Vicky Learns to Cook

So the Italian parsley is in at the stores. (Big grin) which is really cool because now I can make the parsley sauce. I love parsley sauce on my fish. There are a lot of fish recipes out there, but this one makes me want to actually eat the fish, as opposed to the others I muddle through to get to the carbs I added to my plate. But you need fresh parsley, see, and you can only get it in the warm months. Well, it's warm! I picked up some Tilapia from the big Kroger down the street, the kind they show in the window, and threw it right into the freezer until I had time to work with it. Fish has like NO shelf life in the fridge. None. Once I found the parsley, the soft leafed Italian parsley just tastes better in my opinion, I knew it was time. I thawed the fish, salted it and added pepper. I put butter and olive oil in the big pan and laid the fish in. As that browned, I grabbed the parsley bunch and pulled an entire section out, instead of ripping the leaves off the top....

This is my husband's favorite German meal. I have yet to perfect it but this turned out pretty good. It's rare I find veal in the supermarket, to be honest. But I found it recently. And of course you may not ever want to eat it, if you really think about what it is you're eating. So if it bothers you, you can always buy pork cutlets and make Jager Schnitzel. That's good too. The trick is to ensure you don't overcook it. This is what you're going for ^ so this is not my schnitzel, but it was close. I never got a photo of After, I was too busy eating. True story! It is thin, about 1/4 inch, and breaded using Parmesan cheese in the egg mixture, which frankly I'd never tried before. I think it makes a world of difference. You put flour in bowl 1; eggs, parmesan cheese, parsley, salt, pepper, and a touch of nutmeg in bowl 2; and bread crumbs in bowl 3. Some people use panko bread crumbs....really for everything.... but I find a finer crumb is wha...

I'm sitting here, stuffy nose and watery eyes, wishing I had some brownies. I feel pretty bad for me. But I want to be healthy.  It's a constant struggle, ya know.  I'm pretty sure I drank all the tea in the universe yesterday.  And to ease my need for health,  I'm sitting here tinkering around with veggie baked goods recipes. I found some recipes that add vegetables to your baked goods. Oooh! Some of them sound really yucky, tho, like savory cauliflower cookies? I mean, it ceases to be considered a cookie when it stops being sweet, in my opinion. Don't you think? Also, it sounds gross if you're thinking of really big chunks of veggies in your brownies, but we're talking about pureeing or grating them and adding them to the batter.  Thing is, you don't notice them.  And they make the baked goods moist. Dry baked goods are yucky. Today I am going to try Zucchini Brownies.  Mostly because I have a lot of zucchini and I want ...

All this healthy eating,  I needed a sweet. I can't help it. But it has to be at least homemade and must help with the overripe fruit situation. I mean it's not yet a situation, but warm days are coming and so are fruit flies! And ants! And Junebugs! Carnage! I digress. So I found a recipe to contain all my 'need to get rid of' ingredients - drunken cherries, ripe apples and pears, and lemons. It had to contain whole oats and not much sugar. Here is what I am making: Apple Pear and Cherry Crumble. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/apple-pear-and-dried-cherry-crumble-239841 Only, I 'm not making that much. And I'm using drunken cherries. I made half. And I added 1/2 cup of oats to the topping mixture before spreading it around the top. Because I like to make things my way. (smile) So its in the oven, but I took a peek: (peek) So I will let you know how it tastes, but with lemon and nutmeg and cinnamon, how can i go wrong, real...

Well it's happened. I actually experienced losing track of time and forgetting to (make and ) eat dinner. See what happened was I decided to try eating whole wheat/whole grains. I learned these things about myself this past week: 1.) I love convenience. I tried the thing where you buy your groceries online and just pay& pick them up. Totally genius. I've been getting so upset that there seemed to be no time when I could shop and there weren't crowds crowds crowds. 2.)  I love bread. I want to eat it at every meal. And there's a lot of bread that I eat, from English muffins, to raisin toast, to tortillas, to bread. I don't want to stop eating it. 3.) I do not love being overweight. I 'm not making judgments on any one else and their choices but I don't like how I look. Plus it's another piece in the puzzle when trying to stay cancer-free; maintain a healthy weight. You can see how with these three confessions about myself how I got into e...