Compared to last year’s polymeal Thanksgiving, planning this year’s meal has been a challenge. I want to make something delicious, yet healthy. Plus it has to be gluten free for my mother-in-law and nut free for my daughter.

Like I do every year, I bought copies of my favorite cooking magazines like Gourmet in its last issue (how sad), Bon Appetit , and Martha Stewart Living. Then there were the healthy magazines I have subscriptions to like Sunset , Cooking Light and Clean Eating . I even picked up Diabetic Life and Living Without Magazine (for people with food allergies and sensitivities) for ideas.

The healthy cooking magazines were B-O-R-I-N-G. Not because they were low fat or low calorie, but because they lacked imagination. I get the sage butter turkey thing, really I do. Instead, my favorite magazine was Bon Appetite. This year’s Thanksgiving issue had many heart healthy recipes that were full of antioxidants like this one for Cranberry Sauce with Red Wine, Pomegranate Molasses and Mediterranean Herbs.

So what to do?