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KitchenKatalog: Blog 345
Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 12:38 PM
The Miso chicken was roughly based off of this recipe except that I cooked it in the pan. It marinaded for about 8 hours which was really nice. Because the marinade was so salty, it was like brining the meat so it was also very moist. This was the best part of the meal but it was salty. It was served over garlic bok-choy based off of this. The bok choy was okay. Again, salty.
To add the salt fest that was this meal, we had miso soup. That was based off of this. It wasn't great. We may have used too much dashi or something, but either way, it was very fishy and very salty. I guess the saltiness was to be expected, but it was a bit much. We may try to find better recipes for all of the things in the future (if we decide to try them again).
Points were low (but not healthy with all the salt)
Chicken...4
Tofu in soup...~1
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 696, 2010-11-23_123852
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 11:07 PM
We fiber-one fried graffiti eggplant and baked it for a while. After it was done, we smeared the plate with sauce, put the eggplant on, then coated it with provolone cheese. We then put the whole thing back in the oven while the Brussels sprouts were finishing.
The brussels sprouts were pretty standard except for we had some chopped chestnuts on them. They were un-roasted and all making them a bit hard to crack. And, some, but not all, became way too hard in the oven. Still, it was something different. I wouldn't rush to add them again though
Finally the mozzarella sticks were like we did before but they were really an afterthought because we had leftover stuff for fiber one frying.
Points (per person):
Eggplant Parm:
Eggplant...0
Cheese...2
Sauce...1
Misc, include fiber-one...1
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4 for the eggplant
Cheese Sticks: Around 2 for half of them
Brussels Sprouts: Zero for them and not sure about the nuts but we ate very little of them,
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 691, 2010-11-21_230728
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 12:07 PM
Meredith's family does something called Armadillo Eggs which is a jalapeno stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in maple sausage. This is a much healthier version, modified both for what we had on hand and (mostly) for calories.
We took mini sweet peppers and filled them with buffalo dip (hence the name). The buffalo dip is similar to the Hungry Girl one. It was half a block of fat free cream cheese, Frank Red Hot and a chunk of Laughing Cow blu cheese all microwaved. Anyway, we then coated it in Gimme Lean. It was actually really difficult to coat them because it is so sticky. Each pepper has a quarter of a gimme lean.
Points are difficult but they were low. Even with half of a gimme lean per person, it was low. The buffalo dip was with fat free cream cheese which is also low.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 689, 2010-11-21_120703
Sunday, November 21, 2010, 09:19 AM
This was a great meal on many levels. First of all, it was our first time using a real grill instead of the griddler. Our new apartment has a few grills and picnic tables for use so we brought down all the food plus place settings and drinks. It was a lot of fun.
Anyway, for the shrimp, we made a marinade by putting some red curry paste into chicken stock (water and bouillon stuff). We then added minced and powdered garlic, some other seasonings and a tad of peanut oil. After letting the shrimp marinade for a long time, we skewered them and brushed the sauce on them while grilling. They really absorbed the flavor. We will probably try making other curry-type things with a similar marinade.
For the broccoli, we but it up, added garlic powder, crushed red pepper, salt, pepper and 21 seasoning salute. We made that into a foil pouch. The zucchini was just salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Meredith did the sweet potato so I do not remember exactly what it was, but she cut it in half, put some smart balance, cinnamon, a bit of honey and something else on it. Then she closed that and wrapped it in aluminum foil. We pre-microwaved the potatoes a bit to it would cook fully.They were really good. I wish we made more!
Actually, all of the veggies were over done but that was fine with me. I like them like that and they were still good.
Points (each)
Shrimp (-1/2 lb)...5
Marinade...1
Sweet Potato (1/2)...1 (maybe 2)
Sweet Potato stuff...1
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 682, 2010-11-21_091900
Saturday, November 20, 2010, 01:49 PM
This is based on this recipe1. It was really good and really easy. We used quick oats (and adjusted the water and cook times) because that is all we had. In addition, we replaced the brown sugar with splenda, and added nutmeg and ginger. I got a bit carried away with the "bruleeing" and used too much sugar on the top but it was good. We also went light on the raisins
Points (Total for two)
Oatmeal...2
Pomegranate...0.5
Raisins...2
Sugar on top...2.5 (over estimate)
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7 total, 3.5 each.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 676, 2010-11-20_134927
Saturday, November 20, 2010, 01:48 PM
We wanted something Asian and fast because we just got back from H-Mart (a gother asian supermarket with a crazy produce section, the spoils of which will be posted soon). We just sautéed broccoli, extra firm tofu and some other veggies with brown rice. We added reduced sodium soy and a bunch of other things. We also had a bit of "fried" egg beaters.
Points (per person)
Rice...4
Tofu...2
Egg, etc...1
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 674, 2010-11-20_134859
Friday, November 19, 2010, 08:10 AM
First the Empanadas. We used the usual dough. Meredith made the filling. She mixed extra lean ground beef, black beans, and a whole bunch of spices. I do not remember exactly what she used but it included adobo, garlic, oregano, nutmeg, etc. As a note, nutmeg really adds a cool flavor to beef (and presumably fake beef) dishes. There was also garlic and onions. The filling worked really well and because it was more mashed with the beans, it better filled them.
Also, for 4 of the six, we tried putting some Weight Watchers Jalapeno spreadable cheese (like Laughing Cow) on before the filling. It added a nice touch. I cannot figure the points at the moment because I do not remember the beans, but the beef was extra lean and the beans have a lot of fiber. The dough was the normal around 1-2 per empanada.
Then, the soup is based off my dad's recipe which I will put on the site eventually. The problem was that it was my intent to halve it, but I accidentally added the full serving of sugar. So I added more tomato, water, vinegar and Worcestershire. It was still too sweet. I enjoyed it but Meredith thought the sweetness was a bit much. So, more for me. We used real beef though (pre-browned) so it needs to be eaten quickly.
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 671, 2010-11-19_081046
Thursday, November 18, 2010, 12:17 AM
We were looking for something fast (ish) so we made the same basic thing as last time. We did not have fresh basil so we used some frozen. Also, we used grape tomatoes and actually sautéed the onions. It was really good. I thought I overcooked the scallops most were fine (there were a few overcooked ones). Cooking the scallops in the cast iron pan does a nice job.
The pasta side was one of those packaged pasta sides. I do not remember the brand but it was fast, easy, and pretty simple. And not too bad on points (I think 5 per person).
Points:
Scallops...4
Side dish...5
Original Wordpress ID and Date: 667, 2010-11-18_001757