Guilt-free (and grown-up) takes on classic comfort food
Do you find that with age you can no longer enjoy some of your favorite foods either because they’re too caloric or just don’t sit right with you? But with such a busy life, you long to cling to some of your favorite foods—your comfort foods for, well, uh, comfort. And with the holidays soon upon us, maybe it’s time to update those foods, and make them more compatible with the adult you—an “Adult Guide to Childhood Favorites”—customized just for you.
Potato chips, cinnamon rolls, fried chicken are just a few of my favorite childhood foods I've updated in my adult years.
Potato Chips Yesterday I mentioned on Facebook how I've discovered a fabulous snack to pair with wine—potato chips. Okay, so maybe I didn't really discover it. It was my little secret that I thought sounded too silly to mention, but one day introduced it to hubby and he enjoyed it, too. Then I discovered the French have been doing it for years.
So when we went to a wine tasting in the Oregon wine country, we were excited to see Sokol Blosser winery pairing different flavors of Oregon-made gourmet potato chips—Kettle chips—with just the right wine. For example, the Thai Kettle chips are fabulous with Sokol-Blosser's Evolution wine.
Serve the Kettle Krinkle cut with Salt and Black Pepper (tastes like hash browns), with an egg, and a Bloody Mary and you've got Sunday brunch. For other pairings, check out the Kettle chip Create-a-Chip challenge.
Cinnamon Rolls Remember those hot out of the oven cinnamon rolls dripping with sugar and butter? Me, too. Too fatty and too rich for my adult body. So now we have 100-calorie Hostess Coffee Cakes—top each one with a dab of low fat margarine, and microwave for 15 seconds or less. Enjoy with cup of coffee. Simply fabulous—just like having a big, fat, hot, juicy cinnamon roll but with barely more than 100 calories. And a lot less indigestion.
For an adult dessert, try the 100-calorie Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes, paired with a favorite red wine or ice wine. 100-calories and 5 grams of fiber; adult bodies like this. (Not every flavor has fiber, though, so check the nutrition info on the box.)
