Cookbook Adventure: 3/60

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As part of my cookbook adventure here is recipe 3/60:
coconut banana bread

'T' is for Tomato + recipe 2/60

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As part of my cookbook adventure here is recipe 2/60:
upside-down tomato tart

... as in upside-down tomato tart!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup and 2 tbs. butter, divided
• 1 tbs. honey
• 1 lbs. cherry or grape tomatoes, halved
• 1 clove garlic, diced
• 2 tsp. white wine vinegar
• 1.75c flour, sifted
• 1 tbs.  fresh oregano, chopped
• 5 - 6 tbs. cold water
• salt and pepper to taste

1.) Preheat oven400 degrees.  Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a pan and add honey.  Stir till honey is completely melted and turn off heat.

2.) Quickly add garlic, tomatoes, and white wine vinegar, stirring to coat the tomatoes evenly.  Season with salt and pepper.


3.)  Turn out the cooked tomatoes into a pie pan and spread evenly.


4.) For the pastry, place the flour, salt and oregano into a food processor.  Pulse and slowly add 1/2 cup of chilled butter until mixture looks like breadcrumbs.  Don't over process because you don't want to melt the butter.


5.) Add cold water, tablespoon but tablespoon to bind the flour mixture into a soft dough.  Roll out the dough to the same size as your pie pan and place over tomato mixture.


6.) Bake in the oven for 30 minutes until golden brown.  Rest in the pie pan 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edge and turn out onto a plate.  Sprinkle with more chopped oregano and ENJOY.

Mini-Review
Hmmm.... kind of torn between this recipe.  On one hand, it has MAJOR potential to be something really good but Anthony and I just didn't like it.  I think because the recipe calls for honey and vinegar.  Tomatoes are both sweet and acidic as is so to add MORE of each really made the tart too sweet and acidic.  We tried this again without the honey and used white wine for cooking and it was SOOOO much better!  On the plus side, the herbed crust was delicious!!

First cookbook recipe and updates

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As part of my cookbook adventure here is recipe 1/60:
peanut butter cream cheese cupcakes!

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Busy, busy week but here's an update to what's going on:

Goals for The Agreement (Feb. 5 - May 5, 2011):

45 minutes of exercise/6 days a week
net calories of 1200 - 1400/7 days a week

2/05: 70 min walk/jog and 1352 net calories
2/06: 62 min treadmill and 2165 net calories     $10 to Anthony
2/07: 57 min elliptical and 1213 net cals
2/08: 63 min treadmill and 1303 net cals
2/09: day off and 1568 net cals     $10 to Anthony
2/10: 60 min elliptical and 1398 net cals
2/11: 45 min CLX and 1293 net cals
2/12: 63 min walk/jog and 1865 net cals     $10 to Anthony
2/13: 82 min elliptical and 1265 net cals
2/14: 45 min CLX and 1623 net cals     $10 to Anthony
2/15: 78 min walk and 1395 net cals
2/16: OFF DAY and 1356 net cals

The bad news is right now I'm out $40 but the good news is I'm NOT out $120!!  The Agreement is doing what it's supposed to do and it's keeping me motivated to get moving and watch what I eat.  Still struggling with both sides of my goal but at least I'm moving now!