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KitchenKatalog: Blog 242
Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 03:30 PM
I got this idea from Serious Eats. It is a frozen fruit mousse. It is super easy and low points. You take around 1/2 lbs of frozen fruit and chop it well in a food processor (~1 min) with 2-3 splenda packets. Then you add an egg white and let it go for 2-4 minutes. What you get is a super creamy, low point mousse. I guess you may want to count some points given that it is a lot of points calories, but still, it is mostly fruit
Light and Easy 5-Minute Fruit Mousse (from Serious Eats)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9550, 2015-01-20_153025
Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 09:15 PM
This was awful! We defrosted cod (quick-defrost) and tried to cook it on the pan. We may have messed up the heat or something but it just overcooked to death! We will investigate alternative cod-cooking techniques!
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9536, 2015-01-14_211505
Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 08:10 PM
We were invited to a dinner and wanted to make a healthy dessert so we made Pavlova, a traditional New Zealand and Australian (they fight over who "owns" it) dish. This was our first attempt and it came out ok. It may have been a bit too humid and the oven may have been too warm, but the general dish worked.
It is essentially a meringue but you whip it in such a way that the inside remains soft while the outside gets crisp. Then you top it with whipped cream or something.
Our plan was to use tofu mousse but we couldn't get the silken tofu so we used cool whip. Then we topped it with mangoes. We wanted to do pomegranate seeds but they had gone bad.
Given that this is a pretty easy and healthy recipe, we will make this again!
Pavlova (from The Kitchn)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9533, 2015-01-14_201045
Monday, January 12, 2015, 08:05 PM
Thrown together broccoli stir fry with Broccoli Beef recipe
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9528, 2015-01-12_200517
Monday, January 12, 2015, 03:01 PM
I made another thing of "Original Flavor" beef jerky. I was going with thicker slices so I also did two lbs of extra-lean ground beef.
My recipe was as follows:
I mixed the liquids together and let them sit for a while. I then marinated the beef overnight. This texture was good but I still really struggled to form it. I am going to look into something like a jerky gun. I do not think all of the pepper made it in and I liked that. Less pepper next time
I made about 14 ounces all said and done. The nutritional info is below but it's essentially 2 points/ounce with 335 mg sodium. Not bad. I do not think I will be messing much with this recipe or process (other than forming and pepper as noted). And I do still want to try with beef slices instead of ground.
| Item | x | Cal | Fat | Carbs | protein | fiber | Sodium (mg) | per | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soy Sauce | 6 | 15 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 460.00 | 0.22 | 1.30 |
| Worcestershire | 18 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 65.00 | 0.11 | 1.95 |
| Agave | 1.333 | 60 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.74 | 2.32 |
| Sriracha | 3 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.00 | 0.11 | 0.33 |
| Beef | 8 | 130 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 | 0.00 | 65.00 | 3.04 | 24.32 |
| Total | 1314.98 | 32.00 | 54.33 | 176.00 | 0.00 | 4690.00 | 30.22 | ||
| Per Serving | 14 | 93.93 | 2.29 | 3.88 | 12.57 | 0.00 | 335.00 | 2.16 |
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9524, 2015-01-12_150106
Monday, January 12, 2015, 02:43 PM
Meredith and I made a salad inspired by one we had at Sweet Green. The salad was based on Rad Thai:
"organic arugula + organic mesclun, sprouts, carrots, shredded cabbage, spicy sunflower seeds, cucumbers, basil, citrus shrimp, spicy cashew dressing"
We made our salad with
We then attempted a salad dressing with: (inspired by this image)
We used the immersion blender in a cup to blend. That was a huge mess. But it eventually came together.
The thing is, theirs is a claimed 370 calories. Guessing at fat, it is around 10 to 11 points. Ours we calculated to be much higher. Maybe the nuts in the dressing. Not sure. But the salad was very good!
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9459, 2015-01-12_144301
Sunday, January 11, 2015, 07:40 PM
Meredith and I made mushroom soup and zucchini noodles with avocado basil cream sauce and steak.
The soup was just thrown together. I sautéd a pack of baby bella, enochi, beech and maitaki mushrooms with onions and garlic. I then added chicken broth (9 cups), some soy sauce and 1/2 a cup of finely diced carrots. Finally about 2.5 inches of ginger. I pressure cooked it for 30 minutes. We served it with a big thing of rutabaga noodles.The soup was ok. Not a ton of flavor. But lots of veggies and very filling for very few points.
The zucchini dish was amazing. First of all, we bought sirloin steak and cut it up then cooked it in a pan (somewhere on the line between sauté and pan-fry). I didn't cut them perfectly evenly since I was trying to avoid the fat, but it was fine. Some pieces were over cooked; some under. But it was all tender.
The noodles and sauce came from Inspiralized. We essentially cut the recipe into 2/3 (since that is all the avocado we had) and skipped the corn. And we went heavy on the basil (used original amount). Other than that, we stayed pretty true to it. It was super flavorful, had a nice texture and was pretty easy! It was not a great pair with the steak. We should have stuck with her directions and used seafood. Next time! (and there will be a next time)
Avocado-Basil Zucchini Noodles with Chile-Lime Shrimp & Corn (from Inspiralized)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9456, 2015-01-11_194039
Saturday, January 10, 2015, 01:40 PM
I tried making kale chips in the dehydrator. I just rinsed kale then topped with salt and dehydrated.
Next time, I will toss with a bit of olive oil, then salt and other flavors. The salt just fell off and it was just eating plain old crispy kale. I will play more.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9453, 2015-01-10_134006