Game 11 Baked Fries & Homemade Ketchup Packers @ Eagles

Game 11

Baked Fries & Homemade Ketchup

Packers @ Eagles

Pregame

Monday night football in Philly should be a good game.  Can the Packers win? Now their backs are to the wall and probably have to win the remaining 6 games to make the playoffs.  They'll have to do without their two starting linebackers but they will get back Damarius Randall.  Look for Clay Matthews to probably get some snaps inside.  Philly is a tough place to play and Carson Wentz has played great most of his rookie seasons far.  

Recipe

Baked Fries & Homemade Ketchup

Recipe by High Carb Hannah

Ingredients:

4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut lengthwise into strips

1 tsp each:  onion powder, garlic powder, paprika

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.  Place fries in a large bowl and toss with spices.  Arrange fries on a pan prepared with parchment paper.  Bake for 30 minutes or until cooked through.  Top with nutritional yeast for extra flavor if you like.

Homemade Ketchup

1/2 cup water

1 (6oz) can tomato paste

4 Medjool dates, soaked in water for 1 hour

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp dried oregano

Blend all of the ingredients on high until smooth.  Refrigerate for up to one week in an airtight container.

Health Tip

This recipe was from High Carb Hannah.  You can visit her website Raw Till Whenever to find out her full story.  She has lost 70+ pounds in 2 years by first following Dr. John McDougall's book The Starch Solution eating a lot of potatoes. Along her journey she has developed her own recipes and system that has helped many lose weight.  

She has a new ebook out called Lean and Clean that you can purchase and save 10% by using the code "mrsplant".  Check out Mrs. Plant's blog if you want to see great examples of some of the recipes in the book.

Game Recap

Packers win 27-13!!

The skid has finally halted.  The Pack came to play and maintained their intensity for the full 60 minutes.  They had long time consuming drives that put them up by 11 minutes in time of possession.  Aaron Rodgers was terrific, they ran the ball when they had too but the receivers were the stars of the game, making great catches with only a few drops.  The defense did get an interception but just played average.  But average is all they need to play when the offense is clicking.

Hopefully they can recreate this model for the last 5 games and sneak into the playoffs where anything can happen.  Back home this coming weekend against the Texans and it is already predicted to be about 34 degrees at game time.

Until next week, be well

David

Game 8 Cheezy Fries Colts @ Packers

Game 8

Cheezy Fries

Colts @ Packers

Pregame

The Pack is back at home for 1 game before heading out on the road for 3 games.  It's important to win this one since they won't get back to Lambeau till December and the Colts and playing pretty awful right now.  Andrew has a horrific offensive line right now that has given up 31 sacks in the just the 1st half of the season.  They can score points but the defense is not very good.  If the Pack play like they did in Atlanta, they should win by 2 touchdowns.

The Pack will get back Quinten Rollins, Randall Cobb, and Ty Montgomery which should help.  Corey Linsley will also be back starting at center but replacing JC Tretter due to injury who had done a great job up to this point.  Having two great starting centers on the roster is a great problem to have.

Recipe

Cheezy Fries

by Debra Byczek

Ingredients:

Russet potatoes

Tomatoes

Red onion

Green onion 

"Bacon" Bits(see Mrs. Plant's link for recipe)

Quick Cashew Queso (see Mrs. Plant's link for recipe)

Steps:

Slice the Russet potatoes lengthwise and place them on a baking sheet that has been covered with a silicone slip mat or a piece of parchment paper.  Sprinkle with black pepper and garlic powder.  Bake in the oven at 450 degrees for about 20-30 minutes depending on the size of your potatoes.

Once the potatoes are done arrange them on your plate and generously top with the Quick Cashew Queso.  Sprinkle your favorite toppings on.  We used "Bacon" bits, tomatoes, red onion, and green onion tops.  You can garnish them with your favorite toppings.

"Bacon" Bits

(TVP, Liquid Smoke, Salt, Water)

Russet Potatoes sprinkled with black pepper and garlic powder

Quick Cashew Queso Ingredients

(Roasted Red Bell Pepper, Cashews, Nutritional Yeast, Miso, Lemon Juice, Black Pepper, Chili Powder, Onion Powder, Cumin, Cayenne Pepper, Salt, Almond Milk)

Yummo!!

Health Tip

Want more great delicious plant-based recipes?  Check out our friend Amy Johnson's site Mrs. Plant in Texas.  On her site you can find hundreds of oil free, low fat, whole food plant based recipes.  

Amy was sedentary and overweight with Type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, etc. After watching the movie Forks Over Knives in 2012, her family went plant based overnight.  After 3 months, she was off the medications she was taking 3 times a day, reversed her diabetes, lowered her cholesterol, and started to lose weight.  Now she has lost over 50 lbs and even ran her first 5K at 51! (more about Mrs. Plant)

Amy also has an Education tab on her website that is full of blogs, videos, and audio with cooking, health, and lifestyle tips.

Game Result

Packers lose 31-26!

Well, there's not much to say about this one other than they totally blew it!  For all the good plays they made, they gave up more bad ones. 

Especially memorable bad play included:

• Giving up a 99 yd touchdown on the opening kickoff
• Only scoring 3 points on the 1st 2 drives
• After finally getting an interception they missed a FG
• Scoring only 3 points in the 2nd & 3rd qtr
• Inability if the defense to make a stop on 3rd down on the Colt's last drive

They looked like they actually were going to make a comeback but the defense couldn't make a stand when they needed to.  The defense also should have been able to sack Luck way more than 2 times.

Off to Tennessee next week for the start of their 3 game road trip.

Be well,

David