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1. Worst fast-food chicken meal
Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with creamy ranch sauce
830 calories
55 grams (g) fat (4.5 g trans fat)
48 g carbohydrates
The only thing "premium" about these strips is the caloric price you pay. Add a large fries and regular soda and this seemingly innocuous chicken meal tops out at 1,710 calories.
My Mother's Day Food Plan!
May 13th is the big day...
Mother's day!
I can't wait.
Midday Muse: How does your garden grow...
In answer to Casa's Midday Muse I'd like to share photos of the bounty that is just starting to come in from our garden. Yes. It's a bit late.
DesignRchic's Valentine Dinner Menu w/ pictures!
UPDATE: RESULTS with pictures! I wanted to share with you all, what I'm cooking for my husband and I on Valentine's Day. I tried finding things that were somewhat healthy and quick to make.Meat Loaf Muffins w/Pumpkin
This should really be titled "Cleaning Out My Fridge Meat Loaf Muffins", but hey, the pumpkin title sounds better. It's getting colder here in New England which makes me crave down home comfort food. My usual go-to food is mac and cheese, but I didn't feel like spending the time on that last night.Italian French toast (Pain perdu à l'italienne)
Ingredients for 4:
- 2 tbsp of fresh basil (Minced)
- 8 tomatoes
- 1 clove of garlic
- 8 slices of "Brioche"
- 1 onion
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup of cream (or milk)
- 2 mozzarella balls
- Sugar, olive oil, salt and Pepper
Preheat your oven at 356°F (180°C).
In a soup plate, mix eggs with milk. Dip the slices of the brioche in the mixture.
My Birthday Haul
On Friday, I tried really hard to stick to my birthday list –I wanted to indulge my inner BPJ. It didn’t work and I blame Sephora and their mass marketing and also to all BPJ. I also hit LUSH for that I blame fellow BPJ - bailaoragaditana.
2 Ingredient Recipes
My mother is a reader of Woman's Day Magazine (whose recipes I usually love) and she passed on these 2 ingredient recipe cards to me. Sure, some of them are a little odd and I will probably never, ever attempt, but there were a few that immediately grabbed my attention and I can't wait to try out! (Pineapple with coconut sorbet...:DROOL:)
If you want the actually cards to print out and some additional ideas: http://www.womansday.com/food/6577/2-ingredient-recipe-cards.html, http://www.womansday.com/food/6373/none.html
Appetizers
Marinate mixed olives (jar) with freshly grated peel and juice from 1 lemon in refrigerator at least 24 hours.
Greek in Manhattan
Petros Restaurant 451 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 310.545.4100 I find Greek cuisine as one of the heartiest and healthiest food choices all around. And recently, one of our Greek friends just had her birthday and it was a no-brainer to check out Petros as it was just named "Top New Restaurant" by Zagat (and rightfully so).Dinner Parties for All Budgets
It's a party!
$: Southern Shindig
Nothing gets people's mouths watering like down-home cooking -- the main event at this party. Order takeout fried chicken and make all the fixings yourself, or fry up a batch of easier-to-cook chicken-fried steak.
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