Sunday, February 28, 2010

Shredded Beef From My Crock-Pot to Yours

This is the easiest recipe ever and really quite versatile. Many of my simple recipes require a crock pot so make the investment now and you'll feel like you hired a personal chef. I love opening up my front door to the smell of a fresh cooked meal at the end of the day. This one takes less than 5 minutes before you head out in the morning and then a moment or two of shredding before serving.

My kids are picky eaters and they love this one. My husband is fine with left-overs but for those who aren't so lucky, the multiple uses for this meat will please even the biggest leftover snob!

Here's the recipe:

1 lb. stew beef (also fine with any kind of beef but the stew beef shreds easier)

1 can cream of celery (or really cream of anything!)

1 can crushed green chilis

(you can double or triple the recipe as long as it doesn't fill the crock pot. optimum is between 50-75% full)

Crock pot on high 6 - 8 hours (or more - just add some water to compensate for extra time). Shred apart with a couple forks.

TIP: you can even put the meat in the crock pot when it's frozen. Crock pots are just so darned accommodating to your circumstances!

Great on rice or noodles. I strongly suggest the new 90 minute rice from Uncle Bens. It's done in a flash and is perfectly sized for one dinner.

Also good on taco salad or in tacos. Make a double batch and freeze the rest for next time. Thaws perfectly.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Baja Chicken Pasta Salad and 2 More Delicious Salad Recipes

Its no doubt that salad goes well with any meal. Baja chicken pasta salad, balsamic dressing and barbecue cubes salad recipes are delicious, easy and quick to prepare.

Below are the 3 recipes for you to try at home:

1. Baja Chicken Pasta Salad

Ingredients:

- 3/4 pound chicken breast
- 6 ounces dried mixed fruit
- 1 cup ring macaroni or orzo - raw
- 1 cup Jicama - cubed
- 2 Green Onions/Tops - Sliced
- 1/2 cup Mayonnaise or Salad dressing
- 2 tablespoons sour cream or plain yogurt
- 1 teaspoon red chili's - Ground
- 1/4 teaspoon salt

Notes: The chicken breast should be boneless, skinless and weigh about 3/4. You should use 1 6-oz package of diced mixed fruit.

Directions;

- Heat enough salted water to cover the chicken breast (1/4 tsp salt to 1 cup of water) to boiling in a 4 quart Dutch oven.
- Add the chicken breast.
- Cover and heat to boiling, reduce the heat and simmer until the chicken is done, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove the chicken with a slotted spoon.
- Heat the water to boiling and add the fruit and ring macaroni or orzo gradually so that the water continues to boil. - Boil, uncovered, stirring occasionally, just until the ring macaroni is tender, about 6 to 8 minutes or 10 minutes for the orzo, then drain.
- Rinse with cold water and drain again.
- Cut the chicken into 1/2-inch pieces and mix with the fruit, macaroni, jicama and onions.
- Mix the remaining ingredients and toss with the chicken mixture.
- Cover and refrigerate until chilled, at least 2 hours.

2. Balsamic Dressing

Ingredients:

- 3/4 cup Water
- 1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar
- 3 teaspoons Capers
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Dried basil
- 1 tablespoon Fresh parsley - chopped (opt)

Directions:

- Combine the ingredients.
- Adjust vinegar to taste, since it has a strong flavor.
- Store in a covered container in the refrigerator.

Makes about 1 cup.

Note: If you don't have balsamic vinegar, you may substitute another kind. But, if this be the case, start with water and vinegar in equal proportions.

3. Barbecue Cubes

Ingredients:

- 3 ounces lemon jell-O (1 Pkg.)
- 3/4 cup - boiling water
- 8 ounces tomato sauce (1 can)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt pepper
- 1 tablespoon horseradish

Directions:

- Dissolve Jell-O in boiling water.
- Mix all other ingredients, and when Jell-O is at room temperature, add and mix well.
- Pour into oiled 8-inch square pan.

Chill until firm. Cut into cubes and serve salad to go with your barbecue.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Reduce And Lose Your Weight With Fats

REDUCE YOUR WEIGHT

Now you are not very far from losing your excess fats and unwanted weight. You know to get something you usually have to lose anything and in this case to get success you are going to lose your weight and I hope you would like to lose it.

This article will teach you the best diet schedule that will make smart 95% depending on how well you follow it. I have tried this schedule on many fat people including me and believe me I always got positive results. I lost my 10 kg weight in just one and half month. There is nothing I could say about it.

DIETS

The diet sheet that follows have been constructed to illustrate the quantities and
qualitative aspects of diets required for the treatment obesity and diabetic mellitus.
The quantities given in standard diet sheet will obviously require some modification
in relation to the size, age, sex and occupation of the patient. In the dietetic treatment
of most diseases it is unnecessary to weigh accurately the amounts of the different
food eaten. Under these circumstances sufficient accuracy will be secured by the use
of household measures as illustrated in Diet 1 and by the term small, medium and
large helping for meat, chicken or fish. A small helping weighs approximately 30-60
grams (1 to 2 oz), a medium helping 60-90 grams (2 to 3 oz) and a large helping 120
grams (4 oz) or more.

