What do your meals look like (show me pictures)....

LazyBlondeChef

Black bean chili & salad of spring mix, tomatoes, olives and a spritz of olive oil.

snowflake954

Pasta w zucchini, radicchio, Parmigiano, and low fat cream.

acpgee

A totally inauthentic bastardization of Vietnamese banh xeo. The asian supermarket were out of mung bean sprouts so we got alfalfa sprouts from the health food store as a substitute. The protein is traditionally thinly sliced poached pork and poached shrimp, not a chicken stir fry.

shawnfxp

Big on chicken

LazyBlondeChef

Pan fried chicken legs, onion mashed potatoes with butter & sour cream, salad of mostly tomatoes, spring mix and olives with a spritz of olive oil.

Hint: if you want to reduce the calories in mashed potatoes but still have them creamy replace a lot of the butter with sour cream. 2tbsp of sour cream is 60cals while 2tbsp of butter is over 200. Obviously, this only works if you like sour cream.

snowflake954

Broccolo romanesco.

snowflake954

Gallinella.

snowflake954

Cookies.

acpgee

The hubby was so thrilled to see dutch andijvie (=escarole) at the green grocer that he offered to make dutch stampot (=mash with greens) tonight. Had that with some ready made Tesco meatballs and dijon mustard and a cherry tomato salad.

LazyBlondeChef

Grilled pork chop, kelp noodles w/pesto and salad of romaine, tomatoes, olives, parm w/spritz of olive oil.

I've had the kelp noodles several times now and they work well with pesto as well as Asian noodle dishes. I used them in Pad Thai one time and they worked well. 4oz of kelp noodles has only 6 calories so they are a good match with the highly caloric pesto sauce. I've learned it's best to soak them overnight as they can otherwise be surprisingly crunchy.

Poobah1972

Perhaps not the healthiest snack option...

But today is my once a week cookie treat... Turns out I don't really like the Quest peanut butter cookie, so I made it better with Lily's Dark Chocolate Baking chips.

Total Calories 270
Net Carbs 6g
Fat 21g (10.5 saturated... )
Protein 16g

This was my mid morning snack... (I tend to eat half my daily calories between 6am and 10am)

o0Firekeeper0o

corinasue1143 wrote: »

Looks so good! Recipe?

Thank you! Sorry for the slow reply!

There are TONS of recipes out there but I made mine with browned and drained ground beef, homemade chicken stock, lots of garlic, onion, a can of mild diced green chilis, can of diced tomatoes, drained can of beans, frozen corn, and a batch of homemade taco seasoning. Then at the end I added in a couple big scoops of already-cooked brown rice!

o0Firekeeper0o

Suddenly remembered the granola bars my mom used to make constantly when I was a teenager. Husband ate 1/3 of the pan in one day. I’ll be making these more frequently... But not TOO often

acpgee

Hubby cooked again tonight. Salad with pears, candied nuts, alfalfa sprouts. Dutch split pea soup pulled out of the freezer that we made to use up the leftover Xmas gammon. Brown bread.

LazyBlondeChef

Shrimp & Grits along with the same type of salad as I had yesterday (romaine, tomatoes, olives). I've been craving this for the last week and it hit the spot. There are as many ways to make Shrimp & Grits as there are people in New Orleans. This is a simple version due to what I had on hand this evening. Traditionalists will say you can only use the hominy grits but I've never found that where I live so I just use the corn grits/polenta type.

Preparation: Cooked grits with cheddar cheese and butter. Shrimp cooked in butter with cayenne, smoked paprika, pepper, onions and garlic. Sprinkled w/parsley.

acpgee

I got my first jab of the covid vaccine after work, so hubby cooked again tonight. I forgot to photograph starter of salad with pear and candied nuts. Main of dutch zuurkool stampot (=mash with sauerkraut) and some meatballs and rookworst (=smoked sausage). I will cook tomorrow because hubby says three nights in a row of cooking has exhausted his kitchen repertoire.

LazyBlondeChef

Nachos with spiced ground beef, black beans, colby-jack cheese, tomatoes, salsa and sour cream. These are heated in the oven on foil for ease of cleanup. More cheese would have been nice but I tried to stay reasonable.

acpgee

Pad thai with tofu and szechuan green beans made with quorn mince instead of pork, because that is all we had in the freezer.

LazyBlondeChef

After the last two nights of meals that included excess butter and cheese I decided to counter that with a light meal of poached flounder with a salsa of parsely, cilantro, olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, ginger and garlic with black rice.

Safari_Gal_

👩🏼‍🍳 Poached Alaskan Salmon with garam masala roasted chickpeas. Paired with light spinach-berry juice.

iFartMagic

Chicken zoodle soup with chicken broth, celery, cilantro, and green onion

Safari_Gal_

Hey All!

Dinner this evening:
🍽 cauliflower crepe finger sandwiches w/ tuna niçoise.
🥗 Salad w/ red oak, anchovies, kalamata olives, grape tomatoes, aged balsamic, evoo & shredded pecorino.

acpgee

Copycat KFC. Chicken was cooked in the air fryer using the Chicago Tribune recipe for the coating, though I used two parts cornmeal and 1 part potato starch instead of the wheat flour in the recipe. Copycat slaw was lightened by replacing half of the mayo with yoghurt. Copycat Kraft dinner made with penne and some cheddar cheese powder. A side salad with ranch.

Peach1948

Acpgee: I'm pretty sure KFC chicken was not made with cornmeal. I don't know how you can get their famous crust the way you are doing it.

Peach

acpgee

Peach1948 wrote: »

Acpgee: I'm pretty sure KFC chicken was not made with cornmeal. I don't know how you can get their famous crust the way you are doing it.

Peach

My husband actually prefers my copycat KFC to the real thing. My version is crunchier and less greasy than real KFC. I marinate overnight in buttermilk and quite a bit of salt because the Chicago Tribune recipe is less salty than the real thing. I keep a jar of this spice mix in the pantry but made without the flour. I have tried it with flour but get a crunchier result mixing a tablespoon of the spice mix with a tablespoon of potato starch and two tablespoons of corn meal. Quantities for two or three pieces of chicken. The surprising thing about this recipe is how high the ratio of spice to flour is.
https://www.thekitchn.com/i-tried-kfcs-secret-fried-chicken-recipe-and-heres-how-it-went-235751
Shake off excess buttermilk and dredge chicken by shaking with coating mix in a plastic bag.
I air fry for 25-30 minutes at 160C-200C until the internal temperature reaches 72C. Be careful with regulating temperature and turning pieces in the air fryer, as the spice mixture burns easily. I remember reading somewhere that the original KFC recipe (before they started using pressure fryers) had to be deep fried for quite a long time at a relatively low temperature.

acpgee

One more thing about the copycat KFC coating. Grind the dried herbs such as thyme, oregano and basil in the food processor. Real KFC has little black flecks which I believe are the ground up dried herbs.

acpgee

One more point about the Chicago Tribune copycat KFC recipe.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/recipes/ct-kfc-recipe-test-20160818-story.html
Next time I make a batch of the spice mix I will reduce the amount of paprika. I tested all of the ingredients separately in a muffin tray under the broiler and the paprika was the first ingredient to burn.

Peach1948

ACPGEE: Thank you for your comments. I enjoy looking at the photos of your meals each day. As a native of Georgia who grew up in the country, your meals are always interesting.

Miz_Owl

o0Firekeeper0o

It ain’t pretty, but it’s chuckwagon mac, and it finished off my birthday weekend with a bang!