November 25, 2007

Linguine Alfredo with Prosciutto Ham and Mushrooms

This is definitely not heart healthy at all.

Cook your pasta of choice!

Alfredo Sauce:

2 cups of whipping cream

1 cup of Parmesan cheese

1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg

1 clove of garlic diced

1 tbsp of butter

salt and pepper to taste

Place your butter in a sauce pan, add the garlic, cook till tender. Pour in whipping cream, add Parmesan cheese, nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Cook on medium heat and stir constantly.

For the mushrooms, I slice them up and fry them in some bacon fat and garlic, till nicely browned. Then, I add the prosciutto ham, cooking till warm.

Place your pasta in a bowl, add the ham and mushrooms, add the Alfredo sauce, top with Parmesan cheese and chives!

Enjoy!

September 28, 2007

My Very First Installment of Friday’s Feast  !

I was lucky enough to stumble on this lovely Blog Hugs N Stuff and the Friday’s Feast looked pretty appetizing!

Appetizer
How are you today? I am doing good today, I am in a quiet mood.

Soup
Name 3 television shows you watch on a regular basis. Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, and CSI Vegas.

Salad
What’s the scariest weather situation you’ve experienced? Driving from Calgary to Edmonton in a Snowstorm at night. Normally a 2.5 hour drive, it took 6.5 hours.

Main Course
If you could wake up tomorrow morning in another country, where would you want to be? Italy

Dessert
What do you usually wear to sleep? All depends how cold it is outside and how warm it is in my bed.

June 28, 2007

I love bruschetta!! So much so that I make it on a regular basis here. My family crave it, my friends are always asking for the recipe. Not to sure if I want to share it with you all. I will tell you what is in it, but I really don’t measure the ingredients since I make different amounts of it each time. I know it is done just by taste. One of my favorites!

Bruschetta

Tomatoes Diced (guts removed)

Basil (dried or fresh)

Oregano (dried or fresh)

Fresh Garlic Diced

Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Parmesan Cheese

Sea Salt

Fresh Cracked Pepper

Here are a couple of photos of my Bruschetta

Hope you all enjoy!

Yummmmmmmy!

March 27, 2006

What’s Involved?
The Cabbage Soup Diet plan is very strict. The idea is to eat as much cabbage soup as you like every day - enough to keep you full up, so you don’t cheat! Plus specific additional foods on each day of the seven day diet. No alcohol is allowed and other drinks are limited to water, and unsweetened fruit juice on days when fruit is allowed.

Day 1 - Cabbage soup plus as much fruit as you like, excluding bananas
Day 2 - Cabbage soup plus vegetables including 1 jacket potato with a little butter
Day 3 - Cabbage soup plus fruit and vegetables excluding potatoes and bananas
Day 4 - Cabbage soup plus up to eight bananas and as much skimmed milk as you like
Day 5 - Cabbage soup plus up to 20 ounces of beef and up to six tomatoes
Day 6 - Cabbage soup plus as much beef and vegetables (excluding potatoes) as you like
Day 7 - Cabbage soup plus brown rice, vegetables (excluding potatoes) and unsweetened fruit juice
Recipes for the cabbage soup vary, but all are based on cabbage, onions, tinned tomatoes, green peppers, celery, carrots, mushrooms and onion soup mix.

Well I think we are gonna try this starting tomorrow as I am on spring break and I am not driving.
I hope I can sustain the diet.