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Ramona -- I was reading a response you wrote on another thread and noticed this: I have to learn to separate physical hunger from the insatiable urge to use food for a myriad of other reasons. In French Kids Eat Everything there are some rules for children (and adults). One of the rules is "Avoid em...

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The emotions you're going through are very normal, especially at the beginning. I'll let you in on a secret. I've never limited things like pizza or a burger and fries to S days. If I want them, I have them at a meal. It may not be the healthiest meal, but it's at a meal. Another secret: don't make ...

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You might enjoy reading French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Le Billon. The way French adults eat is very similar to No-S and it gives ideas of how to deal with those unruly little ones :) I'm not quite sure I understand your #3, but when and if it happens, you just keep soldiering forward, one foot ...

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Welcome, Ramona! Just keep it simple. Oh, I enjoy quotes and sayings, too. One of my favorites is from one of Martha Beck's books. It was about something "having as much chance as figure skating being an Olympic event in hell." I think I liked it because it was so funny -- and because I enjoy (watch...

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The fried rice was very good and I actually ended up with too much meat in it. For this weekend's treats I'm probably going to make the pumpkin walnut bread with dates linked to above. Other possibilities are almond biscotti or snickerdoodles . Years ago I made biscotti and promptly lost the recipe....

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Oh my, Chili Cheese Fritos are so good! I haven't had them in years. I used to work with a gal who ate them all the time with lunch.

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You're both babies! I could be mom to both of you. And I don't think I'm "old." "Old" is always at least 20 years older than I am.

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I just got an email that Earth Fare has shrimp on sale for the next few days for $7/lb. I'm going to have to try and get there. Today's meals will be what I planned to eat yesterday. I went with my daughter to run some errands after she got off work yesterday. I planned to get my flu shot and just a...

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The chicken and rice was delicious. Tonight I'm using the leftovers to make Quick and Easy (Chicken) Fried Rice . Essentially this will be reheating leftovers. Since I don't have a lot of chicken left over, I think I'll add some shrimp. Today will be a busy day, so this is perfect for my dinner. I b...

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Dinner tonight is from Mark Bittman via Dinner: A Love Story: Chicken and Rice for Beginners . It was linked to in a post today titled 15 Recipes Every Parent Should Know . You don't need to be a parent to benefit from knowing these! I do it a little differently. I season the chicken with salt and p...

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my husband loves to see me eat good food........ Isn't that funny? Back when I was dating (nearly 40 years ago) I read that men like a woman who eats well and enjoys her food. They didn't like it when a woman ordered a small meal or just picked at a meal, no matter the reason (dieting, afraid that ...

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This crispy chicken and apple salad is probably going to be dinner tonight.

For lunch I've made rosemary white bean soup. After I pureed the soup, I added some chopped kale.

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I may have to go back to Depression Era Cooking!

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I haven't been in a similar situation, but when I started No-S, I completely missed the one-plate rule and interpreted "No-seconds" to mean just that -- no second servings of anything. I wouldn't worry too much about it and just choose reasonably sized sI completely missed the one-plate rule and in...

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Good news and bad news about walking. Good news--because it's not an intense workout, it doesn't seem to make me super hungry, and it doesn't give me that after-workout glow that makes me think I deserve a huge meal. Bad news--walking isn't intense, so it probably isn't going to help me lose much w...

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Thinking about what treat to make for this weekend. I think it will be pumpkin related. So far I've thought about Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookies , Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies , or Spiced Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Loaf . Or maybe Pumpkin Walnut Bread with Dates . I've also been thinking about these ...

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Dinner tonight: Marcella Hazan's Pork Loin Braised in Milk (it smells heavenly!) and Forked Oven-Roasted Potatoes. . Jennie at Dinner: A Love Story mentioned these potatoes in a post about Rosh Hashana. She wrote: *Update on these potatoes: What a pain to make! I pissed and moaned the whole time â€”...

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Miss Wosnes! Never have heard of the Fresh 20. Sounds pricey. Trying to find something that provides good nutrition, good taste, and keeps one from getting bored is a hard thing to do. Too bad we all don't have the personal finances to afford a nutritionist/chef to take care of that chore for us. :...

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I use butter and I let what is currently in use sit out at room temperature. Given enough time it will get rancid, but I've not had it happen.

