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  • Shrimp Scampi

    Shrimp Scampi

    Shrimp Scampi
    Serves 4
    Left out the white wine for a lower carb version. Delicious
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    Prep Time
    10 min
    Cook Time
    10 min
    Total Time
    20 min
    Prep Time
    10 min
    Cook Time
    10 min
    Total Time
    20 min
    285 calories
    5 g
    262 g
    18 g
    26 g
    7 g
    151 g
    1373 g
    0 g
    0 g
    10 g
    Nutrition Facts
    Serving Size
    151g
    Servings
    4
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 285
    Calories from Fat 156
    % Daily Value *
    Total Fat 18g
    27%
    Saturated Fat 7g
    33%
    Trans Fat 0g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
    Monounsaturated Fat 8g
    Cholesterol 262mg
    87%
    Sodium 1373mg
    57%
    Total Carbohydrates 5g
    2%
    Dietary Fiber 1g
    3%
    Sugars 0g
    Protein 26g
    Vitamin A
    19%
    Vitamin C
    20%
    Calcium
    12%
    Iron
    4%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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    Ingredients
    1. 1 pound shrimp
    2. 1/2 tsp salt
    3. 2 tablespoons minced garlic
    4. 2 tablespoons oil
    5. 3 tablespoons butter
    6. 1/4 cup parsley
    7. 1/2 lemon
    8. black pepper to taste
    Instructions
    1. heat up the oil and butter
    2. when butter is melted, sauté the garlic two minutes
    3. put in the shrimp, stir once in a while until cooked
    4. turn heat off and toss in parsley, pepper, and lemon juice
    Adapted from simply recipes
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    calories
    285
    fat
    18g
    protein
    26g
    carbs
    5g
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    Adapted from simply recipes
    spiphywarfare http://spiphywarfare.com/

    This article was first published on February 16, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • Poached Eggs

    Poached Eggs

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    I was listening to a co-worker tell me about eating poached eggs for breakfast when my mind started to wander. I love eggs. I eat them scrambled, deviled, as egg salad, boiled, fried, added to stir fry, dropped in soup, in salad, and any other way you can fix them. Why have I never had a poached egg?

    Given that I still had a few Real Whole Wheat English Muffins left it seemed like the time to try them out. I’m always pleased by foods that don’t take long periods of my time. I’d much rather give a meal intermittent attention while I get other things accomplished.

    I put some bacon in the oven for about twenty minute and set a large pot of water to boil. That took about five minutes. I spent another minute splitting the English muffin in two and grabbed a couple of eggs.

    I went back to reading.

    When the timer went off, I turned off the oven, popped the muffin halves in the toaster and cracked the eggs into the boiling water. While those cooked, I grabbed a couple of pats of butter and drained the bacon. They all finished about the same time. Buttered the muffins, put bacon and egg on each with a dash of salt, ground black pepper, and ground chipotle pepper to finish them off.

    Delicious.

    This article was first published on February 6, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • Gobble It Up!

    Gobble It Up!

    Yet another salad with turkey on it. I took the time (not much) to make some Italian dressing to put on dinner. Some time back we found this neat little bottle that has several salad dressing recipes on the side. Excellent idea! It’s much like one of these.

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    Keeping healthy options on hand and ready is essential. The deli-sliced turkey in this salad has been used for several meals because it is just that. This salad with turkey, tomato, bell pepper, guacamole, and provolone was quick, delicious, and nutritious.

    salad-turkey-avocado

    Stock your pantry and fridge with items that are versatile and readily prepared to eat. This thing is on a 14″ plate and has only ten (10) net carbs. Yum.

    This article was first published on February 3, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • Deli Turkey B.A.S.

    Deli Turkey B.A.S.

    TurkeySalad

    This is one of the best salads I’ve had in a while. In fact, the one I had at lunch was so good, I had it for dinner too.

    Deli sliced turkey, iceberg lettuce, dill pickle, cheddar cheese, and a mustard/mayo mix. It tasted like a delicious, sub sandwich sans bread.

    That is one Big. Amazing. Salad. Weighed everything and the nutrition facts (courtesy of sparkpeople.com) are below. It is so very important to know what you are eating.

    Even if you can’t weigh all of your ingredients, you can pay attention to them.

    TurkeySaladNF

    This article was first published on February 2, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • Early Morning Whole Wheat English Muffins

    Early Morning Whole Wheat English Muffins

    So at 2:30 AM this morning I’d been awake for an hour. It dawned on me that no matter how good the bed felt, I wasn’t going back to sleep. All I was accomplishing by staying there was disturbing my better half. I got up.

