Since I've been going to the gym after work and not getting home until almost 7pm, I've started to try to make healthy, low-fat soups and stews that I can just heat up when I get home. Today, I made beef stew (mostly veggies - onions, garlic, carrots, potatoes, turnip, parsnip, mushrooms - with only one pound of lean beef). Slow simmered all ( Read more... )

Yesterday I made a big pot of lentil, black bean and brown rice soup and lo, it was good. Tonight after I heated up a bowl for my dinner I added a splash of salsa and a dollop of fat free sour cream and lo, it was awesome! I love it when something I cook actually comes out tasting yummy. :-)

I made this recipe, Peanut Butter Chicken, for tonight's dinner and it was full of yum! So very good. I served it over brown rice, and it was delish!

Oh, man, my one pot chicken dinner came out so good, it made me want to kiss it and hug it and call it George.

I adapted this recipe. I added about four baby red potatoes, quartered and layered on the bottom of the crock, a couple handfuls of peeled baby carrots on top of the potatoes. then I layered a couple seasoned chicken breasts, low sodium ( Read more... )

I'd complain about the weather, but after seeing all the news reports from the Fargo area, yeah, I'm keeping my complaining yap shut.

Yesterday, I had another successful crock pot cooking day. I fixed Crock Pot Beef N Beer Brisket. The only deviation I made in the recipe is I also threw in the spice packet that came with the brisket. I've never ( Read more... )

It turned out yummy! I'm not a fan of stew meat. It's almost always too tough for me to enjoy. But cook it for 8 or 9 hours in a crock pot, and it's as tender as the most expensive cuts of meat. MMMMM.

I got the recipe from the crock pot cooking community what_a_crock, and then made a couple minor adjustments. For anyone interested the recipe is here. ( Read more... )