Food — 18 January 2011

Yesterday I was a cookin’ fool. I’m proud to say that I followed through with my meal planning pledge and actually planned out my meals for this week. Both Husband and I each picked a new recipe for me to try and I got BUSY in the kitchen. Cooking, folks. Really.

Husband picked an Indian beef curry recipe from Now Eat This! by Rocco Dispirito. This recipe shaves off almost 40g of fat from the traditional recipe and is only 264 calories per serving. LOVE that.

A few key ingredients – cooking spray, Greek yogurt, curry powder and fish sauce. I feel like such a chef – I’ve got “fish sauce” in my fridge.

Then I got to chopping …

Green peppers, garlic …
… and Cauliflower
I broke out the iron skillet for this one and cooked up some lean beef.
While it’s not as pretty as the picture in the book it tasted DELICIOUS.

I added a little extra spice to the recipe, put it over some brown rice and was really pleased. Husband gave it a thumbs up and went back for seconds; and even Miles’, my 9-year-old, liked it. My daughter was at a play date and missed my masterpiece although she wouldn’t have eaten it anyway – it wasn’t cereal or a sandwich.

I’m inspired, folks. Maybe this cookin’ thing isn’t so bad. I’ve got a new attitude … and some fish sauce.

Winks & Smiles,

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Lorraine "Wifey" Robertson is a wife, mother, writer, author, and runner trying to keep things simple, sexy and sane. She recently lost more than 25 pounds and ran her second marathon - the Chicago Marathon.

(6) Readers Comments

  1. Mmmm, I love me some Indian Food – especially if it is healthy. Good job.

  2. Looks yummy! And I actually have fish sauce!

  3. This looks SUPER yummy Wifey! Great job! My hubby is a chef, but he's never home so I'm in the cooking rut with our two boys. Keep up the good work!!!

  4. Thanks, Everyone! I just might venture back into the kitchen tonight – gasp!

  5. I HAVE to plan. If I don't, we'd end up eating cheese sandwiches every night.

    BTW – Left you the Stylish Blogger Award at MvM.

  6. Errr, excuse me while I wipe the greedy drool off the keyboard now.

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