tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60432603937813727382024-03-05T07:32:59.753-08:00Pieces of PalmWhips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-78155656800735067422016-02-05T08:59:00.001-08:002016-02-05T09:00:16.042-08:00Slavery or Freedom?<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sometimes we doubt what it is we are doing. We doubt that our business we are creating is what we are supposed to do. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">That's ok. That's normal. It is a business. People work at businesses. They create systems. WORK. Money doesn't just fall into our laps. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">"You're welcome. And for the record I have doubts too. Like on the first couple days of this month when I didn't make sc5 (this is Success Club 5, a goal that Beachbody sets for us to ensure that we are building our business) after all my hard work. I thought, "maybe this business isn't for me? Maybe God doesn't want me to do this?" But yet, I'm still passionate about this. I still believe it can work. I still want it to work.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I think that God gives us the desires of our hearts. I kinda think what he gives us IS the desire. Not the outcome (which would come if we work it).</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I believe that God wants us to be successful and to make money and to be rich. But not for greed or for selfish desires but to do what he called us to do. To make a difference in this world.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">To help other people not be enslaved to their job, to make fractions of their potential, to have their spirits sucked out by "the man". But for the Man, God, to give us life and hope and peace and health.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I know there are scriptures about the rich man who wouldn't give all he has to the poor. People think it means that he/we as Christians, shouldn't be rich. But I think what it was about was obedience and giving. The man wasn't able (or willing) to give what he had.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I want to make a lot of money because I want to give. I want to give hundreds to kids going on missions, to missionaries who are living abroad, to people here in the states, in our backyard.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I think this is why God gives us the desire to make money. I also think we need to make money smartly where we can live our passions that God gives us and not have to limit it to 2 weeks a year that the man gives us for vacation. I believe that's slavery not freedom."</span><br />
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When I was seven I left my bicycle out in the front yard and it got stolen. <b>Yes, this is the most important thing that happened to me. </b>One might think that I was a victim, that I was wronged. My parents should go out and buy me a new one right? Nope. They told me that I was irresponsible, that I didn't not take care of the things that were given to me. Since I left it outside and it was stolen then it was my fault for leaving it out there. They were not going to buy me a new one. I had to. </div>
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Ok no problem, I'll just save my allowance. No again. <b>I didn't get an allowance when I was growing up</b>. I had to go out and make money. I needed a job. But wait. I was 7 years old!!! I couldn't even get a job at McDonald's. So did I sit around and cry and whine and get my parents to buy me a new one? No I went out and raked the leaves in my neighborhood. I cleaned people's bathrooms and kitchens. I went out and made me some money. </div>
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I remember <b>I had saved up $67</b>. My dad was so impressed. He told me that I should be able to pay for half the bike with that money. He would pay the other half and I would pay him back. We went to Toys R Us and I remember I found a bike on sale and it came out to $66 and some change. I didn't need to borrow from my dad. <b>I did it on my own.</b> </div>
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This started something in me. I started making money doing odd jobs, selling things at a lemonade stand, cleaning people's houses, working in people's yards, <b>I even made scrunchies.</b> I sold them to a local hair salon. </div>
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So here I am now a grown up. I love making money on my own still. I am still an entrepreneur. I am working on two businesses. A creative real estate business and as a health and fitness consultant. </div>
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Not only do I enjoy making money for myself but I like helping people make their lives better. I want to see people succeed in their healthy, to be healthy and not get sick; I like to help people in their finances. I know how important budgets are. They are not restrictive but freeing. </div>
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This is the reason I have aligned with Team BeachBody. They <b>help people with their health, fitness and finances.</b> It represents everything I find important in life. </div>
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I am excited about this. If you are interested in joining me, wether you want help in your health and fitness or you want to build your own business please leave a comment and let me know. I can help. </div>
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Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-68405738255150062014-11-26T20:36:00.003-08:002014-11-26T20:38:32.109-08:00I'm BaAack!!!<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I haven't posted on this blog in a very long time. A lot of things have changed since my last post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I traveled a bit to NYC, Hawaii, California and all the way across the country and have settled for the time being in Kentucky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">It is beautiful here in Lexington. The rolling green hills, gorgeous trees and an array of flowers are everywhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">After 3 months of living here, Aleks and I both got full time jobs and 3 months later we were able to buy our first house. It is a duplex and we are working on getting our second one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">We are very excited about where our lives have taken us and where it is going. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I am working on building two businesses so that I can have the freedom to live the life I want. I would like to be able to travel, join a band, play roller derby and tend my garden. These activities are hard to do when you work 40-50 hours a week and only get 2 weeks off a year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">One business is a creative real estate business and the other is as a health & business consultant through BeachBody. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I intend to post more often in this blog. If you would like to receive emails with the blog posts please Follow by Email below, you can also follow me on Instagram @whips55 or </span><a href="http://facebook.com/whips55.christinepalm" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Facebook.com/whips55.christinepalm</a>Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-67332337867901135342012-08-21T09:20:00.002-07:002012-08-21T09:20:50.255-07:00New York Baby!I have moved on to New York. I will be here for 3 months. I normally don't like cities but this place isn't so bad. I think for me I hate driving in a city. Here there is enough public transit that it is easy to get around. The Metro card gets you on the subway and the bus. So that is nice. Most of all I walk a lot. <div>
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My friend who has lived here for eight years or so asked me if I feel myself getting swept up in the rush of life here. Maybe its because I haven't been here long enough or that being a nanny doesn't have too many timed appointments. If I'm by myself then I might walk across the street when there is a red hand on the crosswalk but I don't like to when I am with the baby. I kinda like waiting for the green man. I can stand there and really look at what is around. Sometimes this is not a good idea. I might notice bakeries and ice-cream shops or restaurants and bars that I want to go to. There are so many places I want to eat. I probably couldn't eat at all these places before I leave even if I never went back to the same place twice. </div>
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It is really nice that the family that I live with are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritarian" target="_blank">Nutritarian</a>. I really like this way of living. I think that when I live on my own I will eat more like this. She doesn't eat sugar, salt, fats as in oil or butter or much dairy. I know this sounds blah and gross but really there are other ways of flavoring foods with spices that it isn't needed. I like that we eat like this at home. Then I don't feel so bad eating a slice of NY pizza or going to a bakery. Although I might not go over in my calories I do feel a little sluggish or gross after eating these delectable treats. Even though while eating them they are so yummy the aftermath isn't as fun. But I like it. It helps me to not keep going back. I think this is how I want to live. Keep all unhealthy food out of the house. If I want to be bad then it needs to be eaten out. </div>
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I have been finding it difficult to track all my calories. For one if I eat out I am not too sure what all is in it and I have just been lazy. Since the competition is over I have less motivation to log everything. Then I walk for hours everyday. I don't really want to count all those calories as exercise. I think I want to start biking or roller skating when my roommate gets home. Then I can track those calories. I don't want to let myself go especially since I want to try a lot of the culinary treasures in the city. </div>
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Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-82333756217230070752012-07-31T11:51:00.000-07:002012-07-31T11:51:22.450-07:00Too Much Sugar!?! How Can it Be?!?I had my final weigh in for my biggest loser competition on Saturday. I lost a total of 31 lbs in three months. I am really proud of myself. I didn't lose enough to make it into 2nd place but I did get 3rd. I am excited about that. <br />
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In my last post I talked about how I learned so much by using MyFitnessPal I have seen what I was over and under in my nutrients. The first thing that I noticed was that my sugar was over before lunch even arrived! How could that be? I had a Kashi GoLean Crunch cereal with fruit. That was all! <br />
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According to MyFitnessPal I am allowed 25g of sugar a day. If I exercise then it is upped to 40g. I was getting concerned that I was over so early in the day. After breakfast where I measured my cereal and milk i was really close to 25g. I started to look at the labels and I realized that there was over 10g of sugar in milk, the same in the cereal and the fruits were very high in sugar as well. <br />
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I do believe that sugars naturally occurring in whole foods aren't as bad for you as processed sugars I still am trying to cut back on them. So for breakfast I switched to soy milk because it has half as much sugar as regular milk. I don't mind soy milk in cereal or coffee but I do not enjoy drinking a glass of it plain. <br />
