Halibut with brocoli and tomato, roasted red pepper soup

I decided that I am going to make dinner more interesting, so I bought some cookbooks. In Back in Skinny Jeans, I talked about not using the word "diet" any more. The word depresses me. Instead, we'll use the phrase, "I'm on a menu." Now that makes eating, during the muffin top demolition, sound more fun.

When I cook, I like to be creative. I'll start out with a base recipe and change some of the ingredients. Tonight for dinner, I used The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook. These are the recipes I used:

• Asparagus with Hazelnut Gremolata. I replaced Asparagus with baby broccoli from Trader Joes, and replaced the parsley with marjoram. I can't stand parsley ;-(
• For soup, I got the Trader Joe's Tomato with Roasted Red Pepper soup, and then added some black pepper, about 8 shakes of Tabasco sauce, and two grabs of Whole Foods Shredded 3-cheese blend:fontina, Parmesan, and asagio.
• For the fish, I used Whole Foods frozen Halibut. Fresh fish at WF is real yummy, but real expensive, so I got the frozen steaks. It was equally dee-lish. I breaded the fish with cornmeal, flour, hazelnuts from the Broccoli recipe, and some Whole Foods Shredded 3-cheese blend. I sauteed the fish in canola oil and a pat of Plugra European Style salted butter. I really love the flavor and texture of this butter. Again, all Whole Foods stuff.

Tonight's dinner was fantastic, and quick to make. Portions were small but filling.

Comments

[Tanya]

Hi!
My name is Tanya and i want to get skinny and beautiful. I am just 12 so I would like to get skinny now then later cuz i dont want people to tease me in high scool so if u have some ideas please write me back on my e-mail: sweetytani@hotmail.com.

Thank you very much Tanya

[Stephanie Quilao]

Hi Tanya,

Thank you for visiting the blog. I have to say for 12, I understand that you want to fit in and be popular. We all do. But, my advice to you is to focus on the things that make you special like your talents, what you do well in school, and developing what interests you. Obviously you like blogs, so the more you learn about how technology works, the more you will get a big leap in your future. Trust me when I tell you that the boys worth liking wlll be the ones who like you for your talents, passion, and values. The ones pressuring you to be thin and pretty are not worth pining after. You can ask any "old" lady like myself and they'll tell you the same thing ;-)