Some diet/self-help gurus tell you to call a diet an eating plan. They says diet has too many negative connotations. Like the fact the first three letters spell die. I always thought this a little silly. I mean you are cutting foods you want either way. That’s what makes a diet hard, no matter what…
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Puerco Pibil With A Little Bite
So our small group from church was coming over for dinner last night and I was going to cook. My wife can’t eat night shades because of an allergy. Nightshades include tomatoes and potatoes as well as all hot peppers. Filmmaker Roberto Rodriguez has a 10 minute cooking school on the Once Upon a Time…
Super Blender
If you haven’t seen it already, check out the Will It Blend website. There are a bunch of videos of a guy blending things that just shouldn’t be blended. For instance he blends a night at the movies into a smoothie. That consists of a coke, – still in the can – a DVD, and…
South Beach
I decided I had become too big a sugar addict and needed to go on a diet. So I decided to do South Beach because in the past I thought the food was great. I started yesterday at 198.4 lbs. Today I was at 195.4. I know it is all water, but that’s part of…
Eating For Life: Green Chilie Enchiladas
Decided to cook out of the Eating For Life cookbook tonight. Main course was Green Chili Enchiladas. They turned out pretty good. Very messy to make. Challenges included the messy part, dipping the tortillas in the green chili sauce before filling them. That was slimy, but also the corn tortillas I got broke at the…
First Fire and Burned Pan
Tip: Don’t leave a dry pan heating while you mes in place. Last night I was making Chicken With Garlic and Shallots, which starts by sauteing the chicken in 2 table spoons of water. I wanted to add the chicken and oil to a hot pan so I put the pan on the stove, on…
Sick
I was out of town last week and have been sick all of this week. I haven’t quit blogging or cooking, just waiting to get well. Update: This entry is too short for the format. So I’m adding some lines to make it fill out.
Knife Class
Went to the Sur La Table knife class last night and it was fun. Longer than I expected, but that was good. I felt I got my money’s worth. The teacher was Ed McCain who has his own cooking blog. He was a lot of fun as a teacher, and branched out from just knives…