Chicken Marbella from The Silver Palate Cookbook
Prunes with capers? Not the most appetizing combination if one stops to think about it. However, when cooked together with chicken they create a delectable sweet and sour, savory flavor. The original recipe calls for the chicken pieces to be marinated all night. We found that marinating for 5 hours worked fine.
2 chickens, 2 1/2 lbs each, quartered
1/2 head of garlic, peeled and finely puréed
2 Tbsp dried oregano
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup pitted prunes
1/4 cup pitted Spanish green olives
1/4 cup capers with a bit of juice
3 bay leaves
1/2 cup brown sugar** sub 1/4 cup Agave nectar or 1/2 cup date sugar
1/2 cup white wine
2 Tbsp fresh Italian parsley or cilantro, finely chopped
1 In a large bowl combine garlic, oregano, salt and pepper to taste, vinegar, olive oil, prunes olives, capers with caper juice, and bay leaves. Add the chicken pieces and coat completely with the marinade. Cover and let marinate, refrigerated, several hours or overnight.
2 Preheat oven to 350°F.
3 Arrange chicken in a single layer in one or two large, shallow baking pans and spoon marinade over it evenly. Sprinkle chicken pieces with brown sugar and pour white wine around them.
4 Bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, basting frequently with the pan juices. Chicken is done when thigh pieces, pricked with a fork at their thickest point, yield clear yellow juice (not pink).
5 With a slotted spoon, transfer chicken, prunes, olives, and capers to a serving platter. Add some of the pan juices and sprinkle generously with parsley or cilantro. Serve remaining juice in a gravy boat.
Serves 5.
Adapted from The Silver Palate Cookbook
This looks good, I am gonna mess with it and run it threw Master Cook.
I will post results.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Chicken Marbella
Friday, September 14, 2007
Kalyn's Kitchen: Hopping John Soup
Kalyn's Kitchen: Happy New Year Everyone!
Hopping John Soup
I have made this before too, make sure the ham you use is very lean.
I'll run these through Master Cook to get nutrition facts.
Kalyn's Kitchen: Chicken and Pinto Bean Soup with Lime and Cilantro
Kalyn's Kitchen: Chicken and Pinto Bean Soup with Lime and Cilantro
I have made this soup before and it's yummy!
Looks like it's that time of year and I will be collecting more soup recipes.
Thanks Kalyn.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Menu
"""Breakfast Bolthouse Farms: Fruit Smoothies: Green Goodness"",""1.00"",""serving (8.1 fl.oz)"",""140.00
"""Breakfast Chari's Porridge"",""1.00"",""Serving"",""97.00
"""Snack Nuts: Almonds, raw, unblanched, edible portion"",""0.50"",""oz"",""81.93
"""Snack Muir Glen: Sauces: Organic, Tomato, No Salt Added"",""1.00"",""serving, 1/4 cup (2.2 oz)"",""25.00
"""Snack SoBe (South Beach Beverage): Energy Drinks: No Fear, Sugar Free"",""1.00"",""serving, 1/2 can (8.1 fl.oz)"",""10.00
"""Snack SoBe (South Beach Beverage): Energy Drinks: No Fear, Sugar Free"",""1.00"",""serving, 1/2 can (8.1 fl.oz)"",""10.00
""Lunch Morningstar Farms: Vegetarian Meals: Burgers, Tomato & Basil Pizza"",""1.00"",""burger (2.4 oz)"",""120.00
"""Lunch Thomas': Muffins: English, Hearty Grains, Whole Wheat"",""1.00"",""muffin (2.2 oz)"",""130.00
"""Lunch Galaxy Nutritional Foods: Cheese Substitutes: Veggie, Slices, Amercian Flavor"",""1.00"",""slice (0.6 oz)"",""30.00
"""Snack Dannon: Yogurts: Activia Light, Strawberry"",""1.00"",""container (4 oz)"",""70.00
"""Snack Mott's: Fruit Snacks: Apple Sauce Cups, Healthy Harvest, Granny Smith"",""1.00"",""cup (3.9 oz)"",""50.00
"""Dinner Chipotle meat loaf"",""1.00"",""Serving"",""239.00
"""Dinner ww croutons"",""1.00"",""Serving"",""30.00
"""Dinner Dole: Salads: Fresh Discoveries, Leafy Romaine"",""1.00"",""serving, 1 1/2 cups (3 oz)"",""15.00
"""Dinner Cheese: Parmesan, grated"",""1.00"",""tablespoon (0.2 oz)"",""21.55
"""Dinner Ken's Steak House: Salad Dressings: Lite Caesar"",""1.00"",""serving, 2 tablespoons (1.1 oz)"",""70.00
"""Dinner Vegetables, Fresh: Broccoli, boiled, drained, no salt added"",""1.00"",""serving, 1/2 cup, chopped (2.8 oz)"",""27.30
"""Dinner Vegetables, Fresh: Cauliflower, boiled, drained, no salt added"",""1.00"",""serving, 1/2 cup, 1' pieces (2.2 oz)"",""14.26
"""Snack South Beach Diet: Crackers: Snacks, Whole Wheat"",""1.00"",""packet (0.8 oz)"",""100.00
"""Snack Salsas: Ready-to-Serve"",""0.50"",""cup (9.1 oz)"",""34.97
"""Lunch Splenda: Sugar Substitutes: No Calorie Sweetener, Packets"",""1.00"",""packet"",""1.00
"""Lunch Coffees: Hot, Brewed, Percolated"",""4.00"",""fl.oz (1 oz)"",""1.18
"""Lunch Milk: Cow, Fat-Free, Skim"",""2.00"",""fl.oz (1.1 oz)"",""22.64
"""Exercise Walking: Outdoor, 3.0 mph, moderate pace"",""60.00"",""minutes"",""-373.67"","
The last number in each row is calories
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
9-11
The "Tribute in Light" memorial is in remembrance of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, in honor of the citizens who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attacks. The two towers of light are composed of two banks of high wattage spotlights that point straight up from a lot next to Ground Zero. This photo was taken from Liberty State Park, N.J., Sept. 11, the five-year anniversary of 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Denise Gould) Download Full Image E-mail a friend
Monday, September 10, 2007
Snapper Tacos with Chipotle Cream Sauce
Snapper Tacos with Chipotle Cream
The fish cooks on top of the vegetables in one skillet. Break the fish into chunks to finish the filling.
