Really Busy Week

Last week was so busy for me. Starting with Dr.'s Appt on Monday, which I didn't care for at all. He didn't seem like he could take the time to talk with me. But I don't have the scopes done till Sept. So I have to live with the anemia till then.
Monday for dinner we just had hotdogs, plain and simple.
Tuesday I didn't cook was just too stressed out so we had cereal. I love cereal and milk.
Wednesday I made thee most awesome porkchops, I can't believe how good they were.
Grilled Pork Chops with Tarragon Butter From Tora's Real Food Blog

I didn't use tarragon cause I am not the biggest fan of it, so I used some nice

fresh basil instead. And let me tell you, these were just so moist and flavorful, my husband said to me these were the best grilled pork chops he has ever had. Score one for me. YEAH even my daughter loved them 5 Stars

Thursday night we had Shanghai Noodles, from the Daring Gourmet Food Blog. 

these were so good and flavorful. Even the next day when reheated the pork wasn't dried out at all. I did however marinate my pork over night. awesome. 

Everyone loved them.  5 Stars

Friday night my husband and daughter had spaghetti and I had sausage and fried cabbage with I love. 

Bacon BURGERS WITH BACON ONION BALSAMIC JAM

I made these last night for dinner and they were so good. I loved the jam, course I love caramelized onions. Nice cheesey bacon burger, where can you go wrong with that. I also had Blueberry-Basil Dressing on Spinach Salad which was really good. If you like Blueberries they you have to make this. 5 Stars

Bacon Burgers with Bacon Onion Balsamic Jam 

these you can make low carb by omitting the bun

Blueberry-Basil Dressing on Spinach Salad

Lemon-Herb Chicken Skewers with Blueberry-Balsamic Salsa

Tuesday night I didn't feel like cooking and so what I had planned we had on Wednesday night.

Lemon-Herb Chicken Skewers with Blueberry-Balsamic Salsa

These were  good but I suggest not letting them sit over night the Blueberry Balsamic Salsa bets a bit jelly like and really doesn't thin out well in the microwave, cause I thought heating it up would take it back to the consistency of the day before but it didn't.  The flavor was still there. 3 Stars 

Honey Mustard Pretzel Turkey Burgers

Didn't end up making the Jerk Turkey Burgers Monday night, instead I made Honey Mustard Pretzel Turkey Burgers. They were really good. You can make them low carb by omitting the bun cause there is only 1/4 cup of pretzels in the burgers and it makes 4 burgers.  Layers Of Happiness  5 Stars

If you get a chance pop over and get the recipe cause they are really good. 

Louisiana Cajun Shrimp and Scallops Grilled

I made these Friday night for dinner and they were awesome, really really good. And they were even great heated back up. Loved them. The only I think I caution against are the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, man are they HOT, I made the mistake of tasting them before putting them in my marinate and mayo. They set my mouth on fire. LOL So I only put very little in the mayo and marinate which gave it a little bit of kick but not too much that I couldn't handle it. Love them

Sunday I made THE IOWA PORK TENDERLOIN SANDWICH
This was really good. The only thing I changed was I used panko instead of breadcrumbs. I love pork schnitzel and this is very similar to that.  5 Stars

and I also made this Creamy Red Potato Salad

This was was good. My husband liked it. 

I didn't find it had much flavor when I tried it, even sitting over night. 2 Stars

Tonight I making Jerk Turkey Burgers, love these have made them several times. I have some Turkey that I need to use up, hopefully it's not freezer burnt LOL.

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Morning

I have been hiding LOL. Had my doctor's appt last Monday and things went really well. This is the first appt since I started the new Low Carb High Fat lifestyle. For the most part my blood work was good except I am borderline anemic which isn't good. He thinks I might have a small ulcer that is bleeding hence that is causing me to be anemic. See another dr on the 16 for that. But the best part is I have lost 50 pounds. That is the best part and most depressing part too. I thought, hoped that just losing some of the weight I would be able to move better and not be in so much pain, but hasn't happened yet. I am trying to not let it depress me but not working so good. I am pluggin' away still.

