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The Orange Chicken

Posted by THEJNSREPORT on March 13, 2013

Posted in: Food & Drinks. Tagged: Chicken Fried Rice, Delicious, Dinner, Egg Roll, Golden, Orange Chicken, psyllium husk, Zest. Leave a comment

Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: The Orange Chicken Episode

After a long night out the night before and having one too many rounds of drinks at a birthday celebration. I was set on not leaving the house today and so I spent the entire day in. In the afternoon I had my last can of split pea soup and several hash browns for lunch.

While catching up on the news I started thinking maybe I’d make some fish filets for dinner. I went to the freezer and realizing that I should have thawed the fish long before then I knew I was going to have to order out as I had nothing else to prepare for dinner. I opted for The Orange Chicken Combination Plate with “Chicken” Fried Rice instead of Pork Fried Rice.

Look at that they actually put real orange peel and zest in the Orange glaze on the chicken.

The pure goodness of it!

HAWHAAT!!? Off with it’s head I said!!!

This is what an Egg Roll should look and taste like. It should be Crispy not greasy and soggy, it should also be deliciously fat, golden, and hot! Hot as in temperature.

Once again there’s a bit too much flour in the battering of the chicken but the orange glaze sauce is very tasty. Orange flavor permeates throughout but doesn’t overpower. It’s truly an awesome combination. I think of the combination plates I’ve tried (General Tso’s, Sesame Chicken, Orange Chicken, Sweet and Sour Chicken) Orange Chicken is a new favorite.

The “chicken” in the fried rice was a bit peculiar to me as I didn’t fully trust that it was chicken, so I separated it from the rice and focused on the rice and the rest of the meal. All in all it was good down to the last bite. And of course water was required to washhhh… all of that down. Psyllium Husk capsules were taken in addition as I made sure I got my fiber.

Till next time this has been The Orange Chicken Episode by THEJNSREPORT.

Day 7 Detox Nutrition Plan

Posted by THEJNSREPORT on March 6, 2013

Posted in: Food & Drinks. Tagged: apple juice, BBQ, detoxifying, Food & Drinks, nutrition plan, psyllium husk, restaurants, sesame street character, Times Square, Virgil's. Leave a comment

Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: Day 7 Detox Nutrition Plan

Well as it turns out today was the last day of my trial week run of eating healthier than I had in the past year. I started my day as usual with two Psyllium Husk capsules and water and then fresh juiced carrot and apple juice.

When this had finished being juiced it was so viscous with the fiber of the carrot I could barely drink down the first swallow. I immediately added a little more apple juice to it and that did the trick it became diluted enough to suspend the carrot pulp sufficiently and allow me to tolerate drinking it down.

Day 7 marks officially a week of Detoxifying and Nutrition for me. So in celebration of this mini milestone I decided to go out to eat at Virgil’s BBQ in Times Square with a friend of mine who is a fellow BBQ enthusiast. Just prior to meeting up at Virgil’s I decided to take some great new photos of Times Square as Virgil’s is located right there on 43rd and Broadway.

We’re you listening to me Neo, or were you staring at the Beast in Red?

Let me say right off that that blue bastard in the crowd there was overly aggressive for a Sesame Street character. I mean I know this is NYC and you gotta get yo hustle on, but damn!! Literally as I walking down the side walk this monster bumps me from behind and then when I turn and look to see who bumped me, I’m startled it’s this idiot in a costume who obviously wants his picture taken. I turn away and start to walk and he literally trips my foot from behind as he then crosses diagonally behind me. If I wasn’t a Christian things could have gotten ugly quick fast and in a hurry. Cooler thinking prevailed. So moving on…

From here we headed to Virgil’s as I snapped a few more pics along the way.

Something told me the Force was strong in Times Square, suddenly I knew why.

Greatest City in the World. Ladies and Gents, welcome to the Empire State and it’s capital city The Empire City.

I came across this just before encountering Virgil’s as it’s force pulled me more than Darth and Co. I read the rules and felt a sudden calm of serenity wash over me. Hope was not lost when I saw this list and that it was actually in Times Square for all who passed by to see. ;). At last some “Common Sense” LOL.

With hunger in over drive my friend and I made our way to Virgil’s.

This guy got in the way of my shot but no big deal we go with the flow.

We started off our meal with two pints of Magic Hat No.9 while deciding what to order from Virgil’s Menu. Last time I was here I remember they had a hot sauce called the Scorned Woman which was being replaced. I saw no trace of it other than mild, hot and jalapeno hot sauce in a sauce carousel in the center of our table.

In any event after settling in on what we wanted to eat, biscuits and honey maple butter were chosen as our starter. Just look at that golden deliciousness below!! The honey maple butter is incredible and rich and perfect on those biscuits.

The Biscuits!!!! N Maple Butter!!!

The only problem is these biscuits came to our table and were not hot at all. In my estimation they were barely “Luke warm”.

Undaunted I prepared for battle and got my tool to open this biscuit up in preparation for honey maple butterings.

