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  • Friday Foodblogging: DIY Sodastream-Style Soda Maker

    Friday Foodblogging_ DIY Sodastream-Style Soda Maker

    David B. Thomas inquired recently about how hard it was to make your own Sodastream-style machine at home. For those unaware, Sodastream machines are home soda-making machines. They involve a countertop appliance, CO2 canisters, and specialized bottles to carbonate water and then add flavoring.

    The answer to Dave’s question is, not terribly hard – and much more cost effective in the long run. A two-liter bottle of regular grocery store soda will cost around US1.50 – US2. A bottle of Sodastream soda at equivalent volume (two liters) will cost about US0.50. A bottle of homemade soda with the equipment below? Probably about US0.03.

    One of my annoyances at the Sodastream I owned was that I had to change out the canister every month or so; it made about 30 liters of carbonated water, which was okay. In typical hacker fashion, I asked, what if I could do this myself? What if there were better gear? It turns out that of course, there is significantly better gear to be had – from the beer world. Beer kegs tap CO2 and/or nitrogen all the time to add that last little punch to a brew. The equipment is surprisingly simple.

    What you’ll need to buy (some links through Amazon Associates):

    • A CO2 canister. Most welding shops carry these. I paid $100 for a 10 pound canister. Unlike a Sodastream, this lets me make about two liters of soda a day for close to a year.
    • A length of hose with clamps to connect the tank to…
    • A dual pressure gauge regulator. This tells you how much pressure is in the tank, and lets you set the pressure for your soda water. I usually set mine to 40 PSI.
    • A ball lock and hose. This goes from the regulator to your bottle of soda and connects to…
    • The Carbonator. This plugs into the ball lock and is what connects your soda bottle to the whole business.
    • A used soda bottle, clean and free of cracks.

    This is the best part: you get to recycle. Sodastream bottles aren’t dishwasher safe, so over time they can get nasty, and of course, buying a new one costs a fair bit for what’s essentially just a plastic bottle. A used soda bottle obviously can hold soda (at much higher pressures), so recycle!

    Assemble these pieces in the order above.

    When put together in order, you get this:

    Sodastream style soda maker

    The trick with making soda at home is to have the water be ice, ice cold. I usually fill the soda bottle with about two cups of fresh water and then place horizontally in the freezer. This turns into a giant ice cube.

    Once thoroughly frozen, fill to the point where the side of the soda bottle begins to curve, near the top of the bottle where the label ends.

    Then attach to the carbonator, turn on your gas, and shake vigorously while the CO2 dissolves in the water. After a minute of vigorous shaking, turn off the gas, remove the bottle, and enjoy!

    Enjoy your DIY Sodastream-style soda maker!

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  • Hazardous Thanksgiving Turkey Stuffing Recipe

    Hazardous Thanksgiving Turkey Stuffing Recipe

    Every year at the office potluck, I try to find new and different ways to make stuffing that requires the largest, longest possible warning sign while still being delicious. Why? It’s the fun and challenge of kitchen chemistry. Fortunately, lots of people bring different kinds of stuffing, so it’s not as though mine were the only one available. I also print out the warning sign next to the serving dish so that no one mistakes it for ordinary stuffing.

    Your Responsibility

    If you make this dish, you too have a responsibility to disclose its contents and provide warnings to people with allergies. Allergic reactions to food can have serious, even life-threatening consequences, so please use this recipe responsibly.

    Feel free to download and print out the warning sign I use.

    Ingredients

    Visible Solids

    • 2 packages Pepperidge Farm seasoned bread stuffing, non-organic, GMO
    • 1 cup of mushrooms, finely chopped
    • 1 cup of onions, finely chopped
    • 1 cup of carrots, finely chopped
    • 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
    • 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
    • 1/4 cup unsalted mixed tree nuts – pistachio, almond, walnut, and cashew, finely chopped
    • 2 tablespoons unsalted peanuts, finely chopped
    • 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
    • 1 cup rendered bacon, finely chopped

