By Mondo Times editors
Boulder Colorado USA
Posted on February 8, 2011 at 8:58am

Eat What You Love: Comfort Food Makeovers from Healthy Cooking

-- Get inspired with pasta favorites, casserole classics, decadent desserts, and more as featured in the February/March 2011 edition of Healthy Cooking:

"On newsstands now: Eat what you love. That's the motto of the February/March 2011 issue of Taste of Home Healthy Cooking. And what if what you crave this time of year are hearty comfort foods like bubbling casseroles, juicy steaks, mashed potatoes, creamy pastas, and chocolate cake? No problem! Warm your family up our best comfort food makeovers yet. Taste of Home and Healthy Cooking have it all plus ideas for Valentine's Day, getting in some exercise, and more.

"Now That's Comfort!" (page 23) Our test kitchen knows how to cut fat, calories and more without compromising flavor and these fabulous pasta favorites to fill you up are no exception. Start with our cover model Bacon Chicken Alfredo (60 percent less sodium and calories than – but all the bacon, cheese, and homey flavor of – the original). Then, try Easy Linguine Casserole, Mac & Cheese, Creamy Kugel Makeover, and A Meat-Lover's Lasagna – every one of them good and good for you!

More, more, more? Check out this issue's "Easy. Healthy. Everyday." (48) with twelve fast and filling dishes to warm you up including Pork Chops with Cranberry Dijon Sauce, Chicken Fajita Pizza, Egg Foo Yong, Shepherd's Pie, and Mexican Meat Loaf – all low in prep time and short on saturated fat and calories.

Cozy up to Grilled Beef Tenderloins and Garlic-Dill Smashed Potatoes in "A Meal to Remember" (page 14) – a romantic and comforting table for two without the fat and calories (only 428 calories and 12g of fat (5g saturated)). Then, keep the romance going and work some exercise into the mix with a post-supper walk. And check out more exercise ideas in "Shore Thing" (19 – a seaside walk creates 50 percent greater calorie burn than on dry land) and "Stand Up for Yourself!" (22 – get your body moving!).

Want to "Win Their Hearts" and stay heart healthy? Celebrate with Valentine's Day desserts (17) that no one will believe are lighter and lower in saturated fats like Creamy Pistachio Biscotti, Raspberry Baked Alaska Pie, Chocolate-Raspberry Bread Pudding, and Cherry Upside-Down Cake."

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