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Saturday, November 10th, 2007
Ingredients:
Zucchini layer 1 cup zucchini — shredded
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon mustard powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 Tablespoons parmesan cheese
Tuna layer 6 ounces canned tuna
1 egg — beaten
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
How to Prepare:
- Mix zucchini layer ingredients and microwave for 60 seconds.
- Drain excess moisture from zucchini mixture.
- Spray a cake pan with Pam and spread zucchini mixture into the pan.
- Mix tuna layer ingredients.
- Spread tuna mixture over zucchini.
- Sprinkle top w/ parmesan cheese, if desired.
- Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until tuna is firm and brown on top.
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
Ingredients :
1/2 lb Fresh prawns
2 c Water
1/2 can Mini Sweet corn
1 tsp Salt
2 Stalks celery
1 tbsp Oil
2 Green onions
1 c Oil for deep-frying
2 oz Raw cashew nuts (1/2 cup)
1 c Oil for deep-frying
To thicken add:
2 tbsp water
1 tsp soy sauce
1/2 tsp dark soy sauce
dash of pepper
1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
How To Cook :
- Shell, de-vein and wash prawns; then put 1 tsp salt into 2 cups water.
- Add the prawns and soak for 1 hour.
- Cut each mini corn diagonally into 2 parts.
- Cut celery into 1-1/2 inch pieces; then cut each piece lengthwise into strips julienne style.
- Cut green onions into 3/4 inch lengths. Drain and dry prawns with a paper towel.
- In a small saucepan heat 1 c oil to 325 degrees.
- Then deep-fry the cashew nuts for 3 minutes or until golden brown.
- Drain off excess oil and set aside.
- Using the same oil as used for the cashew nuts deep-fry the prawns for 3 minutes. Remove and set aside.
- Heat wok add 1 tbsp oil and stir-fry celery sweet corn and green onion for 1 minute sprinkling lightly with salt and sugar.
- Add prawns. Combine thickening ingredients in a cup; then stir into prawn mixture.
- Cook for 1 minute. Turn off heat add cashew nuts; mix thoroughly and serve.
- Serves about 4.
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Ingredients :
2 lb Oily Fish, such as mackerel
4 Napa cabbage leaves
2 tsp Salt
2 Scallions
1/2 c Good quality dry white wine
2 Cubes hard bean curd
3 c Chicken stock
1 tbsp Cooked Salad oil
1/2 tsp Ginger root, minced
1/2 tsp Ground white pepper
1/4 tsp Salt
How To Cook :
- Clean Fish, discard head and fins.
- Wash Fish, cut across Fish in 1 1/2″ sections.
- Mix salt and white wine in bowl.
- Add Fish chunks; rub with marinade; cover bowl; refrigerate for 6 hours.
- After 2 hours, turn Fish to mix with marinade.
- Preparations:
- Wash cabbage; slice leaves down middle, then in 2″ sections.
- Rinse beancurd; cut into 1″ cubes. Wash, trim and shred scallions, greens and all.
- Peel and mince ginger. Heat Salad oil to point of smoking.
- Remove from heat; reserve.
- Cooking: Rinse Fish chunks, drain. Heat chicken stock, beancurd, ginger and salt in Sauce pan.
- Reduce heat, cover pan, and simmer for 10 minutes.
- When you are ready to add Fish and cabbage, turn up heat to boil; add Fish and cabbage when liquid boils; cover pan.
- Fish and cabbage are cooked in about 3 to 5 minutes - cabbage leaves will be bright lime green.
- Ladle Fish, cabbage and beancurd into warm shallow serving bowl; add Soup.
- Garnish with cooked oil, minced scallion and pepper. Serves 4
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Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Ingredients:
18 ounces shrimp — uncooked, peeled
2 cloves garlic — minced
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 cup salsa
1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
How to Prepare:
- Cook shrimp and garlic in oil for about four minutes, or until just opaque.
- Stir in salsa and remove from heat. Stir in cilantro.
- Divide into four overproof bowls and sprinkle evenly with cheese.
- Place under broiler for 2-3 minutes, or until cheese is brown and bubbly.
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Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Ingredients:
2 pounds firm fish — cut into serving size pieces
1 tablespoon salt
1 egg — beaten
1/2 cup flax seed — 1 cup
ground — 1/2 cup seeds should grind to 1 cup
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon chili powder
How to Prepare:
- Add salt to beaten egg, mix well.
- Mix ground flax seeds, onion powder and chili powder.
- Dip fish into egg, then roll in dry ingredients.
- Place in foil-lined baking dish. Pour melted butter over fish.
- Place pan on shelf near top of oven. Bake 10-12 minutes at 500 F.
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Ingredients:
4 Orange Roughy Fillets
1/2 cup chopped Pecans
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice — fresh or bottled
2 tablespoons Butter
How to Prepare:
- Brush fillets lightly with Olive Oil.
- Take the oiled fillets and press onto the chopped pecans.
