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Ailuros · 03-16-2008, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hippiegirl

Your chicken dish sounds wonderful. I dated a guy from Morocco for about four years, and he made the yummiest food! The things he could do with chicken!

Would you mind sharing the recipe?

Sorry I can't supply a cute Moroccan to do the cooking

. The recipe may be a bit approximate - it's different every time I do it.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil
4 chicken legs (or a mix of legs and breast meat)
1 small onion chopped up tiny in food processor (the original recipe said grated, but that makes me cry far too much)

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 tsp paprika
pinch saffron
handful each of parsley & coriander (cilantro) chopped
1 preserved lemon, flesh removed, skin finely sliced
1/2 cup olives (I stone them, because I don't like dealing with the stones when I'm eating dinner)

Put everything except the lemon and olives in a pan, with an inch or so of water. Bring it to the boil, then cover and simmer for 3/4 hour or so - until the chicken is tender. Add the preserved lemon and olives. At this point I take the legs out, remove the meat from the bones, and just put the meat back in the sauce - or you can put it under the grill (broiler) for a few minutes to brown & crisp the skin. If the sauce is too runny, boil it to reduce it a bit. Check the seasoning & serve, garnished with coriander leaves (cilantro).

If I'm using chicken breasts as well as legs, I usually keep them to one side until I add the lemon & olives, so they don't overcook. I've also done this with cooked leftover chicken - just cook all the sauce ingredients on their own for a few minutes, then add cooked chicken and heat it through.

I hope that's intelligible

.

hippiegirl · 03-16-2008, 01:13 PM

Thanks, Ailluros! That sounds very good!

He was cute, too!

Josuanna · 03-16-2008, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ailuros

Sorry I can't supply a cute Moroccan to do the cooking

. The recipe may be a bit approximate - it's different every time I do it.

Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil
4 chicken legs (or a mix of legs and breast meat)
1 small onion chopped up tiny in food processor (the original recipe said grated, but that makes me cry far too much)

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/4 tsp paprika
pinch saffron
handful each of parsley & coriander (cilantro) chopped
1 preserved lemon, flesh removed, skin finely sliced
1/2 cup olives (I stone them, because I don't like dealing with the stones when I'm eating dinner)

Put everything except the lemon and olives in a pan, with an inch or so of water. Bring it to the boil, then cover and simmer for 3/4 hour or so - until the chicken is tender. Add the preserved lemon and olives. At this point I take the legs out, remove the meat from the bones, and just put the meat back in the sauce - or you can put it under the grill (broiler) for a few minutes to brown & crisp the skin. If the sauce is too runny, boil it to reduce it a bit. Check the seasoning & serve, garnished with coriander leaves (cilantro).

If I'm using chicken breasts as well as legs, I usually keep them to one side until I add the lemon & olives, so they don't overcook. I've also done this with cooked leftover chicken - just cook all the sauce ingredients on their own for a few minutes, then add cooked chicken and heat it through.

I hope that's intelligible

.

Hey,wonderful! I love those kind of preparations! But - if I may say so, being European and everything - it tastes a lot different (not necessarily better) if you add the cilantro after you'*ve taken the pot from the stove..the cilantro perfumes/aromas are very volatile, and they shouldn't be left cooking for 45 min, except if you don't like cilantro, 'than you shouldn't use it at all..

just had a soup with ginger, bamboo sprouts, thai basil and a LOT of fresh cilantro, added just before serving

greetings from Germany!

Josu

Ailuros · 03-16-2008, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Josuanna

Hey,wonderful! I love those kind of preparations! But - if I may say so, being European and everything - it tastes a lot different (not necessarily better) if you add the cilantro after you'*ve taken the pot from the stove..the cilantro perfumes/aromas are very volatile, and they shouldn't be left cooking for 45 min, except if you don't like cilantro, 'than you shouldn't use it at all..

just had a soup with ginger, bamboo sprouts, thai basil and a LOT of fresh cilantro, added just before serving

greetings from Germany!

Josu

Hello, Josuanna

. I agree the effect of cooking parsley and coriander for a long time is very different from the fresh/lightly cooked taste. In some of these Middle Eastern recipes, I think the earthier taste of long cooking is the traditional one. In practice, what I usually do is to add half at the start, and save half to add at the end, so I get a bit of each.

*Pear* · 03-16-2008, 09:01 PM

Hi gals:

Welcome Josuanna!!! I'm originally from Holland, Ailuros is from England. Make yourself at home here.

