We are still cooking every month for clients of the Bernstein diet. The meals are around 250 calories each and even though they are very low fat they are really tasty and have 1/2 pound of vegetables in every meal.

Bernstein November Menu

Chicken/Turkey
Chicken Curry – Indian style curry with apples, spicy and satisfying!
1 protein, 1 fruit, ½ vegetable

Ginger Chicken Stir Fry – Ginger infused chicken stir fried with fresh vegetables and served over cauliflied rice.
1 protein, 1 vegetable

Veal
Orange Cumin Veal Stew – Veal simmered with onions, mushrooms and celery in an orange infused stock with cumin, allspice and garlic.
1 protein, 1 vegetable, ½ fruit, 1 misc. 1 tbsp tomato paste

Veal Shepherd’s Pie – Veal with green beans, onions and celery under a cauliflower mash.
1 protein, 1 vegetable

Pork
Texican Pork - Pork tenderloin simmered with tomatoes, peppers, onions and texican spices.
1 protein, 1 vegetable, 2 misc. 1/2 tbsp tomato paste, 1/2 tsp Vegeta

Fish/Shrimp

Basil Shrimp - Shrimps with fresh basil, lemon, red peppers and asparagus in cauliflied rice.
1 protein, 1 vegetable

Asian Fish Bake - White fish filet over mixed cauli rice, zucchini, shiitake mushrooms, red peppers and green onions in a tangy Asian sauce.
1 protein, 1 vegetable, 1 misc. tbsp of soy sauce.

Soups
Sweet and Spicy Red Pepper Soup – 1 vegetable, add your own 1 tbsp of FF sour cream

Asian Vegetable Soup  - 1 vegetable

Prices

6 to 23 entrees, no delivery, $10 per meal, soups $5 each with minimum 6 meal purchase

6 soups + 24 entrees, local delivery $250
12 soups + 48 entrees, local delivery $450

Here is 65 pound pig that we roasted in about 3 1/2 hours. We roasted it in a covered roaster that stayed very hot. It took about 100 pounds of charcoal. We started with 40 pounds and then added 20 pounds an hour. We served it with Hawaiian Baked beans (recipe below) and fresh corn. Many of the guests at the pig roast brought amazing appetizers and other salads. We had pasta salad, potato salad, rice salad, bean salad, tuna salad, herring…..Just lots of food.

After dinner our guests settled in to watch the band.

Hawaiian Baked Beans for 50

100 oz can of baked beans

1 pound of cooked bacon

2 large onions, finely diced

3 green peppers, diced

2 cans of crushed pineapple, drained

In a saute pan cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon, chop and set aside. In the same saute pan fry the onion and green pepper until slightly softened. Stir bacon, onions, green peppers and pineapple into the baked beans. Stir to combine and heat in slow oven for one hour.

Bernstein July Menu

Chicken/Turkey

Balsamic Vinegar Chicken with Mushrooms
Chicken simmered in a tomato and mushroom sauce finished with balsamic vinegar.
1 protein, 1 vegetable

Chicken Saag
A mildly spiced Indian dish of chicken simmered with  spinach and tomatoes and finished with fat free sour cream
1 protein, 1 vegetable

Southwest Turkey Chili
Ground turkey with south west spices of cumin, coriander, oregano and chile powder with onions, celery and red peppers.
1 protein, 1 vegetable

Veal

Veal Goulash
Veal with cabbage, tomatoes, paprika and caraway seed
1 protein, 1 vegetable, 1 tbsp FF sour cream

Veal Stew Milano
Veal cubes in an Italian herbed tomato sauce accented with lemon and orange zest.
1 protein, 1 vegetable

Fish/Shrimp

Basil Shrimp
Shrimps with fresh basil, lemon, red peppers and asparagus in cauliflied rice.
1 protein, 1 vegetable

Asian Fish
White Fish  Packet with Soy, Ginger, Dressing and mixed vegetable cauliflied rice
1 protein, 1 vegetable, 1 misc. soy sauce

Soup
Cream of Cauliflower
1 vegetable

Prices

12 servings of soup
48 servings of dinner $450 includes local delivery

6 servings of soup
24 servings of dinners $250 includes local delivery

6 to 23 dinners $10 per meal, no delivery
soup can be purchased for $5 per serving

Not too long ago I spent the day with Jim of Mary’ Gs Artisan Breads Jim’s classes were magical. Brimming with decades of expertise he willingly shares all of his professional secrets. By the end of the day I knew that a wood fired oven was in my future, I just haven’t figured out where I have room for it.

Here are some highlights of my day. Bagels, dough, boiled and baked. There are no better bagels in the world.

Here is Diane with our baguettes. One bite of these babies and you think that you would have died and gone to heaven.

Jim was wonderful. He made me feel like I just might be able to bake like him too!

If you are interested in learning how to bake in a wood fired oven I highly recommend Jim’s course. I am still trying to talk my husband into building one of these castles!