Month: January 2013

Garlic/Soy Sauce Tuna

So I’ve never been much for frozen fish.  I don’t know why, because I love fish and it’s far more affordable (and easy to deal with when you can cook it later in the week), but it’s just always been a little disappointing.  However, we recently discovered Trader Joe’s frozen fish, and it’s really quite good!  These tuna steaks were our second try, and we were happy.  I marinated the tuna for about 45 minutes because I ran out of time, but I imagine it would be great if it went longer.  We served this with lightened spicy Asian noodles and roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower.

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Hoppin’ John

There have been very few New Years Days in my adult life that I have not eaten black-eyed peas in some form.  I’m not a superstitious person, but I happen to love black-eyed peas, so why tempt fate?  Can always use a little extra luck to start the year, right?  This is the rendition of Hoppin’ John I’ve been using over the years.  It’s been a lot of recipes mish-mashed into one.  This year I admit I lightened it up a little bit with less oil, turkey bacon instead of regular bacon, etc, but it was still excellent.  It may have to make an appearance more than just New Years Day!

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Vegetarian Dirty Rice

I love dirty rice, but sometimes I already have a meat-heavy entree and don’t want *more* meat in the rice.  I found this recipe for vegetarian dirty rice a while back, and it was a great accompaniment to our Hoppin’ John for New Year’s Day dinner.  I cut back a lot on oil and did not add butter as the original stated, but this is still not a super WW-friendly recipe.  Worth saving up a few points for it, though!  Recipe below is printed with my changes in fats.

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Kale, Tuna and Chickpea Salad

This was a quick salad we made for lunch that was quite filling.  Would be an easy thing to take to work as well.  We had this with smoky lemon tahini dressing and it went really well.

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Smoky Lemon Tahini Dressing

This was a dressing recipe I found in Bon Appetit, and we really liked it!  Pretty easy to make, and WW friendly at only 1 point a serving (one tablespoon).

  •     1 garlic clove, grated
  •     1/2 cup tahini (sesame seed paste)
  •     1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  •     3/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  •     1/8 teaspoon smoked paprika

Purée garlic, tahini, lemon juice, salt, paprika, and 3/4 cup water in a blender until smooth, adding water if needed to thin dressing.

 

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Herb and Garlic Roast Lamb

This was our New Year’s Eve dinner, and it was pretty good.  I thought it was a great base (original came from Bon Appetit), but first, I undercooked it a bit and it had to go back in.  Second, I thought the herb rub was *too* herb-tastic.  Next time, I will cut back a bit on the herbs.  Recipe is with portions cut back.  We used a 2-lb butterflied boneless leg of lamb and served it with herb roasted potatoes and almond green beans.

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