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Yesterday Pioneer Woman posted a recipe for this Carb Buster Breakfast . I'm not interested in low-carb at all, in fact, I thought it would be good with hash browns or whole wheat toast, but it sounded good. Of the ingredients listed I had an onion, eggs, and two little breakfast sausage links. I al...

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automatedeating wrote:142.0 nice, right back to that same ole' number, what do I expect after THREE pieces of ice cream cake this weekend!!!????

I doubt that three pieces of ice cream cake made you gain since Friday. I'd go for water weight.

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I think these cookies sound like a great weekend treat. I'm going to get the butter out to soften now. Mark Bittman has some shrimp recipes in the New York Times this weekend. They sound good, but I think his cooking times and temperatures are off. He suggests roasting shrimp at 500 degrees for 10-1...

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In honor of Marcella Hazan, I just bought a pork loin to make milk-braised pork loin. I'm probably also going to make her tomato sauce. It is fantastic! Last weekend I made pulled chicken sandwiches and served them with pickled vegetable sandwich slaw I also made Cinnamon and Chili Pork Tenderloin w...

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That was great!

It reminds me of a friend who was in therapy for years to find out why he had some destructive behavior -- while the behavior continued. I finally asked him why he didn't just work on changing the behavior and worry about the "why?" later.

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Thank you so much. I have failed again- I am grumpy and feel like a zombie. It would be awesome to get 21 days of success in a row. Monday I will try again and use the daily check in. Thanks for your encouraging words x I think there are at least a few of us who have NEVER had 21 successful days in...

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This one, Hungry Planet: What the World Eats has more examples and tells what the families spent on groceries.

This is not from the book, but we spend a smaller percentage of our income on food that anywhere else in the world.

I was surprised to see so many American brands on foreign tables.

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Happy Birthday Reinhard! [/size][/b] Now that I'm more than halfway to my second forty I can say that all mention of 40 being over the hill is nonsense. When I turned forty my coworkers draped the whole area with black streamers and had some other morbid stuff around. Bear in mind, I'm a nurse and ...

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I haven't been in a similar situation, but when I started No-S, I completely missed the one-plate rule and interpreted "No-seconds" to mean just that -- no second servings of anything.

I wouldn't worry too much about it and just choose reasonably sized servings of food.

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Why would you give up? Have you given up your profession because you have bad days? Have you given up any other position or role in your life because you have bad days? And I'll bet you don't define yourself by the bad days in anything else. You just keep plugging along, one foot in front of the oth...

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I think my average is about six hours between meals. Sometimes it's more, but rarely is it less than that.

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That idea has been floating around the US in the last couple of years. too. As I recall, it's not the more sleep the better.

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Jethro wrote: the eminent Swede doctor Andreas Eenfeldt, MD, has clearly shown that counting calories is an eating disorder:

I haven't read the article yet, but I can't help but wonder if we're not a nation full of people with disordered eating problems.

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Welcome!

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In reply to your cogent post on my thread: In one study, when Americans were asked what word came to mind when they saw a piece of chocolate cake, they said, "Guilt." When French subjects were asked, they said, "Pleasure." Michael Pollan reported that. He also wrote, "Maybe what we should be talkin...

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Good article. Thanks for linking to it. I've read this blog before and I think I linked to it sometime in the past: American Women Didn't Get Fat in the 50s . Now she's published an e-book , available on Kindle. I've sampled it but haven't purchased it yet. I think it would be compatible with No-S.

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This weekend SO and I went on a trip and could not find a healthy restaurant. We ate at a pancake house and had to split a meal because his omlette came with a "side" of 3 pancakes! And a large scoop of butter. I just ate the pancakes as my meal off his plate. I would estimate 90% of the population...

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Two small meals, one moderate one, dessert. Two small meals, one moderate one, no S. One medium meal, one big meal. One big meal, one small one, one S. One small meal, two or three snacks. ( Super Bowl day) Three very small meals, dessert. One big meal. Etc. While I absolutely concur with Oolala on...

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An article by Emma Christensen at the Kitchn about VB6.

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I just read this morning that part of the Mediterranean "diet" is "fostering a deep appreciation for the pleasures of healthy eating and delicious food." http://www.healthcentral.com/alzheimers/c/727598/162863/researchers-increasingly/2 I would argue that those in the Mediterranean traditionally ha...

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I posted this over 4 years ago and what you just wrote about how you feel in the morning if you don't have the yogurt at night reminded me of it: The first thing I want to say is that I'm in no way affiliated with Dr. Fuhrman. I have followed his program in the past (about six years ago). While I wa...

