Thursday, September 4, 2014

Egg Fu Young or Frittata?




Egg Fu Young or Frittata?

  • 5 large eggs
  • 1 cup frozen spinach, thawed and squeezed dry (1/3 to 1/2 cup)
  • 1 cup of ham, shrimp, mushrooms, water chestnuts or a mixture of your favorites
  • chopped green onion, to taste
  • kosher salt, to taste
  • ¼ cup coconut flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
  • Freshly ground black pepper

  • Whisk all ingredients together. Fry small amounts in olive or coconut oil.

    Monday, September 1, 2014

    Seafood Stuffed Mushrooms

    Seafood Stuffed Mushrooms
    • 12 - 14 large white button mushrooms
    • 6 oz. shrimp (about 1 cup, chopped)
    • 6 oz. lump crabmeat
    • 1 cup shredded mozzarella
    • 1/4 cup mayonnaise
    • 1/2 cup Alfredo sauce

    Wednesday, July 23, 2014

    I Have Zucchini!

    Freeze it.   Bake it.   Zoodle it.

    Zucchini Lasagne     Zucchini Bread     Cocoa Zucchini Muffins

    Zucchini Fries     Zucchini Chips     Zoodles

    Monday, July 21, 2014

    Zucchini Fries


    Zucchini Fries

    • 3 small zucchini
    • 2 egg yolks
    • 3/4 cup Panko bread crumbs
    • 6 T. grated parmesan cheese
    • 1 T. Italian herbs
    Preheat oven to 425ºF. Coat a baking sheet with cooking spray. In a small bowl beat your egg yolks. (I usually thin with a touch of water or milk.)  Blend bread crumbs, cheese and herbs in another bowl.
    Slice each zucchini in half  and then lengthwise into 3 slices and widthwise another 3 slices. Ending up with 18 fries per zucchini. Place the zucchini sticks in a colander over a bowl, and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of salt. Let them drain for 1 hour or longer. Rinse them and pat dry.

    Dip into egg yolks and dredge in bread crumb mixture. Place coated zucchini on prepared baking sheet and repeat with remaining ingredients; liberally coat with cooking spray.
    Roast, turning once, until desired crispness, about 12 minutes. Yields about 5 servings.
    3 pts         97 calories

    These are neither wheat free or a SCD recipe. Just really craving them and it is difficult to resist when my garden is bursting with zucchini!

    Sunday, June 15, 2014

    "FREE" Soaps

    Correspondence which actually occurred between a London hotel's staff and one of its guests. The London hotel involved submitted this to the Sunday Times. No name was mentioned.

    I have no clue why I find it so funny but it really cracks me up!

    Dear Maid,
    Please do not leave any more of those little bars of soap in my bathroom since I have brought my own bath-sized Dial. Please remove the six unopened little bars from the shelf under the medicine chest and another three in the shower soap dish. They are in my way.
    Thank You,  S. Berman

    Dear Room 635,
    I am not your regular maid. She will be back tomorrow, Thursday, from her day off. I took the 3 hotel soaps out of the shower soap dish as you requested. The 6 bars on your shelf I took out of your way and put on top of your Kleenex dispenser in case you should change your mind. This leaves only the 3 bars I left today which my instructions from the management is to leave 3 soaps daily.
    I hope this is satisfactory,
    Kathy, Relief Maid

    Dear Maid -- I hope you are my regular maid.
    Apparently Kathy did not tell you about my note to her concerning the little bars of soap. When I got back to my room this evening I found you had added 3 little Camays to the shelf under my medicine cabinet. I am going to be here in the hotel for two weeks and have brought my own bath-size Dial so I won't need those 6 little Camays which are on the shelf. They are in my way when shaving, brushing teeth, etc. Please remove them.
    S. Berman

    Dear Mr. Berman,
    My day off was last Wed. so the relief maid left 3 hotel soaps which we are instructed by the management. I took the 6 soaps which were in your way on the shelf and put them in the soap dish where you Dial was. I put the Dial in the medicine cabinet for your convenience. I didn't remove the 3 complimentary soaps which are always placed inside the medicine cabinet for all new check-ins and which you did not object to when you checked in last Monday. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
    Your regular maid,
    Dotty

    Dear Mr. Berman,
    The assistant manager, Mr. Kensedder, informed me this A.M. that you called him last evening and said you were unhappy with your maid service. I have assigned a new girl to your room. I hope you will accept my apologies for any past inconvenience. If you have any future complaints please contact  me so I can give it my personal attention. Call extension 1108 between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M.
    Thank you.
    Elaine Carmen
    Housekeeper

    Dear Miss Carmen,
    It is impossible to contact you by phone since I leave the hotel for business at 7:45 A.M. and don't get back before 5:30 or 6 P.M. That's the reason I called Mr. Kensedder last night. you were already off duty. I only asked Mr. Kensedder if he could do anything about those little bars of soap. The new maid you assigned me must have thought I was a new check-in today, since she left another 3 bars of hotel soap in my medicine cabinet along with her regular delivery of 3 bars on the bath-room shelf. In just 5 days here I have accumulated 24 little bars of soap. Why are you doing this to me?
    S. Berman

