Thai Green Curry With Chicken

Made this today for lunch with fresh organic eggplant from my father in law's garden.

It is called Gaeng Keaow Wan Gai in Thai and it is one of my favorite Thai curry dishes.

It is a little bit off my fitness quest but I had the fresh eggplant and needed to use it in something. I made sure to keep my portion in check.

I started on a fitness quest last week and managed to get through the first three days which were the toughest. Normally my eating isn't too bad, but with Halloween candy in the house, I had deviated off course big time. No more of that.

This dish is pretty easy to make...I already had the chicken cooked earlier in the week, and I just added green curry paste, fish sauce, sugar, keffir lime leaves, basil, coconut milk, and fresh eggplant. I steamed jasmine rice in the rice cooker.

So delicious!
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Seven Years Ago on In My Words....my favorite Japanese curry

Christmas Gift

My girl friend sent me the coolest t-shirt for Christmas...I was so thrilled when I saw it. I love rooster sauce and she knows it. It is fun to have a friend that knows you so well...lol. It was also so nice to get a gift in the mail...what an awesome girl she is.

Now I just need it to warm up so I can wear it everyday...heehee.
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Two Years Ago on In My Words...Found

Old Comforts

One lovely thing about finally getting all of our stuff and then getting it unpacked is seeing some of the stuff we have had in storage for years, once again.

This cup is one of my souvenir purchases before we left Japan the last time, and it is one of my faves for a big cup of tea or even to use as a soup bowl. It has a small map of the island as well as some map points of some of the major spots on the island. It also has the name of the island and country in kanji on the sides.
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Two Years Ago on In My Words...Two Favorite Things

Smile 98/100 Veggie Snack

These were the veggie snack during the cleanse. I could eat as much of this throughout the day that I wanted.

It was a combo of cucumber, green beans, celery and radishes in a lemon, oil and pepper mix of dressing. It was super yummy and crunchy.

The only down side is that the radishes lost their coloring in the liquid and made the whole thing a little less appetizing in looks, but it still tasted great.

I took this picture in our kitchen with my Fuji Finepix f50, with no flash. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color and light balance and then added the fuzzy border.
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Five Years Ago on In My Words...Making A Cup Of Coffee

Smile 96/100 Cleanse Breakfast

This quinoa breakfast was a great starter during the cleanse weekend. It had prunes, and some seeds in it and it was very filling. Didn't feel deprived at all.

I made the quinoa in a saucepan on the stove instead of in the rice cooker since the amount being made was below the minimum for the rice cooker. It was pretty easy to make on the stovetop and definitely makes me feel like the options for having quinoa more frequently now are there.

I buy it from Trader Joe's and think it has a great flavor. I took this picture in our kitchen with my Fuji Finepix f50, with no flash but the macro turned on. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color and light balance and then added the fuzzy border.
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Five Years Ago on In My Words...Yummy In My Tummy

Smile 95/100 Detox Juice

This is an awesome combination. It is pineapple juice, pomegranate juice, one lemon squeezed and then water. It is a natural detoxifier. It helps to flush your body while still providing you essential vitamins and liquids.

It was part of the 48 detox I did on my days off this week to just give my body a nice cleanse. I was able to drink as much of this during the day as I wanted and I found it to be very refreshing.

The "ice cubes" are the reusable ones that you can freeze and add to drinks to keep them cold without watering them down.

I took this picture with my Fuji Finepix f50 in our living room with the flash off but the macro enabled. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 to balance color and light and then added the fuzzy border.
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Six Years Ago on In My Words...Toenail Woes

Smile 93/100 Shitake Stew

This yummy shitake and cabbage soup was part of the cleanse I did. I was able to eat as much of this as I wanted and it was super tasty.

I think that after the cleanse is over it would be really good with shrimp added to it as well.

It ended up being a lot more than one person can eat in 48 hours but that is okay, I am good with leftovers.

I took this picture in our kitchen with no flash on my Fuji Finepix f50 and then edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color, light and then to add the fuzzy border.
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My Favorite Soup....Thai/Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup

Smile 86/100 Ideal Lunch

Made pineapple curry the other day from a fresh pineapple I cut up. One of my favorite things to eat but since I am trying to lose a few pounds, I decided to bring leftovers to work and put it on spring greens rather than rice.

