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Pork tenderloin with rutabagas and frenched green beans – May 25, 2012

Today is meat day albeit lean pork tenderloin, which is really not so much like red meat. But it has a meaty texture and we’ve been eating veg the last couple of days. John did his usual superlative job of … Continue reading

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Grilled lamb chop with asparagus guacamole, rutabagas and green beans

Wow, am I behind posting stuff. Here it is Tuesday and I ate this last Friday. In any case, this dinner was a real departure from my usual fare. I don’t think I’ve had lamb since Passover, 2011, so that’s … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day pretzel rolls and snickerdoodles

If I only made the correct choices all the time, I would have been done with the dieting portion of my healthy lifestyle months ago. But I am human and when Sarah came over for Mother’s Day with dough for … Continue reading

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Grilled flank steak, curried mashed cauliflower and Brussels sprouts

In a departure from the norm, John grilled flank steak. We had bought a couple of flank steaks ages ago from Costco and then cut them into 6 oz. portions. I am always loathe to eat red meat because I … Continue reading

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There is no light food in Germany

I have tried to choose items from menus that would fit into a healthy lifestyle. Mostly I have failed miserably. Here are some things I have eaten – So needless to say, this has not been going easily. At least … Continue reading

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Dinner at Bouchon

Sometimes you need a little celebration. In my book, a celebration is an occasion for some great food. To celebrate the end of a lovely week with Jonathan, we stopped overnight in Las Vegas and ate at Thomas Keller’s Bouchon. … Continue reading

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On vacation

I am on vacation and will begin posting again starting on March 20, 2012. I will definitely have to come up with some interesting and creative new dishes to get off the vacation eating jag and back on the sane … Continue reading

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Eat down!

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

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Pork tenderloin, butternut squash and Brussels sprouts

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

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Lunch at Bottega in Yountville

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

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