As you all know, I recently came back from vacation. I had a wonderful time and was priviledged to be able to see and visit with all the people I love. I am very blessed to be able to do that!!
Now comes the down side of that wonderful vacation...I gained 14 pounds! Yes I gained about 2 pounds a week and that is no joke. I guess when you eat like a pig and drink like a fish you pay the consequences!
So since coming home, I have been calorie counting. I bought this wonderful book from Calorie King called "calorie, fat, and carbohydrate" counter. I am impressed with this book because of the amazingly huge amount of information in it, including fast foods, restaurants, packaged foods, and alcohol. This is all in addition to the normal meat, cheese, fruits, and vegetables. What a wonderful little guide! There is also a web site: http://www.calorieking.com/ that you can get more assistance from. Cool!
So I am keeping my daily intake to 1200 to 1400 calories a day, and after the first week I am proud to be down 2.6 pounds!! As the days go buy I plan to share pictures and recipes of some of my "low calorie" meals.
Wish me luck!!
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Back Again !
Well, I am back from vacation and ready to get back to work on my food blog.....yup I was really gone for almost 7 weeks!! If you have any interest as to what we did during those 7 weeks you can find out by reading this blog: www.rexandmary.blogspot.com.
Our wonderful neighbors brought us some great chicken and pineapple skewers the other night that he made on the grill. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of these wonderful creations because we had some camera malfunction but I will tell you all about them.
I really dislike most BBQ sauces because number 1, I don't care for the liquid smoke flavor and number 2, I don't like the taste of vinegar.
Getting back to the neighbors chicken and pineapple skewers, they had a marvelous BBQ sauce that was neither smokey or vinegary. Anyway I begged him for the recipe and here it is.
The sauce which consisted of 1 cup of ketchup, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, 1/4 cup of honey, 1 tablespoon yellow mustard, 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 2 whole garlic cloves, and the juice of one lemon. Combine those 7 ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat, bring to a simmer, cook about 10 minutes until thickened. Set the sauce aside to cool.
Now you cut 8 boneless chicken thighs into 2 pieces and thread alternatively on skewers with pineapple chucks. When you have all of the skewers threaded with the chicken and pineapple chunks, brush them with olive oil and season them with salt and pepper.
Now discard the garlic cloves from the sauce and brush the skewers with the sauce. Reserve 1/2 of the sauce to use for dipping after the skewers are done. Cook the skewers on a grill about 10 to 15 minutes until done.
This is a really tasty recipe and the combo of the sauce and pineapple is truly wonderful and I don't even like pineapple all that much.
I sure regret not having pictures of this recipe, but I will be making this one soon and put some up then!!
Our wonderful neighbors brought us some great chicken and pineapple skewers the other night that he made on the grill. Unfortunately I don't have pictures of these wonderful creations because we had some camera malfunction but I will tell you all about them.
I really dislike most BBQ sauces because number 1, I don't care for the liquid smoke flavor and number 2, I don't like the taste of vinegar.
Getting back to the neighbors chicken and pineapple skewers, they had a marvelous BBQ sauce that was neither smokey or vinegary. Anyway I begged him for the recipe and here it is.
The sauce which consisted of 1 cup of ketchup, 1/4 cup of soy sauce, 1/4 cup of honey, 1 tablespoon yellow mustard, 1/4 cup of brown sugar, 2 whole garlic cloves, and the juice of one lemon. Combine those 7 ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat, bring to a simmer, cook about 10 minutes until thickened. Set the sauce aside to cool.
Now you cut 8 boneless chicken thighs into 2 pieces and thread alternatively on skewers with pineapple chucks. When you have all of the skewers threaded with the chicken and pineapple chunks, brush them with olive oil and season them with salt and pepper.
Now discard the garlic cloves from the sauce and brush the skewers with the sauce. Reserve 1/2 of the sauce to use for dipping after the skewers are done. Cook the skewers on a grill about 10 to 15 minutes until done.
This is a really tasty recipe and the combo of the sauce and pineapple is truly wonderful and I don't even like pineapple all that much.
I sure regret not having pictures of this recipe, but I will be making this one soon and put some up then!!
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