuccine Alfredo recipe as an example of how easy it can be. If I'm not mistaken, Fettuccine Alfredo is one of the worst foods you can eat for good health...But it's also yummy. How do you make the most unhealthy recipe healthy? Start by replacing a few ingredients with lower calorie and lower fat ingredients... • Replace mozzarella cheese with part-skim mozzarella.

Two weekends ago, the hills of Missouri were awash with the orange of peak autumn foilage. Today, the opening day of deer season, the state is again awash with orange, this time blaze orange, the color of safe hunting.

Last night I went to a meeting about a proposed city ordinance to allow backyard hens in residential areas. Although my city was formerly a farming community, hens and other livestock are currently only allowed in areas zoned for agriculture. I'm interested in having backyard hens myself as a way to live more sustainably and because I feel it would be great for my kids. A teacher who attended the meeting, while pleading her case in favor of the hens, said she's had students that didn't know a hamburger came from cows.

It's a trick question of course, but if you grew up in North America and think of pumpkin as being only suitable for carving jack-o-lanterns at Halloween or making into pie for Thanksgiving, then you should definitely read on.

Add fresh ground flax seed to your morning oatmeal, yogurt, or cereal. Start your day with an infusion of fiber and omega-3. Just add some flax seed to your oatmeal, yogurt, or cereal. I usually buy my flaxseed and then grind it up as I need it. But you can also buy it as "meal" at your local health food store. The most important thing to remember about flaxseed is to keep it refrigerated. Flaxseed is very high in fiber and omega-3 essential fatty acids (the good fats). The best part is, you can add it to just about anything.

There's lasagna, and then there is true Italian lasagna as it's made in Italy. Click this post's title to see how The Italian Dish makes an authentically Italian version of Roasted Vegetable Lasagna that is almost surreal, it looks so gorgeous and delicious. There's a recipe too, so if you can find the thin sheets of pasta where you live (try an Italian import store) you can try making it at home.

Got it. By a landslide vote, we love-love-love our Thanksgiving turkeys. But then what? Is there a movement for "Yes we can!"-style change for the vegetables we serve for Thanksgiving dinner?

My family is German. My grandmother always made holiday stollen, which is bread filled with raisins, jellied fruits, cinnamon and other spices.