1/2 cup greek style yogurt
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 canned chipotle chile in adobo sauce, seeded and minced
1 1/2 cups chopped onion, divided
1 1/2 cups chopped tomato, divided
2 tablespoons olive oil or canola
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 pound red snapper fillets, skinned
1 teaspoon grated lime rind
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
4 (8-inch) Whole Wheat flour tortillas
Combine greek style yogurt, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and chile; set aside. Combine 1/2 cup onion and 1/2 cup tomato; set aside.
Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add 1 cup onion, 1 cup tomato, cumin, 1/2 teaspoon salt, cinnamon, and minced garlic; cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in cilantro. Arrange fish over onion mixture in pan; cover and cook 3 minutes. Turn fish; cover and cook 2 minutes. Break fish into chunks. Stir in rind and juice; cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat.
Warm tortillas according to package directions. Fill each tortilla with 1/2 cup fish mixture and 1/4 cup reserved onion mixture; top each serving with 2 tablespoons chipotle cream. Fold in half or roll up.
Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 taco)CALORIES 340 (21% from fat); FAT 7.8g (sat 4g,mono 2g,poly 0.9g); PROTEIN 28.1g; CHOLESTEROL 56mg; CALCIUM 108mg; SODIUM 896mg; FIBER 3.3g; IRON 2mg; CARBOHYDRATE 38.1g
Modified from a Cooking Light recipe, SEPTEMBER 2002
Menu:
2007-09-10-Breakfast bolthouse farms mocha cappuccino
Breakfast Fruits, Fresh: Banana, edible portion","1.00","extra small, less than 6' long
Breakfast Rockstar: Energy Drinks: Rockstar, Diet","1.00","can
Lunch Morningstar Farms: Vegetarian Meals: Burgers, Tomato & Basil Pizza","1.00","burger (2.4 oz)
Lunch Galaxy Nutritional Foods: Cheese Substitutes: Veggie, Slices, Amercian Flavor 1 slice (0.6 oz)
Lunch Thomas': Muffins: English, Hearty Grains, Whole Wheat 1 muffin (2.2 oz)
snack Milk: Cow, Fat-Free, Skim 2 oz
snack Coffees: Hot, Brewed, Percolated 4 oz.
snack Splenda: Sugar Substitutes: No Calorie Sweetener, Packets 1 packet
snack Muir Glen: Sauces: Organic, Tomato, No Salt Added -1 serving, 1/4 cup (2.2 oz)
snack Dannon: Yogurts: Activia Light, Strawberry","1.00","container (4 oz
snack Mott's: Fruit Snacks: Apple Sauce Cups, Healthy Harvest, Granny Smith 1 cup (3.9 oz)
snack-Eden: Nuts: Tamari Almonds, Organic Dry Roasted 1 serving, 3 tablespoons
Dinner Ken's Steak House: Salad Dressings: Lite Caesar","1.00","serving, 2 tablespoons
Dinner Dole: Salads: Fresh Discoveries, Leafy Romaine","1.00","serving, 1 1/2 cups (3 oz)
Dinner ww croutons
Dinner Chipotle meat loaf
Dinner Cheese: Parmesan, grated","1.00","tablespoon (0.2 oz)
Dinner Uncle Ben's: Rice: Ready Rice, Whole Grain Brown, dry","1.00","cup (4.9 oz)
snack- endangered species dark chocolate with almonds and cranberries 1 0z.
2007-09-10-Exercise walking: Outdoor, 3.5 mph, brisk pace, walking for exercise","77.00","minutes","-480.69",
8922 aerobic steps in 77 minutes 3.52 miles over 10,000 steps for the day
May have a snack later.
Rants continued......Sunday, September 9, 2007
Today
Just wanna give a shout out to my friend Barb, she is going to be in Onederland tomorrow!
Nice job Barb, I'm hanging on to you shirt tails.
Feeling a bit better today.
5325 aerobic steps, over 10,000 for the day and 2.20miles in 48 minutes.
B: Chari's porridge 1/2 cup cooked
squirt sf syrup
small banana
1/2 cup Bolthouse farms
S: 1/2 oz. almonds raw
2 oz. tomato sauce
L: Morningstar farms pizza burger
veggie cheese
ww english muffin
S: cottage cheese snack cup
1/2 cup nas pineapple
D: chipotle meat loaf
caesar salad
vegetable harvest ready rice
S: TLC kashi crackers (4)
1 wedge french onion laughing cow
SoBe Lean mango drink
Rockstar zero
coffee w/ 2 oz skim milk and splenda
8 8 oz glasses h20
vitamins
vodka with shot v-fusion light and water
It's all down hill from here baby!
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