What's a food you're currently obsessed with?

VegjoyP

Wraps I've been making!
Joseph's lavish stuffed with dark greens, plant based coconut yogurt, plant based queso, tofu straps, I've made them with hummus and microgreens too.
Also firm tofu in nutrabullet with powdered peanut butter, tahini, maple syrup, oatmilk blended then cocoa powder, vanilla protein powder, dark chocolate chips on top. 😋😋😋

springlering62

Heard about Rancho Gordo beans, just found some locally.

Simmered them in chicken broth with sautéed onions and garlic.

OMG.

I’m excited……over dried beans.

Made six servings, putting some over nachos tmrw, and another as a side dish with salsa chicken and coconut rice.

Am eyeballing their website and a recipe someone posted : beans and dark chocolate. Hmm…..

happyhillery1

Greek yogurt. I've always eaten it, but now I'm enjoying it. Yogurt bowls, adding it to overnight oats, using it in protein pancakes, creating dips with it. I eat it, at least, once a day.

springlering62

Some days, my dark chocolate coconut Nugo bar is so good I want to polish off the rest of the box.

VegjoyP

springlering62

We have a new, tiny little Italian restaurant a block away, run by a delightful Italian family from Rome. A couple of days ago, an elderly woman who’d just moved from Rome herself, asked for a job. They told her they weren’t hiring but if she’d bring some of her baked goods they’d try to sell them.

Imagine their faces when she showed up with several different elaborate cakes, and a big basket of cookies. They put them on the counter and sold out within a couple of hours.

This gem is made with ricotta and was light as a feather.



Split it with the husband- only 45 grams apiece. Even if it were pure butter or cream, that’d only be 330 calories each, so I estimated less. It was amazing. One of the best things I’ve ever eaten.

Have heard of Pignoli cookies but never seen one. Rich, lemony, OMG good.



Next up will be the lemon chocolate chip cake thing. I was utterly torn between it and the decorated one.

As long as we split the things and stay out of the cookies, we’ll be ok.

I’ve got a DEXA scan coming up next week. Not
A rabbit hole I want to go down right now lol. Although it would be an IRL scan?!


Speaking of Italy, anyone know what happened to @snowflake954 (I think that was her user name). I loved her posts.

VegjoyP

Firm tofu, peanut butter powder, sugar free Smuckers maple, tahini, almond milk blended topped with cocoa powder, vanilla protein powder and maple on top. Lol

springlering62

Stubbs sugar free stir fry sauce. 5 calories per 17/gr.

Didn’t care for it as a stir fry sauce (I prefer a light balsamic honey ginger vinegar.)

Trying to use it up before tossing it, had it on a salad, with chopped steak, homemade pilaf, cherry tomatoes and feta. OMG.

Now using it on salads as a dressing and in wraps as a spread. MUCH better chilled than cooked in a stir fry.

Delicious, in fact.

glassyo

springlering62 wrote: »

Stubbs sugar free stir fry sauce. 5 calories per 17/gr.

Didn’t care for it as a stir fry sauce (I prefer a light balsamic honey ginger vinegar.)

Trying to use it up before tossing it, had it on a salad, with chopped steak, homemade pilaf, cherry tomatoes and feta. OMG.

Now using it on salads as a dressing and in wraps as a spread. MUCH better chilled than cooked in a stir fry.

Delicious, in fact.

Is Stubb's the same as G Hughes because I did a quick google search and G Hughes comes up but Stubb's doesn't anywhere and I KNOW it exists! I've used the bbq sauce before!

springlering62

You’re right. We’ve used both brands of BBq sauces. We like the Hughes spicy BBQ, especially in bean soup. Makes it taste like old fashioned Brunswick stew from a legendary local chain.

Here’s a pic of the stir fry sauce. We found it at Walmart

glassyo

springlering62 wrote: »

You’re right. We’ve used both brands of BBq sauces. We like the Hughes spicy BBQ, especially in bean soup. Makes it taste like old fashioned Brunswick stew from a legendary local chain.

Here’s a pic of the stir fry sauce. We found it at Walmart

I just thought google was being temperamental

I've been using the sugar free pineapple ginger marinade (it's like the lowest of the sodiums and I apparently need to start watching that now) on my hearts of palm/shrimp/needs a tiny bit of flavoring thingy.

springlering62

Picked this up because I thought it was cottage cheese. It’s not. It’s like the richest, most decadent yet mousse-ish textured stuff I’ve ever touched. Cottage cheese to the Nth degree.

