{"id":203,"date":"2011-06-17T11:07:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T15:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2011-06-17T11:07:15","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T15:07:15","slug":"come-taste-life-food-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Come Taste Life (Food, Part III)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time again for a tease<\/del> TASTE of life. Easy to make food that’s suited to the way I live. I don’t have hours to spend in the kitchen, nor do I have hours (and massive budgets) for food stylists, perfect settings, etc.<\/p>\n

What’s easier and tastier than a burger? How about a Spicy Chicken Burger, topped with homemade salsa?<\/p>\n

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accompanied with a salad, it makes for a great meal. Something a bit more substantial would be a beef roast with potato kugel (made from very finely grated potatoes). My mom was a fan of this one:<\/p>\n

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Though I guess if you wanted to be a bit more traditional (and Irish, some say), you could go for Corned Beef and Root Vegetables:<\/p>\n

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Hope you’re not counting the sodium grams, because they’re everywhere. Of course, they’re also in ham, and since that’s a favourite at Easter, being a people pleaser…<\/p>\n

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I will admit that there are few things tastier than a ham, slow roasted in your own oven and cut into thick slices. Perhaps you’re in a soup mood? How about Beef Barley with sauteed mushrooms?<\/p>\n

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Perfect on a cold day. One of my favourites, actually. Then, there’s sauteed shrimp with roasted veggies and brown rice…<\/p>\n

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(the sauce on the rice are the juices from the sauteed shrimp (almost a scampi type sauce). Before you ask, yes, I do go and buy “one off” plates, place mats, etc. for photographing purposes. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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Healthier than the deep fried “rib tip” that you get from the local Chinese Takeway, here is a low simmered version atop brown rice and roasted asparagus. What’s not to like?<\/p>\n

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Here’s a wonderful fare. A Mediterranean Pasta, with sun-dried tomatoes, marinated artichoke hearts, onions, Kalamata olives, sauteed mushrooms and garlic, and grated Parmesan cheese. You’ll never miss the meat in this dish!<\/p>\n

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There are carnivore options, however, with this chicken and sausage bake, roasted potatoes and garlic, and steamed broccoli. The government’s “food plate\/pyramid” aside (I never subscribe to anything they say after they tell me that I, at my current weight, am borderline “obese” (I have a 34\/35″ waist, and clock in at 207.5 lbs, on a 6′ frame – that’s obese? They say an optimal weight for me is 162.5, and that, my friends, isn’t happening.), this is a well rounded meal.<\/p>\n

But… I have a sweet tooth (as most of us do) and look forward to dessert. Boiled custard with blueberries takes the cake on this go round:<\/p>\n

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Pretty enough for company, somewhat enough to share, and more than enough to satisfy my craving.<\/p>\n

Silver Blue…come on lunchtime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s time again for a tease TASTE of life. Easy to make food that’s suited to the way I live. I don’t have hours to spend in the kitchen, nor do I have hours (and massive budgets) for food stylists, perfect settings, etc. What’s easier and tastier than a burger? How about a Spicy Chicken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[68,46,67,61,66,63,69,70,65,62,45,64],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-asparagus","tag-chicken","tag-corned-beef","tag-custard","tag-kugel","tag-mushrooms","tag-rib-tip","tag-rice","tag-roast-beef","tag-sausage","tag-shrimp","tag-soup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyesofsilverblue.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}