Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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Erythrotol - vaguely remember the stuff about that …. Erm not for me!
Persisting with the porridge me thinks - as was filling! Maybe some berries will help …
Shake here too today - cold ice cubed coffee, yoghurt, blueberries, flax seeds & needed bit of water to loosen gloopy texture a bit!
Was lovely for 250 kals and 17g carbs!
Hungry though & not lunchtime yet!3 -
Fish Supper tonight - cod loin found loitering in freezer - parmesan pesto crust - pesto using foraged wild garlic, with samphire (not tried this before) carrot & parsnip “chips” Even though not potato chips - was lovely!
Bought a Jerusalem artichoke - again, in the spirit of trying something new - have no idea what to do with it yet! 🥴😉3 -
Sounds very adventurous
Glad you're feeling up to all the experimenting!3 -
Sunday Roast - OH’s Tarragon & Lemon Chicken with roast parsnips & carrots, beans & kale with gravy. Lots of leftovers to feed us well into next week & bones boiling for stock store!1
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Dinner is loaded baked potatoes (sour cream, cheese, bacon, and steamed broccoli).
Other meals this week are Hibach bowls (chicken, mushroom, zucchini, onions, and rice) and Asian noodles with shrimp and veggies.
Lunches will be salads.3 -
I do like a good baked potato 🥔. But I can’t do sour cream, cheese and bacon 🥓 with it. Partly because my calorie allowance is so low. And then there’s the heartburn…..4
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I'm a sad "eat out" puppy today!
Breakfast was quarter lb burger no cheese no mayo add mustard served with fruit and a side order of two soft poached eggs.
Early dinner was a Costco beef hot dog with mustard and onions... and later dinner was 775Cal worth of 'white chocolate covered freeze dried strawberries' (155g worth of them!)
.... ok... choices could have been better! POSSIBLY
(but we don't discuss in polite company) that there might have been a late lunch of "officially 320" but logged as 400 Cal due to apparent size of dairy queen vanilla cone--the kiosk attacked me in the mall!
So all around sitting at about 2500 with the ~150 Cal pack of rice crackers I snarfed while driving.
I think I need supervision when I'm let out of the house
I'm putting forth that... sad pieces of lettuce, nice mandarin, grapes and slivers of pomelo and freeze dried strawberries covered in white chocolate are bunnies... in a questionable bunny world.
My nice veggies and boiled potatoes are waiting in the fridge!3 -
Nah- you knew what you were doing and keeping track of calories (poor as they were). By the way PAV, do you work at Costco or just spend an inordinate amount of time there?1
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I do like a good baked potato 🥔. But I can’t do sour cream, cheese and bacon 🥓 with it. Partly because my calorie allowance is so low. And then there’s the heartburn…..
As long as I measure everything out, I can keep it within my dinner range calorie wise. But I have to be careful because I WILL over do it on sour cream and cheese. Adding the broccoli helps because it's low calorie and filling.
Plus, a baked potato is SO filling to me that I don't want to snack at night.4 -
Potatoes work the same way for me, Athijade. I just have to be careful when topping - but I'm happy with the flavour of cautious topping so it is a win win.
You'll be home soon, PAV. And - really - it seems to be you have done well today - I second Yooly on that.
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Was definitely maintenance day yesterday. But actually not (much if at all) over. But IFFY choices for sure!
Err... it is the "call of the Costco" sort of like wolves howling in the dark snowy Alaskan night... or something like that.2 -
Yooly IS perceptive, however. They most certainly have a good number of aisles devoted to anti-weight-management!
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Baked Potatoes! 😍😚🤪 miss them! With baked beans & cheese ….280g spud would be a wapping 50g of carbs! 3/4 of my recommended daily amount! Inspired me to look at other, lower carb alternatives - butternut squash sounds like supper tonight!
Supper last night was one pot garlic chicken using the Sunday Roast leftovers -was 577 kcals - so had 1/2.
This is such a good, tasty dish - thought I’d share it.
