(ETL) Feasting in February
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Carla, off to a good start weaving. Can't want to see what you create.
Karrie, here's to a better week. All your recipes sound really good.
You know it's going to be a long week when you are already exhausted on Monday. Sigh.
I did okay today, not great...
B - smoothie (water, almond milk, banana, baby kale, amazing grass)
L - leftover buddha bowl over brown rice
D - nothing yet, may eat a little of the chili
S - lara bar, some blue corn chips, 2 glasses of wine
At least I got on the treadmill for a bit before getting into the wine lol. I bought a bunch of dates, going to make my own lara bars, found several websites with recipes, and they can be frozen. The OSG chili recipe is a winner. I will definitely make it again. OSG seems to be somewhat gifted with soups. I like a lot of her recipes, but I've never tried a soup from her cookbooks or website that I didn't love.
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Still struggling at work. So much to do and it's just overwhelming. It won't let up until after tax season is over. I plan to work all weekend and just want to tread water this week. A lot of deadlines to meet aside from taxes.
B - smoothie same as yesterday. I really hate the baby kale in my smoothies but can't bring myself to throw it out so I'm just dealing with it, one more day I can go back to baby spinach
L - BIG salad (red leaf lettuce, leftover brown rice, grape tomatoes, black beans, nooch, balsamic)
D - leftover chili
S - a few blue corn chips (I swear I am an addict) and a glass of wine
I forgot I put some of the rice in my salad this morning and when I was mixing it up at lunch I honestly almost freaked out thinking little worms got in my salad lol.
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LOL Mihani....worm salad. Totally not vegan. Shame on you
I'm going to browse through my OSG cookbook and check out her soups and that chili if it is from the original book. Did you make the Lara bars yet?
Karrie, weaving is FUN! I like that you do a whole row in one 'beat' ... so the width of your project in the loom doesn't make it any slower to weave (only a bit longer to set up the extra warp threads in the beginning). I'm having fun making this scarf into a random sampler. I change colors when I feel like it and attempt whatever stitch appeals! I will give you any details you want. The difficulty will be in getting me to shut up lol.
Joe and I didn't go out for Valentine's dinner because I'm still having gal bladder pain. We are going to see how I am on the weekend and try again. I made Kung Pao Lentils over brown rice at home. Really tasty!
I've been having the banana berry oats for breakfast the last several days and I'm already kind of tired of it. Today I decided to fast through breakfast with some lemon ginger herbal tea to help out my digestion. Lunch is going to be fat free dal with a side of homemade hummus and carrots. Kung POW! for dinner.
I almost forgot...I got exciting news last night. Three of my pieces were accepted into a local juried art exhibit! They will be on display at an art center downtown for 3 months from March 2 onward.
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Carla how exciting, and such a compliment to your artistic abilities! Congratulations!
I am not sure if this chili recipe is in either cookbook. The link is ohsheglows.com/2014/02/05/my-favourite-vegan-chili-with-homemade-sour-cream/. I forgot you asked about cornbread too. I like this one blog.fatfreevegan.com/2012/11/vegan-southern-style-cornbread-dressing.html. I've made the dressing for holidays, but the cornbread alone is good. It's basic and not overly sweet like some recipes and I usually like cornbread with chili or beans so I want simple. I also like the one in the first Happy Herbivore cookbook. There are a few recipes from that one that I enjoy, but it was sort of a starter vegan cookbook for me, and I find now when I revisit it that I'm disappointed in the recipes.
My favorite OSG soups from the first cookbook are the Red Lentil Kale, Tortilla, and 10 spice veggie. Keep meaning to try the other ones.
Food today same as yesterday, except now that I'm thinking about it I'm going to make cornbread. I did leave the office right on time for once. My hands and fingers are really aching from so much typing, so I'm taking a break from working tonight and going to rest my hands. I was thinking a warm water soak and lots of moisturizer, and I should probably start wearing my wrist braces again at night.
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Thought of you guys when I saw this and ewspecoally you Mihani putting nooch on everything! Hehe
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Whoa sorry that turned out so huge!
Carla I'm obsessed with your resin artwork!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Congrats on the pieces going up! I can't believe you make them, it boggles my mind. Also, the loom looks so cool! How's it going now? Also, anything that you can do in the immediate future to ease the gallbladder pain?
Also, I will try and get a bump pic soon!! Right now they are all me in the mirror lol. I take one every couple of weeks and then it's fun to look at them all and remember that once upon a time I wasn't a ball lol.
Mihani, I've never made cornbread actually! Sounds delish. Your food sounds great lately too. Funny, I always go back to the old OSG book too, almost every week, and I do get sick of some things but the soups are always great. I love the tortilla one. I think I'll make it for next week actually...
