Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Game night tenderloin

Corey and his friends usually game once a week so I decided to entertain myself by cooking up a healthy, yet more complicated meal than the ones I've been doing this week (white meat on top of greens or eastern cuisine takeout). I was proud the work I put into this meal rewarded me with an orgasm of the taste buds. Yup, I said it. This is definitely a repeat meal for sure. My nerd enjoyed himself too, as he stuffed his face trying to rush back to his computer. I was not insulted. This Power Foods book I've been cooking from is fantastic and also follows "clean eating" guidelines for those of you who are also on this self-improvement journey.

Honey glazed pork tenderloin with apricots and scallions accompanied by balsamic roasted asparagus and spiced bulgur
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Tonights family feast

I just got to Clearwater today for my day 2 of vacation. Since I have fresh and local resources at my finger tips I decided to stop by Jim's produce for veggies and Ward's Seafood for Mahi and Shrimp. It didn't even smell fishy in there, so I definately recommend that place if you're in the 727 area. My sister, Marissa, doesn't eat seafood so I got her some tri tip steaks from Publix.

Marissa is ducking because she has no make-up on...wah.
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Here are the chimichurri steaks and baked asparagus
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Citrus Roasted Mahi Mahi with Jamaican curry
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Lime marinated chimichurri shrimp with blood red tomatoes and carmelized onions
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We ate like kings. I think there are better ways to cook Mahi, but this was my first attempt and it was good...just a little dry. I recommend salmon with that roasting style since it has more fat. Live and learn.

Some of my recent work...

Citrust roasted salmon accompanied by (Trish's) black beans n rice and corn greenbean toss
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One of my faves for breakfast- egg white and veggie sausage tacos with cilantro
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Turkey cutlets wth capers and tomatoes and a shitaki asparagus salad
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Nice light snack- Spicy tuna salad lettuce spoons
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Sunday, August 21, 2011

My return

Soooo it's been awhile since I've posted here. A lot has happened since. I'm about to be married in November...weird, but exciting. I'm also now 24, and wiser than my previous 22 blogger self. Not really. Anyway, back to food. I didn't stay vegan...not much surprise there. I have done a lot more research about nutrition and my culinary skills have progressed. I switched my major from nursing to nutrition and hope to start classes in January. Posts that are way more interesting will follow.