Mashed potatoes or squash side-dishes would be perfect with this.
For a beautiful and tasty touch, sprinkle a bit of turbinado sugar over the top of the bread pudding before baking. When choosing bread for the recipe, look for a cinnamon raisin loaf made with only whole wheat flour.
Pass around a platter of these curried eggs to enjoy before — or with — the BLTs.
Fresh orange juice always makes the best cranberry relish. Zest whole oranges before squeezing them for juice.
Toasted baguette slices topped with purchased pesto or caponata make a quick starter; a salad of mixed greens and sliced red onions is perfect alongside the pasta. Offer lemon mousse for a refreshing finale.
Start with pear slices wrapped in prosciutto; offer a radicchio and fennel salad and breadsticks alongside the pasta, and rich tiramisè to end the meal.
Get your fix of two favorites (Chinese and pizza) in one crusty canapé—for fewer than 150 calories.
Top this nutritious, hearty breakfast with fresh berries, dried fruit and nuts or flax seeds and then pour a bit of hemp or almond milk over the top. Only have frozen fruit on hand? Stir it into the pot during the last few minutes of cooking.
This citrus salad requires only that you overcome the notion that salads must be green; it’s a novel and wonderful antidote to sorry-looking lettuce. If you’re lucky and can find blood oranges, use them; same with the odd, supremely delicious and usually quite pricey pomelos.
The idea is a combination of grapefruit (I like pink), oranges (navels, though common, are terrific) and tangerines or clementines: any citrus fruit that’s more sweet than sour.