Risotto

FOFF Spinach Risotto

FOFF Arugula Spinach Risotto This week's recipe is found on page 42 (can you believe we are already at page 42?!) of Carla Vavala’s book “Fusion of Food and Friends”. Carla used Arugula in the original recipe however Joanne didn't buy Arugula and had to substitute spinach. It worked out really well. When you think about making risotto, is your first thought "Oh no! I don't want to stand there and baby sit that dish" because as you know, it's a dish that requires stirring, adding liquid, stirring some more, waiting for the liquid to be absorbed by the rice, [...]

By |2012-07-18T19:31:12-04:00July 18, 2012|Fusion Food & Friends|4 Comments

Book Review Secret Ingredient by Sally Bee

Sally Bee, the “busy Bee” as she describes herself.  A healthy 30 something lady who suffered 3 major heart attacks.  Sally Bee tells a short version of her story that inspired the book. The “Secret Ingredient”.  What IS that ingredient?  Increased physical activity. What are the other ingredients that allowed this determined gal to beat the odds?  Learn about the Five “F’s” and “the rainbow”.  This book is about eating good food and living healthy.  She marks the recipes with “everyday” or “treat”.  The everyday recipes are ones to incorporate into your daily diet.  The recipes marked “treat” should be [...]

By |2010-07-26T16:12:20-04:00July 27, 2010|Book Review, Health and Nutrition|9 Comments

Risotto with Fillet of Sole and Asparagus

Today in my workout world there were 50 minutes of Elliptical, 25 minutes of working the legs, and a walk.  It was a mild morning and we enjoyed our 54 minutes, 3.76 mile walk.  I kept the pace quick and we moved right along.  Poor Shane didn’t have time for a sniff.  As for the results of yesterday’s eating plan, I wasn’t fired up feeling like there was a “full tank of fuel” to keep me going but I also didn’t do any pre workout nutrition this morning.  I only had water and a small handful of nuts and raisins.  [...]

By |2010-04-06T15:37:25-04:00April 6, 2010|Exercises, Food thoughts|5 Comments
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