Jackpot Daddy: Turkey Bolognese

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Turkey Bolognese

There are so many dinners we have now that I really look forward to and want to label as my favorite. I just have a lot of favorite dinners since we started trying a lot of new dishes. I made Turkey Bolognese last May and my wife used the same recipe to make dinner for us tonight. This is a Cooking Light recipe from myrecipes.com.

Photo by Karry Hosford

My wife and I both love this dish and its hard to keep from stuffing myself... this dish is so delicious. But, I have been careful with portions for many weeks now. I often have a scale on the dinner table so that I can measure out how much I can eat. I don't go hungry, but I try to end each day with about a 500 calorie deficit for the day. It seems to be working as I have lost 35 lbs to date since early April.

About 1 and 1/2 cups of this dish is only 447 calories.

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Welcome to my cooking blog! :)

I didn't start this blog because I am a great cook... I am not.

I do "ok" in the kitchen. I can follow recipes. I have a sense of when things seem to be turning out or not. I can make adjustments on the fly sometimes to save a dish from turning into a bad meal. I do derive satisfaction from cooking a meal that turns out well and for me, a meal turns out well when its healthy and we enjoy eating the food and want more of it and it doesn't take me 3 hours to prepare.

I seem to be pretty lucky in picking dishes to make and having them turn out well and in being able to come up with things my 9 year old daughter will eat. That's how I earned the nickname, "Jackpot Daddy."

I started this blog because family dinners are important to me and making sure we have good food to eat and that we all sit down together for dinner at least four times per week is high on my list of priorities. This blog is a way to share that part of my life with people who know me and to help me keep track of what I have prepared for dinners in the past... very helpful when I am trying to think about what to make and when I made enchiladas last.

Family dinners were a part of my childhood. I think the family dinner is an important and valuable tradition. Its a regularly scheduled event in which we can be with each other as a family.

I generally cook 4 meals per week on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday meals are designed to have leftovers for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Sometimes we go out to dinner on Friday or Saturday but not often.