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Lately I have not been eating breakfast. I have been doing this thing called intermittent fasting. Where you eat during an 8 hour window then fast the other 16 hours. So I have decided to stop with breakfast. I have noticed that it is way easier to eat less sugar when you don't have breakfast. <br />
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It seems that there is sugar in everything. So it is very important to read the labels and make sure that there is no added sugars. I always thought that yogurt was a very healthy option. I have decided to not eat it so much anymore. Most store bought yogurt has a lot of added sugars. So when getting yogurt make sure you read the label and find out where the sugar is coming from. <br />
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I have been reading up on this stuff and I read that high fructose corn syrup is bad for us. Our bodies don't recognize it and thus doesn't burn it. Then our bodies, after not burning it, turns it into fat and it is stored around our major organs. That is a scary thought. <br />
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Soda has HFCS. If the soda is diet then it has Aspertame. This artificle sugar is bad for us as well as it is cancer causing. For me, I want to give my body good fuel. I want it to be healthy so I am not going to put these things in my body. Most drinks, besides water, come with a lot of sugar or sweetener. Be very careful of consuming too much drinks. Water is the best. We need to stay hydrated. <br />
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Another thing that I have learned is that sugar inhibits the hormone Leptin for doing its job. Leptin is the hormone that tells us that we are full. I have noticed the days that I eat more sugar those are the days that I want to keep on eating. I also crave more sweet food on those day and end up going over my calorie allotment. <br />
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These are the things that I have learned about sugar. I hope that this was helpful to you in some way.Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-27445856739276531002012-07-22T13:54:00.000-07:002012-07-22T13:54:48.753-07:00What I have learned from MyFitnessPalI have been having a hard time lately being able to post. My computer is hooked up to the TV and it is always being watched. It will be easier to post when I get to New York. The computer will have its own place in my own place. It will be nice. <br />
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My weight loss competition will end in 6 days. I am really excited about this. I am doing pretty good. As of last Saturday I was in 3rd place and I am curious to see where I stand this week. Well, besides losing 27 lbs these past almost 3 months I have seen through my phone app MyFitnessPal where I have been lacking in my nutrition. <br />
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I am on vacation and am still trying to lose weight. This is hard because you want to go out with family and friends and eat wonderful yummy things. I want to win my biggest loser competition so I can't be horribly bad. So I have been making it a point to exercise most every day. I normally exercise at the gym in our apartment complex but my sister's complex doesn't have one. While I have been on vacation I have compiled a list of four activities that are good for exercise and will get your heart rate up and burn calories. I just got a heart rate monitor and have been tracking my burned calories that way. <br />
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The first activity I enjoyed on this trip was going to the park. I have a hard time running because it hurts my hip just under my butt cheek so I just slitely jog. The problem with this is that is my heart rate wasn't getting up high enough to burn sufficient calories. So while I was out I kept an eye out for stairs or steps. Anytime I saw some I would run up and down them over and over to get my heart rate up. When I started to think I was tired of doing that then I would make myself go up five more times. This was a really good way to get my heart rate up. Just walking my heart rate is too low to burn as many calories as I want. This way I can get it up for a little while till I come across another set of steps. <br />
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It was a nice walk. There was a pond with ducks. I guess it's spring because there was a flock of baby ducks. So cute! This park has a Frisbee golf course and it was nice to walk around there in the trees. There was also a bunch of little streams surrounded by berry bushes. It is a shame they aren't ripe yet. I would be having free snacks of blackberries everyday! I also enjoyed listening to nature as I was out. I heard birds and bugs in the trees making their sounds and the water running in the brook. It was a really nice time. I enjoyed this time way more than I enjoyed my time on the elliptical. Even though I can watch TV and the shows I want to watch at the gym I think it was a nicer time being out in nature. Also, it was nice to get some of the rays of the sun on my skin. This is something that you can do with friends as well. I went to the park with a couple friends and their babies and we pushed their strollers around the park. The last time I did this I was pushing the stroller for an hour and eleven minute and burned 563 calories.<br />
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The second activity is jumping rope. I really like this because it gets my heart rate up faster than anything. Except maybe running up the steps. I have done this a few times as well for an hour. Granted the view is nice but its not as fun as being at the park. I do burn more calories doing this. I started off setting the timer for a minute and jumping till it went off then doing the same for a break. Then I started to make my breaks shorter. 30 seconds then down to 15 seconds. Then I upped my jumping period to 3 minutes with a 15 second to 1 minute break. I liked this. It made the time go faster it seemed. One thing that can get a little frustrating is when you step on the rope and the jumping stops. Sometimes it just keeps on happening over and over. I just keep on trying till the 3 minutes are up. Most of the time I can jump non stop for 45 seconds or more. <br />
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In addition to exercising at the park or jumping rope the third activity you can do is go to the roller skating rink. The rink closest to my sisters was in the surrounding area and they had a deal for $2 Tuesday. You pay $2 to skate and $2 for the skate rental. I already had skates so it was only $2 for me! This is a good exercise if you ask me. We were there for two hours and if you keep up a good pace then you can burn a good amount of calories. In those two hours I burnt 700 calories. I guess its not as much for an hour but it was good fun for two hours and I burnt 700 calories. So that is more than I would have gotten just running for an hour at the park or even jumping rope. This as well can be a group activity. <br />
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The fourth exercise you don't need a gym for is swimming. My mom swims at least an hour everyday. She swims laps in her pool. I used to swim laps when I lived in HI at the rec park and they had a full sized pool. My mom's is way smaller but it still does the trick. I think that I would burn more calories in a bigger pool because I think you have to work harder for longer distances. Where in the smaller pool you get to kick off more often thus you don't work so hard. Yesterday I swam with my mom. She burned more calories than me because she was going faster than I was but in an hour I burned 424 calories. Which isn't so bad. Today her complex pool was closed so we went to her gym. This is the pool they have there and this length was way better for me. As was the black lines. I was able to swim the crawl without stressing that I was going to crash into the side walls from drifting. Also the black lines end before the wall so you know when to stop. Today I burned 406 calories swimming for 54 minutes. If I had gone as long as I had in the past the calorie count would have been bigger.<br />
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I hope these are an encouragement to you on your weight loss journey or even if you are just trying to be healthy, exercise is very important. Times are tough so sometimes we can't afford the gym membership but this is all to say we don't need it. We can do fun things and get our heart rate up and burn calories and lose weight without the gym. Good luck everybody. If you have other ways of exercising without a gym then leave a comment below and let me know. I like to do different things and your ideas would be fun to try out!Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-61847102514979209252012-06-18T12:17:00.001-07:002012-06-18T12:17:56.405-07:00Grilled Artichokes<div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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That smell always reminds me of artichokes. My mom used to make us artichokes while I was growing up. I love them. I prefer them fresh instead of marinated. I also like them whole and I like to scrape the meat off the leaves. Delicious.<br />
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After growing up I have made them a few times and I have gone to a couple restaurants where they were served as an appetizer. I always get them at the Cheesecake Factory with my friend Ernest, and at the Cattle Co. in HI with my good friend Gwen. Both restaurants grill their artichokes. Very good.</div>
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Since I have been on a healthy BBQ kick I thought maybe I could grill my artichokes that I got at my favorite <a href="http://www.sprouts.com/" target="_blank">grocery store</a>, <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/05/veggie-delight.html" target="_blank">Sprouts</a>. I got them for $2 each, which I think is a tiny bit high but they were huge! I cut them in half and they were the weight of over one serving. So I went for it! </div>
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I have been tracking all my calories on My Fitness Pal for over a month now and I started to notice that I was not getting enough potassium and iron. So I asked my friends on my app and <a href="http://alifutureskinnybitch.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ali</a> wrote back and gave me a huge list of foods that were not bananas and red meat. Which was what I wanted. I don't really like bananas and even though I absolutely LOVE red meat it is just so high in calories. Artichokes were on her list so I decided to make some. One serving or a little under 1/2 of one of these that I am making has about 950 mg of potassium and 18% of my daily requirement of iron. I was stoked! </div>
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Before cooking them you got to trim them. I use my <a href="http://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?itemGroup=77" target="_blank">cutco scissors</a>. My mom used her cutco scissors when I was growing up too. Anyways, I use them to trim the ends of the artichoke leaves. They have little stickers at the end of each leaf. So you want to cut them off. There have been times when I would prick my arm while at the store or while unpacking them at home and it is not pleasant. I can't imagine pricking my tounge with one. Ouch! </div>
