Brigitte Dale
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Did you resolve to eat more fresh fruits and vegetables in 2008? How about including avocados in that plan?
Fruitcake is the butt of many jokes. Like fruitcakes as paperweights. Fruitcake football. The tradition of re-gifting the fruitcake that Grandma always brings. And that rumor that fruitcake lasts forever (it doesn't.)
Sweet potato casserole, or candied yams as your family might call them, are another one of those holiday staple foods. Maybe you just had some at Thanksgiving; maybe you'll have some more at Christmas. This dish is another one of those foods that confuse people when it comes to being healthy. Yams = healthy, right? But that word "candied" usually makes dieters cringe.
The holidays are almost here! That means it's officially pumpkin pie season. It's strange, I get a craving for the taste of homemade pumpkin pie from November through January, and the rest of the year it sounds completely unappetizing to me. The pumpkin is healthy for you, but then we add all those ingredients that make it creamy and sweet, and a homemade crust . Is it still a healthy dessert?
Halloween! It's the day when kids go trick or treating, and every office candy dish is filled with candy corn. Candy corn has a reputation for being one of the healthier candies, since it contains honey. But I wonder how many calories are in each handful (and I'm talking about nice big handful, about 22 pieces.) Care to guess?
Cool weather calls for hot drinks. My latest guilty pleasure is the Starbucks Caramel Macchiato. It's made with espresso, steamed milk, vanilla, foam and caramel sauce. It kind of looks like a fancy little pie, doesn't it?
We all need to spurge a little from time to time. We treat ourselves to dessert, and the very slurpgiest (that should be a word) of desserts, for me, is creme brulee. I realize the recipe is simple, but there's something about creme brulee that says "celebration!" I think it's the way you get to crack of the sugar top with your spoon. Plus, making it requires a torch.
There are certain foods that I crave only in certain seasons, and caramel apples are definitely one of them. If autumn comes and goes and I haven't eaten at least one caramel apple, I feel a little bit deprived. I think we all have little food traditions like that.
As fabulous as we at That's Fit think this blog is, the truth is there are hundreds of wonderful blogs on healthy living to be seen all over the blogosphere. So in this feature, Fit Links, we'll introduce you to some that have caught our eye.
The latest trend to hit fast food menus is the iced coffees and iced mochas. I love my iced coffee, and given a choice would always buy mine from the local coffee shop. But if I'm traveling, I never know where to find a coffee shop and the drive-through version starts to look pretty good . I noticed that McDonald's even has my favorite flavor, hazelnut, on the menu. 

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