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On Friday we were in full throttle eat down. We are leaving for Indian Wells on Sunday to attend the BNP Paribas Open. That’s tennis for the uninitiated. No doubt there will be a lot of challenges in the coming … Continue reading →

The pork tenderloin dinner is kind of a replay of a usual chicken Monday. Since we had the exotic curried chicken on Monday, a straight-forward dinner seemed the right choice for Tuesday. John roasted the pork tenderloin in the oven … Continue reading →

Last week was a hard, hard week from a losing weight perspective. We went out to dinner on Wednesday. We had friends over for drinks and hors d’oeuvres on Friday. And we took Sarah up to Napa Valley for a … Continue reading →

Last night we went out to dinner. Dining out is a rare occurrence around here. It is just too difficult to eat correctly when dining out. So back to the straight and narrow today. Unusually, though, we had beef. We … Continue reading →

Jonathan, Nathan and Sam came over on Friday night for a sleepover. Ryan was celebrating the end of her current employment regime with her friends. Of course we needed to have what everyone loves for dinner. As soon as Nathan … Continue reading →

I would love to say that I ate perfectly at my sister’s Super Bowl party. But I didn’t. It’s Monday now and I think I can manage today without recriminations. Just got to get back on the diet train. There … Continue reading →

Date Night dinner! And what says love better than scallops. John knows that scallops are my favorite seafood – probably my favorite protein. For Mother’s Day one year, Jonathan made a dish of butter braised leeks, mashed potatoes, scallops and … Continue reading →

John and I have been exercising a lot! Sometimes we play tennis twice a day. Yesterday I did a combined three mile run and walk plus played tennis for an hour and a half in the afternoon. We are very … Continue reading →

For some reason I thought it would be easy to eat correctly here in Marco Island. There’s a great fish store and a nice farmer’s market on Wednesdays. What I hadn’t counted on was the corrupting influence of family. First, … Continue reading →

I know, it’s chicken Monday. But I decided to break with tradition and serve the quintessential south Florida fish, the grouper. John cooked the grouper perfectly. First he got the pan really, really hot and then seared the grouper on … Continue reading →