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September 25, 2013

Sweaty Mess, Eating Lean

T-Minus 2 hours before my next bootcamp workout.

This is the second week of my 6-week fat loss and fitness program with O2 BodyFit. It kicks my butt with high-intensity cardio & strength routines. The trainers push us without breaking us down.

I’m sweaty mess at the end. My muscles and limbs scream from exhaustion.

So far, I love it!

I’m also on a new meal plan: more lean meats and more (much more) vegetables.

Here’s what I made for the first week (I tweaked the recipes to cut down on oils and eliminate dairy items):

Broiled salmon with a peppercorn-Lime Rub and an Asian slaw with a ginger peanut dressing (no honey)
Pan-seared tilapia (no butter) with broccoli slaw and spinach salad
Lemon-Thyme chicken with sauteed vegetables (no cheese)
Chicken omelette, with kale and cherry tomatoes
Ground turkey with Rogan Josh sauce (Saffron Road simmer sauce) over cauliflower rice and spinach salad.

I had plenty of leftovers.

September 19, 2013September 19, 2013

Italian Inspiration

Soft, fat noodles inspired me to dig out our pasta machine.

I adored the handmade handkerchief noodles at Farina. The dish is called Mandilli di seta al Pesto. Each luscious bite of pasta had a punch of flavor from the basil and almond pesto.

This weekend, we made pasta with garlic sausage and Rachel Ray’s bolognese sauce.

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July 23, 2013

Cook the Book: Albaretto della Torre

I wanted a meaty dish for my Rosemary bread.

My inspiration: Fare la scarpetta. It’s an Italian saying that encourages diners to mop up every last morsel of their meal by using bread like a “little shoe.”

That led me back to Jeffery Steingarten’s book: “The Man Who Ate Everything.” I found a pasta dish from Albaretto della Torre that would let me mop up meat sauce with bread.
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