Alanna Kellogg

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  1. Frugal Kitchen: Recipes for Leftover Eggnog

    1/1/12 6:30am by Alanna Kellogg
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    Eggnog

    [Editor's Note: As the holiday season winds to a close, and work looms ahead this week, you may have a stray carton of eggnog or two hanging out in your refrigerator. Don't feel like drinking any more of it? Well, this post from the archives includes some great ideas for how to use it up. -Genie]  Read more >

  2. 10 Fun & Creative Ways to Make Hot Chocolate

    12/30/11 4:01pm by Alanna Kellogg
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    Hot Chocolate

    [Editor's Note: Do you still rely on powdered mixes to make hot chocolate when the weather outside is frightful? This post from the archives will help you break that habit in any number of delicious ways! --Genie]  Read more >

  3. Five Ways to Use a Leftover Ham Bone

    12/26/11 9:52am by Alanna Kellogg
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    Bone-In Ham

    [Editor's Note: If you have a Christmas ham bone (or a Boxing Day ham bone, for that matter!), you have a fantastic secret ingredient in your pantry. Here are some great ways to make use of it in the wake of a fantastic holiday dinner. We wanted to bring this post back from our archives because it's such a gem! --Genie]  Read more >

  4. Family Finance: How to Save Money on Groceries

    5/17/11 5:24am by Alanna Kellogg
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    Grocery Shelves

    [Editor's Note: Alanna Kellogg wrote this brilliant strategy post for saving money on food in 2008, predicting food prices would only get worse. Even though the post is a few years old, her tips are still spot-on, and I'm using them as I try to squeeze more out of my family's combined income. -Rita]  Read more >

  5. Tasting the World: Rose Water

    3/19/10 11:30am by Alanna Kellogg
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    Rose cupcake (stock photo)

    "A rose is a rose is a rose" (Gertrude Stein) — unless it's rose water, the distinctive liquid essence of crushed rose petals used to flavor food, especially sweets, in Persian, Turkish, southeast Asian and more and more cuisines. Have you tasted rose water, or cooked with it yet?  Read more >

  6. Greedy Gourmet: Profile of a UK Food Blog

    3/17/10 9:57am by Alanna Kellogg
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    Michelle Minnaar, Greedy Gourmet (blogger photo)

    Say hello to Michelle, the head cook and photographer at the food blog Greedy Gourmet. Michelle is a native of South Africa but fell in love with an Englishman and soon moved to the United Kingdom. "Ah, love!" she says.  Read more >

  7. Life's Ambrosia: Profile of a Seattle Food Blog

    3/9/10 6:30pm by Alanna Kellogg
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    Deseree of food blog Life's Ambrosia

    Say hello to Deseree, a 20-something food blogger from Seattle who "cooks and eats" and relies on her talented husband to "shoot and eat" for her food blog celebrating the "food of the gods."  Read more >

  8. Cookin' Canuck: Profile of a Food Blogger with Canadian Roots

    3/6/10 9:07am by Alanna Kellogg
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    Say hello to Dara Michalski, she's a Canuck (that is to say, she's a Canadian) and she's a cook. That's makes her the Cookin' Canuck. I think you'll love her food blog!  Read more >

  9. What's the Big Deal About Meyer Lemons?

    3/4/10 6:08am by Alanna Kellogg
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    Stock image of Meyer lemons

    "I have a friend who doesn't think much of Meyer lemons. He doesn't understand what all the fuss is about. For this I'm going to forgive him. It doesn't matter that he has a James Beard Award; we all have our blind spots. I personally don't understand how anyone could ever like liver, and I don't understand how anyone could not appreciate the sweet-tart flavor with mysterious, floral subnotes of a Meyer lemon." ~ So writes Tea Austen from the food blog Tea & Cookies.  Read more >

  10. Fish: It's Not Just for Catholics, It's Not Just for Fridays

    2/27/10 10:34am by Alanna Kellogg
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    Fish and Fridays, they go way back, way way back. But cooking fish is so easy, so quick, so healthful, it's not just for Catholics anymore -- at least, it shouldn't be. And while we're at it, let's decide that fish isn't just for Fridays, either.  Read more >

Alanna Kellogg

Full Name
Alanna Kellogg
Member Since
January 2006
About Me: 

Alanna Kellogg is the second-generation author of Kitchen Parade, a food and recipe column that features seasonal recipes for every-day healthful eating and occasional indulgences where Quick Supper recipes go easy on the clock, the budget, the waistline and the dishwasher. Weight Watchers love the Weight Watchers recipes too. 

Alanna is also the Veggie Evangelist at A Veggie Venture, where for an entire year, Alanna cooked a vegetable in a new way every single day and now writes Asparagus to Zucchini veggie inspiration. Weight Watchers love A Veggie Venture too, because all the zero-point, one-point and two-point recipes are collected in the Weight Watchers recipes.

 

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