Had a few not so good recipes from Pinterest this week. First one is Cheeseburger Gnocchi. Now in my opinion when something is called Cheeseburger, it should taste similar to a cheeseburger. This didn't at all. This was a combination of Mexican meets Italian.  I didn't care for it at all, neither did my husband. 2 Stars

Recipe from Kevin & Amanda 

Here was another miss for me, Edna Mae Sour Cream Pancakes. My daughter liked them but I found them to be very bland. I think with some tweekin' they could be good. I did make them low carb by substituting flour for almond flour and oat flour.  2 Stars

Recipe from Pioneer Woman that I got from The Noshery Blog 

Crawfish Dumpling Stew 

This was good but my dumplings didn't come out right. But the broth was outrageous. I think the next time I make this I will use crab cause crawfish here are not that cheap and you have to get a lot of them.  3 Stars

I think it was more the cook than the recipe. LOL I will be trying this again thou. 

Recipe from Buttoni's Low Carb Recipes

Cheddar Ranch Chicken Burgers 

These were to die for. They were so good and even heated up the second day they were even more flavorful. I LOVED them and so did my husband. 5 Stars

Recipe from the Girl Who Ate Everything. 

Tonight for dinner I am making Louisiana Cajun Shrimp and Scallops Grilled. And I can't wait to try these. I am so excited my mouth is watering just typing this. These were really good, I loved them  5 Stars 

Recipe from Taste Book 

Oh my

 Can't believe it's been this long since I posted, like ten days. Didn't think it was that long. Hubby was on vacation last week from work so my days were a little off with him wandering around LOL. The weather last weekend was horrible here hot and humid which is not something I like at all. But then it cooled down the rest of last week.
I had a great mother's day and then on Monday was my husband's birthday. And we had his parents over for dinner.
One of Phil's favorite dishes is spaghetti with Parmesan crusted chicken.  Kraft has new cheeses out one of them is Parmesan with Italian herbs, it's really good and was awesome on the chicken. Great dinner. Then I made him his favorite cake, yellow cake with chocolate frosting. This is the one I made.

THe recipe is from Vintage Mixer

I changed it a bit, added a box of vanilla pudding to the cake mix only half the sugar.  The chocolate frosting I didn't heat up, just melted the butter and mixed that with the cocoa powder then added the rest of the ingredients. 

the cake came out really good from what I hear cause I don't like cake and it's not part of my lifestyle anymore. But Phil loved it and so did his parents.  5 Stars

The rest of the week is kind of like a blur I can't really remember what I made so that must mean they where all that great or remember-able. LOL 

I do know I made this for lunch and it was awesome. 

recipe is from Cooking Classy

I made it the way the recipe is written except from the asparagus cause I didn't have any so I used green beans, it was so good.  4 Stars

Can't remember what I made Tuesday night for dinner LOL but I know on Wednesday we had Chicken and Mushroom Fricassee and it was really good. My husband loved it so much he ate all of it.  5 Stars

Recipe from Taste Lovely

I made the recipe as it was. Great recipe. My husband took the leftover sauce the next day and added some roasted Turkey breast we had. 

Thursday night is another blank on what we had for dinner. Too funny 

Friday night I made fish, haddock to be exact. And this is the recipe I used 

HEALTHY PARMESAN GARLIC CRUMBED FISH

by RecipeTin Eats 

I made the recipe as written. It was very good.  4 Stars

Then on Sunday cause Saturday is the one day a week that I let myself have carbs and it's usually when my daughter want's to order out. I try anyways. 

Sunday we had my husband's parents over for dinner cause his dad fixed up a wagon for me and did a gorgeous job of it too. And he wanted Goulash. So that is what I made. 

Bobby's Goulash 

By Paula Deen, Food network. 

This was really good. The only thing I did different was I didn't let it sit for 30 minutes after it was done cooking. Wonderful flavor this dish has. Loved it. 

And for desert I made this  5 Stars

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER OOEY GOOEY BUTTER CAKE

Recipe is by Recipe Food and Cooking

I made it the way the recipe was written. Personally it's way too sweet for my tastes but hubby liked it. It was kind of hard to eat too when cold. 3 Stars