Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Do you know any tasty recipes that do not have potato, pasta, bread, or rice?

I love all the above and eat way to much of them so I decided to dedicate one of my three meals a day to only meat and vegies. Please let me know if you have any good recipes. Thanx :)Do you know any tasty recipes that do not have potato, pasta, bread, or rice?
Cheese omelette





ingredients:


- 5 eggs


- garlic bread seasoning (garlic powder), preferably Johnny’s


- spoonful of flour


- 1/2 cup milk


- chopped up piece of ham


- chopped up ‘half-string’ of garlic


- 1 cup chedder cheese, shredded


- 2 tbsp olive oil





Crack the egg into a small bowl, whisk until it is a yellow liquidy mixture.


Add the spoonful of flour, as well as a spoonful of garlic seasoning into the egg mixture.


Add the chopped up piece of ham, and chopped of string of garlic.


Rip the cheese up into small pieces; add to the egg mixture.


Add milk. Preferably until the egg mixture has a sort of “dainty, light-yellowish look”.


Now, mix the entire mixture up until each ingredient is evenly distributed throughout.


Take out an egg-frying pan. Add olive oil until it forms a very thin evenly distributed film on the surface of the pan. Wouldn’t want too much oil, as that would create an oily omelette. Urrgh.


Once oil starts sizzling, add egg mixture onto pan. If done correctly, there should be a faint wispy heavenly-like garlic bread smell being emitted into the air.


Turn and shake the omelette with spatula. Once one side of omelette is fried to near-perfection, roll the omelette up into a ‘half-omelette’, so that the other side of the omelette does not get fried up, thus remaining raw.





The inside of the omelette is somewhat raw. Fry the half-omelette as much as you like.





The ham, cheese, etc., should be rolled up neatly inside the half omelette when finished.


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CHEESE-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS





2/3 c. ricotta cheese


1/2 c. shredded Mozzarella cheese


1/2 c. shredded Provolone cheese


1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese


1/4 c. snipped parsley


2 tbsp. fine dry bread crumbs


3 whole chicken breasts, about 3 lb.


2 tbsp. butter, melted





In a medium bowl combine ricotta, Mozzarella, Provolone, Parmesan, parsley and crumbs. Rinse and pat chicken breasts dry. Bone breasts without removing skin; halve breasts carefully. Separate skin from flesh of each breast, leaving one side attached. Spoon cheese mixture between skin and flesh of each breast. Tuck skin edges under the breast; secure with wooden picks. Place breasts, skin side up, in a shallow baking dish; brush with melted butter. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes, basting occasionally with juicesDo you know any tasty recipes that do not have potato, pasta, bread, or rice?
one of my favorite side dishes is sauteed butternut squash, orange bell pepper and parsnips. You just chop up one of each of the vegetables. Season with salt and pepper and saute in olive oil. The flavors are amazing. People will think you're a genius too because they are not used to eating those vegetables together.
I have the yummiest recipe for ';Cabbage and Keilbasa';. If you think you would like that e-mail me and I will send you the recipe. It is SOOO good.
Well, some of my favorite lo-carb foods include:





1. Tuna salad made with cottage cheese, shredded carrots, and raisins.


2. Grilled steak with stir-fried zuchinni, mushrooms, onion, carrots, celery and cauliflower florets. Season with salt, pepper, a little soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger e


3. Chicken breasts stuffed with chopped artichokes and feta cheese, covered with a sauce of dijon mustard and white wine.


4. Baked fish with chopped kalamata olives, tomatos, and cilantro. Season with lemon.


5. Lean ground beef with barbecue sauce served with zuchinni ';fries';.


6. Spaghetti squash with marinara and grated parmesan.
salad!! everyone in my family regularly indulges in a good salad and we are all very healthy and slim, even though my parents are in their 60's!





put whatever you like on a bed of lettuce (cheese, eggs, veggies, beans, anything, even some fruits are good, herbs, spices) then drizzle it with a delicious, refreshing dressing like this one:





Vinaigrette


1/2 cup lemon juice


3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil


1 medium shallot, minced


1 Tbsp minced fresh thyme leaves


2 Tbsp minced fresh basil leaves


2 teaspoons minced fresh oregano leaves


1 teaspoon Dijon mustard


Salt and freshly ground black pepper





just wisk or blend it all together.


it goes really well with a salad nicoise (sans potatoes because you don't want any).





