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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Chicken Tuesday – August 14, 2012
Okay, back on track. John pan-roasted a couple of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, I pressure cooked rutabagas and prepared green beans with mushrooms and garlic. We also used some of the mushrooms in a packet of chicken gravy. No additional … Continue reading
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Pizza Monday – August 13, 2012
Monday was just a confluence of unfortunate circumstances. The chicken was defrosted. The rutabagas cut up. The green beans prepared. But the workers doing the plastering did not leave until 8 PM. By then I was tired, didn’t feel like … Continue reading
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Cedar planked salmon with yogurt dill sauce, curried cauliflower puree and broccoli – August 12, 2012
Tonight is the night before weigh-in. That means no GBOF (giant bowl of food) regardless of how low in fat and high in fiber it is. We settled on salmon. We buy it frozen here in St. George. It’s a … Continue reading
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Skewered spiced shrimp with Caribbean brown rice and green beans – August 11, 2012
John marinated and spice rubbed the shrimp with sherry, garlic, Old Bay, chipotle powder and ginger. He put them on two skewers so they wouldn’t twirl around and cooked them on the grill. I added cilantro, chipotle powder, garlic, lime … Continue reading
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Vegetarian stuffed peppers and eating out – August 9 & 10, 2012
On Friday I made some killer stuffed red bell peppers. Instead of going an Italian route with them we decided to make them Mexican, the better to drink margaritas with. They were stuffed with brown rice, mushrooms, onion, zuchinni, cilantro, … Continue reading
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Vegetarian grill night – August 8, 2012
The grill (and John) worked overtime preparing Wednesday’s dinner. First the peppers needed to be charred. Subsequently I peeled them. Then onto the grill went the partially microwaved potatoes. These were followed by the marinated portobello mushrooms, onions, and the … Continue reading
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Chicken Tuesday with vegepalooza – August 7, 2012
How does one eat a lot in a low calorie manner? A ton of vegetables is the answer. Meat is meat but vegetables are so varied. I am always amazed when people say they don’t like vegetables. How boring their … Continue reading
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Lobster Monday with curried cauliflower and green beans – August 6, 2012
The reason there is no chicken on Chicken Monday is because we bought these lobster tails at Costco on Saturday and they needed to be eaten. And it is not too big a sacrifice to substitute lobster for chicken. Here’s … Continue reading
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August 3, 4, 5, 2012 Nothing much to report
Friday night we played in a tennis tournament so John had a bean burger and I had a salad. We actually won two matches. Yay, us, we can beat high school kids. Saturday for lunch we went to the Mongolian … Continue reading
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Fish tacos, black beans and Mexican farro – August 2, 2012
Really there is no such thing as Mexican farro but I figured that if there is Mexican rice then there’s obviously a use for other leftover grains. My side dish consisted of farro from Chicken Monday with some of Jack’s … Continue reading
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