International week

Stephanie has been on a roll this week. Sunday night we had vieja ropa, a Cuban stew. Monday night we had an Asian medley with kimchi, mondu, mabo sauce, and rice. Tonight – after going to Weight Watchers meeting – we had a Portuguese soup. Ever since we started going to meetings, Stephanie has been cultivating her culinary skills, taking familiar, not-very-healthy recipes (and recipes from Taste of Home magazine) and Weight Watcher-izing them and finding new, health recipes. She gets recipes off the Weight Watchers Web site (see Web site address above and to the left) and Weight Watchers magazine, from the newspaper, and from Cooking Light magazine. Occasionally she misfires with these new concoctions, but usually everything is great, and sometimes she hits the ball out of the park. She’s also found ways to use items we buy at Choi’s Asian market in Linden. This has been a blessing for our weight loss and a blessing for our palette. Tomorrow night we’ll be eating at church, but I can’t wait to taste what she’s cooked Thursday night