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KitchenKatalog: Blog 242
Monday, January 12, 2015, 08:05 PM
Thrown together broccoli stir fry with Broccoli Beef recipe
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9528, 2015-01-12_200517
Monday, January 12, 2015, 03:01 PM
I made another thing of "Original Flavor" beef jerky. I was going with thicker slices so I also did two lbs of extra-lean ground beef.
My recipe was as follows:
I mixed the liquids together and let them sit for a while. I then marinated the beef overnight. This texture was good but I still really struggled to form it. I am going to look into something like a jerky gun. I do not think all of the pepper made it in and I liked that. Less pepper next time
I made about 14 ounces all said and done. The nutritional info is below but it's essentially 2 points/ounce with 335 mg sodium. Not bad. I do not think I will be messing much with this recipe or process (other than forming and pepper as noted). And I do still want to try with beef slices instead of ground.
| Item | x | Cal | Fat | Carbs | protein | fiber | Sodium (mg) | per | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soy Sauce | 6 | 15 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 460.00 | 0.22 | 1.30 |
| Worcestershire | 18 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 65.00 | 0.11 | 1.95 |
| Agave | 1.333 | 60 | 0.00 | 16.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.74 | 2.32 |
| Sriracha | 3 | 5 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80.00 | 0.11 | 0.33 |
| Beef | 8 | 130 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 22.00 | 0.00 | 65.00 | 3.04 | 24.32 |
| Total | 1314.98 | 32.00 | 54.33 | 176.00 | 0.00 | 4690.00 | 30.22 | ||
| Per Serving | 14 | 93.93 | 2.29 | 3.88 | 12.57 | 0.00 | 335.00 | 2.16 |
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9524, 2015-01-12_150106
Monday, January 12, 2015, 02:43 PM
Meredith and I made a salad inspired by one we had at Sweet Green. The salad was based on Rad Thai:
"organic arugula + organic mesclun, sprouts, carrots, shredded cabbage, spicy sunflower seeds, cucumbers, basil, citrus shrimp, spicy cashew dressing"
We made our salad with
We then attempted a salad dressing with: (inspired by this image)
We used the immersion blender in a cup to blend. That was a huge mess. But it eventually came together.
The thing is, theirs is a claimed 370 calories. Guessing at fat, it is around 10 to 11 points. Ours we calculated to be much higher. Maybe the nuts in the dressing. Not sure. But the salad was very good!
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9459, 2015-01-12_144301
Sunday, January 11, 2015, 07:40 PM
Meredith and I made mushroom soup and zucchini noodles with avocado basil cream sauce and steak.
The soup was just thrown together. I sautéd a pack of baby bella, enochi, beech and maitaki mushrooms with onions and garlic. I then added chicken broth (9 cups), some soy sauce and 1/2 a cup of finely diced carrots. Finally about 2.5 inches of ginger. I pressure cooked it for 30 minutes. We served it with a big thing of rutabaga noodles.The soup was ok. Not a ton of flavor. But lots of veggies and very filling for very few points.
The zucchini dish was amazing. First of all, we bought sirloin steak and cut it up then cooked it in a pan (somewhere on the line between sauté and pan-fry). I didn't cut them perfectly evenly since I was trying to avoid the fat, but it was fine. Some pieces were over cooked; some under. But it was all tender.
The noodles and sauce came from Inspiralized. We essentially cut the recipe into 2/3 (since that is all the avocado we had) and skipped the corn. And we went heavy on the basil (used original amount). Other than that, we stayed pretty true to it. It was super flavorful, had a nice texture and was pretty easy! It was not a great pair with the steak. We should have stuck with her directions and used seafood. Next time! (and there will be a next time)
Avocado-Basil Zucchini Noodles with Chile-Lime Shrimp & Corn (from Inspiralized)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9456, 2015-01-11_194039
Saturday, January 10, 2015, 01:40 PM
I tried making kale chips in the dehydrator. I just rinsed kale then topped with salt and dehydrated.
Next time, I will toss with a bit of olive oil, then salt and other flavors. The salt just fell off and it was just eating plain old crispy kale. I will play more.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9453, 2015-01-10_134006
Thursday, January 08, 2015, 08:40 PM
We made Potsticker Meatball Soup from I Breathe...I'm Hungry. We basically followed their recipe for the meatballs (with turkey) and with regular flour. We also made their broth.
The biggest difference was that we used zucchini noodles instead of shirataki. And a ton of cabbage and other veggies.
The meatballs were ok. A bit dry but reminiscent of potstickers. The broth was also pretty good. Not amazing; but good. We did use too much crushed red pepper.
The real problem was that we had too many veggies and not enough broth. It became like eating nearly-raw veggies. If we make this again, we'll fix the proportions.
Photos:
Recipe
Potsticker Meatball Soup (from I Breathe...I'm Hungry)
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Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9450, 2015-01-08_204020
Thursday, January 08, 2015, 01:40 PM
I made quick(er) pho! It was inspired by Serious Eats Kenji's recipe here. Basically, I used his idea to do the onions and ginger in the pan (they really smoked) and used the pressure cooker.
Other than that, I halved my quick Pho and did the pressure cooker for 30 minutes. After straining, I heated a pack (6 points) of fake chicken. I served it over zucchini noodles (not pre heated like rutabaga).
Doing the onions in the pan was nice but super smoky. The whole apartment filled with smoke and the oil was so burned that I had to clean out the pan! Other than that, the only real issue is that this was a ton of soup to eat alone! 1/2 gallon for lunch!
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9445, 2015-01-08_134032
Wednesday, January 07, 2015, 08:40 PM
We made tuna tataki over zucchini noodles with avocado. We used our regular tataki recipe and just quickly sautéd the noodles. The whole thing was inspired by this.
It wasn't anything special but it was quick and easy
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 9442, 2015-01-07_204052