So I tried my hand at some crockpot beef stroganoff served with mashed turnips last night. The turnips came out nommy (though Skyspook is going to have to be exposed to turnips many times before he enjoys them, I think - never had them before), but the stroganoff... well... I'd give it a D grade. We could have eaten it but didn't want to waste the calories. My food experiment cost us about $5, and I know what I did wrong and how to make it better next time.
Here's a good rule of thumb: When a recipe writer asks you to use an inordinate amount of mayo or mustard, it's probably going to come out ooky.
2 tbsp of Dijon mustard in stroganoff? Really?
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We scrapped dinner, and Skyspook made us some mini quesadillas out of leftover taco beef he'd made earlier in the week. They were quite tasty, and later I made us some microwave chocolate cakes (this time with cream cheese swirl!) with peanut butter frosting.
Yeah, we suffer terribly on our low-carb, low-calorie diet.
Eating 1000 to 1500 calories a day of low-carb food - and looking sexy doing it.
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