Brute Eats

[BendtheBar]

Eggs with chorizo scrambled?

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Eggs with chorizo scrambled?

Yep. Its pork chorizo, so there's enough fat in it to cook the chorizo first, then pour the eggs over it and scramble them without needing anything extra to keep them from sticking. I'm thinking of dicing some rutabaga and pre-cooking it to give them a potato-ish addition.

[bruteforce]

So
Much
Food


Normal day until dinner, eggs, bacon, tuna, the normal sort of thing. Dinner was a re-working of the cauli-crust pizza. Never before have I been full off half a pizza. The slices were able to be held this time, though a bit wobbly. More experimentation soon.

Crust
1 cauliflower
1/2 cup grated parmesan
1 1/2 cups shredded mozzarella
1 egg
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tbsp crushed red pepper
1 tbsp oregano
1 tbsp basil

Toppings - This is what I used tonight. Feel free to use your own imagination for toppings. Its hard to go wrong, its pizza.
1 pound italian sausage
1 small onion
1 bell pepper
some mushrooms
lots of pepperoni
mozzarella
a little pizza sauce

Cut cauli into chunks and microwave on high for 7 minutes.
Using an immersion blender, puree the cauliflower completely
<Here is the magic part>
Take a cheese cloth, dump the cauliflower into it, and squeeze out as much water as you can. You may want rubber heat proof gloves as the water coming out is darn hot.

Now, dump the cauliflower mash back into the bowl, add other ingredients, and blend again. Place on parchment papered baking sheet into an oven pre-heated to 400°F. Bake for 30-40 minutes.

Remove from oven. Smear sauce over the crust, but not a whole lot or it will get soggy. Add other toppings, place back in oven until cheese melts. I pre-cooked all the toppings while waiting for the crust, this makes things go a lot faster and ensures that the crust won't burn while waiting for everything else to heat through.

[bamazav]

Looks great. I need to finds recipe for low carb crust, yours is lower fat than mine but looks tasty.

[BendtheBar]

That crust is intriguing me. How's it's taste?

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by bamazav

Looks great. I need to finds recipe for low carb crust, yours is lower fat than mine but looks tasty.

Well now I want to hear your recipe!

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

That crust is intriguing me. How's it's taste?

Taste is pretty good. Its certainly not a flour based crust, but I like it well enough that I would consider eating it as a side "bread" for pasta dishes as well. The tricky part so far is getting it cooked enough but not too much. Next time I may move the pan higher up in the oven, it was pretty close to the bottom this time.

[bruteforce]

No pictures tonight, because I ate all the chicken immediately.

Went through about 24 oz of pork roast for breakfast and lunch.

Dinner: Chicken w/ Mediterranean Penne
Chicken:
4 breasts, cut into 1/2 inch or so pieces
3 tbsp butter
oregano salt garlic basil (around 1 tsp each)
2 tbsp lemon juice

Penne
1 box (10.5 oz) Dreamfields Penne
8 cherry tomatoes, quartered
7 oz feta, crumbled
1 bunch fresh basil
3/4 cup olives (quartered)
1 tsp crushed red pepper
1 tsp dried oregano
some olive oil for mixing

Cook the chicken in a pan on high heat until cooked through and beginning to crisp on the outside.
While chicken is cooking, boil pasta and mix other ingredients in a large bowl.
Add cooked penne to bowl, mix well.

Serve chicken over pasta. consume.

[BendtheBar]

Feta, need to try. Looks perfect for the Italian salads I make.

[bruteforce]

Back from the MAB meet-up and now I have no excuses left not to get my diet under control. I'm not going to cut though, at least not yet. I'm planning on eating as much as I need to stay sane but dropping my carbs off the face of the earth and letting my body get back into fat burning mode. Yesterday was a prime example of what can be done for 20-30 grams of carbs a day.

4 egg omelet with 1 oz artichoke hearts, mayo, and parmesan cheese

4 eggs, 1 piece bacon -> this was just finishing off the bacon package, the rest was frozen

1 oz marinate mozzarella and a boiled egg

Dinner: Hamburgers, rutabaga fries, and deviled eggs
I had 4 half pound burgers with some pepper jack cheese, 6 egg halves, and about 8 oz (pre cooked weight) of rutabaga. 2 more burgers about 2 hours later

Lost 2.2 pounds in 24 hours.

[bamazav]

Originally Posted by bruteforce

Well now I want to hear your recipe!

Low Carb Pizza Crust. It is so good that my carb craving family ate it up and asked for more.