I cooked a chicken breast with stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, smoked red peppers, onions and diced chilies and several spices in the slow cooker.

I know, I eat a lot of chicken but I got my total cholestrol down from 331 to 85.

I started with one part cream of celery soup to two parts cream of mushroom. I added diced potatoes, carrots, broccoli, more mushrooms, garlic, a dash of hot sauce and cayenne pepper powder, old bay seasoning, salt, black pepper, cheddar cheese, parmesan cheese, hot paprika (just a little), turmeric, heavy cream and butter, clams, oysters, bay scallops, blue hake fish and tilapia (white fish).

I like to make up recipes as I go. A guy at work gave me an egg plant, some peppers and summer squash. So I decided to try something new. I got out my mandolin and thin sliced half the egg plant (the whole thing would have been too much), a jalapeno, a hot banana pepper, the squash, and half a red onion. I layered them with chunky pasta sauce (big chunks of tomato and carrots), a mixture of ricotta cheese (mixed with garlic, brown eggs, bread crumbs, coriander flakes, black pepper and oregano flakes), mushrooms, mild cheddar, sharp cheddar, provolone, mozzarella, Parmesan, and Romano cheeses. I lightly salted it and it is now in the oven, baking slowly for about 90 minutes to make sure the vegetables are cooked.

To make this I used 6 ounces of chicken, 8 ounces of mixed vegetables (onions, peas, chick peas, kidney beans, carrots, red - yellow- green peppers, celery) hot pepper flacks, cayenne pepper, coriander flakes, cumin, turmeric, smoked paprika, Jamaican season, Garam Masala, white pepper, olive oil, chicken soup stock,ginger, minced garlic and 1/ cup of white rice. the entire dish had 13 weight watcher's points - but I split it to two meals and counted each as 7 points.

I made this cheesecake for my office tomorrow - it is a New York Style Cheesecake recipe I modified - I added 1/4 of a cup less sugar because of the chopped up heath bars I added.

My co-workers are my Guinea Pigs for my new recipes.

I used pinto bean, skinless/boneless chicken breast and thighs, diced onion, garlic, red peppers, green peppers, green chilies and tomatoes, one ounce of jumbo macaroni pasta and chili seasonings and a little olive oil. For Weight Watcher's Points Plus it is 33 points for the entire pot. I split it into four meals - refrigerated three of them for another day.

I used some Progresso Pot Roast Veggie soup, added a couple of pices, a sliced sweet Italian turkey sausage, cheddar cheese, cauliflower and 4-cheese tortolini. For weight watcher's the entire bowl was 10 points.

I did a little baking last night, I made this to bring in to work on Monday - I find it is best to let cheesecakes set for a day before serving. My brother sent me this recipe a few days ago - I had to change it slightly, it called for Hazel Nuts but I couldn't find any so I used Macadamia Nuts. It also has a little Jack Daniels #7 (just a little).

For dinner tonight I made to medium rare burgers, with sweet onions, Swiss cheese and Habanero Ketchup

I had a piece of beef so I cut it up and cooked it with diced tomatoes,cilantro, black beans, garlic, onions and several of my favorite spices.

Since December 24, 2010 I have lost 60 pounds (27.2 kg), so I made a special dinner: I stir fried mussels, squid, scallops, shrimp in peppers and onion, with curry and Indian Spices, served over white rice. The entire meal was only 13 points on Weigh Watcher's Points Plus system.

The Magazine Bon Apetit recently featured a bread that takes 4 days to prepare and then bake. Very robust and with an equally robust crust. I thought it was as good as any I have ever had. The household baker, however, thought it was a bit too much of a chore.

I've only just learned about ricotta cheese. How sad, I'm 38 years old. I'm newly in love, especially with the fact that it takes so little to make a dish creamy and delicious as opposed to traditional alfredo ingredients.

I took a lot of the veggies I had in the freezer, a can on red kidney bean, a chicken breast and pasta, a few spices and made a soup. It hit the spot, I pretended I was a Jewish mother making it so hopefully it will work its magic and chase this cold away.

At a friend's BBQ- on the grilil are asparagus and enoki wrapped in bacon, beef (porterhouse and rib eye cuts) and lamb chops. Absolutely yum.