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Then cut off the end of the stem. I normally enjoy eating the stem but some don't like it. After cutting off most of the pricks, the tip of the artichoke is harder to trim with the scissors so I cut it off with a knife. </div>
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While trimming the artichokes have a big stock pot on the stove full of water on to boil. After the trimming is finished then put the artichokes in the boiling water. With these artichokes I didn't have enough water in the pot so it was a little hard on the stems so make sure that they are covered in water while boiling.<br />
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Because I am planning on grilling these I didn't cook it all the way. About 15 minutes in the water. I took them out and cut them in half. <br />
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Then cleaned out the middle called the choke. The choke is not eddible. Do not try. It will be a horrible experience in your mouth. If I was just going to eat this after boiling or steaming then I would eat the leaves then scrape out the choke. Since I am BBQing them I took them out before heading out to the grill. <br />
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I decided to make the same dressing that I use for my <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/05/who-loves-cauliflower-after-this.html" target="_blank">roasted cauliflower</a> reciped. I use olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.<br />
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The way you eat them is by taking a leaf off the globe and scraping the meat off the inside. <br />
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Most of the leaf will be left to be discarded. Normally my mom would have a big bowl in the middle of the table and the whole family would throw the scraped leaves in there. <br />
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Oh man, do I love these! They are fun to eat and because you have to take each leave off it makes you slow dow a little in eating them. I tend to eat too fast and overeat so anything to help me slow down. </div>
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He had asked me to find the best iced coffee so I googled the best iced coffee recipe and I read a handful of blogs and they all agreed that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold-brew_coffee" target="_blank">cold brewed coffee,</a> was better than brewing a pot and pouring it over ice. <br />
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After making this coffee I decided to try it and it was delicious. That first day I tried it I ended up drinking three cups and I don't normally drink coffee. So I got a bit jittery. When I say a bit I really mean WAY jittery. So let this be my warning to you this recipe is to make a concentrated coffee.<br />
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After we finished off the ground coffee from Costco I went to my new favorite grocery store <a href="http://www.sprouts.com/" target="_blank">Sprouts Farmers Market!</a> They have a bulk section with a coffee bean section with many different coffee flavors. What I like about this is that I can buy what I need and use it and my beans are always fresh. But this will work with already ground coffee of any type caffeinated or not. <br />
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From what I have read it's best to have coarse ground coffee. So at Sprouts I choose my whole coffee beans then I put it in the coffee grinder right there in the store. They have many options from coarse to espresso. I buy one bags worth and it makes 4 cups of grounds and with that I can make two batches. <br />
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Here is what you do. Take two cups of the ground coffee and put it in a two quart pitcher and fill up the pitcher with water. That's eight cups. Then stir it and make sure all the grounds are fully wet. Sometimes they like to float or get themselves in little air bubbles. So make sure they are all mixed up and let soak for 8 hours or over night. When I pass by I like to stir it because the grounds like to either sink to the bottom or rise to the top. I also think that stirring it might help the flavor a bit. But I could be wrong on that one.<br />
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In the morning take a mesh strainer and filter out the grounds. I go back and forth a few times times to strain it out. You can drink it like this but it ends up leaving little granules on the ice so after I strain out the grounds a couple times I use a coffee filter to get the last little bit filtered out. <br />
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At this point you can make yourself a cup or you can put it in the fridge to chill before serving. <br />
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Now for me one cup is enough because I hardly ever have caffeine. If you are counting calories like I am then you gotta measure. If you are not then you can do it by eye like Aleks. So I take a 12 oz glass and fill it up with ice. Then measure out a half a cup of the coffee and pour it in then measure out 1/2 cup of 1% milk and add that to your coffee. I use agave nectar which does have calories. About 30 to be exact but I would rather have the calories than use sugar less or artificial sweeteners because our bodies don't recognize it to burn it and then it turns to fat. Anyways, I use 1/2 a Tbl of the Agave nectar. Stir all up and and enjoy. This cup is a total of 85 calories. I think this is an awesome amount of calories.<br />
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If you want to you can throw this cup of iced coffee in the blender and make your own frap.<br />
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It is officially the BBQ season! I don't know many people, if any, who don't like a good BBQ with family and friends. The only problem I see with BBQs is that it can get pretty high in calories. I started a biggest loser competition about a month ago. The first week I lost 10 lbs and that put me in the lead. Then since then I have held on the the second place spot on the leader boards. So I have been trying to eat healthy and exercise everyday. <br />
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Normal BBQs have hamburger, steak, sausage, tons of snacks like chips and even salads that are all high in calories like potato salads and the like. So I have been thinking of what I could do to still enjoy the time around the grill with friends and family but still eat healthy and not go over my calorie allotment. <br />
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This is what I have come up with. Corn on the cob! Most BBQs have corn on the cob already but normally we slather on the butter. But I like to eat my corn on the cob pure. Nothing added. Now, I do think they are kinda high in calories all on their own, about 120 in one cob but I think this is a good snack or addition to the menu. <br />
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Here are a couple other veggie options for the grill. Kabocha. KABOCHA!!! I love kabocha. It is a Japanese pumpkin and the outer skin is green. I like to slice it up in little steaks and put them in a gallon Ziploc bag and put a tsp of oil and some salt and pepper and mix it all up. When you get to the grill you can just throw these on on the outside and let them cook. They get a little chard sometimes but its ok as long as it is cooked all the way through. Very tasty and not too bad in calories, around 50. You can have a few if you want. When I grill my kabocha I eat the skin as well as the meat. When I put my kabocha in Thai curry, I cut off the skin.<br />
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The other veggie idea I have for the grill is zucchini. Now you can cut them in slices length wise and put it on the grill like that but there have been times in the process of flipping or putting on or taking off the grill that they fall through the cracks. So what I like to do is cut in half length wise, then in half the other way and make little slivers and put them in a sheet of foil with a tsp of oil and salt and pepper. I also put quartered mushrooms but you can put whatever you want. Onions, yellow squash, tomatoes, eggplant you name it! Then just close up the foil and put it on the grill with the corn and kabocha. <br />
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Now meat. This is something that I, an omnivore, have a really hard time with. I love beef and pork but since I have been counting my calories I have noticed they are so much higher in calories than say chicken or fish. But never fear, they can still taste good at the grill. What I used was tilapia. One serving of 3-4oz is just over 100 calories. You can have twice as much fish for the same amount as one serving of beef or pork. So what I did was before heading out to the grill I rinsed the fish and dried it in a paper towel. Then packed it that way.<br />
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I also made a little rub to put on before I put it on the BBQ. I put salt, pepper, chili powder, cumin, and garlic powder. Then I put that in a separate Ziploc bag and headed on out. At the grill I cut a lime and squeezed in over the dried fish then dipped that in the rub. Then on to the grill.<br />
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It doesn't take too long to cook so I would wait till everything is about ready to eat. I am making the fish into tacos or you can just eat it as it is. So when I put the meat on the grill I also put on my tortillas to heat up. <br />
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When the meat is done build your tacos, all I put on mine were a squeeze of lime, some sliced up cabbage and some avocado. So very yummy and low in calories. If you eat a corn on the cob, two kabocha slices, zucchini and two tacos the total calorie intake it a whopping 438 calories! That is awesome if you ask me. I have watched Hell's Kitchen and when they have a challenge to make a healthy low calorie dinner the goal is 750 calories! My meal is a little over half of that! That leaves room for watermelon or even seconds! Who doesn't like seconds? <br />
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<br />Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-69466204500899250242012-05-24T12:51:00.002-07:002012-05-24T12:51:42.069-07:00Who Loves Cauliflower? After this Everyone Will!I have loved cauliflower for years now. I have only just recently been cooking with it though. I used to love it at my favorite Indian restaurant in Hawaii. India Cafe. My friend Cris and I would go there all the time! We loved it! Anyways, they had this amazing cauliflower korma! My mouth is watering just thinking of it! It was so soft and tender and it seemed that it just soaked up the flavors of the spices and coconut milk it was cooked in. <br />
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Well, I haven't figured out how to make that myself, even though this past minute I have been thinking of how to make it. But there are things I have cooked cauliflower in that are very tasty. I like to put it in my Thai curry recipes, in my <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/04/quinoa-mac-and-cheese.html" target="_blank">quinoa mac and cheese</a>, and lately I have made pizza bites and roasted cauliflower from recipes that I have found on <a href="http://pinterest.com/whips55/" target="_blank">Pintrest</a>. <br />