Sorry I didnt check in earlier today. We've been doing weekend things. Hubby and I cleaned up the commercial espresso machine at church for next Sunday's Easter service. I'll be serving latte's before and after the service. A couple gals at church noticed my weight loss and gave me compliments. That felt really good.

Later, we went to the mall since we were in the area and I found a new swimsuit for the summer on sale. Its a cute two piece black suit with gold grommits on it. I also got a t-shirt out of the Juniors section. Wow! Soon, I'll be able to raid DD's clothes :heh:

Dinner was chicken breast with alfredo sauce. I also had some of the frosted pumpkin dessert.

Ailuros · 03-16-2008, 11:37 PM

I hope you enjoyed the time with your family at the weekend, Pear.

What do you put in your Alfredo sauce? I always think of it as having peas in it, but I don't know if that's a general thing, or just the way they did it at a particular Italian restaurant we used to go to. My husband's gone into the office today, so I might try the almond/ricotta gnocchi for lunch. I've got a pile of pine nuts and basil too, so pesto is looking likely

. I'll tell you how the gnocchi turn out.

Lost and Found · 03-17-2008, 02:09 AM

Hello Everyone!!!!

Welcome...Josuanna...

!!! It's nice of you to join us. I hope to see you around again soon!!!!!

Jean!!!!! Sooooo happy that you are back

...even though you are lonely!!!

Ailuros...hope all is well. Once again, your food porn is making me hungry!!!

Tooter...Thanks for the info on where there are stores that double coupons. There is a Rainbow Foods in the cities. Once it is worth it to drive there (when I can do a larger shopping)...I will start going there on Wednesdays to do some grocery shopping.

Pear...I hope that you had a wonderful time this weekend with the family. I bet that your sweater is starting to look nice. Congrats on the people noticing your weight loss. That feels nice...doesn't it? Whatever you do....be careful to not lose your wedding ring. I don't know how the interview went yet, as they haven't called me back yet....and I haven't recv'd any "mail" from them yet???

Lost and Found · 03-17-2008, 02:16 AM

Well.. guys...I'm sorry for not being around much these last couple of days. It's mid-term time with school....

!!! I had a lot to do with that, and to top it off...their website was difficult to get onto this weekend. So, I had to keep on trying until I got it all done.

Due to the problem with the website being "busy at the moment," I didn't get out to clean the vet until very late. I am just returning home...and it 4 am. So, I will probably stay up...no sense in taking a shower and laying down for 2.5 hours. So, I will take my shower, and when I get back from taking the son to school, I will go to bed. So, I may not be on here much today.

Also, a friend came over and helped me unpack some more this weekend. So, I enjoyed the company, and accomplished much this weekend.

There is still more to do though.

Ailuros · 03-17-2008, 03:10 AM

I thought you were up early this morning! I hope you can fit in some sleep some time soon, though

I'm glad you were able to spend some time with a friend while you did your unpacking: those chores are so much more enjoyable with some company, aren't they?

Tooter · 03-17-2008, 06:14 AM

Good Morning, everyone!

Welcome, Josuanna!

I'm sorry, I didn't post yesterday. Sunday is my busy day with the family.

I did alot of Power cooking yesterday. I really should have Ailuros post the next part for me. She has such a great way with words and food porn!

It was my DIL's birthday and I made a birthday dinner for her. The funny thing, is that out of all of us, she is the picky eater. Guess what she asked me to make? Chicken Alfredo Lasagna with spinach!!

This is a girl who eats hot dogs and Chef boyardee!!

She had it one time at the Olive Garden and loved it. I had never made it before, so I looked up a few recipes and made my own version. OMG, It was totally rich and awesome!! That was dinner, served with Garlic bread and a salad. Since I had defrosted a big pack of boneless chicken breasts, I also made a "chicken Pot pie", like I used to make when the "boys" were little. They had this for lunch. OMG, They went nuts over that. I also had Hamburger and made Taco meat, and set up a "Taco Bar" later in the night, when people were playing games.

I made a few deserts. Pecan Bars, Peanut butter bars with Chocolate Icing, Angel food cake with Chocolate Icing and I "bought" an Italian Cream cake with raspberry swirls and Mascarpone Cheese icing.

Since I made the Chicken Alfredo Lasagna with "Dreamfields", it was pretty low carb and I ate that and a salad. I did take one bite of the "chicken Pot pie". It was wonderful, but that's as far as I would go with it.

As I said before, we never know how many people will show up. We had a few "extras" and we had more then enough. In fact, I sent everyone home with "To Go" containers of food.

