Definitely getting old...
Jan. 5th, 2006 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
denny...I'm going to join a gym this evening. It's a sad day when you have to acknowledge that your body is going to fall apart rapidly unless you do some maintenance work.
Virgin Active have opened a place within a few hundred yards of my flat, which is close enough that even I can't claim it's not convenient... and I'm starting to think that I could see quite an appreciable improvement in my leg if I did some regular exercise with it. On NYE at TG I noticed that my ability to dance is still slowly coming back, and as dancing is the only exercise it gets at present, I can only presume that a bit more exercise might well help it recover more quickly. It'd be really nice to be able to dance all night again...
Anyway, membership is going to cost me 65 quid a month, so I guess I'd better take it seriously. Anyone want to offer any advice? I'm already aware that I'm going to have to eat more, but help yourselves to any more detailed digs at my diet, I know you want to :) I'm sure there must be other things I haven't even thought of as well.
Oh, and obviously I'll be going over things quite carefully with both the personal trainer they assign me, and the physiotherapist I've been seeing, to try to make sure that I don't do myself an injury with this.
Virgin Active have opened a place within a few hundred yards of my flat, which is close enough that even I can't claim it's not convenient... and I'm starting to think that I could see quite an appreciable improvement in my leg if I did some regular exercise with it. On NYE at TG I noticed that my ability to dance is still slowly coming back, and as dancing is the only exercise it gets at present, I can only presume that a bit more exercise might well help it recover more quickly. It'd be really nice to be able to dance all night again...
Anyway, membership is going to cost me 65 quid a month, so I guess I'd better take it seriously. Anyone want to offer any advice? I'm already aware that I'm going to have to eat more, but help yourselves to any more detailed digs at my diet, I know you want to :) I'm sure there must be other things I haven't even thought of as well.
Oh, and obviously I'll be going over things quite carefully with both the personal trainer they assign me, and the physiotherapist I've been seeing, to try to make sure that I don't do myself an injury with this.
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Date: 2006-01-05 11:10 pm (UTC)PREP TIME 15 MINS
COOKING TIME 20 MINS
INGREDIENTS FOR 2
2 BONELESS CHICKEN BREASTS
4 TABLESPOONS NATURAL YOGHURT
JUICE OF TWO LEMONS
1 GARLIC CLOVE SKINNED AND FINLEY CHOPPED
HALF-TEASPOON TURMERIC
HALF A TABLESPOON OF PAPRIKA
SEEDS OF 3 GREEN CARDOMON’S ( CRUSHED, DISCARD THE SHELLS ) YOU CAN CRUSH THE SEEDS BY PUTTING THEM BETWEEN TWO TEASPOONS AND GRINDING.
QUARTER TABLESPOON OF SALT
2 TABLESPOONS OF OLIVE OIL
HALF A TEASPOON GARAM MASALA ( INDIAN MIXED SPICES )
1 TABLESPOON CHOPPED FRESH CORIANDER
1.)
MIX IN A MEDIUM /LARGE BOWL, YOGHURT, LEMON JUICE, GARLIC, TURMERIC, PAPRIKA CARDOMON SEEDS AND SALT
CUT CHICKEN INTO STRIPS, DIAGONALLY ABOUT HALF INCH WIDE. PUT STRIPS INTO BOWL.
MIX THOROUGHLY AND LEAVE COVERED IN THE FRIDGE 2 -8 HOURS ( THE LONGER THE BETTER )
2.)
HEAT OIL IN DEEP FRYING PAN OR SAUCEPAN, ABOUT MEDIUM TO HIGH HEAT.
ADD CHICKEN MARINADE AND STIR FRY FOR 10 MINS.
3.)
TURN HEAT DOWN TO LOW.
ADD GARAM MASALA AND CORIANDER
SIMMER FOR 5 -10 MINS UNTIL CHICKEN IS TENDER.
SERVE WITH LEMON WEDGES, couscous ETC.