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My friend Cris who would go with me to India Cafe had given me this list of whole foods and what their health benefits are. I still have that paper after all these years. That paper says, "Cauliflower, cruciferous family member that contains many of the same cancer-fighting, hormone-regulating compounds as its cousins, broccoli and cabbage. Specifically thought to help ward off breast and colon cancers. Eat raw or lightly cooked." <br />
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Aleks, his sister and I were talking about cauliflower last night and he brought up how people say that we should eat colored foods and that they are more nutritious than white foods. Most diet people say to stay away from white things like white bread, white rice or potatoes and is cauliflower really that good for you? So I looked it up online, from what I found it confirmed what the paper that Cris gave me and said that there were many health benefits. One that we really liked was that it helps in the fighting of cancer and also in the prevention of cancer. <br />
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Yesterday I made two recipes, cauliflower pizza bites and roasted cauliflower. These were the recipes that I found on Pintrest. They turned out real good. The pizza bites, since I made them in regular muffin tins so they came out to be 50 calories each. If you want them smaller you can put them in mini muffin tins for a total of 25 calories each. The other cauliflower recipe I made was roasted cauliflower. Aleks says it's the best thing I ever made. Which was surprising because he loves my cooking and there are some pretty amazing things I make, if I do say so myself. <br />
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So here are the two recipes I made yesterday. <br />
Cauliflower Pizza Bites that I got off <a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/214554369718017256/" target="_blank">Pintrest</a> by <a href="http://www.damyhealth.com/2012/03/cauliflower-pizza-bites/" target="_blank">Damy Health</a><br />
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First you got to grate the cauliflower. This could take just a little while. If I had a food processor then I would probably try that but I had to use a cheese grater. <br />
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Put the grated cauliflower in a pan and let cook till tender.<br />
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While its cooking separate 2 eggs. It should make about 1/4 cup of whites. Save the yolks. I did and I am keeping it for some curd.<br />
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Then add 1 cup of cottage cheese to the whites and add 1 tsp of dried oregano 2 tsp of Italian seasonings. Damy says parsley but I didn't have any so... I also put a squirt of Saracha in mine as well.<br />
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Damy says that hot sauce and coconut oil are optional. I didn't use the coconut oil because that would add a bunch of calories and that would defeat the purpose. Then 1/4 tsp of garlic powder. Blend that up in your food processor, like I said I didn't have one so I used the blender till smooth. It worked fine. <br />
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Then add the wet mixture to the cooled cauliflower. I didn't let mine cool too much because I am kinda lazy and I wanted to hurry up and make them.<br />
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Damy says that you got to press the mixture into the pan otherwise they fall apart. So I pressed my "dough" into the pan. It is wet so it's not like packing brown sugar its mostly just like making sure there are no air pockets.<br />
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Then you throw it in the oven at 450 degrees. Let it cool in the pan for 5 minutes so it has time to set and wont fall apart. <br />
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If you notice on my pan it has those little black dots That is the Pam that I used to coat the pan. After being in the oven it makes those spots. I just wiped them off. No big deal.<br />
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The recipe said that to make two cups of grated cauliflower you would need about a whole head but I only needed 2/3s of mine. It must have been a huge noggin! So with the remaining I cut it up and roasted it. <br />
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I also found this recipe on<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/214554369717676231/" target="_blank"> Pintrest</a> to came from <a href="http://designhermomma.com/2011/03/cauliflower-it-doesnt-have-to-taste-hot-steaming-garbage/" target="_blank">Design Her Momma</a>. <br />
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Cut the florets into bit sized pieces and in a bowl put the juice of 1/2 a lemon and 1 Tbl of olive oil and salt and pepper. Normally when I make things like this I like to use my big glass bowl but I had just used it and had already put it in the dishwasher and started it. So I used this Tupperware which actually turned out to be a genius idea. I'll show you in a minute.<br />
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Then throw in the cauliflower and put on the lid. Shake the Tupperware till it is all coated with the lemon oil mixture! How easy was that? I think I will make it like this from now on! Although I think next time I will add cabbage.<br />
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Anyways after its all mixed up and coated then put it in a pan. The first time I made it I put it on a cookie sheet this time I put it in my new Le Creuset pan that Aleks mom gave me.<br />
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If you use a whole head of cauliflower and separate it into 6 servings then each serving is only 50 calories. Not only is it good for you but super super tasty. I think I am going to go get some out of the fridge right now!<br />
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<i>PS. You probably noticed the change in the pictures about half way through. I used an app on my phone for the second half of the pictures. I should have done them all but I messed up and didn't know how to bring the pictures back to edit them. Anyways, all this to say, I am trying to take better pictures and I would love it if you could let me know which ones you like better. </i>Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-4258723840260344302012-05-12T10:39:00.000-07:002012-05-12T11:35:54.385-07:00New Cookbooks and Strawberry Shortcake.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looit what my sister gave me! She read on my blog about how I don't have any cook books but that it was alright because I had the internet. So she had these ready for me when I came to visit her! I love it! <br />
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We grew up using this Good House Keeping repice book. My mom had a copy. My dad also has his own copy that belonged to his mother. Which to me makes it even cooler. I never got to meet my grandmothers so I always longed for one. Anyways, my sister found hers at the used book store and later found one for me as well! I am so stoked to have it. <br />
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We went to Costco the other day and we bought a huge basket of strawberries to share with Aleks mom but she only took about a quarter of them. I knew I could not eat enough strawberries and cottage cheese, or just eat all the strawberries before they went wilted so I thought I wanted strawberry shortcake since at the end of the week I will be starting a biggest loser competition and will not be eating yummy yummy goodnesses like this. <br />
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Then, I remembered my cookbook and all the times as a teenager I made strawberry shortcake from this recipe book! I was so excited! <br />
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As I read the recipe, getting my ingredients together I did not remember useing lemon zest in my recipe when I was younger. But I figured it was something I probably would have left out anyway. Now that I am grown up and have a more developed palate I decided to use some lime zest seeing as I had a lime and had used half of it in my Thai tacos I had made earlier that day. <br />
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This is really an easy recipe. Just take your two cups of flour and mix in the baing powder, salt, sugar and zest. Then cut in the butter till it is lumpy.<br />
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Add an egg.<br />
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Till it just holds together.<br />
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After the shortcake has cooled then slice a piece in half and layer with strawberries and whipping cream. I was lazy and did not whip my cream.<br />
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But if you want that texture then get your hand mixer out and whip the cream with a little vanilla till peaks form. Some people like the cream to be sweet but I personally think that the strawberries are sweet enough that it doesn't need more sugar. But if you want it sweet then add a little powdered sugar since we want it to be a smooth creamy texture. Well I hope you enjoy!Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-8605490887389107832012-05-04T14:03:00.001-07:002012-06-11T17:10:23.259-07:00Veggie Delight!I got all these veggies for $16.29!!! What a good deal!!! If you are from the mainland you might not be too impressed but if you are from Hawaii then you know why I am so excited. To get all these vegetables in HI would cost me over $50! <br />
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I will probably post some of what I will be doing with these. I have started my biggest loser completion less than a week ago. I need to eat more veggies cuz they are less in calories and I can eat more. Plus I love vegetables. It was just hard in HI because everything was so expensive. I am excited about all the options. <br />
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Anyways, I have been almost ready to post my article about my strawberry shortcake I just have to add a couple pictures. At our house the Internet is all messed up. We think it might be the modem but who knows. So I am posting from my phone. Hopefully it will get fixed today and I can get that post up. <br />
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This recipe for Quinoa Mac and Cheese has been evolving since just before Christmas. Aleks left for Arizona four days before Christmas. I was sad about that because it was going to be our first Christmas together. So his dad and I decided we would have "Christmas" the night before he left. Aleks wasn't too stoked about that but I told him it was our way of getting the holiday with him. <br />
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His dad's girlfriend was going to make a ham and while deciding on what else to make Aleks said that an awesome baked macaroni and cheese would go good with the ham. So I did some research and found this recipe. Emril Lagasse had a contest for the <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Recipes/story?id=4291479&page=1" target="_blank">Best Mac and Cheese Ever</a> and so I decided to use this recipe. <br />
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Aleks said it was his favorite thing we ate at that meal. Later on I visited Aleks in Arizona at the end of January. He told me that his sister wanted me to make the mac and cheese. I had thought he told her about it but instead it was his dad. So I made it again. Another success. <br />
