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Onion
Red Bell Pepper
Celery
Carrots
Ground Chix
No Yolk Egg Noodles
Soy
Salt

Simply Asia Kung Pao sauce

Cooked my first stoup (thinner than stew, thicker than soup) this afternoon. Yum!

Chicken, Choritzo, Whole Wheat Pasta, Celery, Onions, Snow Peas, and Spices.

Simply Delish…

Just created a super yummy new sauce/flavor for cooking up my steaks!

Sauté onions in EVOO
Add steaks
Season with garlic salt & fresh ground pepper
Sprinkle with Worcestershire and Tabasco sauces
Cover & let steam for 3-5 minutes
Remove cover, turn steaks, and sprinkle again
Cook (uncovered) to desired finish

While resting the meat, reduce the drippings to desired consistency.

Plate steaks, drizzle with drippings & enjoy!

Caloric breakdown depends on the type of meat – this doesn’t add anything significant, other than taste.

BTW – This would probably go great with some plain basmati rice, hafta pick some up next trip.

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.

In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides. The researchers say the work sheds light on the factors contributing to obesity trends in the United States.

http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/

I’m not usually a big granola eater, but a friend of mine made a bunch of this and it was too good not to share!

“This easy stovetop method makes preparing granola a breeze. Handle the cooled granola according to your preference–leave it in larger chunks, or break it into smaller pieces. Serve with vanilla low-fat yogurt, over ice cream, in a bowl with milk, or as a snack.”
Pistachio Granola recipe from MyRecipes.com

For those who don’t know, my father has been battling (and conquering) prostrate cancer recently. His latest tests are all good, and he has a great outlook. I’m a firm believer in the mind-body connection, often using visualization techniques for muscular growth (they’re like mountains!) and overall health (picturing my body destroying and flushing all toxins.)

Recently, a friend expressed concern over estrogen content in soy and it’s effects on men and women. I had my father send me the following resources from research he has done, hope you find them useful.

Here are a number of links to articles for and against on soy and prostate cancer. Some have an agenda, but have cited research papers from people at institutions that don’t have agendas. You have to sort out the pros and cons. My favorites are actually not listed below. They are books: The Spectrum by Dean Ornish, Foods to Fight Cancer by Richard Beliveau, and Anticancer by David Servan-Schreiber. See also a study by Gordon Saxe at UCSD on the effects of a plant-based diet (including soy) on the PSA doubling time od people diagnosed with cancer of the prostate.

Mar 14, 2008 … A compound found in soybeans almost completely prevented the spread of human prostate cancer in mice, according to a new study in Cancer …
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080314085038.htm

SoyNutrition.com
Mar 16, 2007 … TOKYO — Diets rich in soy may protect men against localized prostate cancer, but paradoxically may increase the risk for advanced prostate …
www.medpagetoday.com › … › Urology › Prostate Cancer

WebMD.com
Sep 24, 2004 … A soy-rich diet, thought to prevent the development of certain cancers, may improve the prognosis for men diagnosed with prostate cancer.
www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/…/soy-improves-prostate-cancer-outlook

About.com
prostatecancer.about.com/od/riskfactors/a/soyprostate.htm

csmc.edu
Cell culture and animal studies have shown that genistein inhibits tumor growth. In one study, a group of human prostate cancer cells was treated with …
www.csmc.edu/3421.html

I’ve eaten so much tuna from the can over the years it’s gotten to the point that I can’t stand to think of it. The new way of packaging it in foil is definitely more convenient and healthier (less mercury content, among other reasons) but it does nothing to change my acquired tuna aversion.

Then I saw Alton Brown make tuna croquettes on Food Network one night. They looked so good I actually made a batch that midnight. Although I couldn’t get the boy to try them, they were quickly devoured by my mom and her husband. They’re a great way to get more fish and protein in your diet without adding a ton of calories.

Here’s the original clip, and my tweaks to the recipe are below:

Ingredients:
1 (7-ounce) pouch albacore tuna, drained and hand shredded
1 cup dried, chopped onion flakes
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 cup egg whites
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 tablespoon sea salt
1 tablespoon black pepper
3/4 cup plain bread crumbs (panko would probably be better)
Olive oil (for sauteing)

Directions:
Put 1/2 cup of bread crumbs on a plate.
Combine everything else (except olive oil) in a medium mixing bowl.
Use an ice cream scoop to make 8-10 individual balls of the mixture and drop onto baking sheet or cutting board.
Let rest for 15 minutes to firm up, otherwise they’ll fall apart.
After resting, gently form into discs and coat each in the bread crumbs.

Heat up a 12″ skillet with just enough olive oil in it to cover the bottom. Add the croquettes and cook about 3-5 minutes per side or until golden brown.

Place on a cooling rack lined with paper towels for a few minutes before serving.

Enjoy!