I’m still experimenting with making chips. First I tested out this microwave chip maker thing. It seems to operate like a dehydrator. Of course I can’t use potatoes so I’ve experimented with a few other things. So far the big winners are jicama tortillas cut into quarters. It takes a bit of playing around with… Read More Veggies: Jicama chips

I posted a slow cooker recipe for roast pork tenderloin last year but I’ve since become obsessed with my cast iron cookware.  So I prepared this in my gorgeous cast iron dutch oven. And I performed a magic trick by converting radishes into potatoes!  Presto! This time I trimmed any fat and coated it in… Read More Dinner: Roast Pork

I’ve been playing with my dehydrator this week. The most successful so far has been, to my complete surprise, okra. I soak it in vinegar water, rinse, cut the tops off, measure them, toss them in a French fry – style seasoning mix I made. They’re really good with just plain salt or salt and… Read More Veggie: “Fried” Okra

Egg salad in little cucumber cups. And celery for spoons.  I just cut cucumbers into thick slices and used a teaspoon to scoop the inside out – leaving a tiny amount on the bottom to make them into little cups.  I also just put out some celery sticks to use as scoops.  We were very,… Read More Dinner: Egg Salad

A pretty common dish on this diet: The Big Mac Salad. 8 ounces of ground beef mixed with rehydrated onion flakes after the meat has been browned (no cooked onions allowed) on lettuce with dill relish topped with thousand island dressing. It’s ridiculously easy.  I made the thousand island dressing because we didn’t have any.… Read More Dinner: The famous Big Mac Salad

A very simple and quick dinner tonight.  I cut 8z of boneless and skinless chicken cut into nugget size chunks and marinated them overnight in the Walden Farms Asian dressing. I took the chicken out of the marinade and browned the chicken in a pan with the 2 tsp of our daily olive oiil.  Added… Read More Dinner: Chicken Stir Fry

We had a friend over for dinner. This is the first time I’ve cooked for more than two in at least eight months.  I’ve got a great routine going for cooking each of our meals separately.  Doing it for three was a bit of a challenge so I kept it simple. I marinated the tuna… Read More Dinner: Grilled Tuna Steaks

I had some lamb shoulder defrosted. By the time I cut all the fat off I had a bunch of lamb pieces not one roast. So I decided to make a lamb stew. I was inspired thinking about one of the best dishes at this Greek restaurant in Birmingham. And used Nigella’s recipe as a… Read More Dinner: Greek lamb stew

Biscuits made with a chicken soup mix from Janeva’s Cookbook (p 23), gravy made with turkey “sausage” (ground turkey with sausage seasoning also from Janeva’s book) and mushrooms, three eggs, and hash browns made using jicama. It looks like a mess but it was tasty. Jicama hash browns are actually quite good!!  I grated jicama.… Read More Brinner: Biscuits and Gravy with eggs and hashbrowns

Chile lime chicken and the closest thing I could make to calabacitas. I cut a few small marks in the tops of the chicken and marinated it for a few hours in lime juice and lots of powdered red chile, some powdered garlic, smoked paprika, and coarse salt.  Then just put them on the grill… Read More Dinner: Chile lime chicken and calabacitas