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As I have been browsing <a href="http://pinterest.com/whips55/" target="_blank">Pintrest</a> and saw quinoa mac and cheese recipes but it seemed that they really were macaroni made out of quinoa flour. So I decided to make my own recipe. I used the recipe that I used from christmas and decided to add cooked quinoa, broccoli and cauliflower. <br />
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With these additions it made the recipe a little bit healthier. At first I only used the quinoa, broccoli and cauliflower but Aleks' sister said she thought that it might be good with a bit of the pasta mixed in for extra texture. So this will be todays addtion to my list of quinoa recipes. So far I have posted about<a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/03/quinoa-black-bean-burger-with-cilantro.html" target="_blank"> Black Bean Quinoa Burgers</a> and <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/04/tabbouleh-salad-with-quinoa-recipe-and.html" target="_blank">Quinoa Tabbouleh Salad</a> you can read about them here. <br />
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The first thing I would do is get the quinoa on to cook and get the garlic in the toaster or oven to roast. To cook the quinoa you put one cup of water in a pot with two cups of water. Then put it on to boil. Once it boils then take off the lid and turn off the stove. Let the quinoa sit on the stove for 15-20 minutes till cooked.<br />
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For the garlic, take the whole head and cut the top third off horizantally. I use a little olive oil and salt an pepper and put the top third back on. The wrap it up in a sheet of foil and throw in the toaster oven or regular oven for 45 minutes at 400 degrees. <br />
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While those are cooking then take a package of bacon and cut them up in one inch squares and cook in a big pot.<br />
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While that is cooking then dice up two big shallots.<br />
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Grate the two cheeses, 6oz of gruyere and 8oz of extra sharp chedar cheese.<br />
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In a big pot boil water and put the pasta and the veggies into it. Cook for as long as the package directions call for. Normally its for 7 or 9 minutes. I have used many different kinds of pasta for this recipe. Really you can use whichever kind you want. Macarroni, the short macarroni, squiggly noodles, shells, penne or any other kind you have in the cupboard.<br />
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Once the bacon is cooked and crisp then set them aside and drain most of the grease out then add a stick of butter to the bacon pan and let melt with the left over bacon fat.<br />
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Once it is melted add the shallots.<br />
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After they have turned translucent then add a 1/2 cup of flour making a rue.<br />
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Stir together to make a thick paste. It should look somewhat like this.<br />
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Add a quart of milk. The recipe above calls for whole milk but any kind you use would work. I use half whole and half 1%. I would whisk it in in two batches.<br />
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While that is on the stove take out the garlic. Just squeeze the head and the garlic cloves will squish out all nice and soft.<br />
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After all the garlic is out of the husk it will look like this.<br />
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Take a knife and smash it into a paste. <br />
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Add the smashed garlic to the milk and rue mixture.<br />
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After the garlic, milk and rue are all mixed together the slowly add small batches of the cheese.<br />
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I go about a handfull of cheese at a time.<br />
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This will slowly thicken the milk mixture.<br />
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While the sauce is cooking on the stove get the cooked quinoa and veggies into the baking pan.<br />
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Once all the cheese is added and smooth then pour the cheese sauce over the quinoa, pasta and veggies that have been put in a 9"x13" pan. Carefully stir it together so that the cheese sauce is evenly distributed. This normally fills the pan to the brim so be careful. <br />
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Once you have finished stiring it together then top with 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs and 1/2 cup of shreaded parmesan mixed together.<br />
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Top with the bacon pieces.<br />
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Then put the pan in the oven for 20-30 minutes till the cheese at the edges are bubbly and the topping has slightly browned. <br />
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Take out of the oven, serve and enjoy.<br />
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1 cup dry quinoa - cooked<br />
8oz pasta<br />
3 cups broccoli and cauliflower<br />
8oz extra sharp cheddar cheese<br />
6oz gruyere cheese<br />
1 quart milk<br />
1 package bacon<br />
1 stick of butter<br />
2 shallots<br />
1 head of garlic - roasted<br />
1/2 cup parmesan<br />
1/2 cup breadcrumbs<br />
<br />Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-29412483684487652982012-04-16T12:06:00.000-07:002012-04-16T12:06:59.186-07:00Fruit Stands and Farmer's Markets<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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In this series of our <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/04/sirens-cafe.html" target="_blank">road trip from AZ to CA </a>we had a long drive. I was excited because I knew that in those long hours between towns and cities that there were farms and when there are farms there are fruit stands and farmer's markets!<br />
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When I told Aleks that I wanted to go to fruit stands along the way he thought I was talking about little shacks made out of ply wood that are falling apart and kids are selling lemonade. But that is not what I meant. These are real buildings with bathrooms and amazing fruits, veggies, snacks and nick knacks.<br />
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The first one we went to was<a href="http://www.murrayfamilyfarms.com/" target="_blank"> Murray Family Farms</a> in Bakersfield, CA. This was a really cute place. They are considered a farmer's market. They had a petting zoo, an "Ant Farm" Aleks was excited to see the Ant Farm thinking it was an actual ant farm with real live ants but no it was a kids play ground. Although we were both disappointed it was a playground and not real ants we both thought it would have been so fun to play in when we were little.<br />
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Inside the market they had many many awesome things for sale. They had citrus and all kinds of fruits and many snacks. They had salt water taffy, pop corn, corn nuts, trail mixes, jams, hot sauces, honey and they even had a restaurant where you could buy lunch or pies. We ended up getting a box of corn nut. The corn nuts had many different flavors and it was really hard for me to decide which one to get. They were only $2.50 so I had an even harder time choosing to only get one. I ended up deciding on the cajun flavored corn nuts. They were super good and spicy and crunchy.<br />
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Before we left the farm they had a honey and citrus free sample bar. There were all kinds of honey. There was grape, peach, and other fruit flavored ones. They also had honeys that I would never have ever thought of like, chipotle, whiskey, almond and different flowers. Then there were these different citrus fruits. At least ten different varieties of oranges, tangerines, and lemons. We spent over five minutes at this bar. It was awesome.<br />
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Later on that night we spent the night at my mom's house where she cooked us some awesome Italian food. I don't know why I didn't even think to take pictures especially at my mom's house with her amazing food but I didn't. She made us a eggplant dish and a pasta dish. They were very delicious and I am thinking that I just might ask her to be a guest blogger and write about what she made for us.<br />
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We had to leave the next morning to head off to San Francisco to see Aleks friend that he had from diaper days. He has always been a good friend to Aleks for as long as I have known Aleks. I thought it was important for Aleks to get to see him on this trip.<br />
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I had asked my mom what was the best way to get to San Fran from her house and we compared it to the GPS we had in the car and they matched so we were on our way after we had breakfast with my mom. She made us muffins with a berry cheese spread and smoothies. They were super good. It was nice to see my mom and I wish we could have spent more time with her.<br />
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So we are driving along our way to San Fran and I didn't realize that we would spend most of our time on small two lane roads. I thought that we would be on those big California Interstates but we got a really nice scenic drive. We ended up going through Gilroy the garlic country. I knew they grew the garlic there but I wasn't expecting to smell it through our car windows. Aleks was reading the Hunger Games to me and we both got so distracted from the amazing smell. He stopped reading and we turned down the windows and just basked in the wonderful smell.<br />
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I saw signs along the way for a <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/pacheco-pass-farmers-market-gilroy" target="_blank">fruit stand at Pacheco's Pass</a> and they had signs for $.99 a lb garlic. So I had to pull over. Plus the clincher was the garlic ice-cream sign. How could I resist that?!<br />
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We pull in and get out of the car and there are these oranges that are $.25 a lb! I thought that as such a good price we got some.<br />
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But from where I was standing in front of the oranges, which did smell good, I smelled strawberries over the oranges. I look over and there was a stand with strawberries on it about ten feet away.<br />
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I was drawn to it by the sent. The strawberries were bright and shiny and very vibrantly red. I could not pass up the $2 a basket price.<br />
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Then we go in and there are all these jars of garlic, minced, diced, pickled, different sauces and spices. It was garlic heaven.<br />
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As we are looking around Aleks spots a shelf full of different spices called, Aw Shit, Hot Shit, BQQ Shit, and Special Shit. We thought was funny and had to take a picture. I think they should make another one and call it Holy Shit. Just saying.<br />
