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KitchenKatalog: Blog 335
Thursday, March 24, 2011, 09:13 AM
We needed a really quick meal so we made tacos. All we did was use taco seasoning with some tomato, jalapeno pepper and a few other seasonings. It was a quick and easy meal.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1087, 2011-03-24_091308
Thursday, March 24, 2011, 09:13 AM
This is the same recipe as last time, but this time, we use spinach. Again, we didn't have swiss chard so we had to use something else. Spinach fit the bill.
The biggest difference was that I made the pasta myself. I followed the recipe at the bottom of this post but we used 1/3 of the recipe. It was really good using my own pasta. It took a long time but it was nice and easier to use? It was also more flavorful and it cut nicely. That may also be because we used low-fat cheese instead of fat free. It also came out nicer because we used the pan lid instead of aluminum foil.
We also had roasted potatoes.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1089, 2011-03-24_091339
Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 02:35 PM
This was the day we adopted our Boston Terrier
We made breakfast for dinner. There were a bunch of components. First the pancakes. We followed a recipe for red-velvet pancakes with a bunch of changes including egg-whites, Smart Balance for butter, splenda for sugar and almond milk+1 Tbsp lemon juice for buttermilk. The pancakes were somewhat flavorless but then again, how flavorful do pancakes tend to be anyway. I will copy or link to the recipe when I get it from Meredith.
I totally made up the cream cheese icing as I went. I basically used a whisk on fat free cream cheese and added some almond milk and splenda until it was good. I started it in the stand mixer but the quantity was too small so once it was more smooth, I finished it by hand. You could tell it was made with fat free cream cheese but it fulfilled its purpose. Maybe next time I will actually look at some recipes to adapt. I think I should have added some corn starch to make up for not using powdered sugar.
The potatoes were pretty much my standard home fries. I microwave the small potatoes cubes for about two minutes then I add them to the pan. I toss very frequently. When I am making them just for myself, I use a frying pan so I can toss really easily.Because this was a bigger batch, I used the sauce pan (I think thats the one) and was not able to toss as well. I do not know if it is related or not, but they were a bit mushier than usually. I usually let them get pretty crispy. Towards the end, I add salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme.
We did not make very much gimme lean because we had a lot of food but we wanted some protein. We just did that on the stove.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1084, 2011-03-22_143538
Thursday, March 17, 2011, 02:31 PM
This was pretty standard. We made the casserole with the same recipe from Hungry Girl noted on 2010-12-12. The swiss chard was just sautéd with garlic
The casserole is nice because it is pretty tasty and really rather easy to do. My only complaint is the saltiness of it. I wonder if there is a 98% fat free low sodium soup we could use instead.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1081, 2011-03-17_143146
Thursday, March 17, 2011, 09:01 AM
I do not really know what to call this but it is something Meredith used to make. We basically take chicken, put some basil on it, wrap it in prosciutto and then bake it. I cut out the giant chunks of fat out of the prosciutto to cut some calories.
We had to use Thai basil because that is all we had which added a slightly strange flavor to it but not really bad. I want to use real basil next time. Also, I am not sure how much I like prosciutto. It is really salty. I want to explore wrapping this with other things.
I liked that this was an easy meal. We also served it with frozen vegetables and salsa
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1075, 2011-03-17_090109
Monday, March 14, 2011, 10:20 PM
We wanted something really fast and easy because we had a lot of stuff to do. Sloppy Joes fit the bill really nicely. I basically used the same recipe as last time with some more peppers. The other main addition was that we put arugula on them, which was a really nice addition.
I want to start looking for recipes that use less ketchup and maybe more tomatoes to cut the sugar from the ketchup.
This is such a quick and easy recipe though.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1071, 2011-03-14_222011
Friday, March 11, 2011, 03:28 PM
This was unintentionally the exact combination as last time. Like last time, we made the same modifications with the recipe including the garlic, pepper and beef. We also used a bit extra taco seasoning.
This recipe is very flavorful and rather easy. My one complaint is that I do not like to use the premade taco seasonings. I want to start making my own to use in the recipe.
Other than that, we also had roasted potatoes. They were mostly the purple ones with a white one thrown in for contrast.
We will definitely be making the taco stew again. See the post from 2011-01-03 for the recipe.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1068, 2011-03-11_152843
Wednesday, March 09, 2011, 09:02 AM
We made shrimp gumbo in honor of Mardi Gras. We used the recipe below as a base only. A lot of the comments suggested adding different things so we followed some of them. We also used less shrimp (because there were only two of us). We also added the shrimp at the very end giving it just enough time to cook. When we added the shrimp, we also added some brown rice.
Some of the other additions include some chili powder (as per a review), crushed red pepper,cayenne powder, garlic and onion powders. I didn't think of it until I was eating a lot of it, but I added some Emril Essence. That was a nice flavor addition.
We let it simmer for a while. It was really good. I do not know what the dominant flavor came from but my guess is the okra. I was a bit surprised that it smelled so much like gumbo I remembered. Either way, it was very good and there was a lot for leftovers. My biggest complaint would be that it is salty. Healthy, but salty.
I did something really interesting. I made the roux with olivio instead of oil. Even if we used olive oil, this cut the fat by about 18 grams (14/tablespoon of olive oil vs 5 and it calls for 2 Tbsp).
**Shrimp Gumbo ** (From AllRecipies)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 1065, 2011-03-09_090255