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  • Spicy Beef With Shrimp & Bok Choy

    Spicy Beef With Shrimp & Bok Choy

    This is a 25-minute-to-make dish that serves 4, each serving only 204 calories. You can serve this over rice noodles or brown rice, or eat it on its own. Shaoxing (or Shao Hsin) is a seasoned rice wine available in most larger supermarkets in the ethnic foods section or in Asian markets. If you can’t find it, you can use  dry sherry as an acceptable substitute. 1/4 cup Shaoxing rice wine 1 1/2 tablespoons oyster-flavored sauce 2 teaspoons cornstarch 4 [...]

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  • Day 46 – The Boy Who Cried Peanut

    Day 46 – The Boy Who Cried Peanut

    206 lbs. A slight uptick in my weight again, but I can feel in my gut that it’s “Beethoven syndrome”. I haven’t had a movement in a while. Due to a funding crunch my diet has been nothing but tuna for the past couple of days, which tends to gum things up. Ah, the life of a low budget film maker… so glamorous! The irony here would be if I were allergic to tuna. Or at least sensitive to it. [...]

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  • Creamy Garlic Pasta with Shrimp & Vegetables

    Creamy Garlic Pasta with Shrimp & Vegetables

    This Italian/middle eastern fusion dish is 385 calories a pop for something filling without inflating. It serves 4, so it’s good for a dinner party or for refrigerated leftovers to take to work. Caution: your burger-eating co-workers may get jealous. 6 ounces whole-wheat spaghetti 12 ounces peeled and deveined raw shrimp (see Note), cut into 1-inch pieces 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and thinly sliced 1 large red bell pepper, thinly sliced 1 cup fresh or frozen peas 3 cloves garlic, [...]

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