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We asked the lady at the counter what she recommended for us to get since there were so many options. She asked if we liked spice and heat and we absolutely did. So she recommended to us the Gilroy Hot Stuff. It is a really spicy garlic salt. It has Gilroy garlic and habanero. I have to say that it is spicy. I have been using it in my black bean soup, to spice up my popcorn and for the seasoning on <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/04/tabbouleh-salad-with-quinoa-recipe-and.html" target="_blank">my pita chips</a>. I am glad that we bought it. We will probably use it on steak or chicken when we BBQ next.<br />
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Not only did we buy the oranges, strawberries, and Gilroy Hot Stuff but we also got garlic and the garlic ice-cream. We got both kinds the chocolate and the vanilla. I am not a big fan of chocolate ice-cream in general but we thought we should try both. I loved the vanilla, it was so good. The garlic flavor was there but not over powering. It was perfect. The chocolate on the other hand I could hardly taste the garlic and like I said I don't really like chocolate ice-cream. The garlic on both ice-creams was definitely there in the after taste but it was a good thing. I loved the lingering flavor of the garlic. I didn't want to eat anything else to ruin the flavor in my mouth. I know this is kinda gross but about an hour later Aleks burped and it filled the car with the sent of garlic again. It wasn't bad at all.<br />
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I just wanted to share with you about the fruit stands and farmers markets we went to on our road trip from AZ to CA. If you want to read about what else did on our trip check out my other post on the <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/04/sirens-cafe.html" target="_blank">Siren's Cafe</a>. If you are ever in Kingman you don't want to miss out on that treat. I will be posting more on where we went on our trip so keep posted. Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-18913268277622713932012-04-11T14:36:00.001-07:002012-04-11T14:36:18.169-07:00Tabbouleh Salad with Quinoa Recipe and Homemade Pita Chips<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95GeGfNkVDyykBBo1vBHlp9gz-sbpJIua1J3LRbxnOxlgfSe9w3pbzKAbSAQ3z3gPeEg3UT98ldcUxvw8nZpqjU0o2IHZ-U0nhLKaPIV8PMLSEaaE4zuTP-yaGM5Sx76UO9AoxV4O0bwj/s1600/IMG_0721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95GeGfNkVDyykBBo1vBHlp9gz-sbpJIua1J3LRbxnOxlgfSe9w3pbzKAbSAQ3z3gPeEg3UT98ldcUxvw8nZpqjU0o2IHZ-U0nhLKaPIV8PMLSEaaE4zuTP-yaGM5Sx76UO9AoxV4O0bwj/s320/IMG_0721.JPG" width="320" /></a>I have been trying to use quinoa in our diet more lately. I even made a quinoa mac and cheese which I will post about later. I feel quinoa is a better carb than most, especially white rice, potatoes, pasta and bread. I don't want to cut carbs out of my diet all together because I don't feel that is a balanced diet and I end up craving and caving. So I have been looking for more ways to use quinoa. Not only is it a good carb but it also is high in protein. Not as high as meat but higher than other types of carbs. I believe my quinoa package says that there are 6 grams of protein per serving. <br />
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In my fridge I had cucumbers and tomatoes and we are growing mint on the balcony. So I thought I would like to make a Tabbouleh salad with the quinoa instead of the Bulgar wheat. All I needed from the store was a little bit of parsley, lemon and feta. <br />
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While I was on my road trip we had dinner at my dads house. They use quinoa a lot and I asked them how they cook it seeing as I have had a bit of problems with cooking mine. You can read about <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/03/quinoa-black-bean-burger-with-cilantro.html" target="_blank">what happened when I made my quinoa black bean burgers here. </a><br />
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I asked my dad's wife if she rinsed her quinoa before she cooked it and she said that she did not. That all she does is measure two cups of water for one cup of quinoa. Puts it on the stove and waits for it to boil. Once it boils she said to turn off the burner and let it sit for 15 minutes. I did this and it was a lot better than before when I made the <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/03/quinoa-black-bean-burger-with-cilantro.html" target="_blank">quinoa burgers</a>. <br />
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While the quinoa was cooking I chopped the cucumbers, tomatoes, garlic, parsley and mint. I threw it all in a bowl with the feta.<br />
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After the quinoa finished cooking I took it out of the pot to cool. I didn't want the hot quinoa to wilt the veggies so I wanted it to cool. <br />
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While waiting I decided to make some pita chips to eat with the hummus I got from Sprouts, Aleks and my new favorite store. I cut the pita bread in 8 pieces and then took each segment apart. I like to do it this way because then I get more chips and they get crispier. <br />
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I like to use my toaster oven most of the time. This way I don't end up heating up the house like if I used the regular oven. I lined the tray for the toaster with some foil and put a little bit of olive oil on top.<br />
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They come out all nice and toasty and crisp. Great for dipping in the hummus.<br />
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By this time the quinoa has cooled and I add it to the bowl with the veggies and cheese. Then I put one teaspoon of olive oil and juice of half a lemon.<br />
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Stir it all up so all the ingredients are evenly distributed and the flavors can marry.<br />
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We wanted to eat at as many good places along the way as we could and of course there were places I wanted to take him in my home town. So I will call this series Eating from AZ to CA.<br />
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We went on google maps and found the fastest route to my mom's house then tried to find an awesome place a few hours from our house. I searched for Diners Drive-ins and Drives in those areas and we were having a hard time. Aleks was at the Drs. and found a magazine that had Arizona's 15 best restaurants for 2012 in it.<br />
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One of the places on that list was <a href="http://www.sirensinkingman.com/" target="_blank">Siren's Cafe</a>. They are a mom and pop place. Well actually a mom and daughter place. This place is located in Kingman, AZ. It is really close to the borders of CA and NV. We changed our route to accommodate this location and am glad we did.<br />
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It was really cute inside. We went for lunch. Looking at the <a href="http://www.sirensinkingman.com/pages/menu.htm" target="_blank">menu</a> before we left online was helpful in that we had an idea of what we wanted to get. We saw that they made their own ricotta cheese and I wanted to make sure that I got a sanwich with that creamy goodness in it. Aleks saw that they had copacola there and he wanted a sandwich with that in it cuz he never had that before. <br />
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They also had options for sides. Homemade lemon pasta salad and homemade potato salad. They also had chips but we went for the salads. We got one of each so we could try them both. They were both good for thier own reasons. The potato salad was creamy but bot too rich and the lemon pasta salad had good flavor but could have used a little bit more salt.<br />
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Aleks got the La Rocco sandwich, he loved it. It had coppacola, salami, homemade ricotta, provolone, roasted red peppers, and Italian dressing on Italian bread. It was very Italian tasting with the copacola and salami.<br />
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I built my own sandwich. I got roast beef, homemade riccota, all the veggies plus avocado with the artichoke spread on Italian bread. It was amazing. The roasted red peppers, sprouts and avaocado made the sandwich so flavorful. I absolutely loved the ricotta in there as well. It was a very good sandwich. <br />
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We got the chocolate cheesecake with strawberries. It was not my favorite part of the meal but it was nice to see a restaurant making thier own cheesecake insead of going to Costco and selling thiers. <br />
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t was a wonderful experience there at Siren's Cafe. At the end of this trip we went to another sandwich shop up in my hometown but they were very different types of sandwiches but both good in thier own way. I will write about that later on in this blogging series, Eating from AZ to CA.Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-44829737103530047232012-04-04T15:48:00.000-07:002012-04-04T15:48:04.941-07:00Breakfast Burritos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>It's been a while since I have posted. I have been on a small road trip. Aleks' dad was here visiting. Since he was taing care of the baby we were able to leave and Aleks got to meet my family. We planned our trip according to the restaurants we wanted to eat at. So I have many blogs I want to write about those places. But first here is my breakfast burrito recipe I was working on before we left.</em> <br />
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Breakfast is kind of hard for me to plan. A lot of the time we might talk about eating something in he morning and the morning comes and we decide we don't want that. I have been trying to eat more healthy but Aleks and his sister thought that breakfast burritos sound good, so I offered to make some. I pulled some stuff out of the fridge: eggs, portuguese sausage, cheese, potato, salsa, and cilantro.<br />
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I started off by chopping up the potato in little chunks and threw them in a pan with butter and oil. I use both at the same time so that I have the butter taste and the oil keeps it from burning. Once the potatoes have started cooking and each piece is coated with the oil I like to use my special seasoning mix. I like to use salt, pepper, crushed chili flakes and cayenne pepper. I might use this blend in pretty much everything I cook. It is just my favorite.<br />
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In a separate pan I put the chopped up pieces of portuguese sausage. I let the sausage and potatoes cook till crispy. If you wanted to you could use regular sausage, bacon, ham or any other kind of meat you want in your burrito.<br />
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We didn't have a cheese grater so I cut up the cheese in little strips. (We have one now.) <br />
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I got the eggs ready for cooking. I just added a little bit of milk while scrambling it. Once the sausage was done cooking I drained the grease and added a little bit of butter to the pan and cooked the eggs in that same pan. Season with salt and pepper. Once it is cooked about half way then I add the cheese so it can melt in with the eggs.<br />
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Then I put all the ingredients in the tortilla and fold it up. We like our burritos a little crispy so I put the built burrito in the pan to get a little crispy. I don't like to put any oil in the pan when I do this because it will get crispy without it and I don't want the extra calories.<br />
