Day 18: Chili Mole!

My house smells amazing right now!



Ingredients:

1 Lb ground beef
1 Onion, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can (4 ounces) tomato paste
3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tbsp pasilla or ancho chili powder
1 tbsp brown sugar
S+P
1 Tsp cinnamon
1 Tsp cloves
 
Directions:
 
1. Brown beef in a dutch oven
2. Add onion and peppers and let cook 5 mins(I actually used a couple sweet peppers. You should also add any jalapeno now if you like the spicy)
3. Add 2 cans of tomatos water and all
4. Add tomato paste (You can add beans here if you like 2 cans w/ the water)
5. Add all dry ingredients
6. Put lid on and simmer for 1 hour
7. Serve with your choice of toppings (I used cornbread and cheese)
 
For anyone who does not know what a pasilla or ancho chili you shall learn! They are moderately spicy if you like a little spice you'll love it. The ancho is the dried version of the pasilla. They taste like spicy raisins! I'm serious they are amazing try it!

Day 16: Bison Blue Cheese Burgers

AMAZING!!!!

I had to add two pics just to show you how yummy

Ingredients:

Ground Bison

Blue Cheese

Seasonings

Apple

Hamburger Buns

Hamburger Toppings

Evoo

Directions:

1. Peel apple

2. Grate 1/2 the apple into the meat (eat the other half)

3. Season meat however you like

4. Mix it all together (use your hands!)

5. Shape into balls 

6. Create a bowl in each one

7. Fill with blue cheese and seal up

8. Form patties (neat trick: Make the patty thinner in the middle so when it plumps up they're even)

9. Place in skillet with heated evoo

10. Cook until desired doneness

11. Top however you like! I used Cheddar cheese, bacon, onion, ketchup and mustard. TB had cheese and bacon

12. Put on bun and enjoy this yuminess!



Day 11: Beef with Snowpeas

We both really liked this one!

(Sorry no pic forgot I was that into eating it!)

Ingredients:

Steak (whatever cut you prefer just make sure it can be sliced thin)
Teriyaki sauce
Evoo
Snow peas
Mushrooms
Scallions

Directions:

1. Marinate thinly sliced steak in sauce for at least 15 min
2. Heat evoo in a pan
3. Put steak and sauce in pan and cook until desired doneness (shouldn't take very long since they are so thin)
4. Remove
5. Add veggies stir fry with left over sauce (you can add some if you like)
6. Mix veggies and steak sprinkle with scallions

Make this, then you will know why I forgot to take a picture!

Day 10: Chicken w/ Onion and Olives

(Sorry I skipped a few I forgot what we ate and didn't take pics)
Pretty yummy! Friend K came over and he ate two whole bowls (he tells me it's because he's a teenage boy). TB liked it and I thought it was pretty good, would have been better over stuffing.

Ingredients:

Evoo, S+P
6 Chicken Breasts
1 Medium Onion, diced
5 cloves Garlic
2 Green Bell Peppers, chopped
1 28-ounce can Tomatoes, drained and chopped
1 Cup Chicken Stock
1 Cup Black Olives
1/4 Cup Coconut milk

Directions:

1. Brown chicken, remove
2. Cook onion, garlic, and bells for a few min
3. Add tomatoes cook a few more min
4. Season with S+P
5. Add Stock
6. Add chicken back in and cook in oven for 45 min
7. Add olives and milk, stir and cook 15-20 more min

Day 7: Curried Shrimp w/Slaw Salad and Sauteed Squash

TB and I have decided to tweak the diet. Straight out denying oursleves of things didn't feel right at all. I spent an entire day craving sugar worse than anything I'd ever craved. That had never happened before. So we adjusted things:

1. No processed foods in the house or at work
2. Limited use of bread and pasta but must be whole grain
3. Treats are few and far in between and must be the serving size

Sounds better yes? Easier to follow at least!

Ok so on to dinner! Very yummy all of us,(TB, HB(best friend)and I) loved it.

