Tag: cooking

  • Slow Cooked Carnitas

    Slow Cooked Carnitas

    Ingredients: 2lbs Pork Loin (It’s leaner than pork shoulder) 1 tsp cinnamon 1tsp cumin 1/2 tsp coriander 1/2 tsp oregano 12 oz chicken stock 4 ounces orange juice 4 ounces lime juice Prep: Brown Meat Combine all ingredients in slow cooker Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours. Serve over lettuce with…

  • Bored with meals?  5 Ways to Increase Variety Without Increasing Calories

    Bored with meals? 5 Ways to Increase Variety Without Increasing Calories

      Are you bored with your meals? The number one thing people often tell me when they are on a diet, is that they “get bored with their healthy meals.”  They aren’t actually bored with their healthy meals, but they miss the flavor from the unhealthy foods they used to make.  When you start a…

  • Chicken Curry

    Chicken Curry

    Chicken Curry   Ingredients: 1 Chicken Breast per Person 1 Can lite Coconut Milk Curry Paste (red or green) 1 tsp. Fish Sauce 2 Chicken Bouillon Cubes Head of Broccoli 1 Red, Yellow, or Orange Pepper 1 Sweet Onion Coconut Oil Sriracha Soy Sauce Prep: Start simmering coconut milk, fish sauce, curry paste, and chicken bouillon, and…

  • Lenten Friday Dinner

    Come spring every year my religious customs have me fasting from meat in Friday.  (I have also given up alcohol as part of my Lenten sacrifice. )  I still need to get my protein though to recover from my strength workout with my visiting friend Deb and yoga class and fuel me to run tomorrow…