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Earlier this week I had made Quinoa and Cheese, my way of making a healthier mac and cheese; then I had made a batch of <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/03/cooking-dried-black-bean.html" target="_blank">black beans</a> for <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/03/chocolate-chili-recipe.html" target="_blank">Chocolate Chili</a>. I still had some quinoa and black beans leftover. I have been trying to not waste any food by cooking enough portions for what we eat, or by either making sure that I eat all of the leftovers and making new recipes with extra ingredients. I know that sometimes I have all these random, little bits of ingredients and they end up getting thrown out. This really bothers me.<br />
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I checked the fridge and found all these ingredients: quinoa, black beans, hamburger buns, cucumbers, cottage cheese, parmesan, eggs and greek yogurt. I decided to make quinoa black bean burgers and some kind of sauce. I went online and found a few<a href="http://eatingwelllivingthin.wordpress.com/2010/11/01/love-my-quinoa-burger/" target="_blank"> recipe</a>s and decided to combine the different ideas into my own. <a href="http://pinterest.com/whips55/" target="_blank">Pintrest</a> shows a lot of different ones if you just do a <a href="http://pinterest.com/search/?q=Quinoa+black+bean+burgers" target="_blank">search</a>. <br />
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I started to cook to quinoa. It always ends up coming out alright but I think I am doing something wrong. Recipes I have read and the package that the quinoa comes in all say to rinse the quinoa but I always end up losing a lot of the grains. Then at the end there is so much extra water. If anyone knows what I should be doing different I would greatly appreciate it if you could leave me a comment and give me any tips.<br />
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While the quinoa was cooking I chopped up half a shallot and two cloves of garlic. I sautéed them in a small pan with some olive oil just till they were translucent.<br />
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Then took my beans, cottage cheese, egg, and parmesan and blended it up in the blender till smooth. I had seen many pictures of these kinds of burgers and I didn't like how the black beans looked in them. So I blended them smooth and added salt and pepper.<br />
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After the quinoa was cooked I drained the water, again I must be doing something wrong in my method of cooking them, I combined it in with the bean mixture in a big bowl. After mixing it all up it seemed so wet. I remembered we had some Panko breadcrumbs in the pantry so I added some to the mix. Along with some cilantro.<br />
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While everyone was putting the baby to bed I made the Tzatziki sauce to go with it. I didn't have lemon, mint or dill but I had limes and cilantro. I put greek yogurt, cucumbers, garlic, lime and a handful of cilantro and bended it up in the bender. It turned out pretty good if I must say so myself.<br />
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When everybody was ready to eat I put a spoonful of the quinoa black bean mixture into a hot pan with olive oil, pressed it down to make a patty and let it cook for four minutes on each side.<br />
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For Aleks' burger I put the Tzatziki sauce on the toasted bun and topped the burger with lettuce, tomato and avocado. He loved it. Especially the sauce. He thought that deserved its own blog. But here it is, sharing the entry with the quinoa burger. Maybe someday it will get its own entry. We will see.<br />
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<u><b>Quinoa Black Bean Burger</b></u><br />
1 3/4 Cups cooked Quinoa<br />
1/2 Cup Black Beans<br />
1/2 Cup Cottage Cheese<br />
1/4 Cup Parmesan Cheese<br />
1 Egg<br />
1/2 Cup Panko breadcrumbs<br />
Salt<br />
Pepper<br />
1/2 Shallot<br />
2 Cloves of Garlic<br />
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<b><u>Cilantro Tzatziki Sauce</u></b><br />
1/2 Cup Greek Yogurt<br />
1/4 Cucumber peeled and chopped<br />
1/4 Cup Cilantro<br />
2 Cloves of Garlic<br />
1/2 Lime juiced<br />
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<br />Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-74423412487133901312012-03-22T11:10:00.002-07:002012-03-22T11:10:30.165-07:00Chocolate Chili Recipe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Aleks wasn't feeling well so I offered to make his chili. It might not have been exactly the same as his. Cuz, "No one can beat his chili!" We like the chili to be spicy but we aren't just cooking for ourselves anymore. We have his nephew and his mom to think of. They can't take too much heat.<br />
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I was excited to make the chili as I get to make this blog. I had made the <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/03/cooking-dried-black-bean.html" target="_blank">beans</a> earlier in the day. I grabbed all the ingredients and got started. We like to use <a href="http://www.redondos.com/english/products/ps/index.html" target="_blank">Portuguese sausage</a> in the chili but we throw it in the food processor so that it is small and we can have the flavor without the big chunks of meat. After the sausage has cooked for a little while throw in the the ground beef.<br />
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While the meat is cooking, chop the onions, garlic and jalapeños. When the meat is done cooking spoon out the grease and discard. Because we needed a more mild version I put some of the meat in a smaller pan and only added the jalapeños to the big pan. Then added the packets of chili mix and let all those flavors marry and well seasoned.<br />
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Once the meat and veggies are all cooked and seasoned then add the tomato sauce. You want to <b>make sure that the meat is seasoned enough before you add the tomato ingredients</b> because the tomatoes will absorb the seasonings and you won't be able to taste it. If you season before the sauce is added then the meat and veggies will carry the seasonings for a better tasting chili. If you are a vegetarian then the same thing applies. Make sure that your veggies are well seasoned before you add the tomatoes.<br />
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After adding the sauce then <b>add a couple squares of dark chocolate</b> and the cooked beans. Let simmer for a little while till fully cooked and hot. <b>Being from Hawaii we like to eat our chili with rice.</b> I remember my mom asking me once what I was having with my chili and she got so weirded out that I ate it with rice. But it is sooo good.<br />
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We like to top our chili with a little bit of cheese and cilantro. Adds another level of flavor. I hope you enjoy!Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-78765340626248935922012-03-21T14:58:00.000-07:002012-03-21T14:58:31.706-07:00Cooking Dried Black Beans!Since I don't have a job and I haven't magically made any money I have been thinking of ways to save money so that what I do have lasts longer. I decided to cook up a bag of dried black beans. It's not hard to do, it just takes a little bit of time.<br />
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The other day it was the plan that Aleks would make his chili. So I had bought the bag of beans so he could use that. He had had a rough day the day before and was not feeling well so he had spent the day in bed. I was taking care of the baby and hanging out. It was mid-day and I realized that I hadn't cooked the beans and I didn't want to not have them ready for the chili.<br />
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<li>Of course, I read the package and I remember my sister telling me that she didn't use the recipe on the bag of beans but one from her cookbook so I went online, seeing as I don't have a cookbook. I read a few <a href="http://whfoods.org/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=2" target="_blank">blogs</a> and <a href="http://www.chezbettay.com/pages/basics1/basics_beans1.html" target="_blank">articles</a> and realized what my problem has been all those times I tried to cook them in the past. They always turned out kinda hard. I didn't understand why until now. The package directions tell you to add salt when you are cooking them. When in all reality the salt clogs the pores of the beans and they can't retain the water. So now I don't salt the beans till after they are done and they are nice and soft.</li>
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First step, sort the beans. I hadn't done a very good job in reading the recipes and it wasn't until after I started soaking the beans that I realized that I was right at first. I was taking out the beans that were broken in half but there were so many that I thought I shouldn't do that. Now that I look at the end product I wish I had taken them out of that second half. But it is ok. They still taste good. Anyways, sort out the half beans and any withered ones or little pebbles. Then rinse them.<br />
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If you are like me and forgot that you needed to have cooked your beans and need them that day then this is what you do but if you have time then cover the beans in a pot over night. For the "quick" method this is what you do. For every cup of beans you cook you should use 2 1/2 cups of water. Add the water to the beans and put it on the stove on high. Wait for the water to come to a boil then time it for two minutes then turn the stove off and let soak for one hour.<br />
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When the hour is up, rinse the beans, remeasure the water and put the beans on to cook for two hours. The water should be simmering not boiling. When the time is almost up check a couple beans to see if it is the right consistency. When it is, take off the stove and let cool.<br />
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I think I let my beans sit on the stove too long after it was done cooking. So they got a little mushy. This is fine because I will be using them for chili, mexican food, black bean fritters, quinoa and black bean burgers, or whatever else I think of. What do you use black beans for?<br />
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After they cooled I separated the beans into four zip lock sandwich bags,There would have been more but I used a lot for the chili that night. Otherwise there would have been 5 or 6 bags. I took as much of the air out of the bags as I could then flatted them out and threw them into the freezer for future use.<br />
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It was really easy and I saved money. Plus there were no preservatives added and not that much sodium. I only shook the salt over the separate bags. I hope you try this and if you do, please leave a comment and let me know how it goes.Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-3842955509671194542012-03-20T11:34:00.000-07:002012-03-21T10:59:48.188-07:00A night out!Last night I went out with some friends from Hawaii that have also moved to Scottsdale. We didn't go clubbing or anything but just went to eat pizza and tiramisu and have a glass of wine. It was nice to catch up and hear what's going on in their lives and plans for making money over here.<br />