Great way to spice up salad, for sure. While on lunch in the breakroom, I get a few mins to read my Nook. I am working on the Harry Potter series and I have been renting them as ebooks from the local library system. It has been a great adventure.

I took this pic with my Fuji Finepix f50 in our breakroom at work with no flash. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color, light and to add the fuzzy border.
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Six Months Ago on In My Words...POTD 23 Bedtime

Smile 84/100 Iced Coffee

This is something I do in the summer time. Since we make coffee using a french press, it is a bit more work to pull it off, but nothing major.

I make coffee in the press, like I would normally do, and then let it cool a bit in the press pot. Once it isn't blazing hot anymore but still warm enough to dissolve sugar, I pour it into this container with a small amount of raw sugar (the same amount I would put in my normal cup of coffee in the morning which is one tsp per cup). I shake the container to dissolve the sugar and I set to making a second batch. This container holds two of our french press potfuls. Once I have it filled up, I put it in the fridge and then I have yummy iced coffee for the week or more.

I like to add almond milk to my coffee after I pour it into my glass (and I actually don't drink it with ice), and it is a nice cool summertime wake up.

I took this picture in our kitchen with my Fuji Finepix f50 with no flash but with the macro turned on. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color and light and then added the fuzzy border.
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Five Years Ago on In My Words...Making A Cup Of Coffee

Smile 76/100 Fajitas

This was a happy sight after work. Not exactly on the diet, but still yummy and a nice reward for some hard work.

I was able to chat with some of the employees at the restaurant about the World Cup games that were on today and where we thought our favorite teams might be at the end of things.

The fajitas were super fresh and just what the the tummy ordered. I didn't end up eating all of the rice and beans but that is okay, guess that makes it that much better for me.

I took this picture at the restaurant in the afternoon light with my Fuji Finepix f50 with no flash but with the macro turned on. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 to balance the color and light and then added the fuzzy border.
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Three Years Ago on In My Words...Maru And A Very Small Box

Smile 72/100 New Herbs

Finally got the herbs I bought weeks ago into their respective pots. They were sitting on their pots but were not in their pots...LOL.

I bought a few new varieties like a chocolate mint and a pineapple sage to mix things up a bit. I am hoping to be better this year about having some dried at the end of the season for teas and such.

This is only one of 5 pots of herbs we have on the back porch. I took this picture in the afternoon sun with my Fuji Finepix f50 with no flash. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color, light and to add the fuzzy border.
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Six Years Ago on In My Words...Flowers

Smile 69/100 Mini Peppers

Love these guys...so good. We can get a bunch of them in a bag for a reasonable price and then you add whatever you want to them. They are sweetish so you can really eat them on their own if you want (which I do sometimes).

In this particular case, I had added cream cheese and shredded roasted chicken to it and it was so good and was a nice little meal without being super heavy.

I took this picture with my Fuji Finepix f50 with no flash but with the macro turned on. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color, light and then added the fuzzy border.
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Two Years Ago on In My Words...Predator Quail

Smile 63/100 ThinSlice

There is not a lot of bread eating going on these days in our house, but every once in a while some bread needs to be purchased. If I am going to get bread, I try to go as healthy as possible. I love Dave's Killer Bread and recently they have started making much smaller loaves that are also cut in thinner slices.

It is the perfect size for toast in the morning or to make a healthy sandwich that is not out of portion. I highly recommend giving these a go, if you like whole grain bread with seeds.

I took this picture in our kitchen with my Fuji Finepix f50, with no flash but the macro enabled. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color and light.
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Nine Years Ago on In My Words...The Order Of Sandwiches

Smile 62/100 Curry

Okay, so there is this awesome fast Japanese curry place in Japan call Coco's. For most of us that have lived there, we have had addiction problems with it at one time or another.

Leaving Japan makes most of us into recovering addicts. There aren't many places outside of Japan that this restaurant is found so we are forced to make do.

One of the ways that I do this, is by using the closest Japanese curry I can find and creating a little bit of "Coco's" in my own kitchen. Now if you have really good friends still living in Japan, you can occasionally get them to send you actual real packets of Coco's curry, but if not, Golden Curry in the black box is the next best thing.

