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September 13, 2010 at 6:37 pm | Posted in Dinner | Leave a comment
Tags: Cabbage, tuna

Wooo! 1st Ravens game of the season! In true Baltimore Ravens spirit I was decked out in purple today.

One of the best parts of taking the bus in to work every day (1 hour each way) is the reading and planning I can get done. This morning while reading my SELF magazine I decided this week’s meals will be planned out so there will be no crazy all round green food for dinner (see last post). I am also leaving, AGAIN, for home early Friday morning so using up all ingredients to the max is my second goal. The third goal is to be able to stretch the dollar a bit. After several weekends away and at least 3 more before Turkey day…I need some good home cooked meals!

Tonight we made fish tacos for the first time. Kev was a little weary on having fish tacos but I promised they would be tasty.

Fish

Mahi-mahi
Lime juice
Salt and pepper
Fish seasoning?

Cabbage Slaw

1/3 Green caggage thinly sliced (super cheap)
3 Carrots grated
1 Lime juiced
Fresh cilantro- maybe 1/3 cup chopped
Tiny bit of olive oil
1 tsp cumin
Salt and pepper

Tortillas and fresh red tomato salsa. The tortillas are Mission tortillas I got for free at the food show. They are 6″ whole wheat tortillas. Traditionally corn tortillas are used, but I couldn’t pass up the free tortillas I had! Marinate the fish while you make the salsa slaw. Carefully pan grill your fish till just finished.

Top warmed tortillas with fish, slaw, and extra tomato salsa. Fresh, easy, and healthy.

This cabbage turns into….

This…

Oh yea, top with salsa and the sliced avocado.

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In preparation for Wednesday’s dinner I also made a quiche with an extra pie crust I had in the freezer.
Ingredients:

1 Pie crust
8 eggs (you can ommit a few yolks if you like)
1 yellow bell pepper
1/2 white onion
Olive oil
1 red pepper sliced
1 handful of grated cheddar cheese
Salt and pepper

Sautee onion and red pepper in a small amount of olive oil. Add frozen spinach until heated through. In a separate bowl beat all eggs together. Grate in 2/3 cup of cheddar. Add salt and pepper to tase.

Me chopping:

Pierce the pie crust on the bottom and sides to prevent air bubbles. Add cooked veggies to the bottom of the pie crust. Slowly pour egg and cheese mixture over veggies. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until the eggs have set.

The last thing I made tonight was a tuna salad for my lunch tomorrow. This is what went into the mix: 3 cans albacore tuna packed in water, drained; few T mayo; 1 carrot chopped, 3 stalks celery chopped, 1/3 cup craisins; and 1/4 white onion chopped. Also packed in the lunch is a baggie of yellow bell pepper slices. Wow, that was enough cooking for tonight! See you Wed. for the quiche! We have a baseball game again tomorrow and won’t get home till around 10 PM.

Go Ravens!

Packed Weekend!

May 9, 2010 at 5:19 pm | Posted in Breakfast, Dinner, Eating Out, Workouts | Leave a comment
Tags: Asparagus, Crab, Smoothie, tuna

We started the weekend off right with a happy hour at Jax Fish House! The HH turned into dinner and a few more cocktails. I met up with my housemates, Kevin, and a few other friends. Kevin ordered the crab cake sandwich for his dinner. We’ve had this before and it’s pretty delicious! Not as good as any crab cake from Maryland, but the best crab we’ve had out here in Colorado.

Usually, I try not to eat crab outside a 50 mile radius of the Chesapeake Bay, but I’ll make an exception for Jax.

I ordered a special type of trout- it was pink, just like salmon. It was GREAT! Below the fish is cavatapi pasta, asparagus, and morels (which I asked for them to take out..but a few got in…), all in an asiago broth. Oh, and it was topped with a spring pea pure.

Saturday was busy busy busy! We hit up a bagel spot for breakfast. I had attempted a smoothie at home, but it was disgusting! I could not get the consistency right, so I put it in the freezer and forgot about it. So, I had a marbled rye bagel (on a rye kick!) with vegetable cream cheese (had spring onions and radishes) with tomato and cucumber. MMM.

Kev and I went to a BBQ to celebrate our friend’s graduation! She had amazing food- guacamole, strawberries, black berries, a salad with roasted beets and goat cheese, and BURGERS! These were so so so good! Her fiance made them with ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper, and onions. Juciest burger ever! After, we ended up hanging out with some other friends and watched 4 movies till 4:30 am! Apollo 13, Slumdog Millionaire, Parnormal Activity (I hid through this movie and tried to sleep), and hmmm… one more, but I fell asleep on the floor for it.

4 great things for today:

1. I left my car on Pearl St. at 6 PM on Friday for the Jax HH…and NO tickets! WEEEEE!

2. Scored a goal at indoor soccer today. Played 1 outdoor, 1 indoor plus 3/4 a second indoor game. Phew!

3. Renewed/signed up for my ski pass for next year, it’s going to be “Epic”!

4. Got to talk to my mom for Mother’s Day!

I ended up having 2 lunches today. The first was before the indoor soccer games and the second was right after. The first feeding was a tomato with the citrus balsamic, 3/4 an avocado w/ lime juice and cayenne, grilled asparagus, and corn chips to dip into the avoacodo.

