3 posts tagged “food”

Been cooking a fair bit recently.

I tried the Tuna Croquettes recipe from Alton Brown:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/tuna-croquette-recipe/index.html

I omitted the green onions since I didn't have any, and I used two three-ounce cans of tuna instead of a pouch. I also made my own bread crumbs from leftover dinner rolls since I had them on hand. They turned out fabulous, although some pieces had too much mustard! >_< I'd cut it back to one and a half teaspoons and make sure to mix it thoroughly.

I also made blondies:

http://smittenkitchen.com/2006/11/blondies-for-a-blondie/

I added one cup each of semisweet chocolate chips and walnut pieces. I baked them for 20 minutes and they are DIVINE, if a bit crumbly. Something is missing, though -- I'm thinking maybe I'd add a half-cup or so of butterscotch chips next time? They're sweet already so I'm hesitant to add white chocolate. It seems wonderfully adaptable though, so I'm going to play around with more add-ins later.

And finally, couscous!

http://www.smartspot.com/about/foods/other/near-east

I use plain couscous and cook it with chicken broth to make a simple savory starch. Right now I've got some with herbs that's cooking as I type; I'll post again if that turns out nice!

I used tuna croquettes, couscous, and cauliflower to make myself a cute bento!

It's beach-themed. <3 Yay! You can click the pictures to go to my Flickr to see more about the bento itself.

So, I've recently decided to track what I eat, when I eat it, and how much nutrition I'm actually getting. I'm anemic (and should be taking iron pills, although I suck at remembering to take them) so nutrition is pretty important. I also want to start making some good habits so I eat well enough when I'm living on my own.

Anyways, there's a free online service that'll track what you eat (it's meant for weight loss/gain but it has options to maintain weight too, which is perfect for me!) connected with Livestrong.com. It's called The Daily Plate and it's really really easy to find the things you eat! It also suggests healthy choices, so that's awesome. I'm having fun with it! There are some other systems out there too, but I haven't tried them.

I'm finding out that I have a LOT of sodium in my diet. Like, a lot. Also, I could probably eat more than I do! This is encouraging to me. I'm really trying to balance out my good nutrition with the bad -- sodium's really my worst. x_x But, it's only been a few days, so I'm going to keep logging what I eat and do my best to stay healthy!