Karrie, hope you can get some extra sleep this long weekend! Your food sounds delish. Kung Pao chickpeas?!?! That sounds amazing. Where is it from? Great job fitting it all in 0 -
My kung pao chickpeas recipe started with just this: http://theveglife.com/kung-pao-chickpeas-vegan/ but then I wanted to add veggies to it to make it more rounded out. So then I made extra sauce and stir-fried veggies first, then added the chickpeas and then the sauce. I used veggies as suggested by this: http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/Recipe/Kung-Pao-Vegetables-Sanjeev-Kapoor-Kitchen-FoodFood.html
delish!!!
It took me the whole week, but I'm back down to the weight that I have logged here in MFP. So hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to record some new loss!!1 -
Way to go Karrie!
LOL Lia! I know, I am a nooch addict! I throw it on stir-fry, salads, use it to make "cheese" sauce, everything.
It has been a long week, lots of work stress, going to work all weekend but I want to get on top of things so that I can take all next weekend off. I'm taking it off whether I'm caught up or not.
Yesterday was pretty much a repeat of past days. Today:
B - amazing grass shaken with water
L - big salad (red leaf, black beans, brown rice, nooch, balsamic)
D - spring roll at a restaurant, some sauteed collards when I got home, plus two beers at the restaurant
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Change of plan, I stayed home today. I am really tired and burned out so I decided to do something about my disaster of a house. Got a bunch of laundry and cleaning done, but the dog hair is still rolling out from under everything lol. How one little 60 pound lab mix can drop so much hair is beyond me!
Also did some cooking. A pot of glowing spiced lentil soup (I love that stuff and it is so easy to throw together, if you make it I highly recommend the addition of the optional cayenne). Roasted a bunch of mushrooms. Chopped and roasted several sweet potatoes ready for bowls with rice or quinoa, beans (will roast some chickpeas this evening too), the mushrooms, and cooked greens this week. I have recently become a big fan of bowls for dinner. Once you have everything cooked it's so easy to throw together the bowl, heat it up, and then top it with some sort of dressing or salsa, and maybe some avocado or capers.
B - avocado toast
L - leftover brown rice and collards
D - soup, a few mushrooms
S - baby carrots and an apple
Went to the store and got chard and kale. I'll use the kale with the simple garlicky recipe. I have a recipe for the chard with raisins and pecans that sounds tasty. Tomorrow I'll prep my salad stuff for lunches this week. I am really enjoying eating healthy again after struggling for a long time. It does take time to prep and cook, but I have to keep making it a priority. It's important!
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I'm glad you took a day off, Mihani. I know what you mean about the dog hair. Between Reba and Ruby, when I sweep up it combines to look like a 3rd pet! I'm a fan of bowls too. We eat a lot of leftovers, but with bowls you can switch things up a bit every day. I will try the glowing spiced lentil soup soon. It looks good.
I've now gone 2 days without gallbladder pain. I fasted for 24 hours and since then have been very careful to not have any fat other than a few tsp of chia seeds in my breakfast smoothie. I bought fresh beets with greens, kale, and juicing carrots and am planning to have a few juiced lunches this week.
I made some hummus the other day that turned out really good. Nothing crazy in the ingredients so I'm not sure why I liked it more than usual. I used the InstantPot to cook the garbanzos, then added a tablespoon of tahini, juice of half a lemon, and a large clove of garlic and water. I could taste the hint of tahini in there and the amount of garlic was just right. I'm thinking that a plate of veggies with hummus would make for a nice change of pace for me for lunch.
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Glad to hear your gallbladder pain is subsiding Carla.
I'm having a super busy couple days, but keeping up with eating good stuff. I made a big batch of garlicky kale last night and some more brown rice for lunch bowls with roasted sweet potatoes and chickpeas. So good, light but filling. Need to get some lettuce cleaned tonight for salads though.
Off to work!
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Hi guys! I am going crazy at work again suddenly, I thought it was supposed to be quieter. Sounds like story of all of our lives, right? Anyway, it's beautiful and warm here today which is crazy for February 23, so I'll take it. Also, it is so nice not having to worry about slipping on snow and ice!
My eating has been better lately, I'm not so obsessed with sugar which is a massive plus. I've actually started to enjoy salads again too. The baby feels like she's getting big already and kicking away at my ribs. I've got around 10 weeks left which is crazy! 3/4 there.
Carla, AWESOMe re your gallbladder! that is a huge load off, and so nice knowing that you can have a positive impact on it too. I've decided I'm going to try the Instant Pot route, but I keep putting off actually buying and spending the money on it lol.
Mihani, how's work going this week? Good for you for the house work! It's amazing how much better it feels to have the place all cleaned up. I can never get ahead of the dog hair though, it's insane... Sounds like you've had a good food week though!