For this particular dish, I varied a bit in that I used leftover jasmine rice I had in the fridge rather than using Japanese rice. I used Trader Joe's chicken drummettes because they are the "cleanest" freezer breaded chicken that I can find, and then I added fresh quartered mushrooms.

One of my favorites to have at the real Coco's, was a seafood one, so I might have to try this with shrimp next time.

I took in our kitchen this picture with my Fuji Finepix f50 with no flash but with the macro turned on. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color and light and then aded the fuzzy border.
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Five Years Ago on In My Words...Yummy In My Tummy

Smile 56/100 Fruit

So excited to find some yummy fresh fruit to binge on...I have been waiting for the blueberries especially. I have been having to do frozen and dried ones through the winter.

This option really made me gleeful! In fact, I think I am going to have some now.

I took this picture with my Fuji Finepix f50, with no flash but with the macro turned on. I edited the image in GIMP 2.6 for color, light and then added the fuzzy border, as usual...LOL.
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Five Years Ago on In My Words...Fruit Bats Galore

Smile 54/100 Splurge

Background: I don't eat a lot of bread these days so I don't buy bread for the house and if I have a hankering for a sandwich, I try to go some place healthy to get my sandwich so I know that the bread, meat and cheese isn't full of chemicals.

I was at our local co-op today getting a sandwich. I knew I might want some kind of "side item" with the sandwich so I went iinto the grocery side to see what options they had and I found these guys.

They are super yummy which makes it completely impossible to stop eating them but otherwise they are an awesome find. Give them a try sometime, if you are a lover of pepper jack cheese (which is kind of what these taste like).

I took this picture with my Fuji Finepix f50 with no flash but with the macro turned on. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color and light balance and then added a fuzzy border.
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Seven Years Ago on In My Words...Everyday Humdrum

Smile 51/100 Laab Muu

One of  my favorite Thai dishes to make. Normally this would have khao neow (sticky rice) with it, but I do this version when I am trying to limit my calorie intake.

This can be made with ground chicken as well but I happened to have ground pork in the fridge so that was the decision maker.

It is really hard to stop eating this...but I am better at limiting myself to one serving...LOL

I took this picture in our kitchen with the flash turned on using my Fuji Finepix f50. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color, light and then added the fuzzy border.
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Six Years Ago on In My Words...Bunco Success

Smile 36/100 Bananas

We don't always have bananas in the house, but when we do, they always make me a bit happier. I love bananas...but not soft ones.

As soon as they get even the smallest bit soft, they get cut up and put in freezer bags to use for smoothies since texture is not an issue in a smoothie.

I try to limit banana consumption to breakfast or lunch since they do have a far about of sugar and calories in them...but the benefits from having one are also pretty significant as far as minerals go.

I took this picture in our living room (in my pjs), with my Fuji Finepix f50 with the macro enabled. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color, light and then added the fuzzy border.
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Five Years Ago on In My Words...Card Making and Socializing

Smile 34/100 Lunch

This lunch today was amazing.

I steam fish and some sort of veggie for lunch (when I am not at work) about 3 times a week if not more.

Today, I had fresh pico de gallo from the store and topping the steamed salmon and brussels with the pico and pepper was just the ticket.

I took this picture in our livingroom because I just couldn't pass up how pretty it looked when I got settled to eat. I used my Fuji Finepix f50 with no flash but macro turned on. I edited it in GIMP 2.6 for color, light and then added the fuzzy border.
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Five Years Ago on In My Words...15 Books

Smile 20/100 Blossom

These little blossoms are just dying to pop open and shine in the world...I couldn't help getting a shot of them at the edge of their struggle.

The chives are one of only a couple of our herbs that didn't get wiped out in our single digit wave of weather this winter. Of course the mint (or at least one of the two we had) survived as well but the mint doesn't have a cute little blossom lke the chives do.

I don't end up cutting our herbs and using them in cooking as much as I should...but I can say that the difference in fresh chives versus dried chives is unbelievable...and I do take advantage of those little guys any time I can.

I took this picture in the afternoon on our back porch where the herbs grow with no flash, but macro enabled. I edited this in GIMP 2.6 for color and light and then added the fuzzy border.
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One Month Ago on In My Words...On My Mind