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KitchenKatalog: Blog 348
Thursday, October 28, 2010, 09:19 PM
Originally from here but we made some changes.
Changes
Points (from 2010-09-10): 30 for the entire thing!
_2010-12-17 note: _We more than doubled the seasonings and it needed it!
2011-10-10 note: Updated the changes to most recent. See the post for 2011-10-10
(This recipe is now in my Recipe Book)
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 607, 2010-10-28_211943
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 10:24 PM
The recipe basically came from Hungry Girl's "Chicken Enchilada Casserole" on page 66 of _Hungry Girl 1-2-3. _We used 8 oz extra lean ground beef instead. Also, instead of corn tortillas, we used one La Tortilla Factory tortilla with 13 grams on fiber. The use of 98% fat free cream of celery condensed soup was interesting. We used that but I think we could have also used the 98% FF cream of chicken instead. We also added our own seasonings and some peas and corn.
It was very good. A bit salty but good. We put too much cheese on top and because it is fat free, it hardened. We used a knife to cut it but after that is was good. It also made more than enough for two [large] dinners and two [medium/small] lunches.
She gets about 4 servings at 5/serving. I get lower largely due (I think) to using one flour tortilla with all that fibers (becomes free if split) over her six small corn tortillas.
Total points for 2 x 1/3 portions (dinner) and 2 x 1/6 (lunch):
beef...8
Tortilla...0 (when split later)
Soup...3
cheese...3 (and could have been less in the future)
Misc veggies...1
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=15. So dinner was ONLY five each. Lunch is 2.5
2013-12-05 Note: Added to "My Recipe Book"
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 605, 2010-10-27_222456
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 09:48 PM
The soup was largely flavorless. I ended up throwing out most of it away. I really think the larger pumpkin has so much less flavor. Also, I was trying to go lower on the salt which shouldn't have mattered too much for a pureed soup but it was not very good.
I was earlier watching a thing on spicy foods and peppers and I wanted to make something fast so I put some sriracha garlic spread on pork chops and grilled them with a thermometer. The sriracha stuff tastes just like the bottled squirt stuff but has some more chuncks.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 602, 2010-10-26_214837
Monday, October 25, 2010, 10:31 PM
This was very good. We made it with this recipe with a few modification. We used coconut Da Vinci syrup, and we used skim evaporated milk. Also we used less oil. It was also not flavorful so we added more seasonings and then red curry paste. Overall it was very good. We let it boil too much and the milk curdled which was more of a texture and appearance issue than anything else. It was very flavorful even though the pumpkin was not overly flavorful.
The points were mediocre.
Chicken...8
Evaporated Milk...5
oils...1
pumpkin...3 (it is really low).
Not bad for two people.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 599, 2010-10-25_223129
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 07:36 AM
We wanted something fast and low in points so we roasted some brussel sprouts and salmon burgers. To speed up making the brussel sprouts, I halved them instead of quartering them. I like it quartered more but this was much faster.
Just like last time when we made these burgers, we also made onion marmalade. That was also good.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 596, 2010-10-24_073612
Thursday, October 21, 2010, 08:50 PM
This was a very good meal. Meredith found the scallops recipe a while ago and we just tried it. You use scallops instead of cheese. We used regular tomatoes and didn't use as much oil in searing the scallops. We also used yellow onions cooked on the pan but without pam. They were good but I am not sure if it really burned the pan. Also, instead of lemon, we used Orange Muscat Champagne Vinegar which also makes more sense because it is caprese.
The potatoes were a mix of Yukon gold, red bliss and purple majesty. We boiled them and then mashed with Greek yogurt, Smart Balance butter(ish). We also roasted garlic in the toaster and used garlic and onion powder. With a bit of salt and pepper, they were very good.
Points (per person):
Scallops (1/2 lb)...4
Potatoes+Stuff...5
Pretty low and a lot of food!
Sea Scallops alla Caprese (from Serious Eats)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 592, 2010-10-21_205010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 10:35 PM
Meredith had found the recipe for the wraps a while ago but I was able to find it again here. They were good though we didn't look at the recipe before making it and thought it said 2 tablespoons of sesame oil. Knowing that would be a lot of calories, we used only one. It turns out it was 2 teaspoons. Oh well, that would have only been one less point in the whole thing.
The wraps were really good and really easy. The noodles (we used Chinese Vermicelli, which are the same thing) were kind of cool. I liked the spice from the sriracha. The points were a bit high because of the oil and everything else. See below
The zucchini was the normal but I do not think we cooked them long enough. Also, we sliced them pretty thin (second thinnest on my mandolin). Even though I like them thin, I think we will do thicker next time. Less breading time and maybe a bit more substantial. They were still good though.
Points:
Lettuce Wraps (served two):
noodles...4
Chicken...8-9
sesame oil...4
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~8/person. A bit high
Zucchini is about 1 per person.
Spicy Asian Lettuce Wraps (from My Recipes)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 588, 2010-10-20_223550
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, 09:23 PM
The tuna with the yogurt orange curry sauce was from the tuna package. I modified it a little bit. It is about a cup of fat free greek yogurt, a dollop of sugar free orange preserves and a bunch of curry powder. It was not great at first, but after sitting for a while it was pretty good. I then broiled the tuna and flipped it about 2/3 of the way through. The big piece was cooked perfectly but the small one was just slightly over cooked
The kale was also very good with a lot of garlic and onions. It cooked down less than I expected so there was a lot of kale. But it was good so that was fine.
The potatoes were roasted for a while with salt, pepper and a tad of cayenne. It was really good. They got a bit crispy. Also, they were a quarter sweet potato so that added to it.
The points:
Tuna...3-4
Curry Sauce...<1
Potatoes...4
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 582, 2010-10-19_212303