Archive for May, 2011:

Salmon and Swiss chard quiche with whole wheat peanut oil crust

Search on allrecipes.com for both recipes: Salmon and Swiss chard quiche No roll pie crust I I’ll write on That Wife about this and the modifications I made but I really loved this and it was very easy! 0 I like This

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Whole wheat zucchini muffins

http://cuisinenie.blogspot.com/2007/06/whole-wheat-zucchini-muffins.html I would like to use a lot less sugar if I make these again. I’m going to cut it down by at least 25% They were good but very sweet and I wasn’t originally planning on having them be dessert . Excellent whole wheat recipe though, I will be turning to this one in [...]

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Bean spread, chive, and sprout sandwiches

I am loving the spread of vegetables available at the Farmer’s market now. I came home with greens (3 different varieties), spinach, turnips, chives, Bok choy, chard, sprouts, milk from pasture raised cows, asparagus… and there were probably some other things but I forgot. This is the time of year where eating vegetarian feels and [...]

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Kale Chips

I don’t know why, but I’ve never made kale chips before this week. I’d had them out of a package I bought at Whole Foods once, but they weren’t very good so I thought I didnt like them. Silly me, packaged foods never measure up to something that is homemade. Not only is kale ridiculously [...]

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Stinging Nettles

I bought some stinging nettles at the Farmer’s Market on a whim and I was a little nervous about using them. Oh my goodness YUM!!! First I cut the leaves off and only used them, I wasn’t sure if the stems would be good. I sautéed them with olive oil, then sprinkled some salt and [...]

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Changes

I’ve recently been feeling a little burnt out in my weight loss efforts, and so I’m going to take a break from all of the documenting and calorie logging and such. I expect this food blog will transition into a plae where I show what I do in the kitchen, via poor quality iphone pictures. [...]

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Tuesday the 3rd

1335 calories Hardboiled egg Spinach, banana, and chocolate protein shake. Sounds sketchy but very good! Made with whole milk of course, and I’m now wishing I had thought to add chia seeds. Chicken spaghetti with spinach and parmesan. Not pictured: a few small handfuls of Trader Joe go Raw trailmix. The raisins hit my sweet [...]

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Monday the 2nd

1043 calories Banana Asian pear Stir-fry (again!) 0 I like This

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Sunday the 1st

864 calories Fast Sunday, so just one meal today. Delicious steaks (Mark Bittman’s recipe of course!), sage roasted potatoes, spinach salad 0 I like This

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Saturday the 30th

1178 calories Pacific tomato soup and fish I’d like to keep these dried fruit on hand but I eat it so fast that I don’t think I can afford it (money wise or calorie wise). I ate about half the package. Dinner of chicken stir dry with brown rice again. Not pictured is about an [...]

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