The qualitative content of the diet, i.e. the actual food consumed, will vary
widely. The examples detailed here are suitable for person whose food habits are
those of the western world. If they are to be effective therapeutically, diet
prescriptions must be carefully adapted to take account of national, cultural and local
eating habits.

LOW ENERGY (CALORIE) DIET

Suitable for adults with obesity with or without diabetes.
Approximately: Protein 60 grams.
Carbohydrates 100 grams.
Fat 40 grams.
Energy 1000 kcal (4184 kj)

EARLY MORNING:

Cup of tea, milk from allowance, if desired.

BREAKFAST:

1 egg or 30 g (1 oz) grilled lean bacon (2 rashers) or
cold ham or exchange with margarine or butter from allowance.
Tea or coffee, with milk from allowance.

MID-MORNING:

Tea or coffee, with milk from allowance, or free drink from group A3
1 cream cracker or water biscuit.

MID-DAY MEAL:

Clear soup, tomato juice or grapefruit, if desired.
Small helping, 60gram (2oz) lean meat, ham, poultry, game or offal or 90 gram (3 oz)
white fish (steamed, baked, or grilled) or two eggs or 45 gram (1/2 oz) cheese.
Salad or vegetables form group A1 as desired.
40 gram (1 1/3 oz) bread (white or brown) or exchange, with margarine or butter from
allowance if desired.
1 portion of fruit from bread exchange list below
Tea or coffee with milk from allowance.

MID AFTERNOON

20 gram (2/3 oz) white or brown bread or exchange, with margarine or butter from
allowance.

EVENING MEAL:

Clear soup, meat or yeast extracts, tomato juice or grapefruit, if desired.
Small helping, 60 gram (2 oz) lean meat, ham, poultry, game or offal or 90 gram (3
oz) white fish (steamed, baked, or grilled) or two eggs or 45 gram (1/2 oz) cheese.
Salad or vegetables form group A1 as desired.
40 gram (1 1/3 oz) bread (white or brown) or exchange, with margarine or butter from
allowance if desired.
1 portion of fruit from bread exchange list below
Tea or coffee with milk from allowance.
BEFORE BED:
Tea or coffee with milk from allowance.
1 cream cracker or water biscuit
ALLOWANCE FOR DAY:
200 ml (1/3 pint) milk semi-skimmed or skimmed.
15 gram (1/2 oz) margarine or butter
EXCHANGE FOR 20 GRAM (2/3 oz) BREAD
2 cream crackers
1.5 of any crisp bread
2 water biscuits
1 oat cakes
1 Potato (size of hen's egg)
1 Portion of fruit form list below
Fruit List: 1 Medium apple, 1 orange, 1 pear, 1 small banana, 10 grapes

GROUP A: Foods Which May Be Taken As Desired

o VEGETABLES:

Artichoke, asparagus, aubergine, French beans, runner beans, broccoli, Brussels
sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, celeriac, celery, chicory, courgette,
cucumber, endive, leeks, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard and cress, onions, parsley,
pumpkin, radishes, salsify, seakale, spinach, swede, tomatoes, turnip tops,
vegetable marrow, watercress.

o FRUITS: (stewed without sugar or raw)

Any fruit fresh, frozen or canned in natural fruit juice but not avocado, dried fruit
or fruit canned in syrup.

o DRINKS:

Water, soda water, tea or coffee ( without milk or sugar ), lemon juice, tomato
juice, diabetic fruit squash, diet cola, clear soup 9 chicken or beef cubes may be
used )

o MISCELLINOUS:

Saccharine or any proprietary sweetening agents ( except sorbitol ) salt, pepper,
mustard, vinegar, herbs, spices, gelatine, Flavorings and coloring may be used.

GROUP B: Foods Which May Be Avoided

All fried foods, Sugar ( brown or white ), glucose, and sorbitol.
Sweets, toffees, chocolates, corn flour, custard powder, jam, marmalade, lemon
curd, syrup, honey, treacle.
Tinned, frozen or bottled fruits.
Dried fruits, e.g. Dates, prune e.t.c. , Cakes, buns, pastries, pies, steamed or
milked puddings.
Sweets or chocolates biscuits, scones.
Cereals, e.g. rice, sago, macaroni, barley, spaghetti.
Breakfast cereal, porridge.
Ice creams, fresh or synthetic creams. Table jelly.
Evaporated or condensed milk.
Peas, parsnips, beetroot, sweet corn, haricot beans, butter beans, broad beans,
lentils.
Nuts
Salad cream, salad dressing, mayonnaise.
Tomato and brown sauce or any thickened sauce.
Sweet pickles and chutney,
Thickened soups, gravies.
Alcoholic drinks e.g. beer, wine, sherry or spirits.
Sweetened fruit juices, fruit squash, coca cola and other sweet, fizzy and ?soft
drinks?
Starch reduced products, ?diabetic? foodstuffs.
Sausages.
All foods must be served without thickened gravies and sauces. All foods may be
baked, grilled, boiled or steamed ? but not fried.