Sentences with phrase «at about a pound»

Since then I have lost a total of 24 pounds, and still losing steadily at about a pound a week, enjoying full meals.

My bees are dying, and my organic garden is failing (personal experience) I believe because of the GMO corn in the neighborhood producing BT toxin at about a pound per acre.

Not exact matches

As investigators wrap their case against more than a dozen traders involved in the recent LIBOR scandal — which involves executives at Barclays and a growing list of international banks attempting to manipulate the benchmark figure for trillions of pounds» worth of financial contracts — they're revealing a curious fact about how some of the details were leaked in the first place.

The Office Group is valued at about 500 million pounds ($ 640 million).

Those that I have spoken to, by the way, we have been talking about a handful of impressions and pennies not pounds of spend — that's in the case of the ones I've spoken to at least.

British firm Imagination Technologies said on Friday CBFI Investment will buy the company for a price of 182 pence per share, valuing it at about 550 million pounds ($ 742.5 million).

After the debate, he talked at length on Fox News about how Machado allegedly gained 60 pounds, and how he tried to support her after the pageant wanted to fire her.

Science website Ars Technica reports that the New Glenn will produce 3.85 million pounds of thrust at launch — far more than the most powerful rocket currently in operation, United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy, which has a launch thrust of about 2.1 million pounds.

Cantaloupes imprinted with the face of the popular Sanrio character are currently being grown in Furano, Hokkaido, one of Japan's best regions for growing the fruit, according to Rocket News 24 The Hello Kitty Furano melons weigh about four pounds, and with only 300 being sold, they will be priced at 5,500 yen, or just over $ 50.

Sainsbury's said the combination would generate synergies of at least 500 million pounds and enable prices to be lowered by about 10 percent on many products.

Walmart will receive 3 billion pounds ($ 4.1 billion) in cash and a 42 percent stake in the combined business» equity, valuing Asda at about 7.3 billion pounds.

When trying to lose 30 pounds in 2011, I found myself thinking at length about the cookies, cake, and ice cream I was passing up, trying to rationalize whether I could have a small piece, what the effect might be, and whether I even wanted to lose weight.

It's a wake - up call for everyone — both for those who don't understand what they're risking by packing on the pounds and for those who aren't at risk and feel it's not worth worrying about, or can't do anything to prevent.

LONDON (Reuters)- Buyout fund Blackstone (BX.N) said on Monday it had agreed to acquire a majority interest in The Office Group (TOG), valuing the flexible workspace provider at about 500 million pounds ($ 640 million).

(True, at about $ 4 per pound, you can make delicious coffee at home for just pennies.

Hopped at a ratio of about 3.4 pounds of hops per barrel, the recipe for Mars was developed from a trial batch called Larry's Latest Double IPA brewed in our original brewery located adjacent to the Eccentric Café in downtown Kalamazoo.

About the same time, 248 - pound Neva Coyle from Minnesota, having failed at every commercial diet program she tried, turned to the Bible, lost 100 pounds, and founded Overeaters Victorious in 1977, which launched her successful career as a best - selling author and inspirational speaker.

I looked at our small pile of fish fillets, and figured that my uncle had just paid about $ 30 a pound for lake trout fillets.

They make about 21,000 pounds of cheese each year, which they sell at the monastery, via mail order and at local grocery stores in Charlottesville.

Looking around at Americans, it's pretty obvious God wants us all to pork out and be about 80 pounds overweight and die of heart attacks.

The fresh ones come at a price, though: About US$ 13.50 a pound (that's why many German chileheads are starting to grow their own — chiles, that is.)

And Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.»

The price of bacon, now at about $ 5.55 per pound, has skyrocketed 53 percent since January 2010.

In the meantime, working one at time, put the chicken breast between 2 sheets of clingfilm skin side down and pound it with the meat pounder until about 1/4 inch thin.

I can usually get about a third of a 2 - pound batch in the skillet at one time.

I found the best OXO cherry pitter at Home Goods and it only took me about 12 minutes to pit 3 pounds of cherries.

I've talked about my love of cheese ends — its basically small pieces of cheese that stores will just wrap up and sell as is — like this parmesan regiano cheese hunk — that cheese sells for $ 20 a pound, but I got that nice chunk for $ 3.50 at The Fresh Market.

If you didn't know already, I'm addicted to bananas and I keep about 30 pounds of frozen organic bananas on hand, in my freezer at all times.

