Pineapple Cherry Pizza

Football game today so I wanted "junk food". Decided to prepare a variation of pizza. Yep, gave myself a party! LOL Fast food (baked in NuWave oven), easy cooking, delicious and nutritious, as far as pizza goes anyway. Rather glad I did this. My team lost today. :(   But,  next week, maybe they will win! :)

*I realize my choice of food or method of preparation may not be suitable for everyone. I do this blog so I can keep up with things I prepare. Thank you for reading my blog.

09142014

Yes, the craving for soup has been on my mind. As I thought about it though, it just seemed a bit "off-season" for hot soup. Perhaps my eagerness to see Fall arrive and the pre-season football games this week enticed me even more. 

Finally, I could stand it no more! LOL Out came the slow cooker and in went the ingredients, alas---there was a delicious soup and yes, it looked irresistible!

I enjoyed TWO bowls of the chicken and vegetable soup and I must say, it was absolutely delicious, nutritious, and a pure enjoyment of comfort foot. Maybe my body knew, I NEEDED that and NO---it's not out of order to have hot soup in August. 

Thank you for reading my blog posts. I used no certain recipe, just put pre-cooked chicken, veggies, and broth together in in slow cooker, cooked on low, and then ate with a few saltine crackers.

* I realize my choice of food or method of cooking are not suitable for everyone.

08102014

I was invited to eat out Friday. The meal was wonderful and I enjoyed it a lot. Enjoyed being with three of my family members.  I brought home a plain piece of cheesecake that included a little cup of strawberry topping.  I just LOVE cheesecake! 

Today I decided to "play with my food" and try to decorate the large piece of cheesecake before eating it.  A perfect "canvas" since it was large and so tempting to decorate! Just purely inspiring.

I think it turned out really pretty plus I had fun while doing it.

*I realize my choice of foods and/or methods of preparation are not suitable for everyone.  Thank you for taking the time to read my blog.

06142014

Oh, oh, oh!  If you look at my food diary blog much---you know I DON"T FRY STUFF! I bake it even though sometimes it looks as though it could have been fried, I can assure you it was not. 

I can't remember the last time I fried (deep fried) anything at all. I save the "fried foods" for eating out, which is not often at all.  Anyway, I was absolutely CRAVING fried foods. The only way to get rid of that kind of food craving is to do it. 

I did do it, two days to be exact! I think that will solve this problem for a LONG time, I hope. LOL Since I was into "trying frying" mode, I fried a few things that I personally never had fried before. For example, sliced cucumber, sliced apple, and sliced pickles. I'd eaten that in my life (I think) but never tried to fry it personally. 

Photo 1 is of all the various fried foods together in a container lined with newspaper and paper towels to absorb some of the oil.

Photo 2 is some of the homemade potato chips and homemade dip. Wonderful combo!

I have to say that this was absolutely out-of-this-world to me. The various items fried all had their own distinctive flavor and were tender, though crunchy from being fried and just plain good! Nope, I can't do that again for a long time! 

*I realize my choice of foods or methods of cooking are not suitable for everyone. 

  Thank you for reading my blog.

06112014

Healthy Tutti Frutti Pizza

Healthy Tutti Frutti Pizza!

Easy, simple, quick, and healthier pizza. Baked in NuWave Oven. (May be baked in conventional oven)

Thank you for stopping by to read my blog post. *I realize my choice of foods and/or method of cooking may not be suitable for everyone.

05262014

HEALTHY, HEALTHY, HEALTHY

And DELICIOUS, too!

Someone "shared" some delicious veggies with me and I have experimented with cooking "new to me" dishes. Some of this I wouldn't find in the grocery store that I shop in or it would just flat be too expensive to buy. Also, this was my first time to even hear of some of it so without the share package---I probably wouldn't have "tried" it, simply because I didn't know what it was. LOL

I posted a meal on my blog on March 17, 2014, telling how I prepared the veggies. Today, I did this:

I placed 2 (frozen) fish fillets and the asparagus in a medium sized, oblong, baking dish.  I added a very small amount of olive oil. Just about 1 teaspoon or so. I usually only spay the dish but I wanted enough today to  LIGHTLY coat the asparagus and fish.  I placed saran wrap over the dish and punched about 4 times with a fork (to vent steam). Placed in microwave and cooked at 2 minute intervals testing each time to see if fish was flaky and if asparagus was done. I'd never done asparagus in the microwave before so I wanted to be SURE it wasn't overcooking.

I had the ingredients already chopped in food processor for the rice dish I blogged on the 17th. I chopped enough that day to have leftover, chopped veggies that I could have left for this raw salad. You will want to look at that blog
http://lilme2day-justsaying.blogspot.com/2014/03/amazing-healthy-veggie-rice.html   to see all the absolutely wonderful veggies in this mixture. It made it nice to have the cooked veggie/rice mixture one time and then the raw veggie mixture another meal.

I used part of a sliced Roma tomato as a finishing touch. 

For the sauce/dressing:

1 T. olive oil

1 t. spicy mustard

1T. lemon juice

ground black pepper and other seasonings of choice

small dab of red pepper

Mix and add to food, as a topping. 

Amazingly good, amazingly nutritious!

*I realize my choice of food or method of preparation may not be suitable for everyone.  I sure am glad I tried some new, healthy foods! Thank you for viewing my Food Diary, done for medical purposes, my choice.

03212014

 

Amazing Healthy Veggie Rice

Healthy, Healthy Veggie Rice

Amazingly Healthy Rice

As you know, I try to pack nutrition into simple meals. Today was no exception.

For the rice:

In rice cooker, add

1 cup dry rice

1 1/4 to 1/2 cup orange juice

1 cup water

1/2 T. coconut oil

1 t. curry powder

Then add items below to a FOOD PROCESSOR

1/2 head cauliflower, washed

1/2 yellow squash, washed

1/4 onion

1/2 bunch kale, washed

Chop to consistency desired but I finely chopped the mixture

Add this to the rice cooker and cook WITH the rice, juice, water mixture. When done, add seasonings of your choice. Thank you for reading My Food Diary. I do this blog to keep up with what I eat, for medical purposes--my choice.

I used the slow cooker to cook the chicken breast. Added frozen chicken breast, a couple slices of onion, and a little water. I just prefer adding a little water or broth.

Serving of canned beets, plain with nothing added, except black pepper. I wanted about 4 Ritz Crackers instead of bread, so I added those to the plate. LOL
I can tell you that this meal is delicious and packed with nutrition.

*My choice of food or method of preparation may not be suitable for everyone.

03172014