(Olive oil, salt and pepper- grilled for about 8 min)

Feeding #2!

Tuna salad sandwich (can of albacore tuna, 1.5 stalks celery, 1 dill pickle, mayo, and pepper)

OK, I am officially beat. I have to finish up some laundry and get ready for my trip to Telluride tomorrow. This is my first time down to Telluride…I’ve heard nothing but good things so I’m excited to check it out!

Here is the beautiful tree that is in my front yard. I had to share…too pretty to keep to myself.

Jianken!

April 17, 2010 at 8:53 pm | Posted in Dinner, Eating Out, Snack | Leave a comment
Tags: Avocado, Greek Yogurt, Salmon, Smoothie, sushi, tuna

Smoothie as promised! This baby was made with a ton of fresh strawberries, frozen blueberries, a huge scoop of Greek yogurt, some local honey, blueberrry pom juice, and ice. Totally hit the spot. I felt 100 x better after having this guy.

Look what has come up in our front yard!!

Brooke and I set out on a mini-Saturday adventure. Our first stop was the market. I bought a huge bag of spinach and we each got a bowl of dumplings. It started to rain a bit and we decided to get manicures and pedicures. The place we went just got new chairs and they were FANTASTIC! I could have stayed in one of the chairs for hours!

Our next stop was the 29th Street Mall. We went into the Apple store- A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! My new purple nano is sweeeet!

So, the Yankee Candle store happens to be going out of business. They had a 75% off everything in the store sale! I kind of went a little crazy. They gave me a crate to carry my candles home in!

Tonight we went to Jianken Sushi Bar. Ben, the guy who made sushi for my birthday used to work there. This place was the best ever and I can’t wait to go back! Thank you again, Ben!

My green tea pot. I love love love these tea pots.

Rice with toasted sesame seeds and miso soup with seaweed and the silkiest tofu ever!

Poke trio platter

Starting at the left- salmon with lemon, garlic oil, FRIED CAPERS!!!!, and red onion

Center- octopus and other stuff. There were suction cups on those and not going in.

Right- tuna with hot chili oil, lemon, red onion, green onions, and I’m sure lots more ingredients I do not recognize.

Avocado roll and asparagus roll.

Pickled radish with Japanese mint and a veggie roll (asparagus, cucumber, daikon radish, daikon radish sprouts, avocado, and some kind of tofu omelet thing)

On the top- surf and surf (shrimp tempura and avocado topped with strips of seared tuna and more avocado). This is probably my favorite roll ever! I don’t even like shrimp and this was delicious! I had the ones topped mainly with avocado.

On the bottom- Spicy Tuna Diablo (spicy tuna and avocado topped with more tuna, jalapeno, sriracha sauce, and a tiny bit of avocado). YUM YUM YUM

and all together now…

Not photographed- Korean bbq style ribs with an asian slaw and shredded apple on top. These were so so so delicious! The most tender ribs I’ve had in a long time!

Ginger and wasabi! This stuff was stronger than the average wasabi! Phew!!

Nightingale- Absolute Pear and lychee juice and ??? Lime-sugared rim. This was my mini taster! The real one came in a martini glass. We all had sips of that. (Look at the newly painted nails!)

Veggie prep. I could have watched these guys prepare sushi all night. Their plates were gorgeous and everything tasted fresh and so delicious. Can’t wait to go back!

As if this wasn’t enough food, Kev and I made ‘Grasshoppers’. These were supposed to be green, but oh well. Peppermint, Kahlua, Vodka, and vanilla ice cream all blended together. This sucker is strong!

Hers and His.

Time for bed! I’m exhausted!

Sushi!

March 5, 2010 at 9:16 pm | Posted in Dinner | Leave a comment
Tags: Salmon, sushi, tuna

Thanks to Kevin and to Ben, one of Kevin’s soccer friends, we had a great sushi dinner! We had 7b lbs of tuna and salmon! Ben brought the fish and a huge pot of sushi rice. Kevin brought dumplings x 3, egg rolls, and edamame!

Veggie Prep

Sliced avocado, cucumber, ginger, and a cocktail.

Edamame to snack on

These little soy beans were steamed and then salted. We also had a bowl of lower sodium soy sauce for dipping.

Tuna

Spicy tuna mix by Ben- red chilis, soy sauce, ahi tuna, and…other secret ingredients

Roll!

This is avocado, cucumber, and very thinly sliced jalapenos.

Naked Veggie Roll

Dressed w/ sriracha, ginger and wasabi on the side

Roll covered in tuna and avoacado slices

This is right before he was sliced up. I tried to get a picture, but it was eaten way tooooo fast! We all took turns making rolls. Here is my attempt at making sushi!