Food, of course

We really love food around here. I mean, more than just the love of eating, we love FLAVOR. So we cook a lot.  It's isn't always something exotic or grand, but it is always tasty. Lately we've been working on low and slow carb-ing it, so our quest for great taste has been particularly..desperate. I mean, determined! Yeah.

So in the interest of blogging about something that does not require me to fight with the camera card, here are a few of our latest favorite meals.

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Beef Bourguignon.

Just do it. This stew is SO amazingly rich and delicious in a way-too-good-to-be-allowed-on-the-diet sort of way. It is NOT gluten free, but it did fit a low carb high protein profile.

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Smashed cauliflower with coconut milk. A pinch of cinnamon and a tablespoon of crushed cashews seal the deal in this Surprised-the-heck-out-of-me dish .I HATE cauliflower.... except for this. Just so we're clear on the level of surprise.  My husband made me promise to make this at least once a week. Last week we had it twice.

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Meatloaf.  booooriiiinnnggg.Stuffed Peppers, BETTER! And if you jam pack lean meat with fresh chopped spinach, grated carrots, onion, garlic (duh), canned (but drained) tomatoes, and some seasoning then then it is transformed from YAWN to YUM in 30 minutes bake time. I used some no carb BBQ sauce in it, too. My kids LOVE this dish.

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Mussels. So cheap! Who knew? Around here they are about $4/lb. Steam in white wine and, garlic, red onion and chopped tomatoes. Or steam in red curry paste, red onion, and coconut milk. Serve on the side of pretty much anything. So far a hit for most. My only problem with these is that the broth just begs for some bread to sop it up. 

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Thai Pumpkin Soup. It gets even better the next day. 

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Have I bored you yet? I am getting hungry just typing it all out, so I'll stop here. Time to go defrost the chicken for tomorrow's Chicken Taco Chili!