January is the perfect time of year when a hearty, rich bowl of cream of vegetable soup is much appreciated. What might not be as welcome is the saturated fat in that cream or the whole milk that is sometimes used to generate similar results.

If you’ve never tried a vegan recipe before, this might be the time to give it a shot. Cooks in that specialty have come up with delicious ways to richen your soups without adding to your health woes.
Nava Atlas, for instance, author of many vegan and vegetarian books, including the new Plant Power: Transform Your Kitchen, Plate and Life with More than 150 Fresh and Flavorful Vegan Recipes, is an expert at creating cream of vegetable soups without any cream at all.

Succulent. Savory. Southern. The Mill Kitchen and Bar  is making a mark on the map. As the holidays pass by and the calm of January arrives, it’s time to relax and what better way than a weekend get-away! This charming restaurant is tucked away in historic Roswell, Ga., amongst a small town atmosphere, surrounded by the great shopping and excitement of the city.

The holidays have arrived, and with them cocktail parties, celebrations, feasts and sweets galore! Dixie Crystals Sugar is a staple for everything from the main dish to the delectable dessert spread. This month we are featuring fabulous and festive recipes that will be sure to raise a cheer from your
friends and family.

Since 1917, Dixie Crystals Sugar has been a trusted name in family kitchens all across the Southeast. Generations have grown up baking with Dixie Crystals Sugar products. Dixie Crystals Sugar provides high-quality, pure cane sugar and sweeteners. Products include granulated sugar, light and dark brown sugar, free-flowing sugar, powdered sugar and sugar shakers.

Dixie Crystals Sugar has gathered thousands of new and vintage recipes for your enjoyment, as well as, baking tips, videos, kid-friendly recipes and crafts, printables, coupons and more.  All this can be accessed at www.dixiecrystals.com

Hot chocolate isn’t the only warm, engaging, conversation-starting wintery meal-ender you can serve in a mug. In less time than it might take you to serve up that comforting beverage, you can use it to inspire a five-minute doozy of a dessert.

Kristen is a food lover, writer, and founder of Slender Kitchen—a food blog that believes healthy eating and meal planning should be delicious, fun, and stress free.

After struggling with her own weight loss and inaptitude in the kitchen, Kristen finally found the key to her own success was learning to prepare healthy, delicious, easy recipes at home and creating weekly meal plans.  Today on Slender Kitchen, she shares these good-for-you recipes and meal plans so anyone can be a star in the kitchen and reach their health and weight loss goals.

It is a tradition to have “Appetizer Day” at our Publisher, Elizabeth Millen’s home each year prior to the November magazine coming out. This year, we decided to shake things up a bit and have a “Party Favorites Day” instead. For Party Favorites Day, the entire Pink Magazine staff chose their favorite party recipe, prepared it, and brought it to share, along with the recipe, of course! To add to the fun, we gathered an impressive, eclectic assortment of serving trays from our wonderful advertisers in order to beautifully present our creations. This also allows us to show you that if we can do it, so can you.

Have you ever whipped up your signature sauce and thought..."Gosh, I could sell this stuff"?The men behind the Lowcountry's newest saucy sensation are here to say it can be done!

Karina Allrich is publisher, recipe developer and author Gluten-Free Goddess®. Karina discovered she was gluten intolerant in late 2001—after a decade of unseemly, classic celiac symptoms. She has been cooking and baking gluten-free ever since, serving up hundreds of original recipes on her popular food blog, launched in late fall 2005.

One in three woman die of heart disease and stroke. The American Heart Association is dedicated to making a change by building healthier lives. They offer a variety of tips and recipes, flanked with research and advocacies to educate Americans on the best ways to improve their lives.

Usually entrees are not only the stars of meals, but of leftovers the next day, too. Don’t shun your sides, though. In fact, they often can do double-duty and easily transform into the centerpiece of an entirely new meal.

Melissa is the founder, photographer and writer of Simply Whisked, a food blog dedicated to making wholesome, exciting food from scratch. She spent the past five years living overseas in France and Kazakhstan while her husband played professional hockey. During that time, she learned to be adventurous in the kitchen and adapt her cooking to locally available ingredients. She also was lucky enough to experience a variety of cuisines as they traveled. Simply Whisked was created to document all of it.

Co-owners Amy Shippy and Laura Hale consider their boutique bakeries' success divinely inspired. Both with various backgrounds and a love for cooking, they complement one another perfectly as co-owners and entrepreneurs ...and their story is definitely a fun one.

Whether you are a born-and-bred Southerner or got here as fast as you could, there is nothing more sinful than an incredible bite of pimento cheese. It is in the repertoire of every good Southern cook and a staple at any family or friends’ gathering.

Marisa McClellan is a writer, teacher, and blogger at Food in Jars. She is the author of Food in Jars: Preserving in Small Batches Year-Round and Preserving by the Pint: Quick Seasonal Canning for Small Spaces. She has written for Fine Cooking, Parents Magazine, Vegetarian Times, USA Today, the Food Network, Serious Eats, Food 52, The Kitchn, Saveur, Edible Philly, and more. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband. Find more of her jams, pickles, and preserves (all cooked up in her 80-square-foot kitchen) at www.foodinjars.com.