This weekend I got to spend alot of Time with Irelyn and I totally enjoyed my family.

Tooter · 03-17-2008, 06:20 AM

Click, I am so glad that I was helpful in finding a store near you that Doubles. I wish I could have found one for Pear.

The thing you need to do is stock up on coupon inserts. The "rule of thumb" is to buy a paper (to get the inserts) for each person in your household. For you, that would be (2).

Don't try and buy a paper next week. There will be no coupons. They don't have coupons inserts in the newspapers on Holiday weekends.

Do you know of a paper that has the most coupons in your area? Not every paper gets the same coupons.

I'll try and look that up for you.

Tooter · 03-17-2008, 06:23 AM

Click, here are the newspapers in your state with the best coupons.

Duluth News-Tribune

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

St. Cloud-Little Falls Times

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Tooter · 03-17-2008, 06:48 AM

This is how I made the Chicken Alfredo Lasagna:

I took Boneless, skinless Chicken breasts and Cut it up into chunks. I melted better in a pan and cooked the meat. I seasoned it with a little garlic salt and black pepper. I then added about an inch of Chicken stock and continued cooking it on low heat, to make the chicken tender.

I Took the Chicken out of the pan and "stock" and put it through a food processor.

I got out my lasagna pan, spread some Alfredo Sauce on the bottom, 3 cooked lasagna noodles. The "Layers" were this: A little more sauce, Chopped Chicken, then ricotta Cheese, Chopped, Fresh spinach, Shredded Mozzarella, a little more sauce...and repeated the "layers". I finished the top with more sauce and Mozzarella.

OMG, this was really good!

Ailuros · 03-17-2008, 06:55 AM

Sounds good, Tooter - any leftovers that you could share with us?

I tried the gnocchi recipe from the SCD site for lunch. It was pretty much a failure. It all turned into a shloopy, cheesy goo. It sort of tasted OK - with cheese, eggs, almond meal, there's nothing there to make it taste horrible, but it didn't resemble gnocchi. I won't be bothering with that one again.

*Pear* · 03-17-2008, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tooter

This is how I made the Chicken Alfredo Lasagna:

I took Boneless, skinless Chicken breasts and Cut it up into chunks. I melted better in a pan and cooked the meat. I seasoned it with a little garlic salt and black pepper. I then added about an inch of Chicken stock and continued cooking it on low heat, to make the chicken tender.

I Took the Chicken out of the pan and "stock" and put it through a food processor.

I got out my lasagna pan, spread some Alfredo Sauce on the bottom, 3 cooked lasagna noodles. The "Layers" were this: A little more sauce, Chopped Chicken, then ricotta Cheese, Chopped, Fresh spinach, Shredded Mozzarella, a little more sauce...and repeated the "layers". I finished the top with more sauce and Mozzarella.

OMG, this was really good!

Wow, OMG, this sounds sooo good. How long did you process the chicken/stock in the food processor? What did it look like when it came out? Did you just pulse it a little to chop or was it purreed?

*Pear* · 03-17-2008, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lost and Found

Well.. guys...I'm sorry for not being around much these last couple of days. It's mid-term time with school....

!!! I had a lot to do with that, and to top it off...their website was difficult to get onto this weekend. So, I had to keep on trying until I got it all done.

Due to the problem with the website being "busy at the moment," I didn't get out to clean the vet until very late. I am just returning home...and it 4 am. So, I will probably stay up...no sense in taking a shower and laying down for 2.5 hours. So, I will take my shower, and when I get back from taking the son to school, I will go to bed. So, I may not be on here much today.

Also, a friend came over and helped me unpack some more this weekend. So, I enjoyed the company, and accomplished much this weekend.

There is still more to do though.

I was beginning to worry about you. Glad your friend came over and helped. I'm sure it was good to see friends again.

I hope you hear good news about a job soon. Although, you're taking your CNA exam soon, so it may not even matter at this point. Hopefully you can make enough cleaning to make it through until a CNA job comes through.

Tooter · 03-17-2008, 07:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by *Pear*

Wow, OMG, this sounds sooo good. How long did you process the chicken/stock in the food processor? What did it look like when it came out? Did you just pulse it a little to chop or was it purreed?

I chopped it down until it was fine. The chicken was so tender that it didn't take long. Less then a minute. It's like how I would chopped cooked ham to make "ham salad". Did that help?

Oh, Pear...it was SOooooooooooo Good. I have never had anything like it before.

