About Dr. Gourmet

My name is Timothy Harlan and I am both a physician and a chef. This blog is a general collection of information and random ideas on eating great food and eating healthy.

You can find out more at the Dr. Gourmet web site. Eat well, eat healthy, enjoy life!

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Dr. Gourmet's Food Reviews: July 8, 2011

I look around grocery stores a lot. Not just to find items for us to review on Fridays but just to keep up with what’s going on. I pass by the soup aisle all the time, stop, look a bit and always move on. The [...]

Dr. Gourmet Newsletter for June 13, 2011

Dr. Tim Says….

Last month I talked about lying with statistics and how food companies use science to mislead you. Someone actually does that research, and those “experts” and others are used to put a scientific face on and bring authority to the technique of lying with [...]

Weight Watchers Smart Ones: Fettucini Alfredo and Mini Rigatoni with Vodka Cream Sauce

A couple of months ago we reviewed two Weight Watchers meals, Tuna Noodle Casserole and Pasta with Ricotta and Spinach,that really surprised me with how good they tasted (for convenience meals). While cooking for yourself is the best way to eat well and eat healthy, I [...]

Healthy Choice Steaming Entrees: Rosemary Chicken & Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Chicken Verde

Sweet potatoes? In a convenience meal? Surely the Rapture IS coming (tomorrow, or so I’ve heard). That’s what I thought when I spotted today’s Healthy Choice Rosemary Chicken & Sweet Potatoes. I think I’ve seen sweet potatoes in convenience meals only a very few times, [...]

Healthy Choice Select Entrees: Ravioli Florentine Marinara and Spicy Caribbean Chicken

About a month ago we reviewed two meals from Healthy Choice that included their new packaging. You might recall me saying that with that new packaging, requiring “No poking, peeling or stirring needed!”, I’d noted that they’d shot themselves in the foot when it came to [...]

Weight Watchers Smart Ones : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

Tuna Noodle Gratin and Pasta with Ricotta and Spinach

Our past reviews of Weight Watchers Smart Ones products have been few and far between. Why? Because so many of them have been terribly high in sodium. I was in Walmart the other day looking at the [...]

What Not To Eat: Processed Foods Edition : Dr. Gourmet Newsletter

Dr. Tim Says….

We review convenience mealson the Dr. Gourmet web site. While I am not a fan of them, I do realize that folks are busy and challenged for time, so we try to look for the better choices to help you out. Most [...]

Against the Grain Pizzas: Three Cheese and Nut-Free Pesto

I was standing in line the other day at Whole Foods with a collection of convenience foods for testing, including a few that were gluten free. People are pretty friendly here in New Orleans, and a fellow behind me in line said, “Oh, you have to try [...]

Two Italian Pie Varieties from Michael Angelo's

Chicken & Spring Vegetables and Potato Gnocchi & Cheese

Last month we reviewed two varieties, Chicken Sausage & Spinach and Beef & Vegetable Gnocchi, from Michael Angelo’s new product line: Italian-Style Pies. Despite their disappointingly small size compared to the packaging, both were good and we [...]

Cereal and Gout; Nutrisystem and Coumadin; More : Ask Dr. Gourmet

Dear Dr. Gourmet,

Q: I want to know if Fiber One cereal from General Mills is OK to eat when you have gout. I need to eat it every day because I have Diverticulosis.

Also can I [...]