Yup, not a mystery -- my more usual practice. A cookbook. Specifically, Weight Watchers in 20 minutes.
As I know what I like, ingredients-wise, and what I don't, I scanned the list, first. Anything with smoked salmon, cilantro, or scallops, for example, was immediately eliminated.
Since I'm not on the WeightWatchers points program, I'm on a high protein/low carb program, first I'd recalculate the carbs by subtracting the fiber carbs (good ones) from the carb count given. Anything with a huge (my view) carb count for one meal, got immediately eliminated.
Anything that required a food processor or a microwave got eliminated. The time saved using the food processor is blasted by the time it takes to clean them, in my opinion. Cooking with a microwave nearly always eliminates any nutritional value of the food.
Out of the 31 recipes in "Welcome the Morning," I found six recipes that sound scrumptious and that I'm likely to make. There are 8 recipes in "It's Noon ... Time to Eat" that sound yummy. Two of which, especially so.
14 new recipes - a successful harvest.
Some of the recipe pages with reject recipes on both sides, I just tore out and tossed. Others, I just marked with a line through them.
Since the Chapter recipe list does not have page numbers, I marked my winners with their page numbers.
I think I'm going to use Tombo Correction Tape (white-out) over all the rejected recipe titles. That way, all I'll see are my choices.
It's likely that I'll tear out the winners and add them to my favorite recipe binders for ease in meal planning.
For today, it is enough to have identified my winning recipes in two chapters.
KT's Chapter 1 Picks:
27 Denver Omelette 28 Provencal Vegetable Omelette 29 Potato and Green Pepper Frittata 30 Crab and Chive Frittata 36 Mixed Veggie Egg Foo Yong 42 Turkey, Potato, and Sage Patties
KT's Chapter 2 Picks:
48 Bartlett Pear and Ham Salad 52 Santa Fe Roasted Chicken Salad 56 Asparagus-Shrimp Salad 60 Roast Beef and Watercress Sandwiches 64 Warm Caesar Chicken Sandwiches 66 Soy-Glazed Fresh Tuna Sandwiches 78 Kiebasa and Black Bean Soup 81 Corn and Crab Chowder 82 Tomato-Basil Soup
That may sound like a lot of work to you. To me, it was delightful and means I'll actually use the recipes in the book more than if I didn't go through this analytical process.
I do the same with recipes found in newspapers and magazines. There, though, my first concern is: how long will it take to make this? More than a half hour, and I'm happy to have such things prepared by a master chef in a restaurant, thank you very much!
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