    After coffee and some Bible study, I still had about three hours before the sun came up so I wandered into the kitchen. There on the counter was a recipe I’d printed out from Savory Simple. Other than the sugar and all purpose flour, it looked like a good starting point for true whole wheat English muffins. Given that I’d ground wheat berries into flour before bed last night I saw no reason to delay.

    MuffinIngredients
    The flour and a few other ingredients were all I needed.

    MuffinDoughInMixer
    Following the directions below I combined all the ingredients and started the dough.

    MuffinBeingGrilled
    After letting them rise, they were briefly grilled in a cast iron skillet.

    MuffinAfterGrilled
    After grilling and a short stint in the oven they were ready to go.

    MuffinWithEgg
    Great with a scrambled egg on top…

    MuffinWithButter
    or just a pat of butter.

    Enjoy!

    Whole Wheat English Muffins
    Serves 12
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    Prep Time
    45 min
    Cook Time
    30 min
    Total Time
    1 hr 15 min
    Prep Time
    45 min
    Cook Time
    30 min
    Total Time
    1 hr 15 min
    231 calories
    39 g
    27 g
    5 g
    7 g
    3 g
    93 g
    349 g
    3 g
    0 g
    1 g
    Nutrition Facts
    Serving Size
    93g
    Servings
    12
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 231
    Calories from Fat 44
    % Daily Value *
    Total Fat 5g
    8%
    Saturated Fat 3g
    13%
    Trans Fat 0g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
    Monounsaturated Fat 1g
    Cholesterol 27mg
    9%
    Sodium 349mg
    15%
    Total Carbohydrates 39g
    13%
    Dietary Fiber 1g
    6%
    Sugars 3g
    Protein 7g
    Vitamin A
    3%
    Vitamin C
    0%
    Calcium
    5%
    Iron
    4%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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    Ingredients
    1. 4 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
    2. 1 teaspoon salt
    3. 1 tablespoon honey
    4. 2 teaspoons instant yeast
    5. 1 teaspoon baking soda
    6. 1 3/4 cups whole milk
    7. 3 tablespoons salted butter
    8. 1 large egg
    Instructions
    1. Combine the dry ingredients in mixing bowl and whisk/stir them together.
    2. Beat egg.
    3. Heat milk and butter on low heat in a saucepan just until butter melts.
    4. Remove from heat and stir in honey.
    5. Add liquid and egg to dry ingredients.
    6. Run mixer with dough-hook until dough forms a ball. You can alternatively do this by hand.
    7. Roll out on floured surface to about 1 inch thick and cut out the muffins using a large cookie cutter.
    8. Place muffins on baking sheet and cover for twenty minutes.
    9. Heat cast iron, or other non-stick, skillet to medium low heat.
    10. Cook muffins about five minutes each side until browned. (preheat oven to 325 about now)
    11. Place in oven for 20 minutes.
    Notes
    1. I assume it is from the fresh whole wheat but fifteen minutes left the inside a little too moist.
    Adapted from Honest Cooking
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    calories
    231
    fat
    5g
    protein
    7g
    carbs
    39g
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    Adapted from Honest Cooking
    spiphywarfare http://spiphywarfare.com/

    The nutritional information from the recipe is automatically generated and does not account for true whole wheat. Hence the one below:

    WholeWheatEnglishMuffinsNutritionLabel

    This article was first published on February 1, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • “Scotch” Eggs

    “Scotch” Eggs

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    A “Scotch” egg.

    It seems a true scotch egg is breaded and deep fried. These aren’t and fit great into a low carb diet. I took three boiled eggs and wrapped them in ground pork sausage.

    Rather than deep frying them, I popped them into a muffin pan. They were cooked in a preheated oven at 375° for fifteen minutes. I popped them out and turned them over into different cups and cooked them another ten minutes.

    These treats were exceptionally low in carbs, loaded with protein, and tasted great. The origin of these is credited to farmers and shepherds who needed something they could toss in a bag and take with them for a long day of work. I’m fairly certain that they’d keep for several days in the refrigerator if made ahead of time.

    This article was first published on January 30, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • Club Shopping

    Club Shopping

    What it looks like when we stop to do a little club shopping. In this case, Sam’s Club.