    Liquid Base

    • 1 teaspoon of Aji-no-moto hondashi fish soup stock powder (with MSG)
    • 1 teaspoon of Chinese oyster sauce
    • 1 teaspoon of regular ketchup, non-organic, GMO
    • 4 cups of water, unfiltered
    • 1 teaspoon of honey, with pollen
    • 1 egg

    Frying Base

    • 1 stick of unsalted butter, non-organic
    • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
    • 1 teaspoon soybean oil
    • 1 tablespoon bacon grease

    Directions

    • Render bacon in pan or skillet.
    • Remove and drain bacon. Allow to cool. Set aside grease.
    • In a very large skillet or wok, melt butter and mix with soybean oil, sesame oil, and bacon grease.
    • Add chopped nuts, garlic, and sesame seeds. Fry until nut meats begin to turn translucent. Do not permit contents to burn.
    • Add all vegetables to pan and cook until onions begin to turn translucent.
    • Put contents of skillet into large metal bowl.
    • Add all liquid base components to bowl.
    • Stir vigorously until liquids are blended thoroughly.
    • Add all remaining solids and stir vigorously until thoroughly mixed.
    • Cover bowl with aluminum foil and place in 375F oven for 90 minutes, checking and stirring contents every 30 minutes.
    • Print out the included warning sign to alert people with food allergies and religious dietary restrictions.
    • Serve.

    Some Notes

    If you make substitutions, particularly on the liquids, watch your sodium counts. One substitution, like a chicken broth, could make the dish inedible because it would put the salt content over the top.

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  • Friday Foodblogging: Chilean-style Ceviche Recipe

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    A bit of backstory about this particular recipe: I learned it thanks to the power of marketing years ago. I was speaking at the Educational Travel Conference, and at the conference, the trade show floor could only be described as culinary magnificence. Many of the exhibitors were educational departments of embassies, and few things demonstrate a country’s cultural riches like native food.

    At the event, I grabbed what looked like a shot glass filled with… something… and I took a bite of the contents. It was magnificent – citrus, sour, salt, fresh herbs, and fish. I had no idea what it was so I asked the sous chef of the Chilean embassy who told me in halting English that it was called ceviche, a seafood dish popular in many South American countries. He said what made Chilean ceviche different was that only the Chileans used grapefruit juice, while other countries stuck to lemon or lime, and only Chilean ceviche used cilantro. I’ve no idea whether there’s any culinary truth to that particular origin story, but I don’t care, either: it’s delicious.

    Chilean Style Ceviche Recipe Final

    The recipe I found that day called for Chilean sea bass, a nice name for the Patagonian Toothfish (which is a marketing coup in its own right), but I find that tilapia makes for a better taste and texture. It’s entirely up to you which kind of white fish you use as long as it’s relatively mild in flavor. If you’re concerned about freshness and food safety, I recommend buying deep-frozen tilapia filets; deep-frozen fish is generally very safe as long as it’s thawed properly.

    Ceviche Ingredients

    Solid Ingredients:

    • 2 pounds tilapia or other white fish
    • 1 onion
    • 1 cucumber
    • 1 celery heart
    • 1 yellow bell pepper
    • 1/2 cup cilantro
    • 2 large tomatoes or 1 can of diced tomatoes

    Marinade Ingredients:

    • 2 cups white grapefruit juice
    • 1/4 cup lime juice
    • 1/4 cup lemon juice
    • 1 tablespoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon black pepper
    • 1/2 teaspoon honey or 1/8 tsp pure stevia powder
    • 1 jalapeño or 1/2 teaspoon jalapeño sauce
    • 1 clove of garlic or 1 teaspoon garlic powder

    Ceviche Directions

    1. Dice the solid ingredients. Aim for all chopped ingredients to be about 1 centimeter (1/2 inch) in size.
    2. Place solid ingredients in a large, non-reactive container (like a glass pitcher or bowl).
    3. Put all the marinade ingredients in a blender and blend until thoroughly mixed.
    4. Pour the marinade over the solid ingredients, ensuring everything is submerged.
    5. Add additional grapefruit juice if necessary.
    6. Refrigerate for 4-6 hours. The acid in the juice will “cook” the fish.
    7. With a slotted spoon, serve in glasses. Some people like tortilla chips as an accompaniment.

