Posted on 02/22/2011 5:18:09 AM PST by FTJM
Some conservative bloggers and talk-show hosts act like the short rib in Michelle Obama's dinner entree was, like Adam's, extracted from them personally.
The first lady, in Vail with her daughters and some friends for the Presidents Day weekend, dined at Restaurant Kelly Liken in Vail Village Saturday night, enjoying a pickled pumpkin salad with arugula and a braised ancho-chile short rib with hominy wild mushrooms and sauteed kale.
So, of course, some people are taking the short view of the short rib.
A braised short rib is a relatively lean cut of beef, braised with most of the fat cooked off. The 5-ounce serving runs about 600 calories, Liken said — a far cry from the 1,500 calories and 141 grams of fat it's accused of.
“A proper 5-ounce portion of protein is what nutritionists say we should have,” said Kelly Liken, who launched the highly successful restaurant.
Let's not forget that the 5-ounce rib is served with local kale, nurtured and grown by students at Eagle's Brush Creek Elementary School.
“Kale is one of nature's super foods,” Liken said. “There are more nutrients in the 3 ounces of kale we serve than you'll get in a massive green salad.”
A skier will burn off about 6,000 calories during the course of a day.
“It's a hearty meal for sure, a great meal after a day of skiing, well-balanced and nutritious,” Liken said.
Obama is championing her anti-obesity campaign. She ate at Restaurant Kelly Liken because of the restaurant's association with Brush Creek Elementary School's Sowing Seeds program. Students grow vegetables in a greenhouse, and some of it lands on their lunch trays.
Liken, who helped spearhead Brush Creek's Sowing Seeds program, says she uses produce from the school's greenhouse whenever she can.
“The food at Restaurant Kelly Liken is the healthiest food you can get in a restaurant,” Liken said.
Liken said she is committed to her customers' health.
“I want to nourish the people who eat it, to teach people they don't have to sacrifice taste and texture to eat nutritious and healthy foods,” Liken said.
Liken met the first lady Saturday night in her restaurant's dining room.
“It was refreshing to see how interested she really was and how passionate about the kids' healthy lunches, as well as the movement to eat locally here in the Vail Valley,” Liken said.
So, as to the carrying-on about how the first lady could eat that 5-ounce rib, Oliver Tito noticed it was eaten with a knife and fork, just like Saturday night's other diners lucky enough to get a table at Restaurant Kelly Liken.
That woman keeps up that diet she's gonna' bust right out of her britches!
I like how they toss this line in so I'll connect MO with being a skier. 6,000 calories lost on the slope? Well, why ain't she thinner?
600 calories ,,, wow ,,,, who can dispute the firsy lady ??
Since when does one dine on ONE 5 oz Rib? Especially the Saswatch?
More like 4 or 5! Betch that dinner the Wonkette devoured was closer to 3000 Calories! And if she had skied, we would have been blasted with pictures....;-)
Since when does one dine on ONE 5 oz Rib? Especially the Saswatch?
More like 4 or 5! Betch that dinner the Wonkette devoured was closer to 3000 Calories! And if she had skied, we would have been blasted with pictures....;-)
I don’t care what the grifter slob eats...I care what MOOCHelle and her grifter family spend of taxpayer money. The MOOCH is such an arrogant, American-hating, creep welfare queen.
The Ministry of Propaganda needs to correct “false” food reports...yeah, that’s nice - what about the Middle East?
The expensive, glamorous ski trip to Vail? Let’s talk about calories instead. That will make the whole thing seem so banal that everyone will tune out. No one is interested when people talk about diet, so the whole “ruling class vacation” topic will just sort of fade away ...
so she lied, it runs in the family
Reminds me of the comment made at one of those golf dinners in Scotland.
The maitre d' announced that this evening's entre was wild scottish salmon that was caught by the great Jack Nicklaus himself.
One of the sporswriters commented, "Just my luck I'll get the piece with the bullet hole."
You really don’t want to discuss the Sebastian-Vale hotel, where the cheapest room with AAA discount is $545/night, with a 4 night minimum stay. Total with tax is $2393.64 for each member of the entourage on our dime.
Regardless of the caloric content, nothing can make this bitch look better.
Are you talking about the dog or Michelle?
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