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I appreciated both of these articles, thanks for linking them! I thought of you when I read this comment: As a (formerly: 216lb 5'11") obese 60 year old male, after an evening of frequent trips to the fridge and cupboards until bedtime, I would wake up each morning vowing that this was the day, tha...

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Two interesting articles I found today:

Myths Surround Breakfast and Weight At least one of the comments supports 3 meals a day with no snacks.

I found this one linked to in the comments: The Rest of the World Is Eating Carbs...Why Aren't You?

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I've had a hectic workweek and ended up not being hungry at all for dinner, and busy enough not to care. I'm thinking I sure like this form of IF better than imposing it. Who knows what will happen in a year? But I started with 3 fasts a day. I've had the same experience, but it was that experience...

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Welcome, Tyh! Eating every two hours is more of a habit than a necessity. It's not as if you can't have anything every two hours. You can have a glass of milk, juice, water, coffee, or tea. It's not unusual for people to fill their plates to overflowing initially. If you're feeling overstuffed, cut ...

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I agree, it's a gray area. The reason I don't drink things like that on N days is that I'd rather "fence around the law" as I want to build a habit of not needing any sweet things on N days. If it tastes sweet it doesn't matter how many calories it has - your body will not learn not to crave sweet ...

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It depends on how much sugar is in the drink. Unless you make it yourself and can control the amount of sugar I'd consider it a sweet.

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You might look at always having your snacks be the same thing. The lack of variety might keep you from eating more than you need.

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Pam Anderson's How to Cook Without a Book is one of my favorites for getting food on the table fast. Nearly all fresh ingredients and not difficult. I make nearly all my soups using that basic recipe as a guide I have it memorized now: THE QUICK SOUP FORMULA [/b] Serves 4 Oil: 2 Tbs. vegetable or ol...

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I actually bought "Williams-Sonoma Soup of the Day" because of your post on automated meals. I plan to make my big pot of soup today for the week and try a few each week! I also got a bread maker cookbook for some nice bread with the soup! I'm tired of standing at the fridge at lunch wondering what...

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Oh! When I make the Garlic and Herb Tomatoes, I think I'll make the omelet (scrambled eggs) with bacon and avocado. That sounds tasty!

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Over the next week or so I'm going to be having a variety of pasta dishes made with cherry tomatoes, plus possibly another cherry tomato dish. I get some of my produce from a stand which has had the best cherry tomatoes recently. Not cheaper than what I can get from the grocery (neither is the farme...

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No more yogurt at bedtime. It's a snack UNLESS you're taking it for a medical reason such as a medication that needs to be taken with food at bedtime. Reinhard has another system he calls Glass Ceiling . Essentially it states you can have two alcoholic beverages daily. For the purposes of No-S you w...

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I wanted a hamburger for lunch today, so I made one similar to the Thin Lizzy from Michael Symon's B-Spot Burgers . I've never been there, but a blogger I read loves the place and the sandwich so I make the home version. Had chips and corn on the cob with it. Tonight is broccoli soup, bread and grap...

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I've been eating from the same pot of soup all week at lunchtime and it is very satisfying. Thanks for the idea! That's what I do, too. I make a pot of soup and eat it for lunch until it's gone. Then I make another pot of soup. I almost never make the same soup twice in a row. The main exception to...

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Whenever I go to the doctor, which is usually once a year.

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Lpearlmom: I don't know if you have a Trader Joe's near you, but the one I shop at has frozen 21/25 uncooked, peeled and deveined, tail-on shrimp for $10.99/lb. I used them today to make shrimp avocado salsa and they were good.

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The one thing I absolutely don't think you need to do is use smaller plates. Just put less on the plates you have. I have 10 1/2-inch dinner plates. There is a two-inch raised rim on the plates, leaving about six inches in the center. Most of the time, my food fits in that six inches. Last night whe...

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I didn't gain when I started No-S. I lost slowly and consistently. All the mods I've added have actually made No-S more liberal, not more restrictive. My hunch is that many people eat more than they need when starting No-S. It could be because they're coming from a more restrictive diet program or b...

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I've caught a nasty little cold which makes me want to crawl under the blankets and spend the rest of the week curled up in a little ball. I need to take it easy for a few days, perhaps skip my brisk walk-at-home routine in favour of some yoga or outdoor walking. Gotta get up and get going. Sounds ...

