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Fellow Business Executives:

As the CFO of this business that employees 140 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama will be our next President, and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.

To compensate for these increases, I figure that the clients will have to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8% but since we cannot increase our fees right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family here and I didn't know how to choose who will have to go.

So, this is what I did. I strolled through our parking lot and found 8 Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these folks will be the first to be laid off. I can't think of a more fair way to approach this problem. These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.

If you have a better idea, let me know.

Sincerely,


John Smith
CFO

The Who's "Won't Be Fooled Again" should be played at the inauguration.

Some fun

Turkey Taco Soup

This is really good.. better than it sounds.

Turkey Taco Soup

1 package Ground Turkey (the ones I can get come in 20oz packages)
1 onion, chopped (more or less to taste)
3 10oz cans Diced tomatoes w/ green chilies
2 15oz cans Pinto Beans, Drained
1 15oz can black beans, drained
1 16oz package frozen whole kernel corn
1 pkg taco seasoning
1 pkg ranch dressing mix
1 beef bouillon cube (optional)
1 cup beef broth or water (optional)
Non stick spray

Spray large frying pan (I used a wok style pan) with non stick spray. Add Turkey and Onion and bouillon cube and cook until Turkey is fully cooked and onions are clear or nearly so.. about 5 minutes.

Drain meat if necessary. Return to a large soup pot. Add the remainder of the ingredients. Simmer at least 20 minutes.. longer if you can stand it. The longer it cooks, the better it is.

This comes out very thick.. more stewish than soupish.

The original recipe called for ground beef and cream style corn and was rated at 281 calories/ 1.5 cups of soup. Ground turkey and whole kernel corn make it a little less calorie dense, but not a whole lot.

I like to add a little fat free sour cream.

In Mourning

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Exercise your right..

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Unfried Catfish (low carb, low salt)

This borrows heavily from the recipe you can find online as "Oprah's Unfried Catfish", but I changed it up according to my families needs.

(T = tablespoon)

4 catfish filets OR a package of catfish nuggets (usually LOTS cheaper and just as good)
Non-stick cooking spray. (lite variety is best)
2 T Garlic powder
2 T Blackened seasoning (read label and make sure it's no salt or low salt)
2 T Lemon Pepper (again, read label..some have salt, some don't)
1 T Italian Seasoning (original recipe calls for basil and thyme..we were out of basil at home, so used Italian seasoning and it worked fine.)
Paprika (? amt.. use to sprinkle over fish b4 baking) (ran out of paprika, substituted chili powder seasoning.. worked good too)
1/2 cup meal of some kind. We use Almond Meal or Flaxseed as DH is lowcarbing. Cornmeal is good if carbs aren't a concern at your house.

Preheat oven to 400. Spray baking sheet (I use a cookie sheet) 3x with Pam or other non-stick spray.

Combine all in a plastic 1 gal bag except fish and paprika. Shake a couple/three times to combine. Add fish and shake well to coat.

Lay fish out on sheet. Spray fish with Pam. Sprinkle with Paprika.

Place on BOTTOM rack of oven and bake for 20 minutes. Turn oven down to 350 and bake for 5 more minutes.

Remove, cool and enjoy!!

I'll add calorie estimations later. Right now I've got to go take mine out of the oven.

Back. Boy those are good.

Ok here's the skinny on the calories.

Oprah's Un-fried catfish is 171 calories/4oz serving.

I am estimating this at 200 calories/4oz serving as Almond meal has a little more calories than cornmeal..If you use flaxseed meal, the calories are so close to cornmeal it really shouldn't make too much difference.

AND considering that a 4oz filet of regular fried catfish is about 488 calories!!! This is a wonderful substitution.

I've tried this with boneless skinless chicken breasts.. good that way too. Next experiement, suggested by Opprobious, is pounded steak.

I have to add some salt to mine when I sit down to eat it (Lite salt only please), but other than that.. it's excellent!! Hope ya'll enjoy.