It also got my mind thinking. Can you imagine a Seafood Lasagna like that? *drool*

Oh I just re-read your post. I took the meat OUT of the stock. I drained it first. There was no stock in it when I put it through the food processor. You don't want it purreed and watery.

*Pear* · 03-17-2008, 07:19 AM

I've been holding steady at 203 the last few days. I think I've been eating out too much at the mexican (twice last week) and quiznos. I still have hopes that I'll be in onederland by the 25th. My goal is to be at onederland by the 25th of next month (39th birthday).

I'm 36 cm into my sweater now. I'll be separating the back from the front soon and casting off the armholes. After that I work the back until its finished, go back and work the front sides. Then I can start on the sleeves.

I dont really care for the vest I knit out of cotton. I am enjoying the acrylic much better, it doesnt show mistakes as much and looks more uniform.

*Pear* · 03-17-2008, 07:20 AM

Oh, Tooter, I think its too early in the morning for me

I misread your chicken OUT of the stock part. I sometimes skip over words when I read. Thanks for the explanation. I want to try making that sometime. It sounds like something everyone would drool over.

*Pear* · 03-17-2008, 07:22 AM

Today, for lunch, I brought some chicken, bacon and a jar of alfredo sauce (enough for three days) and I'll be dining on chicken bacon alfredo. Doesnt that sound wonderful?

jeanran · 03-17-2008, 07:23 AM

Thanks Tooter, it feels good to be back.

*Pear* · 03-17-2008, 07:27 AM

Tooter, did you use canned Alfredo sauce or did you make your own?

Morning Jean! :smile:

jeanran · 03-17-2008, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by *Pear*

Hi gals:

Happy Weekend!

Jean, its good to see you back. I'm sorry you're missing David now. I hope someday you two can be together permanently.

I made these today and I thought they were really good, I especially like the frosting:

Frosted Pumpkin Bars

1 cup almond flour
1 cup Splenda sugar substitute
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
3 eggs
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1/4 cup oil
2 tablespoons water

FROSTING:

8 ounces cream cheese
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup Splenda sugar substitute
1 teaspoon lemon extract

In a mixing bowl, combine the first 6 ingredients.
Add the eggs, pumpkin, oil and water; mix well.
Spray a 11"x7"x2" baking pan with cooking spray.
Bake in pan at 350°F for 20 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool.
For the frosting, beat the cream cheese in a mixing bowl and add the Splenda, vanilla and lemon extract.
Frost and refrigerate for at least 15 minutes before cutting.
Cut into 15 bars, 2.6 carbs each.
Refrigerate any leftovers.

Pear, we had a great trip but it sure was good to get back home. Usually I'm ready for him to leave but this time it hit me harder.

Perhaps it is because I just turned 64 on Saturday and realize that we will only have so many more years together.

I have been staying very busy and that helps.

03-17-2008, 02:09 AM	#4537
Lost and Found MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,772 Gallery: Lost and Found Stats: 220/183/125 WOE: Eat Fat Start Date: November 24, 2007	Hello Everyone!!!! Welcome...Josuanna...!!! It's nice of you to join us. I hope to see you around again soon!!!!! Jean!!!!! Sooooo happy that you are back...even though you are lonely!!! Ailuros...hope all is well. Once again, your food porn is making me hungry!!! Tooter...Thanks for the info on where there are stores that double coupons. There is a Rainbow Foods in the cities. Once it is worth it to drive there (when I can do a larger shopping)...I will start going there on Wednesdays to do some grocery shopping. Pear...I hope that you had a wonderful time this weekend with the family. I bet that your sweater is starting to look nice. Congrats on the people noticing your weight loss. That feels nice...doesn't it? Whatever you do....be careful to not lose your wedding ring. I don't know how the interview went yet, as they haven't called me back yet....and I haven't recv'd any "mail" from them yet??? __________________

03-17-2008, 02:16 AM	#4538
Lost and Found MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Midwest Posts: 2,772 Gallery: Lost and Found Stats: 220/183/125 WOE: Eat Fat Start Date: November 24, 2007	Well.. guys...I'm sorry for not being around much these last couple of days. It's mid-term time with school....!!! I had a lot to do with that, and to top it off...their website was difficult to get onto this weekend. So, I had to keep on trying until I got it all done. Due to the problem with the website being "busy at the moment," I didn't get out to clean the vet until very late. I am just returning home...and it 4 am. So, I will probably stay up...no sense in taking a shower and laying down for 2.5 hours. So, I will take my shower, and when I get back from taking the son to school, I will go to bed. So, I may not be on here much today. Also, a friend came over and helped me unpack some more this weekend. So, I enjoyed the company, and accomplished much this weekend. There is still more to do though.

