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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,611 Member
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    🐈 you're dangerous
  • Bella_Figura
    Bella_Figura Posts: 3,784 Member
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    Yoolypr wrote: »
    Any good holiday recipes out there?

    Don't blame me - you asked for it!
  • Yoolypr
    Yoolypr Posts: 2,826 Member
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    And thank you for the recipes! Sometimes it’s helpful to have one spectacular tasty treat to look forward to instead of many mediocre treats.
  • Bella_Figura
    Bella_Figura Posts: 3,784 Member
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    I agree. The sweet stuff doesn't tempt me in the slightest, but anything salty, crunchy and cheesy would be decadently delicious!
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,611 Member
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    @Yoolypr your high value treat substituting for multiple mediocre is an extremely effective treat limiter and I would be well served to adopt it as it also plays at empowering us to make active choices: I will pass on the maltesers to have a Jaime Oliver bomb!
  • Yoolypr
    Yoolypr Posts: 2,826 Member
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    Make sure it’s worthy of the calories. And then enjoy it fully. Not two or more treats and certainly not lackluster treats.
    Not every day is perfect. 🥴 Trying to get through the next two weeks without giving up entirely.

    What the heck is a malteser? Tim bit?
  • Bella_Figura
    Bella_Figura Posts: 3,784 Member
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    These are Maltesers:

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  • Bella_Figura
    Bella_Figura Posts: 3,784 Member
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    I'll match your Maltesers and raise you a Malteser cake:

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,611 Member
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    In context Tim bit was referring to Post brand "Tim Bit" cereal which are a take on Tim Horton Tim bits which are their equivalent to donut hole donuts. In my post it was a reference to a chocolate flavored low nutrition but higher visual volume for calories cereal as compared to a more calorically and nutritionally dense granola type cereal.
  • Bella_Figura
    Bella_Figura Posts: 3,784 Member
    edited December 2021
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    Granola sure can ratchet up the calories....
  • Yoolypr
    Yoolypr Posts: 2,826 Member
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    Malted milk balls! Luckily I never developed a craving for that particular flavor. The malteser cake is positively obscene! Downright food porn.😱
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,618 Member
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    Yoolypr wrote: »
    Make sure it’s worthy of the calories. And then enjoy it fully. Not two or more treats and certainly not lackluster treats.
    Not every day is perfect. 🥴 Trying to get through the next two weeks without giving up entirely.

    YES YES YES

    This is one of my ridiculous mistakes. Ridiculous because I do it over and over and over and don't seem to learn. Go BIG and then go home (back to healthy eating). I will try to hold onto that for the moment when I'm jonesing for a treat/feeling in need of something to soothe my tattered nerves....lol...woe is me self. :p
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,618 Member
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    Dante_80 wrote: »
    This was requested.

    Greek green bean and olive oil stew

    Ingredients (4-6 portions)
    1 medium onion
    100ml olive oil
    1 clove of garlic (I go for two but YMMV)
    1 teaspoon granulated sugar
    500g potatoes (3 medium or 2 large ones)
    1 full tablespoon tomato paste
    50g white wine
    lemon zest, of 1 lemon
    400g canned tomatoes
    300g water
    1 vegetable bouillon cube (or 1 teaspoon of bouillon powder - I use Knorr)
    1kg green beans, fresh or frozen
    1/3 bunch mint (optional)
    2 spring onions
    1/3 bunch parsley (not optional!)
    salt
    pepper

    To serve
    200 g feta cheese, optional
    1 tablespoon(s) oregano, dry
    2 tablespoon(s) olive oil
    3-4 slices bread

    Procedure
    Place a pot over high heat and add 2 tablespoons olive oil.
    Coarsely chop the onion and add to the pot.
    Mince the garlic and add it to the pot along with the sugar. Sauté until the onion softens.
    Peel the potatoes, cut them into pieces and add them to the pot.
    Add the tomato paste and wine. Mix until the alcohol evaporates.
    Add the lemon zest, chopped tomatoes, water and bouillon cube.
    Chop the edges off of the green beans, add them to the pot and mix.
    Cover pot with lid, lower heat to medium-low and simmer for 40-50 minutes.
    Remove pot from heat and add the (mint,) parsley, the green part of the spring onions finely chopped, salt, pepper and 80 g of olive oil.

    Mix and serve with feta cheese drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with oregano along with slices of bread.



    Just found some of this in my freezer today - wanted to comment here to bring it back to the top of the recipes for anyone looking for it - this is absolutely delicious!
  • Bella_Figura
    Bella_Figura Posts: 3,784 Member
    edited January 2022
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    So I'm making gözleme for lunch, following this recipe

    Just the mince one and the potato/pepper-paste one. Emphatically NOT the tahini/cocoa/honey/cream-cheese one! Nor the cheese one....

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 13,611 Member
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    Gulp! Sausan makes the meat ones sometimes. I hope she uses less butter (gulp!) though I somehow doubt it!
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,618 Member
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    They do indeed look dangerous. Definitely in the "treat" category as opposed to a regular menu item.
  • Bella_Figura
    Bella_Figura Posts: 3,784 Member
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    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Gulp! Sausan makes the meat ones sometimes. I hope she uses less butter (gulp!) though I somehow doubt it!

    I use just the teeniest amount of butter (2g) and they come out just fine....
  • Yoolypr
    Yoolypr Posts: 2,826 Member
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    Has anyone experimented with surimi ( imitation crab) which is a fish product? I’ve used surimi in cold salad with chopped celery, onion and bit of low fat mayo. Similar to lobster roll filling. But what else can be done with surimi? Does it work in hot dishes?
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
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    The only thing I have ever made is the cold salad or dip it in cocktail sauce….
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
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    I don’t eat either one!….I think it is yukkie