Tracking Just Got Easier

Good news! All of my recipes can now be found on MyFitnessPal.

That's right - no more spending 20 minutes searching for and finding ingredients in the database to try and piece together the right recipe and track your nutrition.

Just log on to MyFitnessPall and then click the link at the top right-hand corner of any of my recipe posts to add each meal to your daily food journal.

Black & Bleu Pastrami Sandwich

Prep time - 8 minutes     Cook time - 2 minutes                                 Add to MyFitnessPal
 

I've never been a huge fan of pastrami. On it's own it reminds me too much of an over-cured hotdog, even when I make my own from my goats. But put it on this particular sandwich - WATCH OUT. For the recipe below, I used the columbus brand pastrami from costco as I doubt most others here do their own charcuterie. Also, please note that this sandwich is quite large (from a post-op perspective), I rarely can even quite finish a half, but it's just as good the next day.
 

I can only ever eat half at a time, but it's excellent!

Goat Cheese Pizza Crust

Prep Time: 15 minutes                   Cook Time: 35 minutes                   Add to MyFitnessPal

 

This crust is also excellent and has a heartier, easier to hold texture than the 1:1:1 crust. The flavor is ever so slightly tangy with the goat cheese and the higher dose of cauliflower is excellent - though I admit I still prefer the flavor of the other crust. The major advantage of this crust is after the initial bake, you can freeze the crust with 'raw' toppings easily and then pull it out and stick in the oven at 400F until a desired done-ness is achieved - homemade frozen pizza! 

 

Smoked Goat Pizza - A Great Use of Leftovers

 

1-1-1 Pizza Crust

Prep Time: 15 minutes                   Cook Time:   20 minutes              Add to MyFitnessPal

I struggled with a similar recipe for a long time but for the life of me couldn't get a 'small' version of this pizza to work. Every time I tried to make this pizza, I ended up with either a pie far to large for me to eat before it went bad or else something more akin to goo than pizza crust. And yet, it was so simple 1-1-1 (similar to, but much more successful than a certain former politicians SIMS-derived 999 tax plan). The texture isn't perfect (I'll be posting the ideal texture version in a few minutes), but the flavor is excellent! This is probably my favorite crust, especially with some red pepper flakes mixed in for just a smidgeon of heat.

Oh pizza, it's good to have you back

Bari Omelet

Prep Time: 10 minutes              Cook Time: 10 minutes          Add to MyFitnessPal

You've all had an omelet before. Or, well, those of you who haven't either been living under a rock or else living with an unfortunate allergy (if that's you, I'm sorry, you've got it rough!) have had an omelet. The thing is, most omelets (especially those you get at a breakfast place) are loaded down with enormous amounts of fat, even more carbs, and surprisingly little protein. Not to mention all of the additives and artificial junk that gets in there.

The best part of waking up...

A classic staple of continental cuisine, the omelet is actually the perfect vehicle for high quality protein and excellent taste. I've left greens out of this one - it's about as rich as they come. For those of you want more greens in your brunch, don't worry, I've got a frittata coming that's chock full. Or just add spinach, kale, collards, chard or other hearty greens to you onions when cooking - my particular favorite is chard.

Smoked Leg of Lamb (Goat)

Prep Time - 5 minutes         Wait Time - 45 minutes           Cook Time - 2-4 hours

 

As I mentioned in my smoked chicken recipe, I LOVE smoked foods. I'm all about the flavors of the world around me and keeping things as natural and close to the earth from whence my sustenance comes (since I can't know how the sun actually tastes without going near a nuclear fusion reaction). And the flavors around me include the wild trees that grow in the woods around my farm (as well as those that grow near family in other parts of the country). I have actually never prepared this recipe with lamb, but with young goats from the farm. My chef friend, on the other hand, raises lamb and when we did a blind taste-test, we both couldn't tell them apart, so lamb from your local grocer should be fine with this recipe.

 

Left to right - Kale, Goat, Snap Peas (I only ate half of each)

Pink Pickled Breakfast Eggs

Prep Time - 5 Minutes   Cook Time - 40 minutes   Pickling Time - 10-30 days     Add to MyFitnessPal

 

Maybe you've had pickled eggs at the store. Maybe you liked them. If you did, I think you're a little odd, but we can still be friends. Maybe you hated them, in that case I'm with you. I was doubtful at first when my partner first suggested I look into pickling an excess of duck eggs. However, I was getting 2-3 dozen eggs a day and, despite selling to 30 families, had a huge surpluss, so I figured what the heck. I'll go for it. It took some serious trial and error, but WOW, these are incredible! I've used chicken eggs for this recipe as I doubt most of you have duck eggs (though duck eggs are FAR superior) and the calorie count below is a bit of an overestimate as it assumes you drink all the pickling liquid and eat 1/3 of a beet with every egg. So enjoy freely. A bariatric-friendly adaptation from a recipe I first read in Mother Earth News, these make an eggcellent breakfast on the go!

PHOTOS OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT COMING SOON - MORE BELOW THE JUMP