    Try the Ceviche Recipe!

    Chilean-style ceviche is a wonderful dish any time of year, but it’s especially refreshing during the hot summer months when you want something that isn’t going to make you feel any warmer. It’s easy to prepare, tasty, and healthy, too; the dish is gluten-free as prepared.

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  • Friday Foodblogging: Savory Oatmeal

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    I’ve never been a fan of sweet flavors for breakfast (except for coffee). It’s just not my thing. I’ve especially never been a fan of sweetening hot cereals like oatmeal and farina. No matter what my mother or grandmother did, adding more sugar or honey didn’t make the experience less unpleasant.

    As I got older, I realized that I preferred more savory tastes. I’d take a plate of bacon and eggs over a box of doughnuts any day, because I prefer the savory, saltier flavors to start the day.

    Once you hit a certain age, your doctor recommends foods like oatmeal more vigorously. Oatmeal is good for you: tons of dietary fiber, beta-glucan polysaccharides that can reduce blood cholesterol, relatively low caloric density as is. So it’s good for you, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it tastes good.

    So how do you make something that’s good taste good to someone like me without ruining its health benefits? The answer turned out to be adding completely different flavoring. Instead of using sugar, I now make my oatmeal with savory ingredients. Here’s my recipe:

    Savory Oatmeal

    Ingredients

    • 1/2 teaspoon garlic or onion powder
    • 1/2 teaspoon chicken bouillon
    • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, feel free to substitute Sriracha if you want to turn up the heat
    • 1/4 cup quick rolled oats
    • 1/2 – 1 cup of water, depending on how you like your oatmeal
    Savory Oatmeal

    Directions

    1. Put everything in a bowl or pot.
    2. Stir.
    3. Microwave or heat to boiling.
    4. Stir.
    5. Let rest for 1-2 minutes.
    6. Stir. Add water if needed to achieve desired consistency, then stir again.

    Nutrition

    • 1/4 cup oats: 75 calories
    • Chicken bouillon, 1 tsp: 2.5 calories, 400mg sodium
    • Garlic, onion, black pepper: no nutritional value or calories

    If you have the space and appropriate storage, you can use liquid chicken stock instead of bouillon; I use the powder only because it’s much easier to store at the office and doesn’t spoil. You can, of course, use any other soup base as well, such as aji-memmu, miso, curry, etc. You’ll note that this recipe is also super-low-calorie. The oatmeal is the only substantial contributor of calories.

    If you’re not a fan of sweet-flavored oatmeals, try this instead! It might just get you eating oatmeal again.

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  • Friday Foodblogging: Grilled Rice

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    My friend Chris Brogan enjoys making the joke, “It’d be like grilling rice”, a way of suggesting that an effort is futile or highly impractical. Conceptually, grilling rice does seem absurd.

    Why would you ever attempt something like grilling rice? If you’ve ever been to a hibachi grill, you’ve likely had the fried rice made on the grill. If you’ve ever been to a Korean restaurant and ordered a stone pot bibimbap, you’ve had the same type of rice. Rice fried at very high temperatures develops a wonderful crispy exterior and amazing flavor as the starches and sugars undergo the Maillard reaction.

    Creating the same kind of food on the stovetop takes a long time and often yields underwhelming results because stovetops just don’t get hot enough. Unlike your stovetop, a good grill – gas or charcoal – can reach very high temperatures, sometimes in excess of 800 degrees. That’s hot enough to create the Maillard reaction quickly, so that the rice doesn’t dry out and become tough.

    Thus, we should grill our rice! Of course, the logical question is, how do you prevent it from falling through the grill grating? The answer is: don’t put it on the grill grating. Put it on a baking sheet.

    Here’s the recipe for an amazing fried rice at home, on the grill.

