Saratoga Springs Senior Center, a home away from home

Okay sorry, this isn't a post about food or cooking, 

just the love of the Saratoga Senior Center:

Please watch, then party at the:

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05/30/13 6:30pm
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Just a quick photo

One of my favorite snacks, my mother gave me some for Easter:

Enjoy, yum

Multitasking with slow cooking food

I came home on Wednesday night in a hurry from the gym. Dished needed to be done, cleaning around my apartment, etc the list could go on forever. 

So I decided to use my time wisely and multitask while cooking. 

I recently purchased eggplant, so here was the menu. Sauteed onion with fresh eggplant and diced tomatoes (with a little chicken broth to help soften the eggplant)! Yum!

I added in a little corn to add that crunchy and sweet flavoring! I always am impressed with myself when I get to try cooking with vegetables that I normally don't use!

I laid it over sauteed chicken, in a little chicken broth and tomatoes also.

 

Cook on!

Love Fresh Chives

Last night was one of my first sit down meals in a while.. I think I'm working too much. Oh well.

Had lightly breaded pork chops with pearl couscous and sauteed swiss chard with onions. 

DELICIOUS! 

Topped with fresh chives that I keep handy on the shelf in water so they continue to grow! Always adds a nice addition to a meal!

Goodbye Mango's... Goodbye Sabina's

Sad news in Schuylerville.. I hadn't got here often, but I did have lunch there twice. Great food and very nice owners. Fresh Meat will be moving into the location though.

But on another note, Sabina's is being demolished. So please enjoy these demolishing photos:

Remember when it was Bruno's back in the day?? Time flies!

Some Photos.. Some ideas

Love using my Wok!! My mother and I went to a class in Troy at the Troy Arts Center (Best cooking class place I've ever taken) which has a very great hands on class! 

Anyways, we learned a lot about the Japanese cooking, hence why I can make the best jasmine rice ever! 

haha, the key is to saute it first in a little oil, then add the water, 1 cup of rice to 1 1/2 cup of water, 10 minutes, delicious!

Sauteing bok choy in my wok is a wonderful way to create a different taste with the onions and mushrooms while evenly cooking them together. 

After use, and after hand washing, always make sure you lightly coat the pan with oil. Keeps it in good condition.

It's amazing to see that a whole fresh bag of spinach leaves can saute into only about two-three servings.  A great vegetable, full of healthy vitamins. Perfect side dish for anything!

Salmon has become one of my favorite fishes to cook. In a lot of different ways. On the left is a puree I made up with cilantro, parsley, garlic, and lime juice (freshly squeezed). Placed in the oven for about 20 minutes, delicious flavors and moist!

On the right was a dish I tried from one of my cook books that had delicious spices but a little too much of the red peppers for myself to handle, yes I am a sissy for spicy food.

Okay, more to come later when I have... A day off?

Cook on!

E.

First Blog..

Okay, I'm starting my journey into the Blogging world, again, but merely for my new adventure in cooking my way through a new life.

It all started with my trainer, John. Probably one of the nicest guys to work with. He's not that mean type to yell at me. But deep down I would never want to disappoint him through this challenge. Being honest was our first step.  Learning lots of different things.

Calorie counting, hours at the gym, cutting out cheese, the drama of trying to figure out the right diet for.. me. This has been my new battle while trying to cook fresh healthy meals for myself. Not that I ate horrible before, but more of watching what I was consuming.

Fish. Never cooked it for myself at home. I've always been afraid that I would be that neighbor to stink up the house.. But it's not bad at all. (You know that person in the office that reheats the fish meal.. hate those people). Wow, this is really good. So I kept trying different fishes, some that weren't as good. But a new different adventure to try. From trying to use in the oven for slowly heat on a pan.

My normal meals were usually a form of chicken with vegetables and a grain. But venturing out to different stuff was becoming fun! Barely, I never would have thought to want to try to cook it. Amazing! Yes, tastes in between couscous and rice! Takes forever to cook, a whole 50 minutes, but it's worth it! Mixed with lime juice, cilantro, garlic pureed together, a perfect blend!

Couscous and quinoa are new fun grains to reach out to that I have enjoyed. A nice quinoa salad is very easy to mix together adding some balsamic glaze fresh vegetables and a protein! I feel that I want to overall cut out all white pure grains like pasta, white rice, etc. We shall see how this pans out..

Vegetables! Usually one of my favorite things about a meal. Sauteed spinach, wilted bok choy, swiss chard. Just a few of foods that I love to easily make for a side dish. Also great for a small snack between meals, raw green peppers with a red pepper hummus (high in calories for hummus yes but it's worth it).

Having the nuts in between meals is great to an empty stomach filler up. And fresh fruits, which still contain carb's it's a healthier carb. So I am going to prefer to fill up my carbs in fresh mango, banana or whatever I want!

Lets see how this goes!


Cook On!