Recipe of the Day

I am a bit demoralized at having lost all my recipes. I make them up while I am cooking and writing them down for this was really a potentially valuable source for myself, and now they are gone, and I just don't have it in me to try and think that hard right now.

So here's an oldie but a goodie

Brown Sugar and Ginger Salmon

salmon filets
minced ginger (prefer the jars pureed ginger you can buy... 1/2 t - 2 t per 6 oz filet)
ground coriander
s&p
brown sugar (1 T per 6oz of filet)

Heat oven to 400

line cookie sheet with tin foil (do it!) and lightly grease the foil
Place filets (I get a 12-16 oz for the three of us) on the prepared cookie sheets. Salt and pepper the filets and then dust with the coriander (like you are putting cinnamon sugar on toast). Schmear (yes you NYers will know what I mean) the minced ginger over the filets. This is totally a taste issue on how "hot" you want the salmon to be. Apply sparingly (1/2 t per 6 oz) if you don't like spice and more (2 t per 6 oz filet) if you do. Then take a tablespoon of brown sugar for each 6 oz or so of salmon and evenly crumble and press this on top of the ginger. Pat the sugar to cover the whole filet and kind of moisten it from the ginger. Place in oven for 10-15 mins until desired doneness. The brown sugar should have melted into a glaze. THIS IS FANTASTIC!

175 calories for 4 oz portion

UPDATE
my grocery store isn't selling the jars of pureed ginger (might have been Christopher Ranch or some such brand like the garlic) anymore... they now have it in a tube "Gourmet Garden Ginger Spice Blend"

Also I use Wild Sockeye I find it has a stronger flavor and a firmer texture. Lately I've been buying the vacuum packed frozen filets so I can make this whenever I want.. I just put the filets in the fridge the night before. Whole Foods and TJ's both have these at about $9.99/lb. If you buy it at the fish counter it is often over this and since they've thawed it for you (well for those of us who do not live in Alaska).. you don't have a lot of flexibility in terms of when you're going to make it.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Well I've had some serious ups and downs in the last few days. First I triumphantly reached 129. I bought a new dress that is actually flattering and recalls a 40s era Tuscan woman, so it was right up my alley... plus I got it at Target, what more could you want in a dress? Then feeling pretty good about all that I decided to calculate my body fat percentage at Satan's Lair and this MFing site said I am 31% body fat! WTF?!? That is 40 lbs of fat! I mean obviously I am carrying some "fatty deposits" around the mid-section and if I were feeling really brave I would post my "before" pictures I shot the other day... but I won't... I mean I am more than a third fat! I have got to turn this into some kind of motivational inspiration. Maybe I'll even create some new goals related to fat loss not just weight loss. I would like to be under 20 % fat for crying out loud!

Now I really am Furious

Well through a technical error I lost my blogs... so I had to snag this new locale and start fresh.

Check out the links on the side to hit the kid's new sites which I will hopefully have up and running soon.


If my old site names come back on the market I may try and move us back... but we'll see. You can catch up with us here for now.