    Ingredients

    • Japanese short grain sushi rice or any other sticky rice, 8 cups cooked
    • Sesame oil, 1 tsp
    • Soy sauce, 4 tbsp
    • Sugar, 1 tbsp
    • Butter, unsalted, 1 tbsp
    • Peanut or other high-heat tolerant vegetable oil, 1 tbsp
    • Sesame seeds

    Procedure

    1. Cook the rice in a rice cooker according to the manufacturer’s directions.
    2. Let the rice cool until you can comfortably handle it, about 120F/49C.
    3. Pre-heat your grill to high.
    4. While the rice cools, melt the butter.
    5. Combine melted butter, sesame oil, and vegetable oil together.
    6. Brush a large baking sheet with 2/3 of the mixed oil. Reserve 1/3.
    7. Mix soy sauce and sugar together in a small cup until the sugar is dissolved.
    8. Fold sesame seeds into the cooled rice.
    9. Spread the rice over the baking sheet in a thin, compact layer. Press down to ensure it’s compacted.
    10. Using a brush, lightly spread the remaining oil over the surface of the rice after it’s spread over the baking sheet.
    11. Place the baking sheet on the grill and grill for 3-5 minutes until the bottom of the rice turns a light brown. Do not let it burn!
    12. Once the first side is lightly browned, use a spatula and flip portions of the rice like burgers to the other side.
    13. Cook the second side until lightly browned.
    14. Lightly drizzle the soy sauce on the cooked rice while it is still on the grill.
    15. Remove rice from grill immediately and serve.

    The key to this recipe is the rice. If you use a long grain, non-sticky rice, you’re going to have a really bad time. Sticky rices form patties, essentially, making the rice much easier to cook on the grill.

    Enjoy this recipe!

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  • Friday Foodblogging: Traditional Japanese Miso Soup

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    One of my favorite comfort dishes is simple Japanese miso soup, often served in Japanese restaurants as an appetizer. Miso soup is made from a few simple ingredients such as miso paste, bonito flakes, and seaweed; while it’s not difficult to make, there are some tricks to make it as close to restaurant quality as possible. Miso soup is great for rainy days or when you’re feeling ill; it’s the Japanese equivalent of chicken soup.

    First and foremost, a warning: never let the finished product boil.

    Boiling the finished soup makes it curdle. Don’t let it boil.

    Ingredients

    Equipment

    Directions

    1. Reserve half a cup of water in a separate bowl. Pour the remainder into the pot.
    2. Add the bonito flakes and kombu to the water. Bring this to a boil.
    3. After reaching a boil, let simmer for 10-15 minutes.
    4. While this simmers, using a spoon, stir the miso paste into the reserved water until fully blended into a thin paste.
    5. Stir in the onions.
    6. Use the skimming spoon and tongs to remove the kombu and skim out the used bonito flakes.
    7. Turn off the heat so that the soup will not boil.
    8. Stir in the miso paste from the bowl.
    9. Stir in the tofu, soy sauce, and wakame.
    10. Let sit for 5 minutes. While waiting, portion equal amounts of the scallions/chives into the serving bowls.
    11. Stir and ladle the soup into the bowls.

    Serving and Variations

    Miso soup is a fine dish on its own. Add a side of rice to it or add udon noodles to the broth after step 4 to make it a meal.

    As long as you never permit the final product to come to a boil, you’ll enjoy miso soup whenever you want it. I linked the ingredients to their Amazon counterparts if you live in a place where they’re hard to get. One suggestion: keep the miso paste in the freezer. While it’s already fermented, it can mold in the refrigerator after a month or so; in the freezer, it’ll last nearly forever.

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  • Friday Foodblogging: DIY All-Natural Garden Pest Repellant

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    This week, let’s look at a general pest repellant for the garden. I’m a fan of natural solutions when the science behind them is sound. I’m also a fan of making things yourself whenever possible, because that’s the only surefire guarantee that you know what the ingredients are.

    Pest repellant

    The intent of this DIY garden pest repellant is to annoy pests like chipmunks, squirrels, and small insects.

