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KitchenKatalog: Blog 316
Wednesday, February 01, 2012, 09:16 PM
I came across this recipe for lasagna soup from Paula Deen's son and simply had to make it. Lasagna is the ultimate comfort food in my book, and this sounded like a pretty healthy rendition. It was in fact delicious (though a bit anise-y for my preferences), and I imagine it will go into our regular rotation. I followed the recipe pretty closely, except I like to sneak in extra veggies when I can. So when I remembered we had a block of frozen spinach, I decided to defrost it and throw it in. Also, we topped it with grated Toscano instead of Kraft fake parm, and we substituted whole wheat penne for lasagna noodles.
Lighter Lasagna Soup (from The Deen Brothers)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1779, 2012-02-01_211630
Monday, January 30, 2012, 09:17 PM
We made these off of a few different recipes. Basically coat them in a bit of oil and spices, then roast them at 400 for about 30 minutes. They were pretty good. They are a bit high in points for a snack, but not too bad. A lot of protein.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1771, 2012-01-30_211705
Sunday, January 29, 2012, 09:34 PM
Standard Taco Stew. Not really much else to say other than we also put some avocado on it too.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1768, 2012-01-29_213431
Friday, January 27, 2012, 06:52 PM
First of all, the picture was really not very good but it was what I was able to get. Anyway, we made a lunch version of the white bean thing from 2012-01-21. However, we added red quinoa and instead of on top of eggplant, we roasted cubes and put it in. The idea was to give it enough substance (mostly protein) to act as the main [lunch] meal. We had to use a lot more balsamic because the quinoa absorbed it all but it worked fine. The basil was also iffy (it may have either gone bad or frozen on the top shelf), but both Meredith and I are still alive so I guess it was fine.
We will definitely have to do this again. It was really easy and very filling.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1764, 2012-01-27_185232
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 10:33 PM
We made tuna-noodle-casserole with Campbell's recipe below. Of course, we made some very major changes. We used whole wheat pasta and less of it. Then, we added sautéed onions and peppers. Finally, I added sriracha and crushed red pepper. We also skipped the bread crumbs. It was a bit strange and not incredible but it was easy and worth maybe doing again. It also made a lot. We had a good amount leftover for lunch the next day. Of course we used 98% fat free soup.
We also had artichokes and Meredith's usual tzatziki.
Tuna Noodle Casserole (From Campbells)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1756, 2012-01-26_223352
Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 02:10 PM
We needed something fast so we made sandwiches. Mine was a combination of soppressata, goat cheese, low-salt ham and other cheese. Meredith had acroque-madame, which is basically ham and cheese with a fried egg.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1752, 2012-01-25_141054
Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 02:10 PM
We made carrot cake pancakes from the recipe noted on 2010-09-12 again halving the recipe but keeping the spices the same (so,doubling the spices). I also skipped the nuts. It only made 5 but it was enough for our breakfast-for-dinner dinner. We also fried lean bacon. As we discovered, with this change, the pancakes are pretty good.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1749, 2012-01-24_141036
Saturday, January 21, 2012, 12:47 PM
The real star of this meal was the white-bean on eggplant. We had white-bean bruschetta at a restaurant and decided to try to make it ourselves. Except healthier both with ingredients and replace the bread. We made the beans with rinsed white beans, balsamic vinegar, a very little bit of olive oil and quite a bit of basil. We let them marinate for about an hour. We served them on broiled and salted graffiti eggplant. We broiled them for about 8 minutes, then flipped them and did it for another 5 minutes. We tried to get them really roasted.
We also made chicken cacciatore (recipe) with extra vegetables and broccoli. We added too much broccoli and had to add extra tomatoes. I also forgot the thyme and bay . It was definitely okay but not the best cacciatore we have made and certainly not the best overall.
We also had a nice, seedy, bread
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1732, 2012-01-21_124757