What's for dinner? Wednesday, 03 March 2010 12:19 Written by Mirna

Sitting at home with a head cold, looking at the clock and thinking about what to make for dinner, I thought about the beautiful cookbooks my sister-in-law gave to me while visiting my husband's family in France for CNY. Mind you, I did not have any intention of whipping up a french dinner in a moment's notice, but I did want to share one of my favorite, and easiest, french recipes that I turn to when short on ideas. It sounds more difficult than it really is, but make it once and you are sure to return to it. I am not that loyal to recipes for I am not good at following them and the measurements drive me crazy, but this one, I can do (even though I still made up my own quantities).

I also thought of doing something along the lines of “Julie and Julia”, cooking up one recipe per month (not per day!) in one of those books. I will think more on that...it will fine-tune my recipe-following abilities; never mind my french!

Tonight's dinner menu:

Carbonnade (the Flemish kind) served over pasta or rice

Low-fat strawberry muffins

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#6 Looking for the oil... — julia 2010-03-03 22:33

I have the pills already and got them from Rich Life, but looking for the actual oil which needs to be kept in the fridge. If anybody has seen them would love to hear about it. You can also get a lot of gnc products online from http://www.bbasupplements.com/default.html they also sell load of protein powders, multi's extra for a cheaper price than the rich life stores, because they don't have overheads.

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#5 Flaxseed oil in pills in Rich Life — elena 2010-03-03 21:52

Girls, I have seen flaxseed oil in Rich Life shops, but again they are in pills, not the actual liquid. These shops, i believe, are located in major supermarkets. I know they are in Carrefour (Gubei and Zhongshan park) and in Xujiahui Grand Gateway supermarker on B1 level. These stores also sell GNC supplements.

I thought maybe u can poke those pills and get the oil itself ;)

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#4 Flaxseeds — Mirna 2010-03-03 16:23

Quoting julia:

Yep you don't need to go into detail about what happens when you have too much :-)

Where do you buy the flaxseeds? I don't think I even know what they look like - I didn't ever think of using a coffee grinder on them!

I bought mine at a japanese store in the basement of the mall near Jing An temple on Nanjing Rd (where Tiffany's is?) Check for the oil too and let me know!

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#3 Flaxseeds? — julia 2010-03-03 16:15

Yep you don't need to go into detail about what happens when you have too much :-)

Where do you buy the flaxseeds? I don't think I even know what they look like - I didn't ever think of using a coffee grinder on them!

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#2 Flaxseed oil — Mirna 2010-03-03 16:06

Quoting julia:

Mirna I know the muffin recipe says that Flaxseed is optional - do you have any idea / or ever seen a place in Shanghai that sells flaxseed oil? I have the tables, but I really like the taste of the actual oil and it is great to use in protein shakes or salad dressing.

I wish I could find the oil too！A good friend of mine and I used to have protein shakes for breakfast and sometimes over do it on the flaxseeds and oil (you know what that could lead to!) I unfortunately do not know where they might sell it. But I find that using my coffee grinder I can pretty much add the seeds to anything...

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#1 Flaxseed? — julia 2010-03-03 15:28

Mirna I know the muffin recipe says that Flaxseed is optional - do you have any idea / or ever seen a place in Shanghai that sells flaxseed oil? I have the tables, but I really like the taste of the actual oil and it is great to use in protein shakes or salad dressing.

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