    Ingredients

    • 2 raw, whole jalapeños
    • 2 cloves of garlic
    • 2 leaves of the citronella plant
    • 1 tablespoon of an organic castile soap
    • 100 mL of any clear alcohol, from vodka to rubbing alcohol
    • 750 mL of tap water

    Tools

    • High speed blender
    • Paper towels or coffee filter
    • Funnel
    • Spray bottle

    Directions

    • Put all the ingredients in your blender.
    • Blend on high for 45 seconds.
    • Let sit for 5 minutes.
    • Blend on high again for 45 seconds.
    • Line funnel with paper towels to act as a filter, or use a standard coffee filter.
    • Slowly pour contents through funnel into spray bottle.
    • Spray wherever pests are.
    Pest repellant

    A cautionary note: while none of these ingredients are toxic to humans, they can be irritating. Never blend hot peppers indoors; always blend outdoors in a well-ventilated area. Know which way the wind is blowing and stand upwind.

    You’ll need to re-apply this spray once a week in dry weather and after every rain.

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  • Friday Foodblogging: Low-Calorie Fresh Horseradish Sauce

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    One of my favorite spices is horseradish. I’m not as much a fan of capsaicin-based spice like chili sauces, etc. as I am of allyl isothiocyanate-based spices like horseradish or wasabi. They’re a different type of spice, one I prefer.

    An application I particularly enjoy is horseradish sauce, the sweet, vinegar horseradish blend you often find at steak houses. However, commercially-prepared horseradish sauces tend to either be stuffed with cream or sugar (or both), packing on unnecessary calories for what should be a relatively simple condiment.

    Instead of buying, why not make your own? Here’s how.

    Ingredients

    • 1 fresh horseradish root, approximately 8 ounces/226g
    • 1 cup (236 mL) of apple cider vinegar
    • 1/4 teaspoon (1.2 mL) pure stevia powder

    Equipment

    • A high speed blender or food processor
    • A vegetable peeler
    • A knife

    Directions

    Only do this in a well-ventilated place, preferably outside. Isothiocyanates are potent, powerful chemical and when you grind horseradish, you release them all at once, creating a homemade mustard gas. Doing this in an enclosed place exposes you to the vapors, and you’ll end up crying and choking on the fumes. Ventilate!

    The moment that you begin to grind/blend horseradish, the chemical reaction that creates “heat” – spiciness – begins. To shut it down, we use a strong acid, the vinegar. If you like horseradish sauce that’s mild, follow this recipe:

    1. Peel the horseradish root, removing the exterior.
    2. Chop the horseradish root into approximately 1/2 inch/1 cm cubes.
    3. Put the horseradish cubes in the blender/food processor with the vinegar and stevia powder.
    4. Chop/blend until finely mashed.
    5. Remove carefully and store in an airtight container.

    If you like horseradish sauce that’s hot and spicy, follow this recipe:

    1. Peel the horseradish root, removing the exterior.
    2. Chop the horseradish root into approximately 1/2 inch/1 cm cubes.
    3. Put the horseradish cubes in the blender/food processor with the stevia powder. Depending on how strong your blender is, you might need to add a bit of water.
    4. Chop/blend until finely mashed.
    5. Wait for 2-3 minutes.
    6. Add the vinegar and blend again.
    7. Remove carefully and store in an airtight container.

    Nutritional Information & Use

    An entire cup of apple cider vinegar has approximately 51 calories per cup/239g; a tablespoon/14.9g of it has 3 calories. 226g of horseradish has approximately 80 calories. Stevia has no calories.

    A tablespoon of this sauce has about 6 calories per use, making it extremely low calorie while delivering a lot of flavor.

    Use it on toast instead of butter or jelly; use it on steak, fish, poultry, or even braised tofu. Mix it with a touch of ketchup and enjoy it with shrimp/prawns. Add it inside a grilled cheese sandwich, or drop a tablespoon in a tomato soup.

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    However you like your horseradish, enjoy this fresh, low-calorie sauce!

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  • Friday Foodblogging: Potato Tot Casserole

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    Earlier this week, I shared an analogy for understanding the differences among vision, mission, strategy, tactics, and execution using the example of a casserole. Today, I’ll close the circle by sharing the recipe for the casserole.

    This casserole is amazing for serving to a large group of people. Kids and adults alike enjoy it, and it’s easy to modify with ingredients that fit your diet. You can, for example, make it gluten free, dairy free, vegetarian, vegan, kosher, halal, etc.

