Month: February 2015

MEAL PLAN – WEEK TWO

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Week Two –
“Hans’ Lighter, Healthier Comfort Food”
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Daily Breakfast – Fruit/Tea (fibrous fruit + unsweetened tea of your choice)
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Daily Lunch – Energy bar/Fruits (fruits of your choice + energy bar of your choice)
(many different brands / types of Energy Bars are available – consult your doctor/nutritionist)
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Daily Dinner –

Monday – “Shrimp, Broccolini And Ramen Noodles In Ginger/Garlic Broth”
Tuesday – “Grilled ~~Roman~~ Romaine Feast”
Wednesday – “ Pepperonata & Chicken Parisienne”
Thursday – “Red Beet Delight”
Friday – “Sauteed Pork medallions With Mushrooms And Pasta”
Saturday – “ Karachi Butter Chicken”
Sunday – “Salad Florentine”
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Monday – “Shrimp, Broccolini And Ramen Noodles In Ginger/Garlic Broth”
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Shrimp, Broccolini And Ramen Noodles In Ginger/Garlic Broth

Tuesday – “Grilled ~~Roman~~ Romaine Feast”
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Grilled ~~Roman~~ Romaine Feast

Wednesday – “ Pepperonata & Chicken Parisienne”
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Pepperonata & Chicken Parisienne

Thursday – “Red Beet Delight”
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Red Beet Delight

Friday – “Sauteed Pork Medallions With Mushrooms And Pasta”
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auteed Pork Medaiilons With Mushrooms And Pasta

Sauteed Pork Medallions With Mushrooms And Pasta

Saturday – “ Karachi Butter Chicken”
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Karachi Butter Chicken

Sunday – “Salad Florentine”
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Salad Florentine

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P.S.
Update after my own completion of Week Three :
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So far I have lost 19.5 lbs of weight in three weeks of “Hans’ Lighter, Healthier Comfort Food” meal plan.
I feel much better, sleep much better and on top of all the benefits of living a bit more on the sensible side of life, I eat as much as I want. (Except on the two days of the week which allow me a dinner of anything I crave, although in much smaller portions).
I have to admit that I fell off the wagon twice:
– Once in Week One: I had a pizza for lunch 😦
– Once in Week Two: I had a couple of strawberry-filled doughnuts after dinner 😦

If you want to read more about my new, very much improved lifestyle, click HERE.
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Salad Portuguese

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This beauty of a salad will conclude Week One of “Hans’ Lighter, Healthier Comfort Food” meal plan. (There will be an initial 4 week plan)
For everybody not yet interested in a bit of a healthier lifestyle, I suggest you try this salad anyway. Healthier and lighter food in my case does certainly not mean tasteless and boring. 🙂 (As is the case with so many other lifestyle food suggestions out there) 😦
Now, I understand that sardines are not everybody’s favorite seafood, but as usual, feel free to replace them with the seafood of your preference, such as shrimp, lobster, sole, salmon, clams, mussels, scallops, crab meat, etc.
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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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P.S.
So far I have lost 12 lbs in two weeks of “Hans’ Lighter, Healthier Comfort Food” meal plan.
I feel much better, sleep much better and on top of all the benefits of living a bit more on the sensible side of life, I eat as much as I want. (Except on the two days of the week which allow me a dinner of anything I crave, although in much smaller portions).
If you want to read more about my new, very much improved lifestyle, click HERE.
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P.P.S.
ChefsOpinion will of course keep its original format, content and attitude 🙂
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Salad Portuguese

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Preparation :
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: dress frisee salad with mustard/honey vinaigrette, then dress cooked potato wedges, grape tomatoes, sliced onions and stuffed olives SEPERATELY inmustard/honey vinaigrette

: top frisee with sardines in tomato sauce, (PLEASE use a top notch product), sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper

: drizzle with remaining tomato sauce from can

: top with potatoes, grape tomatoes, onions and olives, sprinkle with fresh chervil or italian parsley

: Salad Portuguese

: Salad Portuguese

: Salad Portuguese

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Rôti De Porc Avec Sauce Au Cèpe Porcini

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Rôti De Porc Avec Sauce Au Cèpe Porcini
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This was the first “leftovers” dish I prepared from the “ROAST FRESH HAM WITH CARAWAY JUS” a few weeks back.
Remember, to make this dish “lighter and healthier comfort food”, you must cut back on the portion size big time – the pictured portion should serve three people 🙂

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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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Link to Lattkes (Potato Pancakes) (Kartoffelpuffer)
Link to Apple Sauce (Apfelmus)
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Link to original dish Roast Fresh Ham With Caraway Jus
Link to the second leftover dish The German Dip
Link to the third leftover dish Gebratene Schweinehaxe

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Rôti De Porc Avec Sauce Au Cèpe Porcini

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Preparation :
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: soak porcini in hot water for 20 minutes

: saute chopped onions and garlic paste in olive oil

: add porcini and heavy cream, add kosher salt and cayenne papper, simmer

: Meanwhile, slice leftover cold pork, add to a pan with a bit of salted water and brush with butter, cover and VERY SLOWLY reheat, without simmering (too hot – it will dry out and toughen the meat

: reduced cream and mushrooms

: add demi glace

: simmer for another minute, check / adjust texture and taste

: cook the latkes in peanut oil

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: serve with greens and apple sauce, sprinkle with fresh herbs

: Rôti De Porc Avec Sauce Au Cèpe Porcini

: Rôti De Porc Avec Sauce Au Cèpe Porcini

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Beef , Shiitake And Mung Bean Noodles In Ginger/Garlic Broth

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Here you have one of these dishes were you can have a meal fit for a king with a minimum effort of labor and a very reasonable cost of ingredients.
Just plan ahead and either cook the beef the day before you want to eat the soup, or, if you want to have it for dinner after work, start the beef and it’s broth as soon as you get up in the morning. Bring it to a simmer, let it cook for as long as you can before you leave the house, then just let the beef cool in the broth until you get home. Also at that point, soak the shiitake in some of the hot broth during the day. From there it will only take another 10 minutes to finish this sexy beauty (the time to cook the noodles) and voilà ! – ready for a soup as good (or better) as you can get in your favorite noodle-house. 🙂

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Bon Appetit ! Life is Good !
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