June 16, 2009

Bake at 425 for 8 minutes (I baked mine closer to 10 and then put it under a low broil for a couple minutes). I split this pizza in half with my boss – so half of the pizza comes in at 315 calories, 11 fat, 40 carbs, 6 fiber and 18 protein. While the peppers were flavorful, the black bean sauce could hardly be...

I had to be at work at 7:00 a.m. this morning and knew I would be hitting the ground running as soon as I sat down at my desk, so I resorted to: In my defense though, the rest of my days meals are pretty healthy!  Believe it or not, I am having a frozen pizza for lunch!  Tony got a free Kashi entree coupon...

Tonight’s dinner took a bit of a twist, when Tony realized that he needed to use up a couple avocados we had – so pre-dinner snack was chips and guacamole!  He makes the best guacamole – best part?  No onions! 😀 I made an appropriate salad for dinner – with actual vegetables! Over the weekend Tony spotted a bean dish that he thought I would...

I recently discovered cooking videos on about.com.  I was going through my freezer and found two opened bags of shrimp.  I googled shrimp recipes and found one for shrimp wonton soup.  Great Ithought!  I have everything for that!  Turns out my wonton wrappers had molded, so I ended up cutting up my egg roll wrappers – worked perfectly! Shrimp Wontons 12 ounces shrimp (that’s what I...

Hopefully the spirit of Paula Dean has exited my body – she makes me deep fat fry all my food! 😀 Today’s breakfast is back to normal – my egg white sammie! 1 multigrain english muffin 1/2 cup egg whites .5 ounce chopped spinach 1.5 ounce chopped deli ham .7 ounce extra sharp cheddar 4 ounces Pam fried potatoes Breakfast comes in at 424 calories,...

OMG, can I say the list of things to deep fat fry is growing in my house??   But seriously, I love this machine – it keeps the temperature correct, has a timer – wonderful! I love youtube, because you can put in anything and find a recipe for it.  Which is what I did for buffalo wings.  The temperature and length I needed to cook them...

Tony and I used to have a deep fat fryer, but it was small and you couldn’t remove the inside so it was a pain in the ass not only to drain the oil, but also to clean it.  Not this bad boy – everything is removable – even the heat coil! Continuing in my Paul Dean way of eating today – I made extra crispy...

cooking and eating like Paula Dean!  Lord have mercy!  I believe I have made the best biscuit I have ever!  Light, fluffy, nice crust.  I followed Cook’s Illustrated recipe to the T, except I wished I would have put the biscuits in my seasoned cast iron skillet for a better crust, but these were delicious! Cook’s Illustrated Buttermilk Biscuits 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking...

I have to give props to Tony for the idea of pureeing the watermelon and and reducing it for the base of my bbq sauce idea.  Thanks Tony! Watermelon BBQ Sauce 1/2 cup watermelon juice that has been reduced over low heat for 1/2 hour 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp. brown sugar 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 tbsp. canola oil 1 tbsp. dijon mustard...

I woke up at 5:15 this morning with low blood sugar – 55!  So I sliced up a pear and was up for 45 minutes until my blood sugar stabilized.  Next thing I know its 9:15!  I love sleeping in!  Last week Tony and I watched an episode of Diners and Drive-ins and this place had the most amazing biscuits and gravy, which is one...