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Don Mauer

Arlington Heights

Contributor at Daily Herald

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  • 1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Don Mauer

    Using quality ingredients like natural high-fat cocoa and einkorn flour can take your brownies from basic to melt-in-your-mouth. Courtesy of Don Mauer Over the years, I’ve shared several low-fat, low-sugar, or low-carb brownie recipes — all of them good. Recently, Nan came across a very old, stained handwritten recipe card for Lillian’s Brownies. Originally procured from a colleague of Nan’s nearly 50 years ago, the recipe had the look of one that had been made many times over the years.

  • 3 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Don Mauer

    Re-create a classic with a bed of Romaine topped with Caesar-Style Salad Dressing, homemade garlic croutons and Parmesan cheese. Courtesy of Don Mauer Has the classic Caesar salad lost its appeal? At one time, Caesar salad was a popular part of an upper-tier dining experience. After selecting a Caesar salad, a service person would roll a salad bowl on a cart over to your table and create the dressing (using a raw egg) and then assemble the salad using Romaine, croutons, and fresh Parmesan cheese.

  • 1 month ago | dailyherald.com | Don Mauer

    Pasta alla Papalina (Spaghetti with Prosciutto, Parmesan and Peas) is a lighter, brighter riff on classic carbonara. Joe Murphy, Courtesy of Voracious, Little, Brown and Company As a column reader, you may have noticed that you’ll rarely read about new cookbooks here. Instead, shared recipes almost always come from food-centric websites, believing most of us do just that — turn to the internet for recipes.

  • 1 month ago | dailyherald.com | Don Mauer

    A well-kept cast iron skillet is perfect for creating one-pan dishes such as this Asian Hot Slaw. Courtesy of Don Mauer Editor’s note: Don Mauer is taking some time off. This column originally ran May 1, 2019. It's no secret. I love my 12-inch, beautifully well-seasoned, cast iron skillet. I bought my skillet new and unseasoned so far back I don't remember the year. Today it has a deep black patina and gets used at least once a week, usually more frequently.

  • 2 months ago | dailyherald.com | Don Mauer

    This cold chickpea salad uses canned organic chickpeas as the base for less hassle and easy cleanup. Courtesy of Don Mauer Other than baked beans with burgers, I have a difficult time incorporating beans (legumes) into my food plan. Yes, beans are excellent in a number of ways: They’re high in vegetable protein, fiber and several B vitamins. I like bean salad a lot, especially during the summer when I roll out my version of sugar-free, three-bean salad.

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