Tuna Muffins

I am trying to branch out a little more and try even more GI diet recipes. I basically choose a recipe by its name and tuna muffins never sounded very exciting. Once I actually took the time to read through the entire recipe I learned that these "muffins" were really more like mini meatloaves, made out of tuna of course. The reason why I like this recipe so much is that it is basically made with staples that I have in the kitchen at all times. Tuna, celery, onions, spices, bread and oat bran. It would even be nice to add in some shredded carrots. So this is a good "go to" recipe if you find yourself stuck one night.

SERVED WITH: My favorite mushroom and arugula salad

COOKING TIPS: Let the muffins cool down for a few minutes before removing them from the pan. The tuna muffins don't really stick together as you think they would. I found the best way to get the paper liners off was to place it on the plate, peel down the edges and slide it off the paper onto the plate.

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RATING: A solid 7.

Cocoa Spice-Rubbed Steak

This recipe calls for a top sirloin grilling steak. I don't know enough about steaks to know what the difference is between cuts of beef so I went ahead with their recommendation and purchased what was called for. Unfortunatley the cut of beef was not desirable and I didn't finish my meal. The steak was far to marbelled for my taste. I have nothing bad to say about the rub on the steak. It smelled great and tasted quite flavorful. Next time I would buy a better cut of meat.

If you want to learn the differences between a sirloin steak, filet mignon, and t-bone click on the link below.
Different cuts of beef

SERVED WITH: I served the steak with a side of mushrooms and a delicious salad a good friend of mine served to me for dinner one night at her place. chop up some cucumbers and grape tomatoes, mix them with some crumbled feta and sprinkle a some pumpkin seed over top. Splash the salad with a dressing of equal parts lemon juice and olive oil.

COOKING TIPS: Just grill it up and serve.

RATING: 4. This rating is for the steak only not the side dishes served with it. It got a 4 simply because of the cut of meat.

Coffee and Spice Rubbed Chicken Breasts

Have you guessed what the secret ingredient is in this dish? Coffee! I tried this recipe simply because I thought "how weird" when I read that you coat the chicken in a mixture of spices and COFFEE of all things. I was not disappointed. The GI Diet cookbook created another winner. Check out the first photo above. It's a shot of all the spices just before I mixed them together. There are a lot of different spices in this dish and I couldn't resist taking a picture of all the rich colours.

SERVED WITH: I served this spicy chicken with some nutty brown rice, broccoli and slices of tomato's. A friend of mine recently introduced me to a really delicious new tomato called a "Kumato". If you can find them in your local grocery store I encourage you to try them out. Don't let the funny brownish colour fool you, they are yummy and full of flavor. I made enough chicken so that I would have left overs to chop up and mix into my salad for lunch the next day.



COOKING TIPS: Instead of grilling the chicken I chose to pop the chicken under the broiler. It took about 15 - 20 minutes to cook all the way through. The recipe is easy and straight forward.

RATING: 9. This chicken is spicy and delicious.