While you’re at it, try their new Mighty Maple peanut butter (blended with real maple syrup) with bacon on whole grain or white toast. Garnish with some apple slices. Buy $30 worth of PB&C products online, and you’ll receive a free jar of Mighty Maple peanut butter. Enter coupon code MM888 in the “Coupon Code” field located in the online basket (reachable by clicking the “My Shopping Cart” link in the upper-right hand side at the company website, ilovepeanutbutter.com). The offer ends November 30, 2008.

In the U.S., alcoholic cider is called hard cider, and it’s becoming more popular. Like wine, it has a relatively high concentration of antioxidants—but enjoy it for the crisp, refreshing taste!

Gather up as many brands as you can, and invite friends over for a hard cider tasting. You can serve hard cider with any snack or food you’d serve with beer, but the sweetness of cider allows you to serve desserts with it, too, especially apple desserts (pie, crumble, bread pudding). For snacks, hearty cheeses and charcuterie; for main courses, pork, chicken and sausages, soups, stews, fondue. In fact, you can substitute hard cider for wine in most recipes and drink the cider along with the meal.

You’ll find hard ciders from the U.S., England, and Magners Irish Cider, the only hard cider imported from Ireland (and made from 17 varieties of apples). It has 4.5% alcohol and only 215 calories per pint bottle. You can learn more about Cider production at Magners.com.

-White meat has less fat and fewer calories than dark meat. If you brine your turkey or use the Turkey Cannon, the white meat will be so moist, a dark-meat lover won’t be disappointed.

-With a moister turkey, you don’t need gravy; but instead of heavy gravy, serve the turkey au jus instead.

-Try mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes. The consistency is similar; you’ll save on carbs and enjoy the benefit of the high-antioxidant cruciferous vegetable group, of which cauliflower and broccoli are two famous members.

-Pie is a no-win situation. Some of THE NIBBLE Editors’ favorite substitutes include baked apple, with a minimal amount of sugar (you can add non-calorie sweetener afterward) and sorbet (look for seasonal flavors like cranberry from artisan producers). Or get a sculpted fruit basket from Edible Arrangements—fruit made so pretty that most people will forget about the pie (or at least, about the second piece of pie).

Vive la liberté: Liberté Yogurt has introduced two fab new flavors into its Mediteranée line of yogurts, and we think we like them even better than all of the other flavors. That’s saying a lot, since we have long been enamored of the entire line.

The new flavors, Coconut and Lemon, taste exactly like pudding—you could serve them for dessert or use them as a cake filling.

These all-natural cow’s milk yogurts, made with rBGH-free Vermont cow’s milk, are a favorite at THE NIBBLE for light lunches and snacking.

For people who want live cultures, but don’t like the tangy taste that accompanies many yogurts, this is your line. It tastes like Devonshire cream, yet contains active acidophilus/bifidus Bioghurt® cultures, which helps the body’s digestive system.

Another tip along these lines is Bufala di Vermont, made of sweet, creamy water buffalo’s milk (like the mozzarella). Their yogurt tastes like panna cotta. [EDITOR’S NOTE: Alas, this wonderful line is no more.]

Serve either of these brands to guests (or kids), and no one will know they’re eating yogurt!