(The crumbled chocolate coconut chips are my own beloved lidl chips I packed along with me.)

I’ll def be eating more of this while I can get it.

springlering62

In a couple of weeks traveling, including a remarkable food tour, enjoying honey straight from the hive, fresh bread several times a day, homemade sausages and goat/sheep cheeses, tomatoes straight off the vine, homemade eggplant hummus, a divine eggplant/tomato/onion spread, homemade butters and yogurts, i just discovered this:



I already love meringues passionately and have meringues every single day when I’m home, but this pavlova was next level. Utter perfection.

I’m already plotting how to have as many as I can before we leave.

And y'all! Super reasonable calories to boot? When I get home I’m experimenting til I make the perfect meringue. Pavlovas are def in my future!

VegjoyP

Every recipe I see on Instagram with either chick peas, peanut butter, oats, banana, plant protein powder, cocoa powder, tofu, etc
Lol!

nicsflyingcircus

Jalepeno garlic Hot sauce

SafariGalNYC

Cacao nibs 😋

springlering62

Accidental discovery, after we found a visitor had wiped out our supply of diet Barq’s.

We’d planned a rootbeer float tonight, with some low cal homemade vanilla ice cream.

The only other fizzy thing left in the fridge was a half empty bottle of Trader Joe’s Triple Ginger Beer.

So, root beer float turned into a “ginger float”.

Oh, my! This delicious spicy creamy treat is a definite do-over.

VegjoyP

Persimmons!

iradi8

bikecheryl wrote: »

Egg Roll in a Bowl - I got the seasonings juuuust right today !

Can you share how you made it?

springlering62

Opened a new jar of truffle salt for my popcorn. I usually buy whatever shows up cheap at TJ Maxx.

Didn’t even notice when I sprinkled it, this one is flaked salt.

OMG. I did everything but lick the bowl. I want to sprinkle it in my palm and make a meal of it.

Where has this been all my life?

VegjoyP

My brownie batter peanut butter cheesecake made with tofu, sweet potatoes, cocoa powder, powdered peanut butter and sugar free maple syrup

Heidijjo

pancakerunner wrote: »

Can be a new product you're loving or a simple ingredient you can't live without.

Me? Coconut manna. Love it! Also into homemade cucumber feta dip with fresh vegetables ...

Is there a recipe for this dip somewhere? Yum!

Heidijjo

These last few months I’ve been obsessed with Boars Head dill pickle hummus, Wickles dirty dills and Lindsay buttery green olives. They aren’t pickled and are so tasty.

Heidijjo

springlering62 wrote: »

Opened a new jar of truffle salt for my popcorn. I usually buy whatever shows up cheap at TJ Maxx.

Didn’t even notice when I sprinkled it, this one is flaked salt.

OMG. I did everything but lick the bowl. I want to sprinkle it in my palm and make a meal of it.

Where has this been all my life?

I used truffle salt in everything! It’s my favorite next to smoked paprika.

Heidijjo

Julios2k wrote: »

Loving this evening snack lately, 150 grams of Blueberries and Strawberries, 170 grams of plain yogurt mixed in with 16 grams of PB2 powder, 25 grams of granola and some cinnamon powder. 1 slice of toast with almond butter.

This is right up my alley. Perfection!

VegjoyP

( vegan) " fudgey brownie bottom peanut butter cheesecake" made with sweet potatoes, cocoa- cacao powder powdered peanut butter, tahini, maple, tofu

springlering62

One ingredient mango sorbet. With a dollop of spray whipped cream.

Even the husband raved.

Tonight is mango and banana.

Man, I love my Ninja Creami. It is hands down the most used appliance in my kitchen, besides the microwave.

springlering62

Does a drink count?

I’ve been blown away by Lidl’s flavored seltzer waters. The black cherry is delicious, and the raspberry lime tastes like a cream soda for some reason.

Only ingredients are carbonated water and “natural flavors”. Zero cal, of course.

I hate that it comes in plastic bottles but it doesn’t have the metallic taste I get off the canned carbonated flavored waters. I find that very off putting.

Terrykins

Sandwich Bros. Egg White and Turkey sausage with cheese pita snack sandwiches! In the frozen breakfast section. Only 150 Calories per pita and taste great! A quick breakfast for busy mornings. They taste better microwaved if you thaw it overnight in the refrigerator.