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[ladyjanelly]

Why Janelly is not allowed to name the dishes that she creates:

So.. Last night, I got some of those big baking bags and grabbed random-ish veggies from the store, and some chicken, and came home and grabbed some more stuff from the cabinet and decided to make a meal.

Started with a can of tomato, added a jar of marinaded artichoke hearts.  two teaspoons chopped sauteed garlic.  A container of mushrooms, a red bell pepper, cut into half-inch squares, two heads of broccoli, cut up, 8 green onions, cut up, 4 chicken breasts, cubed.  

So I dump it in the bag and kind of shake it up and roll it around to make sure the stuff mixes.  

The tomato turns the bag red, and I look down and say, for no reason other than to freak Kendra out, 

"Looks like I killed a hooker in here."

The recipe is now (and probably forever) referred to as dead hooker.  As in:  Hey babe, you want left over stir-fry or dead hooker for lunch?

But god it's tasty.

Comments

[fromyourashes.livejournal.com]

i luff you. i wanna eat some dead hooker.

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Oh, I forgot that you add a tablespoon of italian spices.

Dead hooker is sooo good.

[embroiderama]

OMG *dies laughing*. That sounds good, though! I could totally just put some, hmmm, potatoes in there, take out the chicken. Yum!

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Oh, I fogot that i added about a tablespoon of generic italian spice mix stuff.

I think it'd work great with potato. My husband's doing the low carb thing, and I'm totally not letting him live off of meat, so I'm finding all the low-carb veggies for him.

[lekkerstuk.livejournal.com]

Is cauliflower low-carb? If it's not then disregard this. But it's just about my favorite food ever so I have lots of recipes if you are interested. Oh, also disregard this if you or your husband don't like cauliflower.

It works pretty well with and in potato-like dishes, like potato soup and mashed potatoes. I usually switch out half the potatoes in recipes for cauliflower anyways because I like the taste, but it usually turns out tasty, texture and flavor-wise.

(This message was brought to you by the American Cauliflower Lobby. Sorry, I just got on a roll.) And I would love some Dead Hooker!

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Yup. Cauliflower has like 2g sugars and 2g fiber, so the body absorbes the sugars slowly, and a lot of food is a few calories. It's great. I like it, and Sam tolerates it in other things, maybe by itself if i can hide it a little. :)

Switching it for potatoes is a great idea.

[lekkerstuk.livejournal.com]

Yay, more cauliflower converts! (Not that I'm knockin' potatoes or anything). The beauty of low-carb is that you CAN hide your vegetables under cream sauces or cheese!

[faunna.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of the time my college roommate came in and I said "don't freak out about the shower, it's just kool-aide" and it sounds tastier than when dad created "gooey mess". I've never used an oven bag, but I have an enamel pot we bake a whole chicken in. Think it would work?

Also, good girl... low carb is exactly that and NOT high protein. Leafy, green vegis should be the *first* choice in food of any weightloss program and in low carb dieting it's leafy vegis, meat, nuts, dairy, fruits, root vegis and grains waaaaaay at the back of the pack.

Is he doing Atkins, South Beach or Protein Power?

BYW here's my low-carb "cookie" recipie
-cover a cookie sheet (any flat surface will do) with waxed paper
-make silver sollar sized flatish piles of slivered almonds
-drizzle just enough magic shell (I've only used the chocolate fudge flavor) to stick most of the almonds together
-stick tray in the freezer for a few minuets
TADA, protein laden *crunchy* things (low carb is terribly low on crunch factor) with a hint of sweet and chocolate (or your magic shell flavor of choice)

This worked really well for me because I can make one or two at a time so there isn't any temptation to eat "just one more".

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

He's doing south beach, but basically I'm using the SugarBusters food list.

Eating like he's diabetic.

I'm eating better than I have in a long while, but I"m not stressing at all when I walk to the corner store for an icecream sandwich. :)

[jellicle.livejournal.com]

Dead hooker definitely sounds tasty :)

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

I wasn't completely pleased by the way it reheats, but with a little salt, it's still pretty good. :)