Hi blog buds!

Happy Friday EVE!  I’ve missed you guys!  It’s been B-U-S-Y up here in FitFeatville!  I had a Chef Shari project that took about 4 days and then a day of side work for something unrelated.  It’s been a whirlwind since Saturday morning!  I’ve been meeting myself coming and going.  But I love it!  Things are definitely cooking right now (pun intended!).

The only downside is that I think my usually bulletproof immune system may have  succumbed to MSP’s bug.  So far it’s only in my voice, or lack thereof actually.  I woke up yesterday with little more than a whisper.  I sound TERRIBLE but I feel fine for the most part.  So I’m crossing my fingers that this is all that comes of it.  MSP is in the tail-end of his cold (or whatever he had) and it’s been 2 weeks!  I don’t want it!  I’ve got some errands to knock out today but after that, I’m going to take it easy just to be on the safe side.  And make some homemade ginger tea.  Here’s why I’ll be making it at home – I bought this Ginger Soother drink that I’d heard about before:

But didn’t look at the label until I was already almost done with it.  32 grams of SUGAR???  Really?  Well no WONDER it tastes delicious.

So today I’ll grate my own ginger, steep it in hot water, squeeze in some lemon juice and a hint of honey and have my own ‘soother’ for a lot less calories.  Nothing against The Ginger People.  I love most of their products.  I love their Ginger Chews and their jarred minced ginger.  But if I’m going to consume 32 grams of sugar in one sitting, chances are it’s going to be in the form of a Cadbury Caramel Creme Egg!   :D

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Prior to the “busy busy” of the last week, I’d spent a bit of time ‘playing’ in the kitchen adapting recipes to use for personal chef clients.   I have to share pics with you of my two favorites.

One is a vegetarian stroganoff using tempeh in place of beef (with plenty of veggies:  mushrooms, onions, spinach, carrots) and served over wild rice in lieu of pasta.  I am crazy about this dish – and it’s a good thing because I’ll be eating leftovers from the freezer for awhile!

I also wanted to make tamales but time is of the essence on a cookdate for a client, so I can’t really spend precious minutes separately wrapping each tamale in a corn husk or banana leaf.  Solution? Put it all in a baking dish – now it’s like a tamale lasagna!  This one is also vegetarian.  Mushrooms, onions, spinach, black beans, tomatoes, raisins, almonds, corn – there are LOADS of things in this one.

Do you have a favorite food/dish that you have converted to your “style” of eating? Whether that means taking it from a meaty recipe to a vegetarian one, or from high in bad fats to lower in fats (or using better fats), etc?  What recipes do you like to tweak?

Well friends, I’m off to get those errands done so that I can hit the “pause” button on the BUSYthis afternoon!  I hope you have a TERRIFIC Thursday!  Can’t wait to hear about your recipe tweaking!

– Shari B. =)

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