To be continued…

Day 5 Detox Nutrition Plan

Posted by THEJNSREPORT on March 4, 2013

Posted in: Food & Drinks. Tagged: american cheese, Detox, Fast, Food & Drinks, grilled chicken breast, honey turkey, Nutrition, psyllium husk. Leave a comment

Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: Day 5 of My Detox Nutritition Plan

The start of Day 5 as routine saw me have my Psyllium Husk and a glass of water.

Colon Cleanse Psyllium Husk 004

After about an hour later I had a muscle milk instead of a full on heavy breakfast as I might have had the urge to have.

Man! I didn’t realize that muscle milk was that huge!!! LOL. Lunch time rolled around and having just gotten my deli sandwiches in order to avoid cooking I prepared for the decision as to which would be eaten first. I pondered momentarily when suddenly, wisdom prevailed and my mind was made up. It would be Grilled Chicken Breast with melted American cheese and Mayo on Hero Bread. Now I know this doesn’t sound as healthy as it could because of the cheese and Mayo, but then the sandwich would have been dry an lacked flavor. I wasn’t going to put any other condiment on it.

Once I sunk my teeth into that sandwich I knew I had made the right decision plain and simple.

Later in the evening while watching a movie I opted for the second sandwich for the day. Generally speaking it’s a good to go for me when I choose to eat cold cuts.

Boar’s Head Honey Turkey with Lettuce, Mayo, and American Cheese on Hero Bread.

Listen here, that there Honey Turkeywas piled thick with thickness yokum. Then lettuce and american cheese, blanketed with a reasonable amount of mayonnaise!!! That was the perfect blend of flavors and textures. For any stringent food Nazi”s out there eat… boiled shoe!!! 😀

Upon completion of this sandwich, I was done eating for the day and had water the rest of the night.

Stay tuned for Day 6…

Day 4 of Detox Nutrition Plan

Posted by THEJNSREPORT on March 2, 2013

Posted in: Food & Drinks. Tagged: Ciabatta Rolls, Dinner, Falafel, Food & Drinks, Healthy Eating, honey turkey, psyllium husk, Sandwich, sharp cheddar cheese, three little indians, vegetarian. 2 Comments

Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: Day 4 of Detox Nutrition Plan

To start day 4 I decided to have some fruit as well as… you guessed it two Psyllium Husk capsules.

I had a tangerine, a baby apple, and honey turkey with extra sharp cheddar cheese and Mayo on Ciabatta rolls.

The baby apple was so sweet. I really could eat one every day. Tangerines are OK but not my favorite. I actually prefer oranges.

Twins

The sandwiches were perfect in their balance with the mayo to help the dryness of the ciabatta rolls. This by far is one of my favorite cold cut sandwiches, though sometimes I’ll substitute mustard for the mayo. Next time I’ll try this with some aged Gouda and see how that works out. Anyway these twins didn’t stick around for further questioning. And like that they were gone. Several hours passed before it was time for lunch.

Lunch time of course called for a return to eating my greens and so I once again turned to spinach as the base of my Salad. Next I began to add the colors. What you see here is chopped mushrooms, grape tomatoes, shredded carrot and spinach. As a dressing I went with a fat free Italian. Is there really such a thing?

Spinach Salad!

I tossed the salad LOL! I took a look and saw that like some sort of green maelstrom the mushrooms and tomatoes as well as some of the carrots were swallowed up and hidden. Still I felt the salad needed something else added to it and so…I went to the fridge and pulled out falafel mixture I had left over and began frying up some falafels. 😀

1 Little 2 Little 3 Little Indians

I looked at the trio and thought to myself one little, two little, three, little Indians. LOL!!!

8.1 little Indians

A little char is ok 😉

I finished the falafel balls on their sides and carefully removed them from the oil. I decided to add several of these dark honey golden colored “deliciosities” to my salad.

To be Continued…

Day 3 of Detox and Nutrition Plan

Posted by THEJNSREPORT on March 1, 2013

Posted in: Food & Drinks. Tagged: Food & Drinks, health, psyllium husk. 1 Comment

Welcome to THEJNSREPORT’S: Day 3 of Detox and Nutrition

I woke up late Day 3 and so while I know I shouldn’t have I skipped breakfast I went with out eating till late afternoon. In the course of that time I again took my Psyllium husk capsules and drank plenty of water.

Later in the afternoon while out and about in the city I figured I’d have sushi. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring the camera to memorialize the meal but trust you me the Tuna sushi rolls I had were good. I also found out again about the horrible suffering to be had when over indulging in too much Wasabi in one bite. Believe you me I paid for it. A sharp burning pain seared through my nostrils up to my brain leaving me teary eyed and gagging momentarily. I finished my sushi and went about my day running my errands before taking a minute to grab an Isopure protein punch to hold me over till I got home.

Isopure

Back at home later in the evening I didn’t feel like a lot of fuss for dinner and while for a moment the idea to order out popped into my head I refrained and make a little Falafel ball and cheese sandwich utilizing a few left over falafel balls and of course that delicious Ciabatta bread.

Still realizing that the sandwich alone wouldn’t be completely satisfying I grabbed a bowl and poured in some peanuts, cashews and of course corn tortilla chips.