B- Green smoothie, and then I got hungry before lunch and had a clif bar lol
L - Tortilla soup (never sick of this)
S - celery, apple
D - Broccoli and something else...
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Wow Lia, the time is flying by! I bet you can't wait to get the pregnancy part done though. I can't believe how warm it has been this winter. I am not complaining. The past couple years were brutal. On the other hand, I came home and found a couple ants in the kitchen, and I have a feeling it's going to be a really bad summer for ants with not getting good long cold spells. This neighborhood is just awful for ants, my neighbors all complain about them. I just added ant bait traps to my grocery list! Anyway sounds like your diet is solid right now! I love the tortilla soup too. Maybe I will make a batch of that on Sunday.
Saturday is the annual (vegan) sushi party and there will be no worrying about healthy eating and calories that evening, including lots of wine. I even have a designated driver so I can indulge all I want lol. I've done pretty well with eating healthy the past couple weeks, and dropped a few pounds, but I am still eating too much and too many starchy carbs so the weight isn't really coming off like I want, plus I'm still rather sporadic on the treadmill. I did get in 3 days this week, but I'm not exactly pushing it to a fitness level. I'm just trying to get back in the habit right now. But the plan is to get more strict after Saturday. At least the last couple weeks I've got my cravings under control and got back in the habit of eating lots and lots of veggies and beans.
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whats_her_name wrote: »My kung pao chickpeas recipe started with just this: http://theveglife.com/kung-pao-chickpeas-vegan/ but then I wanted to add veggies to it to make it more rounded out. So then I made extra sauce and stir-fried veggies first, then added the chickpeas and then the sauce. I used veggies as suggested by this: http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/Recipe/Kung-Pao-Vegetables-Sanjeev-Kapoor-Kitchen-FoodFood.html
delish!!!
It took me the whole week, but I'm back down to the weight that I have logged here in MFP. So hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to record some new loss!!
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Has anyone (other than me) been following the hoopla in the real world and on the main boards following the announcement that we should be having TEN services of vegetables and fruits to stave off illness.
The average SAD dieter gets no where near the previous 5!
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/23/five-day-10-portions-fruit-veg-cut-early-death
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Sabine, my guess is they are figuring if they tell people to eat 10 maybe they will start eating 5 lol.0
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Oops! Haven't posted in a while. I've meant to several times, but I kept getting distracted.
Lia, I'm jealous of your lack of snow! What a winter we're having here. We had an inch the other day, and today out of nowhere we've got a couple inches and more falling. I hope you are able to rest when you need to! Have you purchased any baby clothes lately that we need to see?
How was your sushi party, Mihani? My treadmill is still buried under art supplies, so you're miles ahead of me in that regard.
I made a big batch of 'baked' beans in the instant pot the other day. They have molasses and maple syrup added so Dr. F. wouldn't approve, but we started eating cans of baked beans from the store and this is a way to wean ourselves off and control the sweetness. They turned out really good.
I dropped my art off at the art center this weekend and opening night is this Thursday. We'll see if we're even able to go or will be snowed in. I haven't made any new paintings because I'm into weaving right now. I finished my first project, the one I posted the first inch of, what seems like months ago!
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Oh wow, beautiful scarf Carla! You're so multi-talented!
I've been running around like crazy the past few days and and partying like I'm 33 not 53, I wasn't feeling too well yesterday lol. Better today... smoothie and sprouted grain toast for breakfast, Subway veggie sub and baked chips for lunch. Made a batch of southwestern tofu scramble for dinner and gobbled it up, lots of veggies and some kale in it. Barely enough left for lunch tomorrow. I am going to get back to 6 week plan strict the next week or two, I am not going to say I'll do 6 weeks, I never do, but I knew this weekend was going to be fun and food and alcohol, and I'm ready to get back on track again after a few days off.
I'm going to bed super early. Lots of work staring me down this week.
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Carla! Your scarf is stunning!!! Amazing first job!! I love that you played with techniques on it; it's so visually interesting!
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I know it's March but
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY MIHANI!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So glad you got to enjoy some sushi and hopefully some especially needed R&R? How was it? Mmm I think I need to make some tofu scramble soon.
Man Carla that is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe you made it, it's gorgeous. Are you bored with the loom now? LOL. Or going to make something else? Also, ugh baked beans is something that I could never get behind! I don't know why, considering I love everything sugary lol.
Hi Sabine! Nice that that is becoming more "common sense" science lol.
We have our prenatal class this weekend. I'm actually pretty excited for it (especially because I have no practical knowledge on babies lol). I am starting to feel super tired. Carla I will totally post some pics of the baby stuff I've been buying! I keep forgetting about my preggo belly pic too. I have been trying not to buy too much stuff but I love all the girly onesies and outfits lol.
Happy March! Any title ideas?
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Here are my latest purchases!0
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