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We went to <a href="http://www.grimaldispizzeria.com/" target="_blank">Grimaldi's Pizzeria</a>. The atmosphere was nice. Suspended from the ceiling were empty wine bottles with lights inside, hanging at different lengths and heights. I had seen DIYs of that on Pintrest and was never that interested, until last night. It gave the place a nice cozy feeling with a hint of sophistication.<br />
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The girls weren't hungry but I had been waiting all day for this and had only had breakfast. Well, actually it was left over <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/03/green-cheater-enchilada-recipe.html" target="_blank">enchiladas</a> from the night before but I ate them for breakfast. Regardless, I had heard about this place from a few people and I was excited.<br />
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This pizza place doesn't have a lot of "special pizzas" where you order and it comes with all this stuff on top. There were three options and a list of toppings to pick from. What I ordered was the pesto pizza and added mushrooms and ricotta cheese.<br />
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It was delicious! The crust was thin but not limp, crispy but not like a cracker and baked in the coal fired brick oven but not burnt.<br />
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It was nice to get out and talk to some ladies my age about all kinds of things. One thing that Jen and I have in common is that we both blog. Her blog is more artsy than mine. I am not a very artsy person in general. People think that I am but I think I am more crafty. As in crafts and being skillful but I'm not an underhanded person who schemes evilly. Anyways, back to the topic. She does calligraphy, cards and painting. Here is a piece of her art.<br />
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Go check out her blog at <a href="http://Jennylovelee./">Jennylovelee.</a>Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-12874872459195463612012-03-18T10:25:00.001-07:002012-03-21T11:00:21.714-07:00Green Cheater Enchilada RecipeGrowing up my mom would always make such wonderful food. My sister and I learned a lot from watching and helping her; we learned about reading recipes, making up our own and how to find them. I remember growing up my mom would make us enchiladas. Sometimes she would make them with beef and red sauce or with chicken and green sauce. Sometimes she would roll each tortilla then other days she would make them "cheater". Either she would cut up the tortillas in little squares or use a bag of chips. She would use whichever method that was most convenient for her at that time.<br />
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I have been making enchiladas since I have been on my own, practically a decade now. I have always rolled them. This is a time consuming process as you have to fry each tortilla, make the stuffing, fill it, and lay them out in the pan and bake it. When I was living on my own I never made them the "Cheater" way. I always rolled them. Today on the other hand I did not have time for all that process.<br />
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Today we went out to get a new bed for us. We have been sleeping on a twin, the two of us, and he has a hard time sleeping even when he is by himself let alone sharing a twin with another grown up. Me on the other hand can sleep standing up if I needed to. I have been sleeping just fine. We had decided we were going to go get the bed then go grocery shopping then I was going to make the green enchiladas, seeing as its St. Patrick's day and all. By the time we got home it was a half an hour past the baby's bed time and we were all tired and hungry. I decided it was time to pop my "cheater" enchilada cherry tonight!<br />
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The first thing I did when I got home was get my ingredients together and cup up the tortillas and throw them in the pan with some oil. I used two chicken breasts, diced them and put them in a second pan. While those are cooking I chopped up the garlic, green onions and cilantro.<br />
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Once the chicken is cooked add the cilantro, green onions and garlic. It is always best to season before you add sauce. I like to use salt, pepper, red chili flakes and a little bit of cayenne pepper for this recipe. The tortillas should be getting nicely browned and slightly crispy. I only added salt to the tortillas because all the ingredients are going to be combined later on.<br />
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Next I added the diced green chilies to the meat mixture.<br />
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Once all that is cooked together then its time to combine it with the tortillas.<br />
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Then I will put a little enchilada sauce in the bottom of the 9"x13" baking pan and pour the rest of the can in with the meat and tortilla mixture. Once its all combined then in to the baking pan it goes.<br />
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Then I top it with cheese. I would normally use monterey jack cheese but it was not on sale the the store yesterday so I got the mexican four cheese blend.<br />
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Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or till the cheese is melted and the edges are bubbly. It really shouldn't take too long because all the ingredients are already cooked and they just need to marry and melt. This gave me enough time to clean up the mess I made in the kitchen so it wasn't such a chore after we ate.<br />
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Once it is done, take it out of the oven and its time to eat. I have made this for everyone before for a birthday and they loved it. Aleks liked it more this time than ever before but his mom thought it was too spicy. It was a bit more spicy because of the red chili flakes and cayenne pepper. So if you like it a bit more mild then just put a little chili powder or no extra seasonings.<br />
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Below is the recipe if you would like to try this out for yourself.<br />
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.<br />
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1 package corn tortillas<br />
2 chicken breasts<br />
1 28 oz can of green enchilada sauce<br />
1 4 oz can of diced green chilies<br />
4 stalks of green onions<br />
1 head of cilantro<br />
3 cloves of garlic<br />
1 lb of mexican cheese<br />
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Cut up tortillas and cook in pan with oil. Dice chicken and cook in separate pan with oil. Add cilantro, green onions, garlic and seasoning to the chicken. Add diced green onions and mix. Combine meat with the chicken.<br />
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In 9"x13" baking pan put just a layer of enchilada sauce on the bottom and the rest on the meat tortilla mixture. Put mixture in the pan and add cheese on top. Bake for 15-20 minutes till cheese is melted and edges are bubbly. Serve and enjoy!<br />
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<br />Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-80107514305789570672012-03-17T15:22:00.000-07:002012-03-21T11:01:05.442-07:00Happy St. Patricks Day!It's St. Patrick's day and cabbage and corned beef is on sale. I love cabbage but sometimes it seems so expensive. I always know that when St. Patrick's day comes along I should be able to get it way cheaper. And this year is not disappointing. When I was living in Hawaii cabbage could be over a $1 lb or on sale for $.89 lb.Since I am new to Arizona I am not sure which stores have the best deals. I checked the adds this morning and some stores had cabbage for as low as $.25 a lb! I am stoked. There are so many things I like to make with cabbage. I like it in stir-fry, Thai curry, coleslaw, Chinese chicken salad and last night I made corned beef and cabbage. <br />
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I have been making it for years and I love it! This is a really easy dish to make. All that you have to do is boil the meat and vegetables. The package of meat comes with a packet of pepper corns and other seasonings. All you have to do is put the meat in a 6 quart stock pot, cover the meat with water, add the seasoning packet and simmer for two and a half to three hours.<br />
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One thing I have done different this time than in the past was that I rinsed the meat before I put it in the pot. I used to open the package and pour the juice in the water as well. Then the water would get kinda foamy. This was the reason that I decided to rinse the meat before I put it in the pan. There was no foam in the water last night!<br />
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Once the meat is done cooking I take the meat out to rest and put in the potatoes and carrots in the same water that cooked the meat. I let it boil for about 10-15 minutes then I add the cabbage and let it cook another 5-7 minutes. After the cabbage has cooked I take all the veggies out of the water and slice the meat. Serve up and eat! <br />
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Mmmm mmmm good. <br />
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Happy St. Patrick's day!Whips55http://www.blogger.com/profile/15427247367737588257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043260393781372738.post-78726693193483032412012-03-16T18:18:00.000-07:002012-03-16T18:18:38.811-07:00Getting StartedThis is my second day in Arizona. I am liking it so far. The weather is very nice right now. I am hoping that will last as long as possible. <br />
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One thing that I have been worried about since deciding to move <a href="http://piecesofpalm.blogspot.com/2012/03/from-paradise-to-desert.html" target="_blank">from paridise to the desert</a> was that I would procrastinate and play a bit too much. I am now unemployed and I am NOT looking for a job. I have different projects and ideas on ways to make money. The plan is to do those things and make enough to live off of while I work towards the end goal of <a href="http://www.richdad.com/" target="_blank">positive cash flow</a> from rental real estate. I have been think of <a href="http://oahufactors.com/" target="_blank">different ideas</a> over the past few years and I have not done a thing. I have ideas and dreams but nothing has come to fruition. I was worried that being here in AZ that I would continue to procrastinate and would end up having to get a job. <br />
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Here I am on day two and I have done a couple things already. Doing some research on some money making ideas, trying to get my <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/" target="_blank">google analytics</a> installed and writing this here blog. I am glad that I am doing something and not just playing games on my phone. That sure can suck the day away. <br />
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Another thing I was planning on doing once I got here was making sure that I started eating healthy. I want to make it easier on us by planning ahead by bagging up some nuts and making smoothie packs that I found on <a href="http://ovenlove.blogspot.com/search/label/smoothies" target="_blank">Oven Love</a> through <a href="http://pinterest.com/whips55/" target="_blank">Pintrest</a>. Last night I also made an oatmeal bake with blackberries, nuts and dried fruit, which I will blog about next. <br />
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