RECIPE: Rec: Grilled Tuna and Veggie Stir Fry

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richard-in-cincy

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I'm doing the Dr. Oz "You on a diet" and came up with this recipe for dinner tonight. It was quite tasty.

BTW, anyone else trying Dr. Oz? I'm just starting out on it but so far I feel GREAT! I just couldn't do low carb any more. I love having the whole grains and fruits that I missed so much on Low carb. Anyway...

I just whipped this together, so here is the method to the best of my recollection:

Take a tuna steak. Place in a ziplock bag with:

1 tsp. each: sesame oil and wasabe powder

1 tbl. each: grated ginger, chopped garlic

2 tbl. each: sake, low sodium soy sauce, rice wine vinegar

Marinate for several hours in the fridge, suck the air out of the bag to enclose the tuna in the marinade.

Remove tuna and drain. Reserve marinade. Grill over very high heat to crust and brown, but leave the inside to your liking. I like it red.

Serve atop stir fry veggies and whole wheat pasta or brown rice.

"Green" Stir Fry:

1/2 head of cabbage, quick shred cut

1 small head brocolli, stems diced, florets divided

1 green bell pepper, chunks

1 bunch scallions, diced

1-2 green chilies, or more to your taste

1 cup diced celery

8 cloves smashed and diced garlic

1/3 cup minced ginger

Toss in a wok or large saute pan with 1 tbl. canola oil. Add 1/2 cup water and cover to steam. Remove lid and stir fry over high heat to brown. Just before it is finished, pour the marinade over, stir to distribute into the veggies and reduce the liquid.

Cook whole wheat pasta shape of your choice (I used tri-color raddiatore.).

Place drained pasta in bowl according to your hunger/dietary needs.

Top with a layer of veggies.

Sprinkle with cashews.

Sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

Arrange slices of grilled tuna on top.

This was a very delicious dinner. Enjoy.

 
Here is the web site.

it just makes so much sense for me on so many levels. I'm eating whole foods. I buy whole unadulturated whole wheat, oats, barley, rice and use them for breakfast cereals, pilafs, etc. That's combined with lots of fruits and veggies, nothing processed, no transfats, or white anything. Very little red meat, protein in the form of fish, poultry, nuts, beans, soy, etc. In some ways it is very similar to the low carb as the carbs in the diet are complex and low glycemic, but it's a whole lifestyle approach that I like: no scales, no weighing, no calorie counting, combined with eating whole foods, exercise, yoga and stretching. I'm plowing through the book now and it is heavy duty on body science, anatomy, and how the body processes fats, proteins, carbs, etc. It's more of a lifestyle than a diet since you don't "go on a diet", but are reprogramming your life. You eat when you're hungry and manage smaller meals, but never denying hunger. That's as easy as eating some nuts or some other snack between meals.

I've just started into this and have a lot to learn, but I think that's the very high top level intro. I'm still learning and reading the book, ramping up as it were, but I feel so energized (and I believe it's from eating all these amazing whole grains, nuts, vegetables, fruits, legumes, etc.). And I sneaked onto the scale this morning to just take a peek and I dropped 5 pounds in a week with no calorie counting. Yay!

http://www.realage.com/doctorCenter/YouOnADiet/entry1.aspx?v=2&cbr=YDGGLE17

 
Thanks for posting, I just bought the book and

I think it makes a lot of sense too. smileys/smile.gif Low carb is tough, but it gives you a good jumpstart (fast weight loss) to then go on to a more rounded, healthy way of eating like Dr Oz suggests. Good for you!!

 
Pancakes

And I even had pancakes for breakfast last Saturday before I spent the day fighting the garden. I used whole wheat farina, oat flour, wheat germ, ground flax seeds, oat bran, and wheat gluten with cinnamon, almonds, ripe bananas, golden raisins, and yogurt. I topped these with about a tbls. of pure maple syrup and a squiggle of honey to taste, then slathered them with vanilla yogurt, and topped with sliced bananas. I did three cakes in layers and it looked like a decadent torte sitting on the plate. I felt like a kid in a candy store finally having pancakes again.

 
I use Barilla whole grain spaghetti, Ang

It falls short of "regular" pasta in flavor but I have used it for a while and gotten used to it. I do put flavorful sauces over it to "mask" it though- I will admit to it! I've gotten to the point where I look forward to eating it.

 
For the record, the Barilla Plus line is not 100% whole grain - it includes

both durum flour and semolina, which is refined durum flour, and the bran and germ have been removed from both. All the other grains are whole, however, plus it includes some legume flour.

 
Apparently, my post cannot be read. So, as I was saying, Barilla Plus

contains durum flour and semolina, which is refined durum wheat flour. The bran and germ have been removed from both. The rest of the grains included are whole, however, plus it contains legume flour.

 
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