03-17-2008, 06:14 AM	#4540
Tooter Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,728 Gallery: Tooter Stats: 5' 6" and 128 lbs	Good Morning, everyone! Welcome, Josuanna! I'm sorry, I didn't post yesterday. Sunday is my busy day with the family. I did alot of Power cooking yesterday. I really should have Ailuros post the next part for me. She has such a great way with words and food porn! It was my DIL's birthday and I made a birthday dinner for her. The funny thing, is that out of all of us, she is the picky eater. Guess what she asked me to make? Chicken Alfredo Lasagna with spinach!! This is a girl who eats hot dogs and Chef boyardee!! She had it one time at the Olive Garden and loved it. I had never made it before, so I looked up a few recipes and made my own version. OMG, It was totally rich and awesome!! That was dinner, served with Garlic bread and a salad. Since I had defrosted a big pack of boneless chicken breasts, I also made a "chicken Pot pie", like I used to make when the "boys" were little. They had this for lunch. OMG, They went nuts over that. I also had Hamburger and made Taco meat, and set up a "Taco Bar" later in the night, when people were playing games. I made a few deserts. Pecan Bars, Peanut butter bars with Chocolate Icing, Angel food cake with Chocolate Icing and I "bought" an Italian Cream cake with raspberry swirls and Mascarpone Cheese icing. Since I made the Chicken Alfredo Lasagna with "Dreamfields", it was pretty low carb and I ate that and a salad. I did take one bite of the "chicken Pot pie". It was wonderful, but that's as far as I would go with it. As I said before, we never know how many people will show up. We had a few "extras" and we had more then enough. In fact, I sent everyone home with "To Go" containers of food. This weekend I got to spend alot of Time with Irelyn and I totally enjoyed my family. __________________ "It shouldn't be a RACE to get thin. It should be a Journey to good health." Last edited by Tooter : 03-17-2008 at 06:16 AM.

03-17-2008, 07:23 AM	#4551
jeanran Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: So Cal Posts: 698 Gallery: jeanran Stats: (Mar. 2007 started @ 226 on low cal) 212/195/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: October 2007	Thanks Tooter, it feels good to be back. Last edited by jeanran : 03-17-2008 at 08:08 AM. Reason: I think I'm not awake yet!

03-16-2008, 01:13 PM	#4532
hippiegirl Mrs. Robbie Williams Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Idaho (but originally from Northern California) Posts: 3,969 Gallery: hippiegirl Stats: 325/267/175, 5'11" WOE: Atkins, unlimited lc veggies - yum!	Thanks, Ailluros! That sounds very good! He was cute, too!

03-16-2008, 09:01 PM	#4535
Pear MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Safe in the atkins fruitbowl. Posts: 1,469 Gallery: Pear Stats: 240/190/160 WOE: Pearkins Start Date: 11/25/2007	Hi gals: Welcome Josuanna!!! I'm originally from Holland, Ailuros is from England. Make yourself at home here. Sorry I didnt check in earlier today. We've been doing weekend things. Hubby and I cleaned up the commercial espresso machine at church for next Sunday's Easter service. I'll be serving latte's before and after the service. A couple gals at church noticed my weight loss and gave me compliments. That felt really good. Later, we went to the mall since we were in the area and I found a new swimsuit for the summer on sale. Its a cute two piece black suit with gold grommits on it. I also got a t-shirt out of the Juniors section. Wow! Soon, I'll be able to raid DD's clothes :heh: Dinner was chicken breast with alfredo sauce. I also had some of the frosted pumpkin dessert.

03-16-2008, 11:37 PM	#4536
Ailuros MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,061 Gallery: Ailuros Stats: Maintenance (since 2003) WOE: Controlled carb, real food Start Date: 2003	I hope you enjoyed the time with your family at the weekend, Pear. What do you put in your Alfredo sauce? I always think of it as having peas in it, but I don't know if that's a general thing, or just the way they did it at a particular Italian restaurant we used to go to. My husband's gone into the office today, so I might try the almond/ricotta gnocchi for lunch. I've got a pile of pine nuts and basil too, so pesto is looking likely . I'll tell you how the gnocchi turn out.

