1. Start by preparing the cake. If you choose to use store-bought then you can get started right away, otherwise wait until your cake has cooled before starting to layer the trifle.
2. Prepare your pudding and chill. The instant pudding is recommended because it is easier and faster.
3. Begin your layers. Start with the cake at the bottom so that it provides a base. It makes it easier to serve.
4. Add other layers. Here is the breakdown:
1 – Layer of Cake
2 – Drizzled Caramel Sauce on top of the cake
3 – Layer Vanilla Pudding
4 – Layer 1 Can of Apple Pie Filling
5 – Layer of Cool Whip
Repeat and Top it off with Cool Whip and Caramel and enjoy!
Recipe found with Cookpad (http://cookpad.com/en) by mistyler, cover by clabbergirl; Original url: http://www.allthecooks.com/shrimp-scampi-2.html
INGREDIENTS
1 pound – Shrimp
1 tablespoon – Pure Olive Oil
2 tablespoon – Finely Chopped Garlic
1 1/2 cup – White Wine
1/2 Fresh Lemon (Juice Only)
1 teaspoon – Italian Seasoning Blend
1/2 cup – Butter
1 tablespoon – Fresh Parsley (Chopped Fine)
1 Salt and Pepper (To Taste)
1/2 cup – Fresh Grated Parmesan Cheese
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DIRECTIONS
1. Heat heavy bottomed skillet and add oil. Do not allow oil to smoke.
2. Add shrimp, cook until tender and no longer translucent.
3. Remove shrimp from pan and reduce heat slightly.
4. Add garlic and cook 2-3 minutes. Be careful not to brown garlic as this will produce a slightly bitter flavor.
5. When garlic is cooked, add white wine.
6. Squeeze juice from lemon in pan, and reduce wine by half.
7. After it is reduced, add Italian seasoning blend.
8. Reduce heat to low, and slowly add butter, 1 Tbsp at a time. The butter should slowly melt into the sauce and create a nice creamy texture. If the pan is too hot the butter will separate.
9. Once butter is fully incorporated, add shrimp back into sauce, add parsley, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
10. Serve with garnish of fresh cheese if desired. Scampi is great accompanied by fresh pasta.
Good choices of sides to go with this delicious dish could be Garlic bread or Baked potato. Enjoy!
First of all, here is a list of some of what Coconut milk is a common ingredient for:
Curries
Rice and Peas/Coconut rice
Run down
Pumpkin soup
Coconut cream sauce (often used on fish)
Banana pudding
Coconut ice cream
Trini Callaloo (stew)
Brazilian seafood and stews
Serabi pancakes in Indonesia
What is Coconut milk?
According to Wikipedia, it is the liquid that comes from the grated meat of a brown coconut. It should not be confused with Coconut water. The colour and rich taste of Coconut milk can be attributed to the HIGH OIL CONTENT. Most of the fat is Saturated fat.
Coconut milk has 21g saturated fat per 100g with 230 calories, that is 104% daily value of saturated fat or even 16% per tablespoon! No bueno.
So what do you do if you enjoy some of the dishes above?
Make a sacrifice and avoid them until your fitness goal is obtained or you can afford to have ‘cheat days’ OR substitute the Coconut milk for Almond milk or Skimmed milk, of course knowing the taste would not be as authentic or delicious.
Trying to lose weight from the holidays and getting bored with salads? Mix it up a little. Try the following but also take into account the portions of each food group used. For instance, if you are keeping a low or no sugar diet, you may not want to have chopped mangoes or raisins. But still check the following ingredients out:-
Keep it leafy with lettuce, spinach, arugula, asparagus or string beans.
Add some flavour to your greenswith a fat-free or low-fat vinaigrette or lime juice.
Add some healthy proteinlike tuna, turkey, boiled eggs or boneless, skinless chicken breast.
Add some fibre with chickpeas or quinoa.
Make use of various kinds of nuts such as pecans, walnuts and almonds.
Make it colourfulwith strawberries, black olives, tomatoes, carrots, mango, cranberries, beetroot, purple cabbage or corn.
