Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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Oh there’s coffee light and but not my usual 4 cups. Mercifully it’s temporary. I hope.
The potato salad sound good and filling 🥔🥚. And it’s better for you than a chocolate binge. You got some food groups there - protein, veggies, dairy, a little fat to make it smooth. What could be better?
Dante mentioned a spice/seasoning on his potato salad. Bukovo? Any idea what that is?0 -
We had pizza, because it's Wednesday night. I make us individual pizzas. I have deluxe, and Girlfriend has triple meat with black olives. Boyfriend can't have pizza after his WLS, so he had a nice piece of baked tilapia with Mexican spices, with Mexican rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, and sour cream.3
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Bukovo - I have lots of that. Hubby is Italian so red pepper flakes fly liberally around here!3
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Yep, it's essentially red pepper flakes, they spice up every dish while providing some color too. I like spicy stuff, so I put them in almost everything..
Today is another raid on the freezer, took some green bean stew out (apparently I had a different batch in there too, totally forgot). A quick chicken leg on the grill/air, and here we go!
The beans on that one were from the village, so much, much yummier!
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So what’s on the beans? Assume they’re green beans or some exotic variety? I see the pepper flakes - love the spicy foods too. 😋 But the dark sauce is the mystery…….
I am still searching for the rusk bread but I may have to break down and make it myself. Sometimes you just need some good crunchy chewy additions to the meal. Never could get into smoothies as a meal because there’s no chew there. Very unsatisfactory for me.2 -
I like chew too. And crunch. Never have gotten into a mushy texture.4
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That is the only think I miss about meat. The chew. Hard to replace (though possible).
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So what’s on the beans? Assume they’re green beans or some exotic variety? I see the pepper flakes - love the spicy foods too. 😋 But the dark sauce is the mystery…
It's essentially this recipe, without the potatoes.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/46225810/#Comment_46225810
The sauce is the same, it's the green bean variety that is simply a little darker looking.
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as usual... AWESOME on the village bunnies stuff!!!!!
Lack of bunnies here!
And was dragged by parental into "british" territory... and yes.. just 4 hours sleep from 6am to 10am cause fixing an issue till 5 and then the girl wanted to frolic in the park... and/or pee, I guess!
Da parental / "british" influence: https://icedrive.net/s/7ANy28WQRh862i2ijz8SFfFZifZR
And the currently sad state of me: https://icedrive.net/s/vjhjb18bPR7iiP9iQyBXDxBW4yYR needing both a haircut and a shave! (7 day limit in the hope that my future state will improve!
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Man, it's been a while since I had some fish and chips! Good idea, will probably give it a try next week (going for Tope shark with skordalia though instead of chips).
Also, you look fine PAV! I'd keep from shaving for another week and see how this goes, it's summer after all!
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PAV, you're looking pretty good from here!
Tonight is burritos. We'll have a choice of various meats that can be rolled up in a tortilla with various other things and various sauces to put on top, or not, as people choose. It's an easy meal and that's good. My spoons are really low today, so while I'd like to get the pork loin cut and in its various marinades, I can push it to tonight or tomorrow if I really need to. Chronic illness sucks, just saying. I'm good at coping but it would be nice not to have to.3 -
You are both so cute, PAV. Thank goodness the shewolf wasn't there - it would have been an overload.2
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Not much inspiring eating here. The antibiotics don’t mix well with raw fruit and veggies. And fiber. Had some canned soup 🥫and 🍞bread. Earlier had some plain yogurt and 🥚eggs.
I know - YAWN food. Missing salads 🥗 and especially spices🌶. Upside is I’m down a few pounds which will surely find me in two weeks.1 -
Ready made seafood salad from the olive bar section... well drained of liquids... plus bunnies of baby tomatoes.... and oodles of my potato cucumber egg kitchen sink mustard curry salad
Actually it was far from terrible
Oh Yooly. You will be stronger by the end of it! 1 -
I've had a humungous salad for lunch, with houmous and beans for a little protein.
