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KitchenKatalog: Blog 339
Monday, January 31, 2011, 08:00 PM
The beet greens were sautéed with garlic and garlic powder and then topped with fat free (maybe light?) feta. We cooked the stems first and then added the greens.
The chicken was me just winging it. I pounded down tenders and then when flat, I sprayed them with spray butter. I then put a few spinach leaved on them and then sprayed again. I then sprinkled 1/3 less fat parmesan cheese. I folded them over and then quickly dipped them in whole wheat flour and parm cheese mix (mostly flour). I sautéed them but when I flipped them, I added a bit of white wine and covered the pan. They were good.
We also had a stroganoff thing that you just add water. Actually, you are supposed to also add milk but I just water. Even though stroganoff is supposedly creamy, it was low in calories. Also, we added some of our home-made greek yogurt which taste like sour cream (will write about it later). That was a nice touch. The stroganoff is not in the picture.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 934, 2011-01-31_200051
Sunday, January 30, 2011, 07:55 PM
The real winner in this meal was the soup. We kind of made it up. We used a can of tomatoes which I pureed lightly to the point there was still pulp and some chuncks. We then added potatoes, about a 1.5 cups of chicken broth, garlic and onion powder and finally about 1 tsp paprika and about 1/4 smoked hot paprika.
My sandwich was a Reuben. I used less than 1/4 lbs of lean corned beef, fat free Russian, light Jarlsberg, sauerkraut and finally, butter spray with pam on the bread. It made it much healthier. Meredith's was a gourmet grilled cheese with light gouda, and tomato.
With both, we burned the bottom a bit. Even on the low heat, it got too hot. We will have to use even lower heat next time.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 931, 2011-01-30_195526
Sunday, January 30, 2011, 08:12 AM
Meredith and I wanted to have breakfast burritos but sadly, we found that we were out of tortillas so we did what you are supposed to do, we made our own.
Meredith had seen a recipe and we used it. It is below but we made a few changes by using half whole wheat and using almond milk. We had to add a bit extra water because of using whole wheat flour. As some of the people commented, this is not really a real tortilla because of the leavening. It did make it rise a bit and was harder to fold. I will look into other recipes in the future.
For the filling we made it with ham, egg and Tabasco.
Whole Wheat Tortilla (from Homesick Texan)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 926, 2011-01-30_081254
Saturday, January 29, 2011, 11:36 AM
We made pizza using the normal pizza dough recipe except I switched whole wheat and white flour. I also forgot to halve it so it made a lot but instead of making more small, thin pizzas, we made a larger one. Also, I used the bottom of the cast iron pan as a pizza stone for mine.
Even with the extra dough, we had trouble rolling it out. And, I didn't love the flavor very much. I think I need to look into more dough recipes and maybe things that allow for better flavor development.
The sauce was also home made. I semi-pureed a can of diced tomatoes,, added some sautéed onions, and tomato paste. The sauce was better than the previous times.
My pizza (top) was skim ricotta, broccoli and ham with no cheese base. Meredith was FF mozz, olives, tomato and spinach.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 921, 2011-01-29_113607
Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 10:34 PM
We made shepherd's pie just like in the past. The base was about 12 oz of lean beef with onions, corn, peas, garlic and spices. Pretty standard and easy. The top was just mashed potatoes (made in our healthy way). Put them together and bake for about 30 minutes at 350.
It was really good this time (though we also enjoyed it in the past). It made a nice amount with enough leftovers for lunch the next day.
The soup was strange. First, I sautéed a bunch of garlic and then added sliced, pickled, jalapeños which I further diced. I added a whole can but I did drain them first. After adding a lot of broth/water, I added a whole bunch of fresh spinach. I used scissors to cut it up.
The soup had a pretty intense burn from the jalapeños and the seeds but it was good. Different but good.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 916, 2011-01-26_223410
Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 09:22 PM
We fiber-one fried the chicken with egg beaters and the normal fiber one. Honestly, the fiber-one frying is good but not great. We will have to experiment with more options. We are thinking crushed fat free saltines or maybe just whole wheat bread crumbs. Anyway, we baked the chicken at 350 for about 40 minutes
The french fries were just baked with some salt and pepper. They were like roasted potatoes but cut differently and at a lower temperature
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 913, 2011-01-25_212215
Friday, January 21, 2011, 12:12 PM
We were having company over so we went for a full three course meal. Sadly, in the rush of getting everything out, I didn't get a good picture but that is fine because we didn't really do too much new stuff.
We made french onion soup just like we have in the past but we made a bit more. About 6 cups of broth (mix of beef and chicken) with about a cup of white wine. It came out pretty good. I do not remember if it was 2.5 or three onions. I will have to ask Meredith.
We made the moussaka as we have in the past (with points on that last one). It was good. We made it the night before and refrigerated it. I think that caused the bechemel sauce to crack differently but it was still good. It was actually nice because we did it such that as the sauce cooks down (the longest part), we ate dinner the night before. It made this a less intense meal for one night.
We also had roasted butternut squash and steamed broccoli. I think we over-roasted the squash but both Meredith and I like it mushy so it was not really a bad thing. The broccoli was normal and good.
For dessert we made bread pudding again from the same recipe. We again only used half brown sugar and half splenda. Meredith also added more splenda but I will have to check with her on how much. We also added raisins which was really good. This time we used bananas as the recipe calls for. Also, we used whole wheat bread to make it healthier. With the extra splenda, it was really, really good! We will have to do this again.
We topped it with Trader Joe's Frozen Yogurt.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 905, 2011-01-21_121252
Thursday, January 20, 2011, 08:37 AM
We made sloppy joes just like last time from that recipe. I am copying it below. I halved it but replaced the brown sugar with splenda. I also added some balsamic vinaigrette but a bit too much. Also, because it was 1/2 pound of beef for 4 sloppy joes, it was not too sloppy.
The brussel sprouts were just roasted with salt and pepper.
Sloppy Joes Recipe (from AllRecipies)
(2014-01-08 Note, This recipe is now inMy Recipe Book)
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 902, 2011-01-20_083732