MORTINI's CalorieKing blog

Saturday, Nov 29 2008 - Game over, man. Game over!

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Well, I survived Thanksgiving. Just packed up my parents and they're on their way home. They had some projects at home they wanted to finish.

I didn't weigh myself this morning, but yesterday morning, I was about what I've been weighing in the morning, so that's good. But, yesterday was probably reasonably high calorie as well ( Not nearly as much as thanksgiving day, though ), so hopefully I didn't go up any.

That's 2 days I didn't do p90, but I walked both days, so that probably helps some. I need to do p90 cardio tonight.

I made a totally awesome salad for Thanksgiving. I need to practice it more to perfect it, but it still turned out pretty good. It's a Jamie Oliver recipe. The idea of it is to have contrasting flavors and textures.

You'll need:

about 4oz of Bufala Mozarella per person. Form this into balls. - this is the soft mozarella cheese made from buffalo milk. It is really soft and has a very very mild flavor. However, regular soft mozarella will work.
Some arugula Lettuce
1 Radicchio (has a bitter flavor and a nice contrast to the other colors on the plate)
Lemon Olive Oil - about 2 Tbsp of freshly squeezed lemon to 10 Tbsp olive oil shaken up.
Speck prosciutto - this is smoked prosciutto that has a really really nice smokey flavor - regular prosciutto will do probably.
Orange (Or other in-season fruits. I think a nice tart apple very thinly sliced would be really good. Or even a thinly sliced tart apple and a nice sweet tender pear, also sliced very thinly)
Aged Balsamic Vinegar
Lemon Zest
Mint Leaves (Not the stems, just pick off 5-10 leaves per plate)

I shredded some of the Radiccio leaves and some arugula leaves and put on the plate in a nice pattern for the contrast. I put the ball of mozzarella in the middle. I then peeled the orange and put it into sections, and put 4 sections per plate - a larger orange will work better for this - and you want nice, sweet oranges. I think the tart/apple pear would be really great, as well, but I really like apples. Tear/cut the prosciutto into bite-sized chunks and arrange to give the plate some elevation. Then sprinkle with mint. Put the vinegar and olive oil into a squeeze bottle and make some nice patterns with it. Finally, add the lemon zest.

I don't have any pictures, but it ends up looking really pretty as well.

Think I'm going to go take a nap then go do some walking and find some whey.

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