- Place in a heated skillet with the remaining oil and cook approximately 3 - 5 minutes on each side.
- Remove the fillets and place in the oven to keep warm.
- Place the the remaining pecans, lemon and butter in the frying pan where the fillets were to make a sauce.
- Stir the mixture until the pecans are toasted.
- Add more butter if you wish. Pour sauce over fillets and enjoy.
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Ingredients:
1/2 pound lobster meat
1/2 pound crab meat
1/2 pound sea scallops
1/2 pound jumbo shrimp
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon old Bay Seafood seasoningsalt/pepper
dry sherry
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup flax meal parm cheese fresh lemon juice
How to Prepare:
- chop up the lobster meat and scallops to about 1/4 inch in size, de-shell the crab and de-vein the shrimp.
- saute the scallops in butter and salt/pepper until transluscent. add to the rest of the seafood into a large bowl.
- Add enough mayonnaise (approx 1/4 cup) to the seafood mixture to just make it a little wet.
- add a approx.1 TBS of seafood seasoning and the juice of one lemon to the seafood mixture as well.
- Sprinkle 1/4 of flaxmeal and 1/4 of heavy cream, along w/ a squirt of dry sherry to taste…mix all of this together in a large bowl.
- Put the mixture in a large casserole dish so that it sits approx. 2 inches deep.
- Sprinkle the casserole with parmesan cheese and a little paprika to taste.
- bake at 400 for approx 35 minutes or until golden.
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Ingredients:
2 tilapia (cod, scrod, or sole will also work) fillets
2/4 bag frito lay bakenette pork rinds
1 tbsp bacon bits
1 tbsp parmaesan or romano cheese
1 tbsp onion flakes
1 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp old bay seasoning
1 tsp cayenne or chili pepper
6 slices cabot garlic and herb cheese (fried crispy)
2 eggs
enough equal parts olive oil and butter to fill pan 1 cm
How to Prepare:
- Blend 3/4 bag bakenette pork rinds, 1 tbsp bacon bits, 1 tbsp parmaesan or romano cheese, 1 tsp garlic powder or chopped garlic, 1 tbsp onion flakes, salt, pepper, old bay, cayenne or chili powder.
- and crushed fried cabot garlic and herb cheddar cheese (you can use any cheese, but i recommend this savory cheese from cabot, instructions below) in a food processor until you have a fine powder.
- Dip tilapia (my favorite, but cod, sole, or scrod works just as well) fillets in an egg wash (beaten eggs) and then coat thoroughly with “breading.”
- Fry in a large iron frying pan in olive oil and butter (about 1 cm) until golden brown.
- This “breading” tastes just like bread crumbs only ten times better.
- Fried cheese. Simply slice your favorite cheese fairly thin, throw it on a hot griddle with some butter, and cook to desired browning level.
- These are delicious dipped in ranch dressing.
Serves:2
CarbsPerServing:16.365
Prep Time:20 min
Effort:Easy
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Friday, August 31st, 2007
Ingredients:
2 5-6 oz Tilapia filets
2 T ground flaxseed (I run mine through a coffee grinder)
4 T butter 2 T olive oil
2 cloves garlic2 T finely shredded Parmeseano Reggiano (or regular
parmesean in a pinch)
sea salt white pepper
How to Prepare:
- In oven and stove safe pan or dish, heat butter and olive oil over medium high heat.
- Press 2 cloves garlic (or mince) and add to butter/oil.
- Saute until garlic is soft but not brown.
- Rinse and dry tilapia filets. Salt and pepper filets as you wish.
- Place filets in pan, spooning garlic butter oil mixture over them.
- Cover and cook over medium heat until fish flakes easily with a fork–about 4 minutes.
- In a small bowl, combine flaxseed, parmesean, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Cover tops of filets with flax mix, about 2 T on each.
- Spoon some of the butter/oil over topping to moisten. Place under broiler to brown for about 2 to 3 minutes.
I like to serve with baby spinach and Newman’s Own Light Italian Dressing (0 carbs for the dressing!). This is such a treat–it’s kind of like a tilapia scampi. Enjoy!
Serves:2,10,7
CarbsPerServing:About 2 net carbs per serving, plus the health benefits and fiber of flaxseed.
Prep Time:15 minutes
Effort:Easy
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
Ingredients:
8 ounces spinach
4 eggs
400 grams salmon
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 small onion
How to Prepare:
- Spinach - fresh or frozen, cook and squeeze out moisture then finely chop.
- Beat in 4 egg yolks. Whisk the egg whites and fold into the mixture.
- Place in a swiss roll tin (flat baking tray) lines with non stick baking paper.
- Bake at 200c 400f for approx 12 minutes. Turn out and allow to cool.
- Mix 400 gms of salmon, cooked fresh or tinned, with 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise and 1 small onion chopped finely.
- Spread along the roulade and roll up like a swiss roll.
- Place back in oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
CarbsPerServing:20
Effort:Easy
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