Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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I mixed potatoes with cucumbers and onion today. It was a cold salad with Dijon, horseradish, vinegar and bit of oil dressing. Tasty with a skinless roasted chicken leg. There was a small green salad with tomatoes, radishes, carrot.
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That actually sounds good Yooly!….we had cooked diced chicken mixed with peppers and onions,black beans, mexi corn and fajita seasoning with a splash of wine to deglaze the pan!2
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But I'm a rebel without a clue! And I spent my calories on Clif barsconniewilkins56 wrote: »PAV you are allowed to mix peas and mashed potatoes but not green beans!
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Tonight for them is chicken enchiladas with rice and beans and pico de gallo and all that. I am having a taco salad as I don't like enchiladas. Son doesn't like Mexican, but knows that on Friday night he handles his own dinner.2
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I'm surprised people find Mexican filling for the calories!
I'm maybe less exposed to the cuisine other than through local restaurants and vacation hot spot tourist traps. But in general I would classify what I've eaten as high calories for satiation level
I suspect maybe because it's all restaurant level as opposed to home cooked?1 -
Probably PAV, and God knows what you mix in your final dish!….I make bean enchiladas with cheese on top and use the 45 calorie tortillas….I get three very filling ones after I add peppers, onions, and black olives!…
Tonight we are having beef tenderloin ( filet mignon ), roasted asparagus with the real shredded parm on top, and salads with beets, blue cheese and honey roasted pecan pieces!….I figure I might as well eat the foods I love in a smaller amount!…quality over quantity tonight!….coffee and a Pamela’s walnut oatmeal cookie for dessert!2 -
They seem to be pretty happy with them. I put about an ounce of meat in each, and with the bean smear and the cheese, there's plenty to satiate.
I'm leaving the frying up of the sausage and the lamb and grinding that lamb roast down for tomorrow. There's some overripe bananas that need to be converted into muffins. I'm not tired of banana muffins yet. Especially not with mini chocolate chips in them. (grin)3 -
WALMART!!!!
They SHORTED MY BUNNIES! 
My 500g of cauliflower is ONLY 492g! I am 8g short of a full stack!!!! 
See Connie this is where I would play with logging. AND I would both eat more and less!
Beef tenderloin. A very lean meat. If you separate out the fat etc, could even come UNDER 1.5 Cal per gram. So an 8oz--pre-cooked--piece can easily come at about 316 Cal. Add some fat during cooking or serving with butter on top--about 350 Cal all together. (actually, because, reasons... I would personally do a 6oz pre-cooked piece by preference but I am assuming you're heading into this with as high or higher of a caloric need since you've been cleaning all day!!!)
I love love your choice of blue cheese and real parm. Blue cheese because the stronger the cheese the less cheese you can get away with using while still getting taste. Real parm for similar reasons. Though I might be tempted to go for petals instead of shred. But mainly whichever makes hamster happy but keeps calories to minimum. Cheddar, mozza, other "not too pungent" cheeses? I tend to use a LOT more for effect. <-- me of course. Others could be different!
Asparagus? THAT sucker? I would maximize! Throw me a lb baby! Even more! Your 16oz of asparagus before cooking costs you LESS than 100 Cal!
So between 8oz of beef and a lb of asparagus we have barely 450 Cal.
44 Cal per 100g for beets.... woohoo! Another lb of goodies for just 200 Cal.
60 Cal for 0.5oz of real parmesan. OK.
100 Cal for 1 oz of blue cheese. 180 Cal for 1oz of honey roasted pecans... hmmmmmm
The parm would make it. I'll be honest though. Depending on the day and deficit, I am not sure if the rest would make it as is. Maybe yes. Maybe not. I mean I am paying half the price of plain 8oz beef and asparagus for "salad enhancement" Before adding dressing!
So, I would be tempted to "cheat" and use less which may or may not work given the quantity of beets.
Or I would "cheat" and replace the pecan nuts. For example I might go and use sunflower seeds or slivered almonds (similar cal per gram but more visual and per bite coverage because they are smaller/thinner and spread out more. And then some sugar and/or liquid sucralose in combination if I really really wanted to get the sweet part of the pecans which, I admit, will go nicely with the beets. Or maybe some raisins or cubed dried prunes to get the sweetness effect without resorting to sweeteners!
And WOWSER CITY: do you ever have bunnies there!!!!
And then I would turn around and trade the pecan calories for... you guessed it... a fiber one brownie!
Actually I wouldn't do the fiber one. Connie, they're expensive up here, but have you checked out these guys? https://smartsweets.com/ I MAYBE had three bags yesterday (cola bottles, sour watermelon, sour gummies)...
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The calorie counts you have are pretty close to what I counted them….I only had 1T. of glazed pecan pieces and I had 4.5 oz. of meat….I am trying to eat about 1500 calories a day but I am not going to eat all of the exercise calories….they are kind of like a secret stash if I want or need them…my worst or best ( however you look at it ) thing I do is eat the bulk of my calories from dinner until bed time….I rarely eat breakfast and I have a light lunch but by dinner I am hungry!1
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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »frying up of the sausage and the lamb and grinding that lamb roast down for tomorrow.