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I recommend you keep both S days, at least for the first full month. You can always reevaluate later......the idea is to establish eating routines (including enjoying S days) that you can maintain forever, not just until you lose a certain number of pounds. I would recommend keeping both S days. Li...

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grothkat wrote:Thanks you guys! Now how do I delete one of my posts? I accidentally posted this twice.

Usually there's an "X" up where it says "quote" or "edit". If you click on the "x" you can delete the post. It doesn't stay there indefinitely, though.

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The Swedish Meatballs were very good. I made the full recipe so I had plenty of meatballs. I had them with the noodles and gravy two nights, made a meatball sandwich once and then spooned out the last of the meatballs and warmed then in tomato sauce for something similar to Spanish Albondigas . Anot...

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Welcome and congratulations on your first week's success! I came back to read your post in order to respond to Skelton's post. I realized that I've been doing essentially the same thing since before I started No-S. My plan is as follows: Breakfast (if I eat breakfast): toast, fruit, maybe an egg OR ...

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Stick with No-S and look at the composition of meals. Don't eliminate anything, but concentrate more or less calorie dense vegetables and fruits and less on more calorie dense foods. I don't know how you are with S days, but don't go wild. Allow yourself a treat, but don't allow yourself two days of...

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1. "Die Burger DiÃ¤t" (The Burgerdiet) - Not a diet per se, but a journal of a man losing 35 pounds (77 pounds) in six month by eating exclusiv at McDonalds (around 1500kcal per day) - Funny thing i lost the biggest amount of weight with this (before NoS) = 21 kg. This kind of makes sense to me -- ...

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Found Should you be Fasting or Is It a Fad while looking for something else on The Stonesoup

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Interesting study: New Way to Diet: Just Don't Gain

I've read something similar in a couple of other places over the last year or so. I'm not sure that it came from the same source/study.

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I would recommend:

In Defense of Food and Food Rules by Michael Pollan

Food Matters by Mark Bittman

French Kids Eat Everything by Karen Le Billon

French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano (okay, French women do get fat, but not if they follow the traditional French way of eating)

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Welcome back!

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It would have had to be a very good delivery to beat your cooking :D Tessy Thanks! :D The heck of it is it was only a sandwich! The last time I ordered it I thought it was sub par, but decided it was probably an off day. Guess not. This week I'm (kind of) back to The Fresh 20. Tonight's dinner will...

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I was tired last night so I ordered delivery. What a disappointment!

Tonight: Salsa Verde Chicken with rice, tomatoes.

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What is Le grand aioli? This explains it better than I can: Le Grand Aioli It's a pretty light meal and it reminds me of snacking -- only better. I've never used all the possible components of it. I use what I have on hand I've occasionally done something totally not French and added corn on the co...

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Tonight will be Le Grand Aioli -- I really do like this in the summer.

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Dinner last night was chicken and dumplings. The "chicken" was based on Ina Garten's Chicken Stew . I already had cooked chicken and broth in the fridge. All I had to do was cook the vegetables and add the chicken and simmer with the dumplings on top. I actually made little enough to have one good s...

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Went to dinner and a movie with my daughter last night. For several years I've heard about how good the breaded pork tenderloin is at this local place. I haven't had a really good breaded pork tenderloin in years. So, that's where we went. It was HUGE and very good. I could only eat half of it. I ha...

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Dinner tonight was Baked Cod with Ritz Cracker Topping and slaw with cabbage, carrots, red bell pepper. Simple and good.

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You know the old saying....bad habits are easy to make and hard to break. I think for most of us it takes far more than 21 days to make this a habit. And it's HARD. Part of it is that it's been our habit for years and years and years to snack, eat sweets and have seconds. I think it takes a long tim...

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I'm still waiting for The Fresh 20s single plan. In the meantime, I found this: 5 Ways to Get Fresh

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The Funky Buddha Chicken was good, but not good enough and too similar to other very good dishes to become a keeper. Some of you might remember that I'm on disability. Usually it's four weeks between paydays, but several times throughout the year it's five weeks. This month has been one of the five ...

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Thanks. I missed that before.

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I'm curious -- how do you get such a wide variety of sweets/treats?

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Well a much better day. Ate well and allowed myself treats, packet crisps, sweet drinks, snacks etc. felt very different from Saturday which was horrible and grim. I am looking forward to Monday and a return to noS for the week although challenging as there is a birthday. I don't know how you celeb...