Rice and chickem saffron, roasted red peppers, 3 different hot peppers, green onions, green beans, olive oil, garlic and a few of my favorite spices -- 8 points for Wieght Watcher's Points Plus.

Tonight's dinner - 8 ounces of boneless, skinless chicken thighs cooked with Indian spices, carrots peppers, mushrooms, celery, onions,cabbage, garlic and fresh ginger. Weight Watcher's points: 7 points

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All dressed pizza. The way it should be :)

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I made stir fried chicken (white meat), soy sauce, sriracha, a little honey to cut the heat, fresh garlic, onion, bell pepper, salt, black pepper, red curry, paprika, turmeric, cumin, white rice, extra virgin olive oil, a touch of lemon juice and Balsamic vinegar.

Used a wider pan. Should probably switch to a narrow and taller one.

Recipe at blog.sandipb.net/2012/01/19/home-cooking-banana-muffins/

Turkey burger with fresh peas and smashed baked potatoes.

We blogged about this here.

I just made this up as I went along so I have no name for it. I had two Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage - I skinned them and flattened the meet out and covered it with red curry and hot pepper flakes, rolled it up and then pinched off sections to make meat balls. I browned them in a little olive oil and chicken soup stock. I mixed in red and green peppers, onion, minced garlic, oregano flakes, 1 oz of macaroni, salt and Parmesan cheese. For wieght water's it was 14 points for the entire meal.

For a pig-roast I am going to tomorrow.

salmon terrine

I just started grabbing thing and tossing them in the pot. Red, yellow and green peppers, onion, garlic powder, white pepper, cumin, yellow curry, peas, carrots, green beans, corn, extra firm tofu - cooking in a mixture wine and white vinegar, teriyaki sauce, soy sauce, a little water, balsamic vinegar, olive oil and 4 TienTsin Chinese peppers (removed before eating). The sauce was boiled to a reduction and was thickening and then I added all the other stuff and slow cooked until the vegetables were done. The rice is Wayne's favorite; Tasty Bite Microwave Tandoori Rice.

And I made fresh bread. For ONCE, the yeast didn't die or fail to rise or any of the other billion things it does when I touch yeast.

I cooked Paella today for lunch, soooooooo delicious...

I got a young chicken and cut out the backbone and flattened the bird. I seared the skin side in olive oil, flipped it over and seasoned the bird with my favorite seasoning. I baked it in the pan and with 15 minutes to go I painted the bird with a glaze imade out of soy sauce,mango and coconut sauce, ground ginger, vodka sauce and Thia Sweet Chili Sauce. I madefour meals out of it but I could have eaten the whole thing.

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I made a cheesecake tonight -here is the recipe, I made I made it up as I went along (Not sure of taste yet):

crust: 1 cup of grahm cracker crumbs, 3 tablespoons of butter, 3 tablespoons of sugar - pressedin to spring form pan and baked at 325 degrees F for 9 minutes.

Cheesecake:

32 ounces of cream cheese, 1 cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons of flour, 1 tablespoon of vanilla.1/2 teaspoon of almond extract, 1/2 cup smooth peanut butter, 1/4 of ground milk chocolate and 1/4 cup of powdered cocoa - beat until almost smooth.

4 eggs - added one at a time, then I folded in 8 ounces of sour cream and 1/4 of a cup of milk chocolate chips.

I poured it in the pan and added a few more chocolate chips on top and baked it at 325 degrees F for 1 hour 9 minutes.

I will let you know if my friends like it.

Homemade postcard

Diced chicken cooked in Panang Curry Paste mixed with soup stock and turmeric served over steamed carrots, broccoli, water chest nuts and snap peas.

The left is the start, the right is done.

I made a rue of milk, butter and flour - added diced veal, a sweet onion, garlic, asparagus, corn, carrots, green beans, oregeno, corriander flakes, potatoes, salt, black pepper, cumin, curry, chili powder, smoked paprika, adobo and a few other spices for a little "punch".

It was very tasty.

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i missed the jerk chicken from this dive in palo alto so much i decided to cook it myself. it's difficult finding certain condiments in hawaii... luckily my local store had jerk and periperi.