Ya Win Some, Ya Lose Some

So last night I made Hazelnut and Panko crusted Trout baked in the oven with steamed broccolini with lemon and a microwaved sweet potato (I wanted to bake the sweet potato in the oven but I did not have time).

I had an inspiration and made wasabi sour cream using fat free sour cream, wasabi paste, rice vinegar and lime juice for the sweet potato. It wasn't that great. It didn't suck, but Sam preferred the sweet potato with a dollop (or 2 or 3) of fat free sour cream. (20 calories per 2 tablespoons) Ahhh, ya win some, ya lose some. All in all the meal was still good.

Tonight I make a vegetarian dinner: White Bean Chili with Jalapeno Bulgur. I'm also gonna make a chopped salad of fresh green beans, avocado, celery, red onion, fresh corn, yellow pepper and garbanzos and toss it with a dijon vinagrette. YUM!

I am really trying to make at least one vegetarian dinner a week. I prefer to eat vegetarian and only started eating chicken again in 2008 (hadn't eaten it since 1991). I will never go back to eating red meat. Ever.

One day you must all eat or make Sweet Potato Latkes with wasabi creme fraiche. So amazingly delicious. (And NOT low calorie, these are more for celebrations, not regular consumption!) Sam and I are going to be making them for New Years Day, along with homemade Bloody Mary's that I have a great recipe for from the NYC restaurant The Spotted Pig. (Sounds like a nice way to ring in the new year, no?). I'll also try and make some black eyed peas too, for good luck in 2010. Maybe a nice black eyed pea salad...