    This recipe as written serves 4-6; adjust quantities as needed.

    Ingredients:

    • 2 pound bag of Potato tots, your preferred brand of potatoes
    • Vegetable selection of your choice, fresh or frozen
    • Chopped/shredded protein of your choice; I use vegetarian breakfast sausage, but ground turkey/beef/etc. would be equally appropriate
    • 1 can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
    • 1 bag of shredded cheese
    • 1 tin of fried onion topping
    • Various herbs and spices, salt and pepper
    • Cooking oil/spray or butter
    • Aluminum foil

    Tools:

    • Potato masher
    • Spatula
    • Knife
    • 9 x 13 casserole dish (or any large pan, even a cake pan or pie tin)
    • Oven or indirect heat source capable of reaching 400F/204C

    Directions:

    • Heat oven to 400F/204C.
    • Apply oil/spray/butter in a uniform thin layer around the inside of the casserole dish.
    • In a large casserole dish, place 20-30 Potato tots in the bottom.
    • Cook Potato tots until lightly browned.
    • Remove casserole dish from oven and use potato masher to crush them into a smooth layer covering the bottom of the dish, like a pie crust.
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    • Add a layer of protein on top of the crust.
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    • Add a layer of vegetables on top of the protein.
    • If you prefer a specific herbal profile, sprinkle the herbs and spices on.
    • Add a layer of onion topping.
    • Pour the mushroom soup on top of everything. Using a spatula, smooth it out as a thin layer.
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    • Add the remaining Potato tots on top of everything.
    • Add the cheese on top of the Potato tots.
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    • Tear off a large sheet of aluminum foil and spray/oil liberally on one side.
    • Place the oiled side on the food and cover the casserole dish.
    • Bake for 20 minutes if you started with fresh vegetables, 35 minutes if you started with frozen.
    • Remove the foil, then bake for an additional 5 minutes to brown the topping. If you use a convection oven, monitor closely.
    • Let stand and cool for 5 minutes, then serve.

    When done, it should look something like this:

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    The order of the ingredients is somewhat important; we want to have the vegetables as close to the middle of the casserole as possible. This permits the protein to cook and the Potato tot layers to crisp a bit without overcooking the vegetables.

    Enjoy!

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  • Friday Foodblogging: Hot Salad

    Grilled hot salad

    Salad isn’t always the most exciting thing to eat. It’s healthy, to be sure, but not always as savory or rich as we’d like – at least not without losing all the health benefits.

    A hot salad is one way to deliver a bit more punch to the dish without overloading on high calorie dressings. It delivers a nice grilled flavor while still being healthy.

    You’ll need a barbecue and a frying/sauté pan, as well as a large metal bowl.

    Ingredients

    • 1 onion, sliced
    • 1 bell pepper, sliced
    • 1/2 head cauliflower, thickly sliced
    • 1 head of broccoli, thickly sliced
    • 1 bag or 4 cups of uncooked spinach, dry
    • Garlic salt
    • Non-stick Cooking spray
    • Optional: peeled uncooked shrimp

    Directions

    Spray broccoli and cauliflower with cooking spray on both sides of each slice.

    Lightly salt with garlic salt.

    Put the thick slices of broccoli and cauliflower on the grill over very high heat. Cook them like burgers, turning every 3 minutes or so until the stem is softened and a few fringes are blackened. I find this takes about 12 minutes total. Place in the metal bowl.

    Once blackened on the edges, spray, salt, and put the onions and bell peppers on. Cook those similarly; I find they take only 6 minutes (3 minutes per side). Place in the metal bowl.

    Spray the frying pan with cooking spray and add the spinach. Toss over high heat until the spinach is wilted but not cooked thoroughly; you still want a vibrant green leaf. Once done, put in the metal bowl. This takes less than a minute usually. If you’ve got shrimp, repeat this step with shrimp.

    Place the metal bowl on the grill over low heat and toss vigorously to reheat all contents to roughly the same temperature. Mix, add additional garlic salt or other non-fat dressings (balsamic vinegar or lemon juice are both quite nice) and serve while hot.

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