Did I tell you that I almost bought a ticket for "Alexandra's house in the USA" when I saw you were going to grind your own lamb to make lamb gyro? I could have! I maybe snuck a peak at sale prices even!!!!
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I mixed potatoes with cucumbers and onion today. It was a cold salad with Dijon, horseradish, vinegar and bit of oil dressing. Tasty with a skinless roasted chicken leg. There was a small green salad with tomatoes, radishes, carrot.
So either at my advanced old age I am starting to forget things?!?!?! OR, M - EF - Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! is, as usual, not populating some forum posts till later!
This sounds like a REAL INTERESTING salad @Yoolypr
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I believe in eating smaller portions of Real Food. I have to deal with enough things I can't eat to rule anything else out unless it doesn't agree with me.3
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I'm trying to decide between a muffin and a bath. I think it will be a bath.
No, I don't eat in the bathtub. Autism has decided that's just WRONG.4 -
And don't forget that it prevents soggy muffins ❣️😹1
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I am like The Cat In The Hat….
I can eat on a train
I can eat in a car!
I can eat on a plane
I can!
I can eat on a bus
I can eat in the tub!
I can eat on a rhinoceros
I can!
I can eat in the park
I can eat at the mall!
I can eat in the dark
I can
I can eat anywhere!2 -
conniewilkins56 wrote: »I am like The Cat In The Hat…. I can eat anywhere!
But not if the muffin is touching the tub!!!!
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Tea - defrosted spicy bean chilli & rice… ok so rice is no bunny 😒😏… how come spud is? 😠 Mmph … sulking here! 😁😁😁😘
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Muffin the bath tub is just a no! Eating anything in th bath tub is a no from me! Also - might seem strange, but I can’t eat during the night, no matter how much the hamsters are screaming in “hunger”. ‘Bout you? I can drink water in the night if needed….2
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Agreed. In almost 57 years I’ve never once got up to eat something once I’ve hit the hay. It would be almost unthinkable...1
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Pretty much a 24 hour eater here. Wake me up and I’m fully capable of having a nosh or two. 🥴4
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Not my fault, ever! I am blaming @Yoolypr for MAKING me make this for CONNIE!!!!
And here are the Canadian and European labels! (isn't the European one soooo much cuter?)
And it is ELEVEN AND A HALF BUNNIES!!!!!
Will I wait until it cools before digging in?!?!?!
Of course not!
Hmm: cool down and either chili flakes or sriracha and this will be even better and it is already good! Possibly curry powder would work. I really need to get some... hey maybe a dash of worcestershire sauce... hmmm..... 3 -
Tonight was curry involving homemade lamb meatballs, mushrooms, onions, and cashews. I did spinach on the side for those that can eat it. My gut has been less than placid lately so I didn't want to risk spinach in the curry itself, though it's tasty and pretty that way. Also rice and naan. I am a little high it was so good. I love Indian food.
Going to research Son's favorite dish so I can see if I can make it better at home.5 -
PAV - that in no way resembles the recipe I posted for cucumber potato salad. No egg, no yogurt, no cauliflower in my salad. But looks interesting and if it makes you happy 👍2
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Oh Alec, you need so much help in the kitchen!….what Yoolypr posted sounded great….what you made, not so much!
I got John orange chicken at Panda Express and I ordered a Chicken Teriyaki with no sauce….I came home and weighed 5 oz. of it and put it on a mega huge salad with my bleu cheese and pecans….followed by coffee and 2 chocolate chip Fiber One bars….my tummy said, “ thank you “….I needed food!…I worked like a dog today!2 -
Pffft... you're just jelly of my eleven and a half bunnies Connie! And it is yum!
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Will concede yours is indeed a potato salad! Did you eat that entire container in the picture? Looked like it could feed a family of 4. Glad you enjoyed it and had a new food adventure. 👍2
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We are very fond of a nice mild korma-style curry. Especially with lamb in it. Which reminds me I have lamb to grind and make into a gyro loaf today.3
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This looks delicious! If it really does taste as good as it looks you deserve a medal, PAV. These are some amazing food replacements. Cauliflower?! Plain greek yogurt?!
I'ma going to try this...maybe even today...maybe even warm...it is rainy here and I'm tired from two days of The Boy so a big bowl full of comfort food sounds perfect.
So - the cauliflower - did you add the frozen cauliflower to your mix when were were stirring it all up and let the hot potatoes thaw? Or did you actually cook it?
Chili flakes....mmmmm.....
Maybe some little baby cucumbers on the side with a nod to Yooly.
Maybe some fresh dill?????1 -
That potato salad looks fancy! Tea tonight is bangers and mash with two bunnies and onion gravy… Because sometimes sausages are a must .. and I forgot to take the beef joint out of the freezer! ….🥴3
