Veal Chops with Red Pepper Butter & Orange Carrot Puree

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This is a great date night meal. Looks impressive, but it’s really not hard at all.

Red Pepper Butter:
5 medium red bell peppers
small bunch fresh parsley
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Pollo Sorrentino

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Sounds intimidating, doesn’t it? Say it with me…”Po-yo Sorr-ren-tin-o”. Yup, but it’s not. It’s pretty simple, no fancy technique needed.

1 medium-large eggplant
2 whole chicken breasts (about 1 lb. total)
1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs
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Cheese and Basil Pork Chops

Filed under Dinner by on November 30, 2006 at 10:11 pm {no comments}

Another example of “easy, but impressive”

4 pork chops (about 6 oz. each)
4 oz. part-skim mozzarella cheese
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Chicken Fettuccine Tequila

Filed under Dinner by on November 30, 2006 at 10:06 pm {no comments}

The most important aspect of this recipe is to make sure that you buy enough tequila and limes! You’ll only need two shots and one lime for the food, but you also need to reward the cook, right??

1 lb. boneless chicken breast
1/4 lb. cooked shrimp
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Thai Chicken Pizza

Filed under Dinner by on November 30, 2006 at 10:03 pm {no comments}

Pizza:
2 boxes Jiffy Pizza Dough
Cornmeal, semolina or flour for handling
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Grilled Shrimp with Pesto

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1 lb. shrimp (cleaned & deveined)
6 Italian tomatoes
1 bunch fresh basil
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Basil Chicken

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4 chicken breasts
4 slices Cheddar or Jack cheese
4 slices smoked ham
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### UPDATE: March 20, 2012 ###
Over the course of the last couple of months, I've really gotten into this whole Paleo diet thing. I'll be putting up more info soon, as well as some of my new favorite paleo recipes. But to each his own, so it's not like I'm gonna take down all of the existing 40-30-30 recipes.
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A couple of years ago, I started following a 40/30/30 diet plan (aka "Zone Diet"). In the beginning, I had a lot of trouble putting together meals that had the right proportions. For one thing, I had "The Nut Problem". It seemed like every other Zone recipe that I found would end in something like "Eat with 18 peanuts on the side" or "Add 5 almonds".

Now don't get me wrong, I like nuts. They're healthy, and they make a convenient snack. But the problem is that Read more