I was clicking around on Amazon the other week and somehow it lead me to this new cookbook. As I've mentioned before, years ago I did the Abs Diet with great success. I've half-heartedly tried it a few times again without any real results, but when I saw this cookbook I knew I wanted to try it out again.
It's not really hard to create meals that are Abs Diet friendly. The diet provides you with a list of foods that you should eat on a regular basis. They are part of the power foods. I believe its something like each meal should have at least 3 power foods and each snack should have one. But, since I'm easily sidetracked with unhealthy recipes like jalapeno popper quiche or milky way cookies, I need the option to flip through a nice healthy cookbook and pick my dinner choices that way.
Seafood Stew
Source: The New Abs Diet Cookbook, p. 157
Servings: 6
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Ingredients:
1. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, pepper and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until slightly softened.
2. Add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, wine, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, crushed red pepper flakes and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and let simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add the scallops, shrimp and clams. Return to a boil and boil for 6-8 minutes or until the scallops are tender and the shrimp are pink.
4. Stir in the baby spinach and cook for 1 minute more.
This soup has 3 power foods; olive oil, shrimp and spinach. It was a bit too acidic for my taste. I think I'd like it better with half of the tomato sauce and more water, even though that would make it more soup-like than a stew. Otherwise, the flavors went together really nicely and its one of those foods that fills you up quickly so you don't end up eating too much.
It's not really hard to create meals that are Abs Diet friendly. The diet provides you with a list of foods that you should eat on a regular basis. They are part of the power foods. I believe its something like each meal should have at least 3 power foods and each snack should have one. But, since I'm easily sidetracked with unhealthy recipes like jalapeno popper quiche or milky way cookies, I need the option to flip through a nice healthy cookbook and pick my dinner choices that way.
Seafood Stew
Source: The New Abs Diet Cookbook, p. 157
Servings: 6
Printer Friendly
Ingredients:
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 red pepper, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 28 oz. tomato sauce
- 28 oz. diced tomatoes, not drained
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/2 lb. scallops
- 1/2 lb. shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 10 oz. baby clams, drained
- 2 1/2 cups baby spinach
1. Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, pepper and garlic and cook for 5 minutes or until slightly softened.
2. Add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, wine, parsley, Worcestershire sauce, crushed red pepper flakes and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and let simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add the scallops, shrimp and clams. Return to a boil and boil for 6-8 minutes or until the scallops are tender and the shrimp are pink.
4. Stir in the baby spinach and cook for 1 minute more.
This soup has 3 power foods; olive oil, shrimp and spinach. It was a bit too acidic for my taste. I think I'd like it better with half of the tomato sauce and more water, even though that would make it more soup-like than a stew. Otherwise, the flavors went together really nicely and its one of those foods that fills you up quickly so you don't end up eating too much.
I love seafood, and putting it in stew for the cold winter days is just a win/win for me. I'll take your advice and use less tomato sauce!
ReplyDeleteYou can try adding a pinch of sugar. That is a known trick to reduce acidity in tomato sauce.
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