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You’re about to gain weight. Unless …

If you're like most Americans, your weight was at its annual low last month. And you will now begin to gain weight until you reach your annual high in early January. Yup. It's all that holiday eating. What to do? Clue: an ounce of prevention's worth a pound of cure.
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Mushroom-Leek Gratin. So satisfying.

The simple, luscious, luxurious dish for those cold winter dinners when nothing's in season and you just want something fresh. Something that's not a root vegetable. An easy, impressive vegetable dish you can prep in advance for a multi-dish Thanksgiving feast.
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Potato-Leek Soup. OK, Vichyssoise

Just-pulled potatoes at your Farmers Market are so fresh they're creamy. Time to make creamy potato things - without cream. Like this mellow-delicious soup. Earthy potatoes. Deeply fragrant leeks. Just a hint of thyme. Warm and luscious.
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15-minute (Almost) Barbecued Chicken

A really tasty, really aromatic 15-minute chicken dish. Five minutes of preparation. Six to eight minutes on the grill or in a grill pan. A minute or two to let things settle before slicing and eating. Better and Cheaper than KFC.
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Stretch: Cross-Legged Forward Bend

It's Monday. Let's start the week ... loose. Comfortable. Flexible. This is a real feel-good stretch. It'll relax your neck, shoulders, back and hips. Make them feel and function better. A gentle first stretch to get you ready for more.
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Slower Sunday: A Stir

Great way to get an hour of relaxation and entertainment. Look at this. Closely. There's a lot going on here. Enough to stare at for quite a while. Almost psychedelic. I love this stuff.
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Crisp. And even easier than pie.

If you're not quite ready to bake a pie, here's a gateway dessert for you. A Fall Fruit Crisp. Make it big enough to have leftovers for breakfast. I made this one with apples and pears. Add cranberries for Thanksgiving.
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Walking & Eating in Nepal

I don't know about you, but my jaw doesn't actually drop all that often. When I got up to the ridge line, my jaw dropped. Every peak in sight is higher than 20,000 feet - a lot higher. You're miles away from these mountains - but your neck's craned up at a sharp angle so you can see the summits.
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Hot potato, cold potato. Salad. Perfect.

I didn't realize how flavorful and creamy a potato could be until I had my first truly farm-fresh, just-dug potato. Until I made it this Way, I never had a Perfect Potato Salad. And I didn't know why this is the delicious, Low Glycemic Load potato preparation that it is.
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Better Butter Sauté for Mushrooms

The butter makes a luxurious and rich mouthful. Water makes it light. The emulsified butter-water is a miracle. The free water and three minutes of extra effort transform a simple-and-just-fine dish into a great one. With the good kind of dietary fat.
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