    Dear Mr. Berman,
    Your maid, Kathy, has been instructed to stop delivering soap to your room and remove the extra soaps. If I can be of further assistance, please call extension 1108 between 8 A.M. and 5 P.M.
    Thank you,
    Elaine Carmen
    Housekeeper

    Dear Mr. Kensedder,
    My bath-size Dial is missing. Every bar of soap was taken from my room including my own bath-size Dial. I came in late last night and had to call the bellhop to bring me 4 little Cashmere Bouquets.
    S. Berman

    Dear Mr. Berman,
    I have informed our housekeeper, Elaine Carmen, of your soap problem. I cannot understand why there was no soap in your room since our maids are instructed to leave 3 bars of soap each time they service a room. The situation will be rectified immediately. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience.
    Martin L. Kensedder
    Assistant Manager

    Dear Mrs. Carmen,
    Who the hell left 54 little bars of Camay in my room? I came in last night and found 54 little bars of soap. I don't want 54 little bars of Camay. I want my one damn bar of bath-size Dial. Do you realize I have 54 bars of soap in here? All I want is my bath-size Dial. Please give me back my bath-size Dial.
    S. Berman

    Dear Mr. Berman,
    You complained of too much soap in your room so I had them removed. Then you complained to Mr. Kensedder that all your soap was missing so I personally returned them. The 24 Camays which had been taken and the 3 Camays you are suppose to receive daily. I don't know anything about the 4 Cashmere Bouquets. Obviously your maid, Kathy, did not know I had returned your soaps so she also brought 24 Camays plus the 3 daily Camays. I don't know where you got the idea this hotel issues bath-size Dial. I was able to locate some hotel-size Ivory which I left in your room.
    Elaine Carmen
    Housekeeper

    Dear Mrs. Carmen,
    Just a short note to bring you up-to-date on my latest soap inventory.
    As of today I possess:
    •  On shelf under medicine cabinet - 18 Camay in stack of 4 and one stack of 2.
    • On Kleenex dispenser - 11 Camay in 2 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 3.
    • On bedroom dresser - 1 stack of 3 Cashmere Bouquet, 1 stack of 4 hotel-size Ivory, and 8 Camay in 2 stacks of 4.
    • Inside medicine cabinet - 14 Camay in 3 stacks of 4 and 1 stack of 2.
    • In shower soap dish - 6 Camay, very moist.
    • On northeast corner of tub - 1 Cashmere Bouquet, slightly used.
    • On northwest corner of tub - 6 Camays in 2 stacks of 3.
    Please ask Kathy when she services my room to make sure the stacks are neatly piled and dusted. Also, please advise her that stacks of more than 4 have a tendency to tip. May I suggest that my bedroom window sill is not in use and will make an excellent spot for future soap deliveries. One more item I have purchased another bar of bath-sized Dial which I am keeping in the hotel vault in order to avoid further misunderstandings.
    S. Berman

    Wednesday, April 23, 2014

    SCD Hamburger Buns

    Hamburger Buns
    • 1 cup creamy almond butter
    • 5 eggs
    • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar                                  SCD Recipe
    • 1/2 tablespoon honey
    • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
    English Muffin Rings

    1. In your food processor, process almond butter and eggs until really smooth.
    2. Add remaining ingredients one at a time in shoot with pulsing butter and eggs.
    3. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
    4. Place muffin rings on parchment paper and spray inside rings with cooking spray.
    5. Pour batter into rings.
    6. Bake in a 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes.
    7. Cool completely, wrap in paper towels, then in a sealed container and refrigerate.

    Sunday, April 13, 2014

    Co Co Coconut Pancakes for Catey!

    Co Co Coconut Pancakes For Catey!
    Ingredients
    4 eggs, room temperature
    1 cup canned natural coconut milk
    1 tablespoon vanilla
    2 tablespoons honey (or 1-2 pkg Truvia if you prefer)
    1/2 cup coconut flour
    1/4 cup cocoa powder
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    1/2 teaspoon sea salt
    coconut oil for frying                                                           SCD Recipe

    Directions
    1. Beat eggs until frothy. Mix in milk, vanilla and honey (or Truvia).
    2. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and sea salt into a medium bowl.
    3. Stir wet mixture into dry until well combined.
    4. Heat griddle over medium low heat and grease with coconut oil.
    5. Ladle a few tablespoons of batter into pan. Spread out slightly with back of spoon.
         Do not make them too big or there is no flipping. Learned this the hard way.
    6. Cook 2-3 minutes on each side. I use 2 pans and 2 burners. It makes the flipping of these extremely fragile crepes a little easier. And quicker, since I am making two crepes at a time.