Monday, August 11, 2008

dining pleasure

Carl made an awesome dinner tonight. He sauteed some chicken with some roasted and marinated red pepper, garlic (I think) in some chili oil. He was inspired by buffalo chicken salad, but didn't want to make - or use - a sugar containing sauce. We put this chicken over some mixed greens, and topped with a little blue cheese dressing. MAN. This stuff was yummy!

Last night we ate some Tilapia that was pan fried with a coating of parmesan cheese. THe parmesan was pretty much smushed into the fish (which was pretty firm) and it melted and crisped up for a satisfying crunchy coating. mmmmm. We also had some shrimp, and I made a dipping sauce by sauteeing onion, garlic and horseradish in a little olive oil, salt & pepper, then opening a can of diced tomatos. First I poured the juice into the pan and let it mix, mingle and reduce a little, then the rest of the tomatos went in. After a bit I squeezed a lime over the mixture, and let it bubble a little longer. Finally the whole mess went into the blender of a little puree. Dipped cold shrimp into warm sauce, and yum.

These were the latest awesome meals that we cooked for our diet. If loving this is wrong, I don't want to be right.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Yum, that does sound good.

Fran said...

Yes indeed, who says diabetic dieting has to be bland and boring!

Stir fry is good, and our lovely chicken marinated in Italian dressing, baked in the oven for 20 minutes (10 on each side) and served over salad have become staples.

We may have to try Carl's recipe there. It sounds seriously yummy!