Flair , Food , and YOU!!

Yep you heard me right , Flair , food and YOU!!
the way to a man or woman's heart is through the stomach , and lets all admit it , we already know this
So what do we do about it with Gastric Bypass or LapBand? Why we do what we do every time pinky, We take over OUR world!!! We adapt and modify and make the food work for us and not the other way around. We just need to look at it and probably just tweak it a bit here or there {theworldaccording to eggface is a great example}
Mich and my philosophy on food has become something , maybe a bit unusual, we believe that due to the decision we have made we have become more food snobs then food gluttons. The concept in gluttony was to eat whatever it was , tasting good till we exploded err sorry we gained so much we look like we exploded especially me. Were as a food snob will EAT only what tastes good and enough of it to satisfy , rather then quantity , its become all about quality.
Thats were the flair part of it comes in, if you are going to spend the time cooking , make it GOOD not just in taste , but in visual style as well. Pleasing to the pallet, pleasing to the eye , makes your mind and pouch happy happy so you are happy!
Here's a good one to look at a tweak for , simple and easy to work with

Devil's Steak Sauce
By: Bernard Montgomerie
"A brilliant steak sauce that really brings out the flavor of any type of grilled steak. It's best with eye fillet or Scotch steaks. Raspberry jam is the wildly inventive twist that really makes this sauce unique




Original Recipe Yield 1 /2 cup

4 servings

Ingredients

2 tablespoons raspberry jam
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
2 tablespoons malt vinegar
5 drops hot pepper sauce
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Directions

1. In a saucepan over high heat, blend raspberry jam, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, tomato sauce, malt vinegar, hot pepper sauce, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes, or until

Serving Size 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories 62
Calories from Fat < 1
% Daily Value
Total Fat 0g < 1 %
Saturated Fat 0g < 1 %
Cholesterol 0mg 0 %
Sodium 232mg 9 %
** Potassium 111mg 3 %
Total Carbohydrates 15.9g 5 %
Dietary Fiber 0.1g < 1 %
Protein 0.1g < 1 %
Sugars 14g

not bad but look at the sugar

here's a little tweak



* Splenda Brown Sugar Blend, 6.0 tsp (remove)
Jams and preserves, sugar-free, 2 tbsp (remove)
Lea & Perrins, Worcestershire Sauce, 6 tsp (remove)
Tomato Sauce, .1250 cup (remove)
* Balsamic Vinegar, 2 tbsp (remove)
Hot Pepper Sauce, .25 tsp (remove)

and the results

4 Servings

Amount Per Serving
Calories 53.2
Total Fat 0.0 g
Saturated Fat 0.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.0 g
Cholesterol 0.0 mg
Sodium 143.4 mg
Potassium 30.6 mg
Total Carbohydrate 13.0 g
Dietary Fiber 0.3 g
Sugars 10.3 g
Protein 0.3 g

Not a great change , the sugar dropped some, enough tobe worth it , you decide, to me it is and the calories, welllll those only drop about hmmm 7? shrugs it was about the sugar.

And yes the amounts might look weird, but they are the equal to quantity , they were done by a conversion by sparkpeople,com recipe calculator

BTW this got a 5 star rating HERE