Can be found at https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/one-pot-garlic-chicken?dicbo=v2-rcRintc2 -
checking it out... I admit that one of my "go-to" fast foods is an out-take of the "stuffed jacket potato". If low on calories Wendy's plain baked potato with small chili (on top). If a few more Calories are available Wendy's sour cream and chives or large chili on top (with some on the side) or both become options!4
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Parsnip & celeriac mash with cheddar and parmesan topping - with broad, & french beans, carrots and peas. Going to be a “ windy evening…😶🌫️ 😳
- celeriac needed eating up & it was ok - made it creamier using 200mls whole milk, 30g butter, 30g of cheddar and 30g Parmesan. 20g chopped almondson top was an afterthought. Cauliflower instead of celeriac .. or swede? Bacon lardens next time?2 -
Sounds delicious, Creamtea!1
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I’ve had parsnips only once or twice - not readily available here and those are sub par. No celeriac. Couldn’t begin to find that.
Almondson and Swede are a complete mystery to me. Who knew British food was so exotic?1 -
Good Morning - frosty & cold here first thing - it’s mid April… hurry up sunshine!
Breakfast is porridge to keep the cats of out - with stewed plums….
Hi Yooly
Hope you & OH are enjoying your holiday - lovely pic - you are a handsome couple x
Re the “Almondson - was meant to read “almonds on top” - only exotic thing was the thought to put them in the dish! 😁
Swede is defo not exotic here -really commonly farmed -boiled, seasoned with white pepper &, of course, butter & is often paired / mixed with potato mash. Is delish…, Scots called it “neeps” & eat with Haggis.
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To share my "lovely" food day:
Lemon sugar-Free Pudding fortified with unflavored protein powder.
Clear whey protein drink (mixed berry, wasn't great, won't have that flavor again)
Yoplait peach "dairy snack" (not sure why it's labeled that vs yogurt)
Fairlife chocolate protein milk.
80g protein. Uninspired as hell.3 -
Don’t know how you can function Nic! You might be getting required calories but it can’t be fun.
Swedes- definitely not folks from Sweden! I googled it. Rutabaga or turnip. Still not common here. Root vegetables aren’t very popular in central Texas. Mainly we get carrots and potatoes and sweet potatoes.
However we do have lots of tropical foods - avocado, papayas, jicama, plantain, mangoes, limes, tomatillo…..3 -
I made chicken hibachi bowls last night (and will eat leftovers tonight). So rice, teriyaki chicken and mushrooms, and stir fried zucchini and onions. Topped with a bit of yum yum sauce (that pink sauce you get at the hibachi restaurant). A little too much sauce. I went to add a bit more and the cat hit my arm and... yea. Kind of a mess lol.
Super filling though and easy to make. I also love the flexibility with proteins and veggies that can be used in it.4 -
celery root and rutabagas should be available in Texas Ms @Yoolypr
I see you gave Ms Google a workout though!
Never figured out what to do with plantains... they do show up and so does jicama (which as far as remember involves cutting which as far as I remember places my little fingers in danger so is best avoided!!!)... and tomatillos LOOK interesting... but...
Ultimately today I pulled a suitable for Laurie
pre-test and shoved 508g of riced california mix (or real california mix I suppose--since it would cost less and be the same nutritionally) into NUKE-CITY and then added TWO pouches of indian potato curry (585g)... whole thing less than 800 Cal and it even gets ME more than one meal!
Bad news.... cadbury mini eggs are NOT consistently filled... and Walmart pulled a sale fake (well they were still on sale but really... if that was 75% off they were WAY overpriced... so fakers!). Claimed weight 33g. But they've ranged from 28g to 45g!2 -
nicsflyingcircus wrote: »To share my "lovely" food day……80g protein. Uninspired as hell.
Oh G*d Nic…..1 -
Today's menu:
Sugar-free butterscotch pudding fortified with unflavored protein powder.
Pink lemonade clear protein drink.
Mixed berry "dairy snack"
Fairlife chocolate protein milk
83g protein.3 -
I would still like to try your sugar free lemon pudding mix @nicsflyingcircus
But we don't seem to have it here1 -
I would still like to try your sugar free lemon pudding mix @nicsflyingcircus
But we don't seem to have it here
Strangely enough I get both the butterscotch and lemon (my two faves) in store brand, because Jello brand doesn't have them in sugar-free.
I could mail you a couple packs, lol.3 -
That sounds delicious, PAV. More details on curried potato????
Ah, Nic,
I love the Hibachi bowl idea, Athijade. Haven't pulled that together in awhile. Might be time!2 -
tasty bite bombay potatoes I'm sure you could do it WAY better and cheaper on your own but that's what it was. picked it up at walmart though I had first seen the brand at choices years ago.1
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So many restaurants and bad choices in Seattle! We leave tomorrow morning. Back to more veggies 🥗. I’m fearing the bathroom scale! 😱2
