Where's the Beef?

My apologies for the significant gap between my previous post and this one. I can explain: You see, this low-calorie diet started off pretty well, but then I began to realize I was basically playing it safe by finding different ways to flavor tilapia and chicken. Sure, I had some salmon (you know, mix it up a bit) and a couple of low-calorie fast food meals (now there's an oxymoron), but there was definitely something missing... Beef.

Now, I love a cow as much as some eastern religions do, but for entirely different reasons. I always thought it'd be nice to raise cattle. Not only is it a lifestyle (I'd finally get to be a real cowgirl), but it's a profitable market. Then I realized I'd probably just eat all my profits, so maybe it's not such a good idea after all.

And are you familiar with Kobe beef? No, not the west-coast beef that wears a purple and yellow jersey and dunks a basketball... I'm talking about the cows that are grass/natural grain fed (even given beer in the UK) and have their back-sides massaged for a more tender, flavorful, melt-in-your-mouth marbled meat. (OK, who else is imagining one of those Chick-fil-A cows in a pair of fuzzy slippers and plush robes at a day spa?)

[Excuse me just a moment...I need to grab a paper towel to wipe off the keyboard. I may have been salivating as I typed.]

So, you can see, there's a serious void that needs filling in my diet. And tonight I decided to take care of that; I found a low-calorie beef teriyaki recipe at allrecipes.com (one of my favorite recipe sites). This recipe was perfect for two reasons:

1) Just look at it. It looks so darn good...all 259 calories of it! (See all that beef in there?)

2) Because it was so low-calorie, I had room for dessert.

Hey...I ALWAYS save room for dessert!