I'm going Mexican tonight. My favorite tacos - http://allrecipes.com/recipe/oaxacan...e7=Home%20Page

With Cilantro lime rice, beans, sauteed peppers and onions.

I love Cobb Salads too. That might be tomorrow's lunch!

I buy the Trader Joe's turkey bacon because it's nitrate free and it's made of chopped and formed thigh as opposed to pink "soft serve" meat :)

I never made the cobb salad, ha! I did, however, make a fantastic noodle bowl last night: tons of mushrooms and broccoli, red and green peppers, 2oz chicken, 1oz rice noodles, chicken broth, sriracha, oyster sauce, all topped with scallions and cilantro.

I'm going to make fish tacos and Guyanese stewed fish this weekend. I have an entire bag of avocados to use up soon. My Cooking Light issue that came in yesterday had a few different recipes for avocado salads, so one of those will probably be in my arsenal too :)

Oh, I like turkey bacon, lol... just not regular. I'm not a pork person. BOO.

LOL, I run a side cupcake business, and I made french toast cupcakes with maple syrup buttercream with BACON SPRINKLES. LOL, and that was the first time I've ever made bacon. I made it in the oven, is that right? I googled it and it said it was okay. My dad said it would be less messy there, lol.. I'm so strange. The bacon goes along with the can't-eat-ground-beef thing, too, lol.

And tonight dinner is... out! DH will be back in town and I really dont feel like cooking. :D

That is the BEST.TURKEY.BACON.EVER. Mmmm. I can't wait until we get Trader Joe's here - I used to shop there all the time in Atlanta. We're supposed to get Trader Joe's sometime this spring - I think...

I didn't make the cobb salad either. No time. And I see you're joining us on the Mexican bandwagon...LOL.

Today I am having a wine event, so my dinner is probably going to involve some wine, cheese, crudites, and a few bacon wrapped shrimp. Since I've been calorie counting I usually have one "free meal" - so I guess tonight's going to be my free meal.

Kate, enjoy your meal out!!! And the cupcake business is cool. I make cakes and cupcakes for fun occasionally. I don't do it often though because it's a lot of work, and every time I "sign up" to make a cake for an event, I waaaaay undercharge. :(

Tonight I made this in the crock pot - http://www.sandyskitchenadventures.c...t-chicken.html

I didn't make cauliflower rice, I just dumped a bag of frozen cauliflower in the crock pot with the rest of the ingredients. I added more ginger, garlic, green curry paste and scallions. Very yummy!

Tomorrow I'm going out for sushi before I get my Irish on with my favorite local Irish band. Not on plan, but Paddy's Day only comes once a year. I'll get a good workout in ahead of time.

:drinkup::drinkup::drinkup::drinkup::drinkup::drin kup::drinkup:

I did! And St. Patty's day too, lol..

And with the cupcakes, I started out charging less because I wasn't sure what people would pay. I have a tiered system now, where the more time consuming/ingriedent heavy ones are $2.50 and the regular ones I sell are $1.75. It works out that I'm having about 2-3 orders a week and I'm making anywhere between $80 - $150 extra a week. I end up baking on Saturday mornings and one evening a week, usually. :) It fufills my 'i-need-a-creative-outlet' nicely and I like saving the money up for things. I'm buying a couch next month with what I've made so far this year with it, so I'm pretty happy with my success thus far. My BFF and I always have wanted to open a bakery.. we've been talking about this since 7th grade, LOL... One day, we will... I just dont know when, because I really love my job now and like having a pension when I'm old! :D

And dinner tonight is.. leftovers for me! And DH, but I'm having homemade leftovers and he's eating gross pizza, lol..

I'm enjoying the record heat by firing up the grill! :cool:

Last night was tuna steak marinated in super hot peach ginger habanero sauce, with broccoli & zucchini.

Tonight I grilled marlin marinated in that ginger salad dressing they sell in produce section, and green beans.

Wonder what other quick grilling fishies I have stashed in the freezer for tomorrow! :D

Morning!!

I'm pretty sure were having this: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2011/10/t...rimp-with.html

It's supposed to be 80 here today, in NE Ohio... In MARCH. :lol: If we don't have that, I'll have to find something else.. I'm not sure if I'll be able to find light coconut milk. If I dont, I might just use skim milk and a little coconut flavoring, LOL. DH won't know and what he doesn't know wont hurt him. ;)

Making it with spinach salad, as usual, and brown rice - likely this one: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2012/01/b...-cilantro.html

YEY! :D

Have a good day everyone!

I find light coconut milk at Trader Joe's and at the regular grocery store in the "International" aisle. It's by Thai Kitchen:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...9U1nRmJ5A909VP

I have a single pounded chicken breast thawing, so maybe some chicken with a soy sauce/agave/garlic/sesame seed/sriracha sauce. It's an old recipe that I made with my mom as a kid - a Korean student taught her how to make it - fried - and we fell in love with it. I modify it so it's pan seared. That with some roasted broccoli and rice seems to be the plan.

Or maybe I'll get lazy and make something else. It's hot here and I just made chicken stock :dizzy:

So tonight I grilled a tuna steak with an island rub and ghost pepper salt, and cooked up some cauliflower. Good thing I'm not eating at home the next 2 nights - there's no more fish in the freezer! :D

Yeah, our grocery stores's international aisle consists of a LOT of italian, a LOT of spanish/mexican and like, a 1/2 shelf of thai/asian. Sooooo, no luck. I used coconut water instead, and it was a success! I had a 1/2 cup of rice and DH ate the rest, LOL.. I made about a cup and a 1/2. He even said it was really good.

And lol Riddy, I go on fish kicks too. We won't have it for a month and then all of the sudden itll be all I make in a week. Haha.


Dinner tonight is enchilada bake! Corn tortillas on the bottom. Then chicken, black beans, low fat cream cheese and veggies layered with more veggies and more corn tortiallas. I use cumin, hot pepper flakes, basil, oregano... lots of spices and garlic. It's delish! For my "enchilada sauce" I literally dump a whole jar of chichi's hot thick and chunky salsa in a pot, heat it up with garlic and chili powder, and a little unsweetened cocoa, and then blend it with my stick blender. AH-mazing. You'd never know its healthy, lol.

Have a good day ladies! :D

Good morning!

Here's today's dinner - I'm subbing in Smart Balance for the butter:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/p...ipe/index.html

I can't wait...going to have roasted broccoli and wild rice pilaf for my sides. Yum!

I love chicken georgia, grneyes! I love anything with mushrooms, lol...


Tonight for dinner we are having: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/05/b...ary-6-pts.html without the lemon juice, I'll sub in some veg broth or pam, and I'm making it in a foil pouch on the grill, with asparagus and brussel sprouts under it. We shall also be having fingerling potatoes, likely microwaved and then also grilled in foil pouches with onions and mushrooms. I add veggies to everything to make DH consume more of them, lol....


Have a good day ladies!!!

MMMMMM I love Salmon. I'm not a big fan of rosemary though, I've tried and tried and tried to like it but just can't.

Grilled salmon is one of my "standards" - I eat it for dinner at least once a week.

Tonight's dinner is lemon ginger shrimp. Probably with a side of brown rice pilaf and sauteed zucchini and onions.

My bf is having a dental procedure today, so whatever we have will ned to be pretty mushy, luckily most of the food on his side of the cupboard needs little chewing - beef stew, beef tamales, cincy chili, lol.

My mom got me the Joy of Cooking for Christmas last year. She said I graduated to a real cook :D I have been trying alot of recipes out of there the past few weeks, in all honesty they have been pretty boring. I have had good luck with their recipes for basic things like sauces, rubs, etc. though.