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Three weeks ago I was going to make Funky Buddha Chicken. I lost my DSL connection and almost remembered the recipe for the Sweet Thai Chile Sauce, but couldn't remember the chicken recipe at all. Due to one thing or another, I never made it. Today I doctored up the Chile Sauce to be correct and I h...

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How did the meatloaf turn out? Those scalloped potatoes look amazing!!!! I must try this when I get home from vacation! I'm missing cooking... The meatloaf was very good! Now I'll be having meatloaf sandwiches (one of my very favorites). One of the things that fascinates me (and that I love!) about...

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My interpretation of "no seconds" was just that -- one serving of whatever was being served. By the time I realized that my interpretation was different from Reinhard's intention, what I was doing was working and I couldn't see a reason to change it. wosnes, did misinterpreting his N-day rules end ...

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My interpretation of "no seconds" was just that -- one serving of whatever was being served. By the time I realized that my interpretation was different from Reinhard's intention, what I was doing was working and I couldn't see a reason to change it.

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For the Ina Garten fans: Ina on Pinterest

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It's still cool here. I've been craving meatloaf, so that's dinner tonight. Along with it I'll have scalloped potatoes. I'm trying something new with the meatloaf. Last year I made these meatballs and they were absolutely delicious. I think they'd make a good meatloaf, so I'm giving it a try. These ...

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Mark Bittman has a column with a dozen ways to prepare wild salmon . He's done a number of columns like this. Some deal with a specific ingredient, others with a dozen ways to prepare a dish. They're all written like the "100 summer dishes" -- no step-by-step recipes. If you look through his web sit...

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Last night's dinner was wonderful! I could have licked the plate. It's very cool here today. At 4:30 PM the temp is only 69 (normal high for this time of year is 84). As hot and dry as last summer was, this has been much cooler with just about normal rainfall. I made pizza for lunch today. I use hal...

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Last night I made the Gnocchi all sorrentina for dinner. It was good, but very rich with all that cheese. Since I have leftover gnocchi (I used packaged), tonight I'm going to make gnocchi with peas and prosciutto -- kind of. I don't have any asparagus and I don't have prosciutto. I might have a few...

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I used to be a cookbook addict. Yesterday I was looking at cookbooks that will be released soon at amazon. There were at least a dozen (and probably more) I would have purchased in a time gone by. Now, maybe one. Part of what cured me of my addiction was moving several times in a few years. Also, re...

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This could be interesting for those of you with younger kids: ChopChop: The Kids' Guide to Cooking Real Food with Your Family Mark Bittman recommended the magazine in his column in The New York Times . I've looked at it online, but haven't seen it, though it's supposedly at newsstands. I don't get t...

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S DAY B: one slice banana bread, whole wheat chocolate chip pancakes, fruit, black coffee S: pita chips, hummus L: one avocado roll and one potsticker, chicken with butter wine sauce and mashed potatoes and broccoli (half the plate), Dutch apple cheesecake (Cheesecake Factory) D: leftover chicken, ...

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Thanks for the link to the Dragon Noodle recipe. I had never seen nor heard of that recipe site! I just spent the last 1/2 hour perusing the recipe list, and I'll definitely be making some of her recipes. I'm loving this diary, Wosnes! You're welcome and I'm happy you're enjoying my diary. I'm havi...

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Oh man I'm so jealous about your inexpensive access to good shrimp. Love Barefoot contessa too! Have all her books & tape her shows. She's basically my idol. I love that she's fat & gorgeous and eats normal food. I remember her talking about the roasted shrimp tip and will have to try it. Do you ha...

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The avocado shrimp salsa was delicious! If I'd made more, I probably would have eaten more. That recipe is definitely a keeper. Change in dinner plans. When I took the shrimp out of the freezer, I found I'd packed them in larger portions than I usually do. I didn't want to use all of them in the sal...

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Speaking of spare ribs....my daughter makes them from this recipe. They're very good. She uses Sweet Baby Ray's barbecue sauce. I try to avoid bottled sauces and found a recipe for a homemade version of Sweet Baby Ray's. It was too sweet. Unless you like a very sweet barbecue sauce, I'd recommend cu...

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Dinner tonight: Dragon Noodles . I'm not overly fond of spicy, so I changed the sauce a little. I used 1 tablespoon each brown sugar, soy sauce and ketchup and about a teaspoon of sriracha. I added some chopped peanuts and a squirt of lime juice over the top. Made it close to Pad Thai. Along with th...

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