Archive for the 'Crying out for a makeover' Category

Meat loaf without the meat

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

Yves Good Ground is the best vegetarian ground beef substitute I’ve found. I’m not a huge fan of ground beef to begin with, so my tastes are a little biased. People who are hardcore carnivores may find this a little alien-tasting. Lean ground round or ground turkey can be substituted for the veggie ground, though [...]

Would you like fries with that?

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

You can have a burger without fries… but it’s not nearly as much fun. I’m a huge fan of Burgerville’s Sweet Potato Fries, but I think I might actually like these better. Not only do they pair well with turkey burgers, they’re delicious with roasted chicken or a pork tenderloin, too.
Spicy Sweet Potato Wedges
(Via Cooking [...]

Yes, *that* US Weekly

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Confession time: I got this idea from an US Weekly interview with Jessica Simpson’s personal trainer. It’s an easy trick and shaves around 100 calories off a typical burger. Ready for it?
Only eat half the bun.
It’s brilliant. I love open-face sandwiches: hot browns, turkey, cranberry and mashed potato, chicken a la king. So why not [...]

Give a cheer for the girls who drink the beer, in the cellars of good ol’ Chi-O

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

Here’s another one from my college days…
Back in college, we were jealous of the girls from the Gamma Phi Beta house. Our jealousy didn’t have anything to do with who won the Homecoming carnival or who was pinned to which dreamy Sig Ep — it had everything to do with Oprah Winfrey.
See, everything prepared by [...]

“She is crying out for a makeover”

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

When I was in college, I discovered California Pizza Kitchen. The restaurant had been around for quite awhile at that point, but I (being the sort of person perpetually trying to drop five pounds for sports) never saw the inside of one until college. The pizza was decent, but it was the Chicken Tequila Fettuccine [...]

Basic Dining for the Basic Bachelor