03-17-2008, 03:10 AM	#4539
Ailuros MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,061 Gallery: Ailuros Stats: Maintenance (since 2003) WOE: Controlled carb, real food Start Date: 2003	I thought you were up early this morning! I hope you can fit in some sleep some time soon, though I'm glad you were able to spend some time with a friend while you did your unpacking: those chores are so much more enjoyable with some company, aren't they?

03-17-2008, 06:20 AM	#4541
Tooter Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,728 Gallery: Tooter Stats: 5' 6" and 128 lbs	Click, I am so glad that I was helpful in finding a store near you that Doubles. I wish I could have found one for Pear. The thing you need to do is stock up on coupon inserts. The "rule of thumb" is to buy a paper (to get the inserts) for each person in your household. For you, that would be (2). Don't try and buy a paper next week. There will be no coupons. They don't have coupons inserts in the newspapers on Holiday weekends. Do you know of a paper that has the most coupons in your area? Not every paper gets the same coupons. I'll try and look that up for you.

03-17-2008, 06:23 AM	#4542
Tooter Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,728 Gallery: Tooter Stats: 5' 6" and 128 lbs	Click, here are the newspapers in your state with the best coupons. Duluth News-Tribune Minneapolis Star-Tribune St. Cloud-Little Falls Times St. Paul Pioneer Press

03-17-2008, 06:48 AM	#4543
Tooter Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,728 Gallery: Tooter Stats: 5' 6" and 128 lbs	This is how I made the Chicken Alfredo Lasagna: I took Boneless, skinless Chicken breasts and Cut it up into chunks. I melted better in a pan and cooked the meat. I seasoned it with a little garlic salt and black pepper. I then added about an inch of Chicken stock and continued cooking it on low heat, to make the chicken tender. I Took the Chicken out of the pan and "stock" and put it through a food processor. I got out my lasagna pan, spread some Alfredo Sauce on the bottom, 3 cooked lasagna noodles. The "Layers" were this: A little more sauce, Chopped Chicken, then ricotta Cheese, Chopped, Fresh spinach, Shredded Mozzarella, a little more sauce...and repeated the "layers". I finished the top with more sauce and Mozzarella. OMG, this was really good!

03-17-2008, 06:55 AM	#4544
Ailuros MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,061 Gallery: Ailuros Stats: Maintenance (since 2003) WOE: Controlled carb, real food Start Date: 2003	Sounds good, Tooter - any leftovers that you could share with us? I tried the gnocchi recipe from the SCD site for lunch. It was pretty much a failure. It all turned into a shloopy, cheesy goo. It sort of tasted OK - with cheese, eggs, almond meal, there's nothing there to make it taste horrible, but it didn't resemble gnocchi. I won't be bothering with that one again.

03-17-2008, 07:19 AM	#4548
Pear MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Safe in the atkins fruitbowl. Posts: 1,469 Gallery: Pear Stats: 240/190/160 WOE: Pearkins Start Date: 11/25/2007	I've been holding steady at 203 the last few days. I think I've been eating out too much at the mexican (twice last week) and quiznos. I still have hopes that I'll be in onederland by the 25th. My goal is to be at onederland by the 25th of next month (39th birthday). I'm 36 cm into my sweater now. I'll be separating the back from the front soon and casting off the armholes. After that I work the back until its finished, go back and work the front sides. Then I can start on the sleeves. I dont really care for the vest I knit out of cotton. I am enjoying the acrylic much better, it doesnt show mistakes as much and looks more uniform.

03-17-2008, 07:20 AM	#4549
Pear MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Safe in the atkins fruitbowl. Posts: 1,469 Gallery: Pear Stats: 240/190/160 WOE: Pearkins Start Date: 11/25/2007	Oh, Tooter, I think its too early in the morning for me I misread your chicken OUT of the stock part. I sometimes skip over words when I read. Thanks for the explanation. I want to try making that sometime. It sounds like something everyone would drool over.

03-17-2008, 07:22 AM	#4550
Pear MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Safe in the atkins fruitbowl. Posts: 1,469 Gallery: Pear Stats: 240/190/160 WOE: Pearkins Start Date: 11/25/2007	Today, for lunch, I brought some chicken, bacon and a jar of alfredo sauce (enough for three days) and I'll be dining on chicken bacon alfredo. Doesnt that sound wonderful?

03-17-2008, 07:27 AM	#4552
Pear MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Safe in the atkins fruitbowl. Posts: 1,469 Gallery: Pear Stats: 240/190/160 WOE: Pearkins Start Date: 11/25/2007	Tooter, did you use canned Alfredo sauce or did you make your own? Morning Jean! :smile: