So much yumminess this weekend I don't know where to start... Thursday night (I think) we had BBQ chicken with mashed cauliflower. The BBQ sauce is all natural from Dinosaur BBQ in NY. Here is the cauliflower recipe:
Ingredients
- 1 medium head cauliflower
- 1 tablespoon cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/8 teaspoon straight chicken base or bullion (may substitute 1/2 teaspoon salt)
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh or dry chives, for garnish
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Directions
Set a stockpot of water to boil over high heat.
Clean and cut cauliflower into small pieces. Cook in boiling water for about 6 minutes, or until well done. Drain well; do not let cool and pat cooked cauliflower very dry between several layers of paper towels.
In a bowl with an immersion blender, or in a food processor, puree the hot cauliflower with the cream cheese, Parmesan, garlic, chicken base, and pepper until almost smooth.
Garnish with chives, and serve hot with pats of butter.
Clean and cut cauliflower into small pieces. Cook in boiling water for about 6 minutes, or until well done. Drain well; do not let cool and pat cooked cauliflower very dry between several layers of paper towels.
In a bowl with an immersion blender, or in a food processor, puree the hot cauliflower with the cream cheese, Parmesan, garlic, chicken base, and pepper until almost smooth.
Garnish with chives, and serve hot with pats of butter.
Then on Friday I was determined to get into the holiday weekend spirit by making burgers on the grill. Tom vetoed the grill idea because it was about 50 degrees outside (seriously... whats up with this weather???? Instead, we made the burgers and cooked them on the George Forman.
Turkey burgers stuffed with blue cheese.... ummm.... YUMMMMMM. They were very delicious. My brother and sister in law gave us a very cool contraption that shapes the meat into a circle with an indent so you have some place to put the stuffing... then you put the two halves together.
Now its Sunday morning and for a whole host of reasons I was having a crappy morning. What cures crappy mornings... pancakes! I love the recipe I have for PB and J pancakes but I decided to try something else. I had printed this recipe out a while ago but never tried it...
1 cup of Dry/Uncooked Rolled Oats (plain, unsweetened)
6 Egg Whites (3/4 cup)
1 cup of Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
½ tsp of Vanilla Extract
½ tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp of Honey
Purée everything in a blender until smooth. Heat a non-stick skillet and spray lightly with olive or canola oil. Pour batter into the pan and cook on medium heat, turning once — just like regular pancakes.6 Egg Whites (3/4 cup)
1 cup of Fage 0% Greek Yogurt
½ tsp of Vanilla Extract
½ tsp Cinnamon
2 tsp of Honey
Of course I added chocolate chips to half the batter. Actually they are Carob chips and they are not as delicious.... must keep searching for chocolate chips with natural sugar instead of processed sugar.
Then today for lunch I decided on a good old fashioned tuna melt. I didn't have time to go to whole foods this week so the mayo I used actually has 1 preservative in it, but oh well.
I have peppers roasting in the toaster oven right now to make some roasted red (actually... green and yellow) pepper hummus. More on that later. :)
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