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KitchenKatalog: Blog 346
Saturday, November 20, 2010, 01:48 PM
We wanted something Asian and fast because we just got back from H-Mart (a gother asian supermarket with a crazy produce section, the spoils of which will be posted soon). We just sautéed broccoli, extra firm tofu and some other veggies with brown rice. We added reduced sodium soy and a bunch of other things. We also had a bit of "fried" egg beaters.
Points (per person)
Rice...4
Tofu...2
Egg, etc...1
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 674, 2010-11-20_134859
Friday, November 19, 2010, 08:10 AM
First the Empanadas. We used the usual dough. Meredith made the filling. She mixed extra lean ground beef, black beans, and a whole bunch of spices. I do not remember exactly what she used but it included adobo, garlic, oregano, nutmeg, etc. As a note, nutmeg really adds a cool flavor to beef (and presumably fake beef) dishes. There was also garlic and onions. The filling worked really well and because it was more mashed with the beans, it better filled them.
Also, for 4 of the six, we tried putting some Weight Watchers Jalapeno spreadable cheese (like Laughing Cow) on before the filling. It added a nice touch. I cannot figure the points at the moment because I do not remember the beans, but the beef was extra lean and the beans have a lot of fiber. The dough was the normal around 1-2 per empanada.
Then, the soup is based off my dad's recipe which I will put on the site eventually. The problem was that it was my intent to halve it, but I accidentally added the full serving of sugar. So I added more tomato, water, vinegar and Worcestershire. It was still too sweet. I enjoyed it but Meredith thought the sweetness was a bit much. So, more for me. We used real beef though (pre-browned) so it needs to be eaten quickly.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 671, 2010-11-19_081046
Thursday, November 18, 2010, 12:17 AM
We were looking for something fast (ish) so we made the same basic thing as last time. We did not have fresh basil so we used some frozen. Also, we used grape tomatoes and actually sautéed the onions. It was really good. I thought I overcooked the scallops most were fine (there were a few overcooked ones). Cooking the scallops in the cast iron pan does a nice job.
The pasta side was one of those packaged pasta sides. I do not remember the brand but it was fast, easy, and pretty simple. And not too bad on points (I think 5 per person).
Points:
Scallops...4
Side dish...5
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 667, 2010-11-18_001757
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 08:28 PM
The pork chop was okay. Not great. I cut slits in it and filled it with garlic. I then used some cayenne pepper, garlic powder and oregano. Like I said, it was good but not great. I am trying to replicate what I have had before but I cannot seem to get it.
The vegetables was just a frozen mix with butter spray, garlic powder, cheese and 21 seasoning salute.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 663, 2010-11-16_202805
Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 09:34 AM
We had seen a balsamic chicken recipe but didn't have the stuff so we based ours on this recipe. It was okay. I thought it was a bit more of a tomato chicken then really a balsamic chicken. We served it over green spinach. I think part of the problem was that we cut down the recipe but may have used too much tomatoes. One nice thing is that it was pretty low point wise.
Points, about 4 for the chicken. That's it!
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 660, 2010-11-16_093423
Tuesday, November 09, 2010, 09:42 AM
In a continuing effort to clean out the fridge and eat quickly, we made sloppy joes again. I was more rushed and I experimented a bit too much. It wasn't as good. I added too much balsamic vinegar and I tried adding some Franks Red Hot. It was a lot of vinegar. Also, I thought we had more beef so there was too much onion. Oh well. It was better than eating out.
Meredith made a spinach salad. We used feta, pine nuts and some of the Orange Muscat Vinegar. It was good.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 657, 2010-11-09_094230
Sunday, November 07, 2010, 09:18 PM
The soup was really the main attraction here. We used the purple majesty potatoes, a [very] small onion and celery. We also used a bit of margarine but that could have been skipped! After a while, we used the immersion blender. We served it with fat free greek yogurt and cheese. Sadly, we didn't not have green onions or bacon bits/bacos. What is funny is that because of the color and because we left the potato skin on (extra fiber), it looked like black bean soup. Overall, it tasted pretty good. Not incredible, but pretty good.
The hot dogs were the 97% (or something close) fat free Hebrew National. They were fine. We served them with a variety of toppings including leftover squash chilli to make chilli dogs.
Points:
Soup (whole thing, 4 servings)
~1.25 lb potato...9
margarine...1
The hot dogs are one each plus one for the first Arnolds hot dog roll and two for the second.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 654, 2010-11-07_211816
Saturday, November 06, 2010, 09:56 PM
We made the sloppy joes off of this recipe (approximately half). Of course, I made a lot of changes. First of all, I added some balsamic vinaigrette on the idea of a few other recipes. It was good and I liked the sharpness. I then also used a bit more ketchup and some more mustard. I also added a lot of freshly minced garlic. It is interesting how much variety there seems to be with the tomato base of the recipe. Some use sauce, ketchup, tomato paste and/or pureed tomatoes. I guess they would all have their benefits. This one was very good but, not surprisingly, salty. Finally, instead of the peppers/carrots, I used diced chillies. Pretty low points too. See below. We will be making these again!
The soup was pretty good even though it didn't really go with the meal. Meredith wanted a lighter soup (not pureed and thick). Started with chopped celery, onion and bunch of mushrooms. plus chicken brother (or water and bouillon). Thankfully, the mushrooms shrunk a bit. I added some soy sauce and sriracha plus ginger, garlic and onion powders. It was good but, also not surprisingly salty.
Points (made 4 sandwiches for two people):
9 oz extra lean beef...9
Ketchup...1
Brown Sugar...1
Arnolds...(1 for first, 2 after)
soup...0
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 651, 2010-11-06_215618