Top it off with cheese! Grated parmesan or a sharp reduced-fat feta.
Experiment and see which ingredients work best with each other. Salads can be fun!
‘Do a workout that keeps you in one area of the gym’ or just work out at home for January.
Do NOT use your Treadmill for storage, to hang clothes on, or start to consider it as a piece of furniture
Use your Treadmill during Cardio circuits or Interval workouts.
Your Gym clothes are dirty…really?!
No excuses there. Try pajama friendly workouts such as Yoga or a Total body Kettlebell or Dumbbell workout. You could also wash your clothes regularly and not have them pile up in the hamper!
You would rather do housework instead of working out in your room or living room?
Make your workout or exercise fun to take your mind off of housework or reorganising your closet, because clearly it was not fun before. Joining a gym is an option as well. Change your workout environment from time to time.
Having a salad for lunch is not an excuse to skip a workout
Great, you have restricted your calories for the day, but ‘dieting without exercise not only hampers your weight loss, but it can also cause you to lose muscle mass.’ In order to burn fat, tone and get overall results, muscle mass is needed.
This blog was inspired by Calorie Count. For more information and workouts or ideas, check out this article by Exercise Expert, Paige Waehner, ‘Exercise Excuses to Ditch this Year’ from Living Healthy by Calorie Count by clicking on the link below:-
The Spinach and Artichoke Dip from Applebee’s was on point! A warm crock of creamy spinach, tender artichokes, and melted cheeses, served with freshly made Spicy Chipotle Lime Salsa and tortilla chips. Try to make your own as an appetizer for your guests on Christmas Day while they wait for the big dinner.
Monty’s Cafe on Old Hope Road is known for cheap, decent box lunch eats and have now added wraps to their menu like almost all of Jamaica.
First of all, many assume that wraps are healthy. Wrong!  Not all of them for sure. Healthy consists of baked, roasted or grilled, fresh, non-processed cuts of chicken, salmon, steamed fish, turkey or tuna.
All these shrimp and lobster wraps around the place that sound so appealing are high in cholesterol. The plain wraps are full of bad ‘simple’ carbs versus whole grain or whole wheat wraps, keeping in mind they are still all flour and everyone that may have certain goals are not always fully aware of their carbohydrate intake for the day. Let us also not forget the dairy aspect and that cheddar or mozzarella cheeses often used to add taste to the wraps are high in saturated fat (the ‘bad’ fat). Sometimes the amounts used are just added for taste, not considering portion control. Please ‘healthy’ restaurants, bring on the fresh, grated parmesan and reduced fat feta.
With all that said, Monty’s Cafe took the cake. I saw a Chicken wrap they sent to someone and I was appalled. It was a small, plain tortilla that consisted of FRIED chicken, lettuce and one or two pieces of tomato with a horrible salad dressing all over the lettuce for $425JMD. The customer was told it came with a salad, which to their disbelief was a toothpick with a piece of tomato and a shred of lettuce rolled up. Seriously?! A 5 year old could do better. Notice there is no picture? SuGa’s LCD screen has already cracked twice. Precaution necessary. I hope nobody makes the mistake of buying such a disaster. Some places should just stick to chicken and rice and peas.
It seems so simple. Souvlaki may be made with meats such as beef, lamb, pork and fish as well. Since the costs of their dishes are so high, perhaps they should consider putting this one on the menu.
See the recipe for Chicken Souvlaki below:
Ingredients
7 Chicken Breast
Marinade
4 tablespoon – Olive Oil
1 tablespoon – Oregano
1 teaspoon – Garlic Powder
1/2 teaspoon – Garlic Salt
1/3 teaspoon – Onion powder
1 pinch – Pepper
3 medium – Lemon juice
1 pinch – Thyme
1 pinch – Rosemary
1 teaspoon – Paprika
1 dash – Bay Leaves
Directions
1. Mix all the marinade ingredients in a blender. Then cut the chicken into little 1 inch pieces. Marinade for an hour.
2. Add the meat to the skewers.
3. Heat the pan with olive oil
4. Add the skewers and cook about 3-4 mins each side (depends on the meat)