Dinner will be homemade pizza. The dough is proving as I type and I've made a tomato sauce with our first crop of homegrown cherry tomatoes. Yum.3 -
Today we ate at our mothers, my brother and family came too.
Roasted veal in lemon sauce with linguini was the order of the day. Delicious!
The meat came from my uncle Spyro in the village, he has a small herd of cows and sheep (among other animals).
Of course, I brought my own salad, I think you can spot it in there...
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I may have to find out about the dressing on that salad... and are you implying that you were willing to share your salad with others!!! Looks awesome Dante... as usual!2
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That looks so delicious Dante! One thing I really miss about Italy (and Greece) is your delicious tomatoes. Even though I always use Italian seeds, we just don't have the unending days of dawn to dusk sunshine to deepen the flavour. And commercially available tomatoes don't hold a candle to the authentic thing...
Yep, I spotted your small bowl of salad! 3 -
OMG! And you didn’t invite us? Don’t know how you lose or maintain with that feast.
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I may have to find out about the dressing on that salad... and are you implying that you were willing to share your salad with others!!! Looks awesome Dante... as usual!
It's an easy one PAV, but beware, I like spicy stuff!
1 tbsp Olive oil
1 tbsp Mustard
1 tbsp katiki cheese (or go for cottage if you can't find it)
10gr grated Kerrygold Light
Balsamic Vinegar
Pepper mix
Oregano
Dried Garlic
Cayenne Pepper
Bukovo
Curcumin
No salt needed. This should be enough for at least a 10 bunnie salad!OMG! And you didn’t invite us? Don’t know how you lose or maintain with that feast.
You are one determined man Dante.
Well, I skipped breakfast and will have a light dinner. Was worth it tho!
I...I didn't post the mosaic cake at the end, right?Bella_Figura wrote: »That looks so delicious Dante! One thing I really miss about Italy (and Greece) is your delicious tomatoes. Even though I always use Italian seeds, we just don't have the unending days of dawn to dusk sunshine to deepen the flavour. And commercially available tomatoes don't hold a candle to the authentic thing...
Yeah, tomatoes from the farmer market are quite good here. From the village even better. Only in Summer though to be frank, the rest of the year the quality is much worse. T_T
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Tonight was chicken curry with rice and naan and spinach for those who can eat it.
And sometime I will have the energy to go in and clean up from dinner. Oof. Long day.3 -
I'm just a little bit jelly 🤷🏻♂️1
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Hubby made me some matzo ball chicken soup. Trying to avoid raw, fiber, and spices that don’t mix well with antibiotics. Today I actually feel better than I have in a long time.
One more week of meds so lots of soups in my future.3 -
Great to read, Yooly! Hope it is onwards and upwards (some downwards too, of course) from here!2
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Matzo ball soup 🍲again which is tasty and so wrong in hot weather! But good for my gut issue. I’m craving big salads, fresh fruit. Ten more days📆.
There was yogurt and banana and one of those frozen healthy choice mini meals earlier.
You think I’d be dropping weight like crazy but the salty soups, frozen and canned food are causing water retention. I should be cooking up fresh ingredients but I’m just too tired to bother.2 -
Take it easy. And.... water is not fat is not water 2
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yeah - like he say - and who would want to make soup from scratch when it is five billion degrees????? Matzo ball soup sounds good to me too and I'm vegetarian bring on that salty chickeny goodness!
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Steak tonight. Mashed cauliflower from a frozen packet (I think it's Birdseye brand) and premade and frozen rice pilaf, and some frozen green beans steamed in the microwave and tossed with some bacon drippings that are in a little jar inside the door from last time I baked bacon for quichecakes. I have bread rolls in the freezer and I'll pull those out around lunchtime to thaw.
This is how I normally do things, so that actually making the dinner come together doesn't take too long. My body REALLY does not like this heat, I'm having lots of hot flashes which are leaving me miserable, and I just have no motivation or willpower to do anything much at all. I know this is temporary but it is no fun at all.3 -
It was worth the wait...
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