I decided to cook two briskets and a turkey breast, which took about seven hours and cost about three bucks worth of pellets, burning about a pound an hour to keep the smoker at 210 degrees.

Just about every single extra pound came from the most delicious, fluffy, buttery dinner rolls at the restaurant I was a waitress at.

I was finally able to get out strawberry picking on Canada Day this past Sunday at Barrie Hill Farms and picked about 20 pounds of berries in a hour.

I just threw 1 pound of boneless skinless chicken thighs in my smaller crockpot with 1/2 cup of GF soy sauce and cooked on high for about 3 hours, then shredded it and stirred it in at the end)-LSB-...]

If you're at a healthy weight, you don't lift weights and you don't exercise much, then aiming for 0.36 to 0.6 grams per pound of bodyweight (or 0.8 to 1.3 gram per kg) is a reasonable estimate, which is about 46 - 75 grams of protein per day for the average female.

The 46 million - pound crop was valued at about $ 85 million, with grower prices at about $ 1.85 per pound.

Brown the meat in oil in an iron skillet, about 2 pounds at a time, until gray in color.

About 190 million 6oz cups of yoghurt are produced at the factory annually, requiring 32.5 million pounds of skimmed milk and 400,000 lb of butterfat.

I buy mine (frozen) at Costco where they're about $ 10 for 5 pounds (a real steal), but you can also find them frozen at Whole Foods, Publix, Trader Joe's, Walmart and some other smaller supermarkets.

But I kneaded and pounded for about a 1/2 hour as I always did and the bread did not rise at all.

Plus, not only is it inexpensive (a 2014 study noted a rotisserie chicken cost about five dollars less at any given supermarket versus a pound of the raw meat), but it also cuts down your cooking time by quite a bit.

I mean, yes I know I essentially have a 5 ish pound batter kicking around inside my belly right now, but even the boys are still complaining about how hot it is - especially at soccer practice!

Place chicken between two layers of plastic wrap; use a meat mallet to pound one chicken breast at a time to about 1/2 - inch thickness.

They usually max out at about 1,500 pounds of weight.

Basically you'll cook about four cups chopped vegetables in oil with garlic, add a pound of broken pasta and a quart of broth, and cook it all until it's done, stirring in already - cooked salmon right at the end.

One at a time, place the pork chops in a large freezer bag, or between 2 pieces of wax paper, and gently pound with a meat pounder, avoiding the bones, until about 1/4 - inch thick.

Pour over your favorite meat and allow to marinade at least 30 minutes and up to overnight.Note: Makes enough marinade for about a pound of meat.

When I saw «2 1/2 lb wild mushrooms» on the ingredient list, I thought «NO WAY» — wild mushrooms are about $ 20 per pound at my local sources, so to follow the recipe exactly would result in a $ 50 + dish that serves 4 - 6.

Moroccan Bouillabaisse Makes 6 Servings Ingredients 8 plum tomatoes (about 2 1/4 lb), seeded and grated (skins removed at end) 1 large onion, grated 3 garlic cloves, chopped 4 cups fish stock 1 lb potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes 1/4 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads (optional) 1 tbsp ground cumin 1/2 tbsp sweet paprika 1/2 tbsp ground ginger 1/2 preserved lemon, peel only, thinly sliced 1/4 cup chopped flat - leaf parsley 1/4 cup chopped cilantro 1 1/2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined with the tails on 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (about 1/2 lemon) 1 lb white fish fillet (such as monkfish, turbot, red snapper, striped bass, porgy, grouper, and / or cod), cut into 1 1/2 inch fillets (about 5 pieces) 1/2 pound mussels, scrubbed * 1/2 pound cockles or small hard - shelled clams, scrubbed *

1/2 ounce dried shiitake mushrooms (5 to 8 caps) 1 1/2 cups boiling water 1 cake firm tofu (about 16 ounces) 12 ounces button mushrooms 2 large garlic cloves 1 large onion 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon black pepper 3/4 cup Chinese sweet bean sauce (6 - ounce can) 3 tablespoons white or cider vinegar 1 pound linguine or Chinese wheat noodles Chinese chili paste (optional) Dark sesame oil (optional) 1 cup each of at least 3 of the following toppings: - Grated carrots - Chopped tomatoes - Mung bean sprouts - Shredded cabbage - Peeled, seeded, and diced cucumbers - Sliced scallions

I saw Elana's comment that they would weigh in at about 1.25 pounds so that is how much I put in.

He gave us about a pound at half price: «I just want to get these out of my sight,» he said with a tired, young smile.