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This week’s guest post is from Amelia Winslow at Eating Made Easy!

Amelia Winslow is a busy young professional who wants to eat good food, enjoy good company, look and feel her best, live a long time, and make the world a better place.  All at the same time.  Sound overwhelming?  It can be!  That’s why she started Eating Made Easy: a one-stop shop for food, nutrition, and healthy cooking ideas that will make your life easier.  On eating-made-easy.com she shares her (and your) practical ideas for how to navigate the world of food and nutrition sans mental breakdown.

Amelia holds two Master’s Degrees, in Nutrition and Public Health, from Tufts University in Boston, MA.  She currently works as a nutritionist and personal chef in Los Angeles.

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Not much says summer like fresh corn on the cob (NuVal score: 91).  And although corn got a bad rap during the low-carb craze, it’s actually a healthy summer side, coming in at about 100 calories and 3 grams of fiber per ear.  While corn is delicious as is, it’s even more tempting to sink your teeth into a hot steaming cob when it’s been rolled in one of these flavorful spreads.  Try them all, and let me know if you have any favorites of your own!

ROASTED CORN ON THE COB

4 ears corn, husks removed

Kosher salt

one of the following delicious spreads

Preheat oven to 400.  Place corn on a baking sheet coated with nonstick cooking spray and sprinkle with coarse salt.  Roast for 15- 20 minutes, shaking sheet a couple times during roasting to turn corn, until corn is tender and there are some brown spots.  (Alternatively, you can grill the corn on low heat for a few minutes per side, or even microwave it for ~5 minutes instead).  Put one of the spreads below in the bottom of a baking dish or pie plate and roll the hot corn around in it.  Serve when it’s cooled a little.

Maple Mascarpone Spread

2 Tbsp Mascarpone Cheese

2 Tbsp Maple Syrup

Generous pinch of cinnamon

Generous pinch of salt

Let cheese come to room temperature, then mix all ingredients with a spatula until well-combined.

Cinnamon Honey Butter

2 Tbsp butter

2 Tbsp honey

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

Let butter come to room temperature, then mix ingredients together with a spatula.

Chili Lime Sauce

Juice of one lime

10-ish dashes of hot sauce (I like Tapatio or Chipotle Tabasco)

1 Tbsp olive oil

1/2 tsp coarse salt

Whisk ingredients together in a small bowl, then roll corn in the sauce.

Herb and Parmesan Rub

1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese (use a good one here and grate it yourself – so worth it!)

1/4 cup finely chopped fresh herbs, like basil or Italian parsley

1 Tbsp olive oil

1/4 tsp salt

In a baking dish, mix the grated cheese, salt, and herbs.  Rub the olive oil on the corn with your fingers, then roll around in the cheese-herb mixture.  Enjoy!

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