Livin' the Healthy Yumz

The side is, unimpressively, from Trader Joe’s, but sometimes that’s ok (or so I’m trying t learn to believe).

Spice portion of the recipe adapted (I.e. increased the proportion of cayenne) from here: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/256519/roasted-cauliflower-potato-curry-soup/

Soup was butternut squash/pepper/apple/etc. turned out well if very spicy.

Added spinach before cooking grits to cook them together. Helped to make the sogginess of the spinach less of an issue.

Amazing.

Curry Chicken https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4797-chicken-breasts-with-curry Spinach with Jalapeño https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016199-laurie-colwins-creamed-spinach-with-jalapeno-peppers Both terrific and went well together. Only had thighs frozen so used those instead of breast which I was not enamored with.

Cards on the table, I am doing weightwatchers (if Oprah is good enough to be our next president she is good enough to tell me how to lose weight). This is a much more satisfying 6 point breakfast than ½ cup oatmeal.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/5824-salmon-with-lemon-herb-marinade?action=click&module=Global%20Search%20Recipe%20Card&pgType=search&rank=1 Salmon with lemon herb marinade. Herbaceous and bright and pretty easy. Only used olive oil and less sugar. Also only had dried herbs. Certainly would be better with all the right ingredients but terrific as made.

Lime raw sugar shortbread. More herbaceous and less like a lime flavored lemon bar than I assumed.

1) Spicy Grilled Shrimp Recipe https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/9168-spicy-grilled-shrimp Used this a ton, one of our summer go to’s. We doubled the cayenne. 2) Daniel Boulud’s Chicken Tagine https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016987-daniel-bouluds-chicken-tagine We altered this recipe a little. It called for vanilla and other sweet elements like raisins, added green olives and some brine, and greatly increased the amount of hot. It was pretty easy relatively speaking. 3) Indonesian Chicken Soup With Noodles, Turmeric, and Ginger https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012384-indonesian-chicken-soup-with-noodles-turmeric-and-ginger John Hodgman recommended this. Had a little trouble finding lemon grass. 6 minute eggs added a little complication but were worth it.

1) Healthy 3 Cheese Chicken Penne Pasta Bake https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Healthy-Three-Cheese-Chicken-Penne-Pasta-Bake-977994?prm-v1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=seasonal&utm_campaign=MakeAhead_Dishes Made this right before Buggie was here! It was good and satisfying. 2) Veggie Chili This is same old beans, peppers, onion, tomato, corn, sweet potato, chipotle pepper, cumin, cayenne recipe. 3) Spicy Sichuan Noodles (I think) https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015085-pasta-with-anchovies-garlic-chiles-and-kale?action=click&module=RecipeBox&pgType=recipebox-page&region=all&rank=168 I think we used turkey or chicken and added spinach

Korean Meatballs and Noodles. Ugh so good. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018031-korean-meatballs-and-noodles?action=click&module=Local%20Search%20Recipe%20Card&pgType=search&rank=1 Not the easiest, had to roll/dice meatballs and make noodles separately, so not one pot, but really good.

Delicious things we have made and eaten. Links to follow. We just winged it on the tator tot has it was amaaaaazing!

Pasta With Anchovies, Garlic, Chiles and Kale https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015085-pasta-with-anchovies-garlic-chiles-and-kale?action=click&module=RecipeBox&pgType=recipebox-page&region=pasta&rank=5