Ingredients:

2 lbs of shrimp
2 carrot
coleslaw mix
1 lime
Curry powder
1/2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp butter
2 yellow squash
Garlic powder
Salt
Evoo

Directions

Slaw Salad:
1. Slice one carrot very very thinly(I used a veggie peeler) and add to coleslaw mix
2. Add juice of one lime
3. Set aside for flavors to mix

Shrimp:
1. Toss shrimp into skillet with evoo
2. Add curry powder to taste
3. In one corner of the skillet melt butter and add flower, stir till mixed
4. Mix flour and butter into shrimp and curry (This will just make the curry into a bit more of a sauce)
5. Serve over Slaw Salad

Sauteed Squash:
1. Dice carrot, nuke 1-2 min to soften
2. Slice yellow squash
3. Add both into a skillet with evoo
4. Add garlic powder and salt to taste
5. Heat through until squash is a soft enough for you


Enjoy!

Day 6: Turkey Egg Drop Stoup

Ingredients:

2 Bell Peppers

1 Small Onion
1 Large Carrot
2 cloves Garlic
1/2 Package Frozen Spinach
1 1/2 Cups Chopped Turkey
3 Large Eggs
3 Cups Water
3 Cups Chicken Stock
Paprika
Thyme
Pepper

Directions:

1. Boil water and stock
2. Roughly chop and add peppers, onion, and spinach cook until soft
3. Nuke carrot to soften, chop and add
4. Add turkey
5. Add eggs, stirring constantly
6. Reduce heat
7. Add garlic and herbs

Pretty yummy but it took the flavor out of the turkey. Oh well.

Day 5: Slow Cooker Turkey

Ingredients:

1 Turkey breast
Paprika
Poultry Seasoning
Garlic Powder

Directions:

1. Place turkey into slow cooker
2. Cover with spices
3. Cook on low 9-10 hours


The most flavorful turkey I have had other than TB's Thanksgiving bird. A little dry so maybe a cup of stock would help that. This will be making a repeat showing in tomorrows dinner!

Day4: Pork Ribs with Cauliflower and Olives

(I forgot the picture again so this is after I had already put the leftovers away! Doesn't the cauliflower have such a delicous golden color to it?)

Ingredients:

1 Pound Pork ribs
1 Head Cauliflower
1 Can Olives
1 Small Red Onion
16 ounces Chicken Stock
Evoo
Yellow Mustard
Garlic Powder
S+P
Tumeric


Directions:

1. Chop onion and cauliflower
2. Season pork with S+P, garlic, and yellow mustard
3. Coat dish with Evoo
4. Arrange pork ribs on bottom
5. Layer cauliflower and onion
6. Sprinkle with a thick dusting of tumeric
7. Add olives and water from can
8. Add chicken broth
9. Cover and bake 60 min

It took a longer than 60 min more like 90 min, but I'm pretty sure I had more than 1 pound of ribs. This recipe was absolutely yummy! Our company consisting of two children and their parents, TB and I all loved it!

Day 3 yummy steak!

Cinnamon Steak with Green Veggie Salad!

Ingredients:

Steak! whatever cut you like we used flank steak I think
Cinnamon
Grated ginger
Any other spices you want, I used garlic powder and paprika

1 Cucumber
1 Green bell pepper
2 Avacados

Handful of cilantro

Evoo
S+P

1. Dice all veggies and mix with cilantro, Evoo, and S+P, chill
2. Preheat oven to 400
3. Sprinkle steak with spices and drizzle with Evoo, both sides
4.  Place on baking sheet and bake 15-25min (our steak was done after 15)

Enjoy!

The steak could have used marinating, so choose your marinade.

New Year, New Diet, Old Me!

Starting the first of the year TB(=hubby don't ask) and I started a new diet. Day one ended up being a salad and some left over steak cause I was lazy but still healthy! Here is Day 2 (Sorry no picture):

Pan Seared Cod with Grapefruit Slaw

Ingredients:

Cod
Old Bay seasoning
1 Grapefruit, chopped
1-2 cups(roughly) Coleslaw Lettuce mix
1/2-1/4 of a Red Onion, diced
Evoo
1 Med. Carrot, shredded

1. Preheat pan of choice with Evoo
2. Sprinkle cod with Old Bay to taste
3. Place in pan seasoned side down and season the other side
4. Cook till the fish are done
5. Mix grapefruit, onion, carrot, coleslaw mix, with evoo and S+P

Enjoy!

Pan seared fish is always a favorite in this house and leaves the house smelling very yummy for a day or so!