Posts by Dr. Cheryl Winter

Here’s a wonderful, delicious and very clean & healthy traditional Thanksgiving Day dish, from a fellow colleague, Tracy Konoske, Registered Dietitian. Check out her website to also learn all the health benefits of this delicious side dish.  Don’t forget to watch your portion size to minimize carbohydrate. Ingredients: For the mashed squash/sweet potato mixture: 3…

Everyone loves a green bean casserole for Thanksgiving Day, but the conventionally-made one with canned cream of mushroom soup and canned fried onions, just will no longer cut it for those who want a “clean” diet.  Here’s a version created by Diane Sanfilippo, who wrote the 21-day Sugar Detox Cookbook, that is gluten-free, additive-free, and…

What’s turkey and stuffing without gravy? A sin, that’s what! Conventional cooks usually add flour when thickening their gravy.  That’s a no-no if the goal is to be gluten-free and minimizing carbohydates.  Commercial gravies contain flour (and gluten), and who knows what other unhealthy additives and GMO garbage. Here’s a very simple and delicious gravy…

What do you think of when you think of “stuffing”? I grew up in New Orleans, and some of my most memorable dishes were: stuffed artichokes, stuffed peppers, stuffed merlitons, and stuffed turkey. Interestingly, though, although the artichokes and merlitons were a “bread-based” stuffing, the peppers and turkey were a meat-based stuffing. For the turkey…

I have cooked lots of turkeys over the years, but I have to agree with Chef Lance Roll, in his assessment of his delicious turkey recipe. Chef Lance Roll is founder, owner, and operator of The Flavor Chef. He has been cooking professionally for over 25 years in high-end restaurants, conference centers, and teaching environments.…

In case your guests must wait awhile until your delicious Thanksgiving meal is ready, why not prepare this delicious healthy appetizer in advance for them to munch on. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Consider serving with raw vegetables and maybe a few gluten-free crackers (but don’t fill them up too much, so they have room…

Here’s a delicious Thanksgiving (or fall-time) soup recipe that you will love.  I haven’t reinvented the wheel here, but instead am giving credit to Danielle Walker of “Against All Grain,” for this wonderful recipe. I love a delicious soup as the starter for my Thanksgiving Day meal. But be sure to serve only a small…

“Good broth will resurrect the dead,” says a South American proverb. Said Escoffier: “Indeed, stock is everything in cooking. Without it, nothing can be done.” A cure-all in traditional households and the magic ingredient in classic gourmet cuisine, stock or broth made from bones of chicken, fish and beef builds strong bones, assuages sore throats,…