| Monday, November 26, 2007 |
| Thanksgiving for 2 |
Well, after a shaky thanksgiving week, I was nervous to have my weigh-in this morning, but I'm happy to report that I was down another 2 lbs, which puts me at a total of 22 lbs lost, with 23 to go. Just about half way there! I'm getting nervous though because my only cardio I was doing before was going for a run outside, so now that it's snowy and cold I am going to have to come up with a new way to exercise. Anyone have any good ideas (besides joining a gym - can't afford that right now)?
On thanksgiving day I decided I really wanted turkey, so I went to the store around 3 pm and bought a bunch of thanksgiving type food. I made a rachel ray recipe that was soooo good, I just had to share it with you all. It's cheesy breaded turkey breasts with mushroom gravy, and then I served that with sweet potato fries. For dessert, we had a store-bought pumpkin cheesecake!
Here goes: (serves 4, I cut it all in half to serve 2 and did my own thing a bit, this is my rendition)
- 8 turkey breasts or turkey cutlets
- 1 pound mushrooms, quartered, divided
- 2 1/2 cups breadcrumbs ( i used seasoned breadcrumbs)
- 1/2 cup Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, grated
- 1 1/2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided (I used whole wheat flour)
- 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning
- 4 eggs
- 1 clove garlic, grated
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 cups chicken stock
- Olive Oil
Preheat a large, nonstick skillet over high heat with 2 tablespoons Olive Oil, and add in half of the mushrooms. Cook on one side, trying not to move them too much, until they are nice and golden brown. Once they are golden, flip them over to brown on the other side. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper, remove to a platter and repeat with the remaining mushrooms.
Set out 3 shallow dishes, in the first one add the breadcrumbs, cheese, salt and freshly ground black pepper. In the second dish, combine 1 1/2 cups flour and poultry seasoning. In the third, whisk up the eggs and milk.
Dip the cutlets into the seasoned flour, then into the egg mixture, then into the cheesy breadcrumb mixture. Repeat with the rest of the turkey cutlets.
Heat a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of Olive Oil over medium-high heat. Cooking in batches to avoid crowding the pan, add the breaded cutlets and cook for about 3-4 minutes on each side, until nice and golden brown on each side.
In the same skillet the mushrooms were cooked in, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the garlic and cook until it's golden in color. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of flour. Cook 2-3 minutes, then add the balsamic, allowing it to slightly reduce. Next, add in the chicken stock and reserved, cooked mushrooms to the skillet. Cook everything down until thick and creamy.
Enjoy!Labels: mushrooms, rachel ray, recipe, Thanksgiving, turkey, yams |
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| Thursday, November 22, 2007 |
| Giving Thanks |
 Here's the view outside our window today ---it's happened every year since I was born, you'd think I'd be used to it by now! For some reason though, I'm always shocked/enamored by it each winter and put like 80 pics of it on my blog... I guess this year's no different! ;)
Sooooo it's thanksgiving...a glorious holiday for Americans, almost on equal grounds with Christmas. I'm sad that I am not once again with my parents and brother, especially because we live so close now. But we're going down there in 2 weeks so we'll celebrate an "in-between christmas/thanksgiving" then. And honestly I totally forgot it was Thanksgiving until this morning so I think I might go to the store and buy at least something resembling a thanksgiving meal. And since I don't have the YWAMers around that made us all go around and say what we're thankful for (which I always secretly enjoyed!) I'll do it on my blog.
I'm thankful for:
- My family- My husband, mom, dad, and brother, K-Dawg, Susan, and Kyle, my Aunts and Uncles and grandparents and cousins, a great bunch to be related to!
- my home - I have a warm home with a bed and food and computer and TV...all sorts of comfort things that I'm lucky to have
- my education - something that much of the world would give up a lot more that I have, for the opportunity of getting an education
- TV shows - they bring me lots of joy
- a new Church - looking forward to getting more involved, the pastor invited us for supper too
- Friends - though we're all spread out around the world, we are lucky to have a spider web of people that care about us. I miss you all - a lot
- my health - it's been over 2 years since I've had any sort of bechets break outs... amazing. I'm also thankful for my weight loss and that I feel so much better in my own skin
- Canadian residency - to know that I will be able to live here forever without having to renew a visa is an awesome feeling
Lots of things to be thankful for. Happy thanksgiving everyone!  Labels: ontario, snow, Thanksgiving, winter |
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