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Your Place Gourmet: Gridiron Get-Togethers
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Monday, September 14, 2009. The NFL season has begun and many of our neighbors like to invite friends over to root on their favorite team and enjoy some great game day food. Casual sandwiches, dips, and other finger foods are perfect for game day get-togethers as they can be made ahead so the host can enjoy their own party. The recipes below are also easy clean-up. Assorted sliced deli meats. Thinly sliced red onions. Mayo, mustard, or oil and vinegar. Serve in s...
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Your Place Gourmet: Girl Scout Cookie Time! How Many Points?
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Girl Scout Cookie Time! Of course Girl Scout Cookie season lands right in the beginning of my weight loss journey. I love Girl Scout Cookies, so I budget for them so they'll fit into my daily points. I also budget for a glass of skim milk to have along with them. It helps me get my dairy for the day and that makes me feel a smidge better about my GS Cookie obsession. Trefoils 4pts (5 cookies). Dulce de Leche 5pts (3 cookies). Wk6-10) -...
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Your Place Gourmet: August 2008
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Friday, August 29, 2008. Labor Day Weekend Gatherings. Labor Day weekend is the traditional end to summer and many folks hold their last outdoor party of the season. In the interest of being a guest at your own party, it’s good to have some recipes tucked away that are simple to make and can be scaled to feed a crowd. These recipes are a snap to make, can be prepared ahead of time, and work just as well for a Labor Day picnic as a birthday bash as a family reunion.
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Your Place Gourmet: Dollar Stretching Dinners
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Monday, August 10, 2009. Feeding a family in these economic times can be tough. Always on the hunt for money saving menus and dollar stretching dinner ideas, I seem to find the best values to be casseroles and other one dish wonders. A loaf of homemade bread (see recipe here) costs less than one dollar to make and can round out the meal. Skillet Spaghetti and Simple Meatballs. 1 lb lean ground beef. 2 Tbsp. water. 1/2 cup bread crumbs. 1/4 cup minced onion. Bring...
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Your Place Gourmet: Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins - 2 WW Points
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Saturday, February 7, 2009. Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins - 2 WW Points. Here's the recipe - if you could even call it that. Chocolate Pumpkin 2-Point Muffins. 1 box Devil's Food cake mix. 1 (15oz) can of pumpkin. 1 cup of water. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Either place paper cupcake liners into muffin tins or spray them with cooking spray. Blend together all three ingredients, using either a whisk or an electric mixer. Evenly distribute batter in muffin tins. Your ...
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Your Place Gourmet: Points-Friendly Soups
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Sunday, February 15, 2009. I like soup. In fact, I could eat soup year-round, even here. In the Sonoran Desert. Studies show that broth-based soups can curb your hunger for very few calories. Pureeing some ingredients can give broth-based soups a creamy texture, without the added fat and c. Spicy Black Bean Soup - 3 points. Cooking spray, 1 spray. 1 medium onion, finely chopped. 4 medium garlic cloves, minced. 5 oz) black beans, canned, undrained. Add second can ...
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Your Place Gourmet: February 2009
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Tuesday, February 17, 2009. Girl Scout Cookie Time! Of course Girl Scout Cookie season lands right in the beginning of my weight loss journey. I love Girl Scout Cookies, so I budget for them so they'll fit into my daily points. I also budget for a glass of skim milk to have along with them. It helps me get my dairy for the day and that makes me feel a smidge better about my GS Cookie obsession. Trefoils 4pts (5 cookies). Dulce de Leche 5pts (3 cookies). 1 (14 1/2...
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Your Place Gourmet: September 2009
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Monday, September 14, 2009. The NFL season has begun and many of our neighbors like to invite friends over to root on their favorite team and enjoy some great game day food. Casual sandwiches, dips, and other finger foods are perfect for game day get-togethers as they can be made ahead so the host can enjoy their own party. The recipes below are also easy clean-up. Assorted sliced deli meats. Thinly sliced red onions. Mayo, mustard, or oil and vinegar. Serve in s...
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Your Place Gourmet: November 2008
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Friday, November 28, 2008. Turn Leftover Turkey Into Two Different Dinners. Ah Thanksgiving night. The stock has been made from the turkey bones and all the leftovers are put away. Now I start thinking about what I'm going to do with all that turkey. We had an extra turkey this year due to a fluke, so I'm looking to make two delicious dishes from the leftovers. Of c. 2 yellow onions, cubed. 2 fresh poblano chile peppers,. Seeded and cut into 1/2 inch. In large Du...
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Your Place Gourmet: January 2009
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Musings of a personal chef in the desert. Sunday, January 11, 2009. Back On The Wagon in 2009. We've all heard, "the cobbler's children have no shoes." In my case, I have helped several of my clients lose weight by preparing meals for their specific diet plans, yet my weight continues to increase. Maybe I need to hire a personal chef too! Of the healthy meals that I prepared for my family this week, there were two that I really enjoyed. The first was Garlic-Pecan Mahi Mahi and the other was Ge. 1 Pound b...
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