The original Cheesecake Factory version has 869 calories per serving. By using diet margarine and fat-free cream cheese and sour cream, replacing part of the sugar with sweetener, using a fat-free chocolate cookie in the crust and eliminating the Oreo cookie topping, you save 427 calories per serving.
The owner of a Granbury taco shop, sued by Fort Worth’s Fuzzy’s Taco Shop for allegedly stealing recipes and other business secrets, has formally denied the accusations, claiming that Fuzzy’s was using the courtroom, “rather than the kitchen,” to beat him.
Former Post-Dispatch columnists Mary and Jack Billings took on
the task of developing a copycat recipe a decade ago. “Several
copycat recipe websites claim to have the definitive cheddar cheese
biscuit recipe,” they wrote at the time. “But none of the six we
tried was exactly like Red Lobster’s, so we combined elements from
several, added our own touches and came up with this clone.”
KFC Original Recipe Fried Chicken (Baked)
1 egg, beaten
1 cup buttermilk
8 chicken pieces (2 breasts, 2 wings, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks), skin removed
6 slices Sara Lee diet wheat bread
1⁄4 teaspoon dried oregano
1⁄4 teaspoon chili powder
1⁄4 teaspoon dried sage
1⁄4 teaspoon dried basil
1⁄4 teaspoon dried marjoram
1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1⁄4 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon Acc´ent
Boston Market Macaroni and Cheese
1 tablespoon minced onion
2 tablespoons diet margarine, melted
1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups skim milk
4 ounces low-fat American cheese, cubed
1⁄4 cup cubed low-fat Cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons low-fat blue cheese dressing
1 teaspoon salt
Pinch of pepper
1⁄4 teaspoon dry mustard
4 ounces macaroni or pasta of choice
1. Use Fresh Spices. The average shelf life of ground spices is about six months; after that they lose their potency. A restaurant goes through spices much quicker than you do, so chances are there spices are always fresh and full of flavor. Get in the habit of taking a permanent marker and writing the date you bought a spice on the bottom of the container. That way you can guarantee you will get that same intense flavor as the restaurant. This also means spices are one thing you may not want to buy in bulk, be realistic about what you will use.