SICILIAN MAMA'S JOURNAL

[Joyful Friend]

Thanks, Pam.  LDL has turned back the clock for most of us.  If one will stick with it, it works, and the amazing thing, I am satisfied and not hungry.  The foods are delicious.  I've learned so much about foods from the people who have been on the boards.  I hope you continue blogging on here, SM.  My dh is my top supporter, and he enjoys most of the foods that I fix.  He is healthier because of it.    JF

[Sicilian Mama]

Ugh... needs to eat more!!!

I don't lose when I don't eat... isn't that a funny statement??

[LINDA RN]

Yes, it is funny and you can laugh all the way to the petite store! 

[Bethann]

So great to hear how you are doing and that you are doing so well! 
Take Care!
Beth(Ann)

[cameron]

Good one Linda!

[Sicilian Mama]

LOL... Linda... I'd be happy to just go to the REGULAR store... I'm 5'7' so petite has never been my size... LOL

Tomorrow I start a new semester teaching 2 high school classes and 2 junior high classes how to cook...LDL STYLE.. of course, and they don't even know it!!!  They are gonna be so healthy!!!

[MsHeirloom]

Have a great semester of instilling good habits for a lifetime!  Pam

[cameron]

Good for you SM,  I wish I could come to your classes myself!

[LINDA RN]

Just want to thank you, Sandra for the ABC Nightline TShirt!
DH just called and said I had received a big envelope from ABC nightline.
Naturally curiosity got the better of him and he opened it. It was a thank you for submitting my favorite local chef (that's you, Sicilian Mama!) for a contest they had.
I hope you got one too!
I will take pictures and post when I get home tonight.
He read the "form" letter and it was a nice response. Nice to know they actually read it.

[Sicilian Mama]

Linda...
I'm going to have to think long and hard about when the last time I've been so flattered... it's been a long time...

Just the thought that you thought of ME... for that... is just sending my heart to the outer limits with joy!!!

Thank you....Thank you...,Thank you...

I'd love to read the form letter too!!!

[LINDA RN]

T-Shirt


Letter

Sandra,
You were such an inspiration to me when I first started LDL. Loved reading your comments and loved the recipes you shared. You should have been given the award.

[Joyful Friend]

I agree!!!    JF

[cameron]

This so cool Linda and SM. I love it!

[Sicilian Mama]

I'M.... CRYING.... TEARS.... OF.... JOY.....

Linda... that means SOOOOOOOO much to me....

You have NO IDEA!!!

I love you...

Thank you...

Sandra

[mrsj]

How cool that you did this Linda!  SM, this nomination was well deserved! 
mrsj

[JerrieH]

That was very nice LindaRN.  And, Sandra, I too have so enjoyed your posts and seeing the amazing photos of the yummy foods you were making.  Thanks to you I have been oven roasting many veggies .  They are soooooooo good like that.  Amazing how much better veggies taste when they are oven roasted.  Jerrie

[SweetRose]

I need to try oven roasting my vegetables. What I do is stand there sauteeing them in a skillet. They're really good, but I think the oven-roast method sounds easier.

SweetRose

[witheraway1]

Sweetrose 
It is very good in the oven and easy. Anytime the oven can do it that's for me. We work too hard at other things much less make the fixing hard. Try it and enjoy!

[JerrieH]

Sweet Rose - When  I oven roast, all I do is mix the veggies with some olive oil and sea salt and pepper (sometimes Paula Deens house seasoning - whice is 1/4 c. garlic powder, 1/4 c. pepper, 1 c. salt -- I use sea salt).  That makes a bunch and lasts a long.  Paula Deen has the recipe on her website/Food Network.  Of course, you shouldn't go overboard with the oil since it does have a lot of fat and calories.  I think Silician Mama has quite a few photos posted of things she has oven roasted, i.e., cauliflower, eggplant, etc.; I just roast them at about 400 or 450 degrees until they brown.  That seems to bring out a natural sweetness.  I hope the olive oil is LDL approved.  That's just the way I have been doing it.  Others may do it differently.  But sauteeing is very good too.  Oh, sometimes I also just spray the cookie sheet with Olive Oil Pam Spray and then spray the tops of the veggies and season them, which is lower in calories, but the Pam spray I'm sure wouldn't be as healthy as the olive oil.  Maybe some others on the board have other ideas about how to oven roast.  I hope I'm doing it the LDL approved way.  Jerrie 

[Sicilian Mama]

I roast EVERYTHING!!! Even Celery!!! It's soooooo good!

Olive oil is definitely LDL approved...

My fave is...

Eggplant cubes, baby carrots, TONS of onions, sweet potatoes (for the rest of my family) butternut squash (for me) broccoli, and asparagus... all piled into a large bowl, and seasoned with whatever seasoning speaks to me that day... onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, Zatar seasoning, salt, pepper, maybe a little soy sauce or balsamic vinegar... then place them on baking sheets in a shallow layer and roast at 425 for about 20 minutes...

if you have lots of leftovers... grab or make some stock, and dump the veggies into a food processor (I just bought a Vita Mix, and use it ALL THE TIME) AND MAKE  a delectable roasted veggie soup...

heaven!!!!!