Despite what you might think by flipping through my blog, @mrsbozz and I really don't go out to eat that much. Yes, there are some weeks where we might eat out once or twice, but then we might also go for a month before we eat out again. If I had to average it out, I'd say that we probably eat out about once a week.
While sometimes our culinary excursions lead to photos like the one above, most other times we find ourselves getting something simple like Fajitas that we can share. In fact, a single serving of chicken fajitas from our favorite Mexican restaurant can feed the both of us for not one, but two meals.
I always have to laugh when people talk about how excessive the food is in America. Yes, we do have some pretty big portions, it's relatively easy to find alternatives or ways to avoid overindulging though. Like I said above, many times my wife and I will share a single entree. Other times, we simply only eat half of our meal and then we save the other half for leftovers at another meal. It's a pretty simple process.
I would also argue, that given the amount of butter and heavy cream that goes into many French and Italian dishes, or the amount of oil that goes into Asian dishes, when you break down the nutritional information, there really isn't that much difference.
A short time ago, @mrsbozz and I met her best friend for lunch at a local spot we visit maybe a couple of times a year. Her friend got the smothered smoked sausage that you see in the opening photo, and my wife got the chicken quesadilla that you see above.
I on the other hand was hungry for a burger, so I decided on this build your own burger option that you see here. It was actually quite good, but like most burgers these days, I found myself discarding most of the top bun. Which actually blows me away because back in the day I used to be able to eat several burgers bun and all in one sitting.
Of course, my current weight would imply I am now paying for it, but who knows. I actually eat much healthier in the past 15 years than I probably ever have in my life. You would think eventually I would start to lose some of that extra weight, but metabolism is a vicious beast.
If I had to guess, the thing that probably put us over the top with this meal were the fried cheese sticks that you see above. Whereas most places use frozen mozzarella sticks that they buy in bulk, this place hand breads their own with a beer batter and they come out absolutely amazing.
They might be horrible for you, but man are they delicious. I'd gladly not worry about my metabolism for a day to enjoy these beauties a couple of times a year. I've actually been dreaming about them ever since the last time we visited. There is a good chance we will be back to this place sometime before the beginning of the new year.
Back on Father's Day this past year, I grilled a turkey breast for a few of my inlaws. They enjoyed it so much that they insisted I needed to smoke one for each of them at some point in the future. Fast forward a few weeks and @mrsbozz picked up a couple of them from the store. These are just marinated boneless turkey breasts that you can buy for like $15 or so in the frozen food section.
I threw them on the charcoal grill for about an hour and a half to two hours and presto, they were finished. We kept one for ourselves and gave one to my father in law and the other one to my brother in law. I have a feeling this won't be the last time I need to grill one of these for them.
If you have never tried this before, the flavor is absolutely amazing and I think it stands up to anything you could get at a local restaurant (unless maybe you live down south), and it is probably a lot healthier for you.
Lately, @mrsbozz has been on a kick where she is using this "two ingredient dough" for homemade pizza. It's basically just flour and greek yogurt in equal parts and then you add a dash of baking soda and baking powder as well as some herbs and seasoning to taste.
It's a pain to work with as it remains sticky no matter how much you flour it, but the flavor is decent and while it doesn't rise like traditional yeast pizza dough, it does the trick. We have been going this route on Friday nights for a while now and I honestly can't remember the last time we ordered out for pizza.
Obviously, my addition of cured meats like ham and pepperoni make my pie a little less healthy than my wife's all veggie masterpiece, but it makes me feel better knowing I am not eating all of those carbs.
I've said this before, but I think if @mrsbozz were able to eat fish and lamb, we could probably pretty easily transition to a Mediterranean diet. Many of the dishes we currently eat are very similar to some of those offerings with the exception of the fish and lamb. It's pretty rare these days that I eat beef where I used to have red meat several times a week in my youth.
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I don't necessarily think you can lump all Asian food in together. Japanese food uses little oil, for instance. Very little seasoning too. Actually I've been told by Chinese people here than American Chinese food is oily and disgusting, so there you go 😃 I am told that authentic Japanese places in the US differ quite a bit from Chinese run or US run Japanese places, to give another example. I think all ethnic food is a little altered to suit the country they are in. Indian places here are super common, for example, run by real Indians, but I am somewhat doubtful if the "Japanese Indian food" is the same as the actual food I would get in India.
Yeah, Japanese students going to the States for a year or two always complain to me about how massive US servings are. 2-3 times bigger than in Japan. I often suggest what you do, but sharing a single dish or taking leftovers hope is considered rude here, so they are often hesitant to do it. I keep suggesting though. When in Rome, right?
You know, I was going to just say Chinese food, but I know that American Chinese food is probably much different from actual Chinese food. I figured I should expand a bit to be sure I wasn't generalizing! :) That's really interesting about the cultural aversion to left overs. I basically live on them!
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Fried cheese, hard to go wrong there or some good quesadillas. All such great stuff, especially that burger. Mexican food tends to come with the largest servings I find, and I always end up with a lot of leftovers. It's also one of my favorite foods as well! Eating healthy is easiest at home, you're right. Keep up the healthy diet, it does make you appreciate how you could eat in your twenties and never gain a pound!
I wouldn't say I didn't gain a pound in my 20's, but I definitely ate differently than I do now. It's almost a bit scary to think back on it. The dough tastes okay, but you are right, it isn't as good as ordering out. It's honestly not even as good as the frozen stuff we used to get at the store, but it does the trick.
Oh wow, it all looks so good! My eyes are stuck on those cheese sticks lol, but I'm intrigued by the turkey breasts as well. Oh who am I fooling??....it all looks mouthwatering.
The cheese sticks were some of the best I have ever had. Definitely in the top three of cheese sticks I have never had.
Great work Bozz, that burger looks pretty good. I had a really decent burger a couple weeks back when out playing some pool, you can't beat a good burger.
Good job on the pizza too, looks good, I think because you added those extra toppings!
I tend to go a little crazy when it comes to toppings. Homemade Pizza, and homemade nachos all suffer from scope creep in my household! I didn't realize until I posted the photo how rare the burger was!
Dam that food looks good. I’d have to disagree with Asian food. Americanized Asian food is tons of oil, they don’t eat like that over there at all.
That's what someone else said too.
I dated an Asian girl, the food at here house was always very lite and very nutritional. And you had to use chopsticks so it’s much harder to overeat…..🤣
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Those are some good points. I don't know if I could handle authentic Chinese food. I tried authentic Mexican food once and many of the dishes I wasn't so fond of.
It depends on what region it was from Mexican food is like Italian food. It’s all regional, so it depends on what area you had the Mexican food from, some of it is very blah I agree. But there are regions that the flavors are absolutely amazing.
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Fresh mozzarella sticks are my kryptonite. I'm a good mid-western boy so I need to add ranch.
Sorry, you will appreciate this. The cheese sticks in this post use Founders golden ale. They use the same breading on their chicken fingers.
That's awesome. I love a craft beer batter. I made a bread out of dragons milk awhile ago which was so good.
That sounds amazing!
For sure! There used to be a really great place in Manistee called the boathouse that had some amazing homemade wedges... Those are definitely in the top three I have ever had.
I'll have to look my sister has a place over on the Manistee.
I'm pretty sure they closed down, but the building is probably still there. It looks like now it is this place: https://fricanosmanistee.com/