Scallops with new potatoes, collard greens and corn

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Beebamom

John makes the best scallops and they are one of my favorite things to eat. On Sunday, he did his usual great job getting them seared on the outside and creamy on the inside.

Chef John searing scallops

While he was searing the scallops, I steamed some new potatoes. They turned out really well due to the potatoes themselves being really tasty. I also chiffonade some collard greens and sauteed them with mushrooms and corn. When you cut the collard greens into little pieces, they take no time at all to cook.

Seared scallops, new potatoes and collard greens with mushrooms and corn

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Pasta, tomato sauce and mushrooms

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Beebamom

I love a big bowl of pasta. But pasta is pretty packed with calories. In order to have the amount I wanted (4 oz. pre-cooked), I had to have whole wheat pasta and low calorie spaghetti sauce with only vegetables in it. Of course there is no cheese, just a sprinkling of kosher salt over the top.

This was totally satisfying. I think I’d like to eat it at least once a week.

Whole wheat spaghetti with mushroom tomato sauce

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Grilled lamb chop with asparagus guacamole, rutabagas and green beans

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Beebamom

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 over a year. Since lamb is high in calories and fat, I have to really carefully plan my eating day. John grilled the chops to perfection. He cut mine off the bone so that we could weigh my portion. I did, however, get to chew on the bone afterward.

As an hors d’ouevre on Thursday night before we went out to dinner with our good friends, Karen and George, I made the Canyon Ranch asparagus guacamole. It didn’t taste like guacamole at all but it was tasty and very low cal so I decided to use it as a relish with the lamb.

This dinner was really delicious. I sometimes miss all the things I’ve given up.

Grilled lamb with asparagus guacamole relish, rutabagas and green beans

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I’m getting lazy

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Beebamom

This week has been all about convenience. Tonight for dinner we had the leftover hamburger and portobello mushroom from Mother’s Day. I love portobello mushrooms as burgers. They are really tasty grilled and I serve them with a little goat cheese spread on the sandwich thin, some sauteed onions and lettuce. We also had a salad. Dinner done.

Grilled portobello mushroom and salad

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Whole wheat penne pasta with tuna, onions, mushrooms and asparagus

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Beebamom

Tuesday was a pantry type dinner. John and I went over to the peninsula. He worked. I had lunch with Sarah and Jon, shopped and hung out. By the time we had battled the rush hour traffic home, we needed something quick, easy and available. I had bought this big container of mushrooms at Costco and John sauteed them up yesterday because they were starting to look a little tired. We always have onions and we had bought some asparagus at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday. Boil up some water and add pasta. The sauce was a combination of sauteed onions, the mushrooms, chopped asparagus, a little of the pasta water and a can of tuna. A salad rounded out dinner.

Pasta with tuna, mushrooms, onions and asparagus

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Gimish (accent on the second syllable)

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Beebamom

Monday came and went. And there was no chicken. Gasp! Actually I did have a chicken sandwich for lunch so maybe that counts. Anyway, we had a ton of leftovers from Mother’s Day. I did give away the cookies and John ate the last pretzel roll for breakfast. So our leftovers were of the healthy sort. I made a gimish of the leftovers. Arugula in the bottom of the bowl. On top, a mixture of farro salad and three bean salad. Around the edges, curried cauliflower and roasted beets. It was not really an acceptable Chicken Monday dinner but it was fast, healthy and tasty.

Gimish

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Mother’s Day pretzel rolls and snickerdoodles

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Beebamom

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 pretzel rolls and snickerdoodle cookies, I was delighted. Pretzel rolls are a real favorite of mine. Hers turned out really tasty. I ate too many of them – some with butter. She also makes very delicious snickerdoodle cookies. Her secret is to up the salt content. I ate too many of those too. Jonathan brought a delicious Asian cole slaw and bruscetti with a tomato/cheese/basil topping. I ate some of that as well. I drank wine. Had ice cream. Sigh.

In my defense, I had a portobello mushroom burger instead of regular burger. But now it’s Monday, and though I lost a few pounds from the trip, I wiped out a couple of pounds that I was down with my binging yesterday. Oh well. There’s always this week and so far I have only one danger event this week.

Pretzel rolls


Snickerdoodle cookies

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Fish tacos, black beans and rice

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Beebamom

One of the reasons I like to have fish tacos is that instead of wanting to drink wine with it, I feel like beer is a good choice. Our beer choice (when not in Germany or the Czech Republic) is O’Doul’s non-alcoholic beer. Low in calories, 12 ounces only costs me one point. Two four ounce glasses of wine equals four points but 24 ounces of O’Doul’s is only two. (I still use the old WW formulation for points.) Unfortunately not every meal goes with beer.

John cooked some ono which we wrapped with small corn tortillas. We added some salsa, cabbage and crema made from non-fat yogurt, salt and cumin. The brown rice and the black beans were enhanced with salsa.

Fish tacos, black beans and rice

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Grilled flank steak, curried mashed cauliflower and Brussels sprouts

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Beebamom

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 have to charge myself so many points for it. However, I looked up the calorie and fat content on multiple sites for flank steak and found that it really is about the same as pork tenderloin.

Along with the flank steak I made my usual Incredibly Yummy Brussels Sprouts and steamed some cauliflower. Much like rutabagas, mashed cauliflower gives one the impression that you are having a starch when you are not. We toasted some curry spices and mixed that in for more flavor. I think we will be making this dinner more often!

Grilled flank steak, curried mashed cauliflower and Brussels sprouts

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Lobster tail, roasted small potatoes and vegetables

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Beebamom

Wednesday seems like a fine day for a dinner of lobster tails. We got a couple of good sized ones at Costco and John steamed them. They were served with a squeeze of lemon. Since I was feeling a bit on the lazy side (since I am not over my jet lag), I opted for piling a bunch of vegetables and potatoes on a sheet pan and roasting them in the oven with a spray of olive oil cooking spray and some salt and pepper. This was an easy, though not inexpensive, dinner.

Lobster tail with roasted small potatoes and vegetables

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