My Latest and Greatest Toy....

The Mortar and Pestle! This thing is FABULOUS! It will make crushing up almods for baking, corn flakes for fauz-frying, and anything else you can imgine easier and more fun! Sure, anyone can pop those things in the food processor, but only a true cook, a healthy cook, knows how to use her mortar and pestle!

My first game, crush the garlic! I made a garlic paste out of Garlic Cloves and Salt tonight for our Chicken Terriyaki! I just placed a dab of Almond Oil in a saute pan, added in the Chicken over a medium-high heat, and threw in a few swigs of Terriyaki Sauce to cook together while I minced and ground my Garlic Cloves in the mortar and pestle! So fun! I also let White Rice steam while the chicken was cooking as well; HOWEVER, you should definitely use a Whole Grain (brown rice) in place of the white rice. That way you get all the nutrients that are packed into the Whole Grain rice and delpeted from the White Rice. Unfortunately, I just served up empty carbs and calories and no nutrients tonight with the white rice!

If you're not a big rice fan, like me, this chicken is amazing over a bed of Shredded Lettuce with a touch of Catalina Dressing. I was so hungry and it was so yummy I didn't even stop to think about a picture until after it was all gone (LOL).

The dinner was good, not as exciting as that Pork Tenderloin turned out to be, but it was still fabulous! Dusty even helped me cook! I give him credit for keeping the chicken from burning while I played with my new toy! :) Again, I forgot to take a picutre before, so these shots are from AFTER everyone dug into the dinner (LOL).