Salad Nicoise:


2 grilled or otherwise cooked tuna steaks* (8 oz each) or 2-3 cans of tuna


6 hard boiled eggs, peeled and either halved or quartered


[if you ever want to have potatoes again, add 10 small new red potatoes (each about 2 inches in diameter, about 1 1/4 pounds total), each potato scrubbed and quartered]


Salt and freshly ground black pepper


2 medium heads Boston lettuce or butter lettuce, leaves washed, dried, and torn into bite-sized pieces


3 small ripe tomatoes, cored and cut into eighths


1 small red onion, sliced very thin


8 ounces green beans, stem ends trimmed and each bean halved crosswise


1/4 cup niçoise olives


2 Tbsp capers, rinsed and/or several anchovies (optional)





just pile it all on top of the lettuce and dress, then enjoy!
well it doesn't have meat, but one of my absolute favorite meals is eggplant parmasean, if you think you don't like eggplant your wrong, its delicious its like lasagna, just try it if you haven't, anyways, try to find a recipe where you don't have to fry the egplant, unless you dont mind frying it, bean and cheese burritos are delisous, actually any burritos are delicious, just minus the rice for you, and can't forget abot quesidillas, and there are some really delicious soups out there, and wraps are delisious aslong as your careful with the type of tortilla or whatever it is you'll wrap it with. good job with the cutting back, i'm trying to do that myself
Kung Pao Chicken





½ cup light corn syrup


½ cup Kikoman teriyaki sauce and marinade


4 tbs white port wine, or any sweet wine


2 tbs cornstarch


4-5 boneless chicken breasts, cut in ½ in strips


3 tbs oil


1-3 tsp crushed red pepper


1 cup honey dry roasted peanuts, no salt


¼ cup green onions, chopped





In a small bowl, sir together corn syrup, teriyaki sauce and wine, set aside. In medium bowl or zip lock bag, add cornstarch and chicken. Mix or shake well to coat.





In large skillet or wok, heat oil over medium high heat. Add red pepper; stir fry 10 seconds. Add chicken mixture; stir fry 2 to 3 minutes or until chicken turns white. Stir in peanuts and corn syrup mixture. Stirring constantly, bring to boil over medium high heat and boil 1 minute. If sauce doesn’t thicken enough, add a little cornstarch mixed with cold water. Garnish with green onions and heat through, but don’t cook. Serve with fried or white rice.








Chicken in Champagne Sauce





4 boneless chicken breasts


1 tsp thyme


1 tsp seasoned salt (Lawry’s)


1 tsp garlic salt or powder


6 tbs light margarine or butter


2/3 cup Asti Spumante or any sweet wine (use the cheapest you can find)


2 tsp flour (more if needed to thicken)


1 cup half and half or lowfat milk








Sprinkle chicken breasts with all seasonings. Heat butter in frying pan. Brown chicken. Add Asti or wine. Cover pan and simmer about 30- 40 minutes, turning twice, until chicken is tender. Remove chicken and keep warm. Thicken sauce with flour. Stir in half and half and heat sauce. Add chicken to sauce to coat. Makes 4 servings








Serving suggestions: Serve with boiled red potatoes or mashed potatoes with sauce on top and steamed broccoli.








Moms Sweet %26amp; Sour Meatloaf





Sauce:


2 small cans tomato sauce


1/4 cup worchestershire sauce


1/2 onion chopped


1 tablespoon dried parsley


1/2 cup brown sugar





Mix all sauce ingredients together in bowl, set aside.








Ingredients (Meatloaf):


2 pounds ground beef


1/2 chopped onion


1 egg, beaten


1/2 cup or more if needed, quick oatmeal (not instant)


1 teaspoon garlic salt





In another bowl add ground beef, 1/2 chopped onion, egg, oatmeal, garlic salt, pepper, and 1/3 of the sauce mixture. Mix together well.





Place in pan, making space between meat and pan around edges with fingers. Flatten top, spread more sauce over top and cook 1 hour, at 350F. Drain off grease half way (30 min) and add more sauce. Reserve some sauce for adding when served. The oatmeal disappears, is healthy and you can't taste it. It just holds it together better. Add more if you need it.

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