    Sams Trip
    • Plastic wrap
    • Spices
    • Cream
    • Coffee
    • Butter
    • Bacon
    • Sour Cream
    • Ro*Tel
    • Eggs, and
    • Cream Cheese

    This article was first published on January 26, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • Second Shot at Triple Threat

    Triple Threat Diary #1 from spiphywarfare on GodTube.

    For more information on 2015 Hotter’N Hell Hundred events, go to www.hh100.org.

    This article was first published on January 24, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • The Death of Humility

    Merriam-Webster defines humility as “the quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people.” What a strange alien concept that is to this world anymore. Working for a public safety agency brings me into contact with people from across the spectrum of society. Some of them are employees, some are prisoners or criminals, some are elected officials, and some are members of the general public. I’d be a liar if I said I never saw someone say, “No that’s OK. You go ahead” or show some similar deference to another; the more egregious lie would be to say I witnessed such an act routinely. Instead, society is sadly becoming more and more self-centered, self-serving, and in the process self-defeating.

    It seems that time-and-time again I’ve witnessed the unintended effects of an action are longer-lasting than the intended effect. In government a slight policy or process change result in an effect no one expects or is looking for. As a result it goes undetected for some time. When it’s finally discovered, the original cause is either forgotten or so entrenched that undoing the effect is difficult if not impossible. The point here is that our actions frequently produce results that are both unintended and more durable than what we sought.

    Our lives are the same way. The more we work to gather honor and glory for ourselves, the less likely it is that we will truly get it. More likely is that we hurt people in our efforts. We leave a path of pain and hurt that eventually catches up to us. Like those changes mentioned above, we can find ourselves at a loss for why we are in that position. The book of Proverbs provides some interesting points on humility. It tells us:

    When we seek those things listed above directly (wealth, honor, and life), all we really end up attaining is our own distorted perception of them. I would encourage you to help someone else succeed next week. If you find yourself in line at a cash register, invite someone to move ahead of you right before you get to check out. Thank a truck driver for all they do to help keep our economy and goods moving.

    Do something to put others first. You will be rewarded. The payoff from putting others first is an unintended positive payoff. It makes no sense that practicing humility will be so rewarding, but it is.

    This article was first published on January 22, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.

  • Never Give Up

    Never Give Up

    If you’re struggling with food don’t bury yourself under failure. Don’t think something must be wrong with you. Don’t give up and think you can’t succeed. “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” is never more appropriate than it is in this struggle. It’s a struggle mankind has dealt with since the dawn of creation.

    I was raised in church. By that I mean if the doors were unlocked, we were going through them. The story of Creation and the fall is as familiar to me as my own bed. In spite of that it only recently struck me that God established all of Creation with only one, single, solitary prohibition. Don’t eat from THAT tree.

    Look, I have given you EVERY seed-bearing plant on the surface of the ENTIRE earth, and EVERY tree whose fruit contains seed. This food will be for you. [emphasis added] GEN 1:29

    God basically said, eat from ANY plant on the entire planet except from one particular one. One single solitary plant on the entire planet. Now, with all the cries of deforestation and environmental destruction that man wreaks upon the planet one can assume that there were more trees at the dawn of mankind than there are today. Today, according to ask.com there are an estimated 400,000,000,000 trees on the planet. I don’t know about you but if I had at least 400 billion options to choose from and God said leave that one particular option out….. Well.

    We all know what happened.Apple-missing-bite

    Mankind corrupted all of Creation. Eve was tempted, gave in to temptation, and the first physical manifestation of sin ever is the act of eating. I’d love to beat up on Eve for what she did. As a matter of fact, there were times in the past when I literally wished I could reach back through the ages and slap her right across the lips and shout, “WHAT. IS. WRONG. WITH. YOU?!?!”

    Eve, I owe you an apology. For years I ate things that I knew I shouldn’t be eating. If someone brought donuts to the office, I could count on the fact that there’d be some blueberry donuts in there. Pie, chips, fast food, and buffets. Buffets were my favorites. Each one was a personal challenge to me. If I didn’t leave feeling miserable I felt like a failure. I intentionally, routinely, and with great enthusiasm engaged in that pesky little sin of gluttony. You know, the one paired with drunkenness in many places in the Bible and worthy of drastic punishment.

    When I started changing my dietary habits I caught myself countless times reaching for a piece of hard candy here, a couple of pieces of chocolate there, “Oooh rolls? Yeah I’ll take one.” Putting garbage into my system was a habit I was totally unaware I had developed. It was one not easy to get over, but it happened. I know if I can do it, anyone can do it.

    This article was first published on January 10, 2015 and was recovered using AI and web.archive.org.