Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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Poor scarcity embracing Garfield 😝0
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Okay the following is not for the faint of heart!!!!😱
After emptying all the nice tasty slurping liquid from last night's soup... I added 60g of dehydrated mushrooms (that I first rehydrated according to instructions and then chopped up)
Then proceeded to more finely chop the original soup intestines (had started as a couple of cans of Campbell soup to which 750 g of broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and red onion had been added) plus the added mushrooms this morning!
And added 750g of broth from a magical tetra pack!😝
Yummy 😋
(Well it actually IS! So there!)0 -
Nothing wrong with yogurt whatsoever - just haven't managed it for an evening snack yet so I was being silly!
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I can't eat fruit, nuts, granola etc right now and yogurt is easy to tote to work. They were all greek yogurt, but zero sugar, fat-free versions.
The light + fit zero sugar Greek in strawberry was okay. I think I'll go back to my standby, 2good Greek yogurt in the lemon flavor.3 -
I just had a lovely dinner, so I thought I'd share...
We each had half a grilled chicken breast, sliced atop a heap of roasted veggies (red and yellow pepper, carrot, red and yellow onion, cherry tomatoes, courgette), topped with crumbled feta (25g each). Then, on the side, some cubes of air-fryer-roasted rosemary potatoes, and two thin slices of ciabatta rubbed with garlic then grilled and drizzled with a tsp of olive oil and sea salt.
Oh my lord, it was divine.
Double carbs with the potatoes and bruschetta, but worth it.
Followed by 100g yoghurt with sliced blueberries and green grapes.
Lunch was a bowl of homemade vegetable soup, breakfast was a simple bowl of porridge.
And now it's 19:30 and that's my eating done for the day.3 -
Tuna salad. 1 2.6oz ouch of light tuna, 1tbso Avocado mayo, little dijon, 0.5 tbsp Dill relish, then salt, pepper and onion powder.
It was okay, and I tolerated it great 4 -
Starting from this morning: Ferrero x3, coffee, boiled baby potatoes with skin, dried figs in rough order so far the rest of the baby potatoes were chopped up and placed in remainder of soup from yesterday total pre-cooked weight of pot 340 g. Pretty much the same post-boiled skin on blah blah
Sure Bella I would rather be eating your stuff 😋😝 have to admit not sure about Nic's circus... but extremely glad to hear the well tolerated bit2 -
Sure Bella I would rather be eating your stuff 😋😝
Our entire meal for two (with leftovers for the dog) cost £2.50...you don't need to spend a lot to eat well. Admittedly it wasn't something that could be knocked up in 2 minutes (took an hour from start to finish, but most of that was just dead time waiting for the veggies to roast, when I could've been cracking on with something else if I'd been short of time).
I bet you've missed my little holier-than-thou-you-are-what-you-eat lectures (NOT!)
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Bella_Figura wrote: »you-are-what-you-eat
I'm a genetically engineered taste tested and fully researched epitome of spicy and/or tangy and/or syrupy sweetness designed to appeal to all your senses and light up your LED's in a melody of colour? Oh Splat & stick the landing Garfield: I
U too!!!!! 0 -
I also made homemade chicken Vegetable soup. I made it with a 12oz mirepoox frozen mix and wish I hadn't cause there are more onions and fewer carrots than I'd like. It was tasty, but I out too much pepper in it (my bowl, not the whole soup, lol)2
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But Nic- you’re eating and keeping it down. Surely that is better than external supplements!2
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Congratulations, Nic. Can't imagine going through what you have been going through. I hope you are able to come out of this sort of stable on the appetite front. It would probably send me on a tailspin - eating and otherwise - which would be painfully frustrating with the physical limitations
Is counselling part of the journey you are on?1 -
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Indeed you are, PAV. I couldn't not have described you better myself 1
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But Nic- you’re eating and keeping it down. Surely that is better than external supplements!
It is, but with the capacity of my stomach right now, protein supplementation is a need, not a want. I can eat as much as 5 oz of something like pudding, jello, jello fluff, yogurt, etc, but 2 eggs is a struggle. 3oz of actual solid food is like my limit. The soup I made is half broth and I took a 6oz portion last night, didn't end up finishing the broth.
So really about 30-40g protein daily from food and 40-55g protein from supplemention (which amounts to two protein drinks, tailored to fit around my diet).
One of my major dietary rules post procedure is to stop eating as soon as I feel satisfied, not even full. Persisting past that can cause issues.
I did counseling prior to the surgery.3 -
I'm on to something I think!
Milk 2% 300.1g but next attempt I'm doing 350
Choco instant sugar free pudding blah blah was 43g (package says 40)
Dissolve over two about equal sprinklings over the milk with the hand whisk
Then added 0% skyr plain 203g (next time 150) and vigorously whisked to the extent that it was whiskable!
Pretty solid hence the future changes but at least everything is not lumpy and tastes good!2 -
Pan seared flounder with homemade tartar sauce.3
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I've added 50.2g of peanuts (bag pretended to be 45!)😝
Nic is making me contemplate nicking some of the dog's fish and putting it together with some boiled baby potatoes and veg! Actually now that I think of it I've got a slightly tired looking unopened bag of frozen shrimp sitting in there too. This is starting to look like a good idea!2 -
So it ended up being 375g Italian mix vegetables, the 355g baby potatoes, 381g frozen cooked shrimp, and 105g cocktail sauce fortified with 20g sriracha
And contemplating leaving a little bit for a later snack!
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Burp... NOPE: NOTHING LEFT for later!
Because that last bit got some lemon pepper seasoning which made the yum factor jump up to MINE MINE IT'S ALL MINE!2 -
And I was pondering on trying some of those shrimpy rabbits! Was going to charter a flight until I saw this. 1
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Are crustaceans on the Laurie list? High protein low calories following the rule that the less the calories the higher the price! 😝0
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White chicken chili, no corn 1
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Well. In spite of a friend suggesting I may prefer to work on my lasagna stock, the big half of the white shrimp bag (430g) is currently swimming in cold water in the fridge to thaw. And the remaining half bag of veggies 376g has already been nuked and returned to the fridge!
Only things up for consideration: get more baby potatoes, go with Betty Crocker, or go for minute rice mixed or not mixed with riced veggies? And what about sauce? Same as yesterday or something different?🤔🤔🤔
I suspect it's going to be Betty though I only have butter and herb when I prefer garlic. It's more calories than baby potatoes. But I'm fairly sure I'll have the room!😝1 -
Whot is white chicken chili no corn? Searching .....0
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People wearing puffer jackets and tuques using portable barbecues on park tables!
Had to explain to someone that she wasn't invited to the other people's gathering!!!!!😝2 -
Whot is white chicken chili no corn? Searching .....
White chicken chili is chicken and white beans (I used cannelini), with chili type seasoning (but not chili powder), cooked in water with chicken Bouillon, then I add led some jalepeno cream cheese for creaminess, and some shredded lite cheddar. Once it was done a bit and cooled down, I added some light sour cream.
Alot of white chicken chili recipes call for corn. I don't care for it, in this particular instance.
So white chicken chili, no corn. (I admit I was missing a comma)2 -
I wasn't that worried about the comma!
So you must be feeling appreciably better if you're venturing into what sounds like much more "robust" menu options!!!💪1 -
Yeah, definitely. That is also my meal prep for work. Tbh, the yolk in my egg turned me off, so tomorrow before work I'm going to try just egg whites with cheese, that was good, or maybe fish and tartar sauce again (I overcooked the fish last time).2
