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Chicken and dumplings, macaroni and cheese, hearty meatballs.
Cooks look forward to creating these comfort foods as summer makes way for fall, and the weather turns cool enough to use an oven.See the full content of this document
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Favorite Recipes Get Healthful Makeover
Why do we find these standard American foods so comforting? Justin Oliver, executive chef at Atria's in Mt. Lebanon, which offers several comfort foods on its menu, says these dishes "make us regress to a past experience."
"Comfort foods don't normally change," he says. "Often, they are something you were brought up on."Pleasant memories of childhood dinners eating Mom's chicken and dumplings make these foods so appealing. But, as Oliver says, some comfort foods can be heavy. And cooks and diners alike might have health concerns.That's what motivated the editors of EatingWell magazine to create a new cookbook that hits bookstores Oct. 15, "EatingWell: Comfort Foods Made Healthy." Subtitled "The Classic Makeo...See the full content of this document
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