Beef

I have to credit www.cooksillustrated.com for me NOT to overcook a beef roast.  Tony and I like our beef on the rare side.  Rare on a typical meat thermometer is 140 degrees.  The secret is to pull the meat off the grill at 125 degrees, let it rest for 20 minutes, and its a perfect medium rare every time.  We always cook our meat over...

Absolutely no calories – my noodles have no calories!  Update!  You can find out where to buy them here! It says its the whole package is 2.5 servings, but with no calories, I just dumped the whole thing in! I ended up cutting up one of the beef ribs from last nights dinner and used up the rest of the broccoli as well – I...

I have to admit, I wasn’t sure how dinner was going to turn out tonight.  In all the recipes I searched for, I want to say 90% of them called for slow braising or putting these short ribs in a crock pot – slow and steady would result in tender ribs. I threw caution to the wind and decided to grill them – only 10...

I have to give full credit to my friend Roni for turning me onto spaghetti squash – I never tried it before going to her site!  It’s one of those vegetables I think that if you were never introduced to it as a child, never comes to mind as an adult. Unfortunately I carried too many of my childhood food fears well into adulthood.  I...

This soup recipe could not have been easier, since there are so few ingredients: 8 ounces ground sirloin 1 tablespoon hot sauce (I used Thai hot sauce) 3 cups baby spinach 8 cups chicken broth (I use soup base which comes in a jar – only 10 calories per 1 cup of broth) crushed pepper to taste per one cup serving: 96 calories, 5 fat,...

My friend John (although we’ve never met!) made these burgers and Tony and I were in!  Although, while I am sure his tenderloin made an excellent burger, I went with a boneless beef brisket. First is the buns – The Hamburger Bun from Bernard Clayton’s New Complete Book of Breads (adapted because I added white whole wheat flour): 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups white...

Yet another busy day at work – only 4 more to go! 😀  I don’t mind because the work day feels like its 5 minutes long and that much faster so I can come home and cook! Before I get on to our good eats, guess what I found at my desk this morning?? My friend Renee and her husband Mark got me this Thermos...

Dinner was New York strips on the grill.  Doing a quick youtube.com search, I discovered that you could grill garlic scapes whole and it brings out a mild garlic flavor – who doesn’t love garlic??  I was in! Our verdict??  Not so much!  They were still tough – maybe I should have cooked them longer??  While they had a slight garlic flavor, it almost tasted...

I have to start using up my CSA loot, so today is baby broccoli (broccolini??) and sugar snap peas.  I added broccoli slaw, tofu noodles (10 calories for all!) and 2 ounces left over beef ribs from last night – the beef had a nice smoky flavor to it! This whole dish is only 224 calories, 4 fat, 22 protein, 25 carbs and 4 fiber!...

It was raining outside, so that meant the grills were out of play.  Well, I could have used the gas grill, but I would have been really wet!  I love cooking with Tony, but our kitchen is so tiny for the two of us.  We managed to tag team to put this meal together in about 20 minutes from beginning to end – not too...