Food inspiration, or what's for supper?

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  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
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    The great little local place (Papi's tacos) we ate at tonight called this chicken salad and it was the special tonight. $9.99 and it was perfect. I ate all the meat/avocado and probabky 1/3 of all the vegetables (sauteed peppers and onions, pico de gallo, lettuce and cilantro). I also had 7 fresh, hot, salty Tortilla Chips with a hot green tomatillo salsa.
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,134 Member
    Yum! Beautiful.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    Looks awesome! Yum!
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    edited August 31
    Not 100% sure where this will go! But it was 2pm and I had only had coffee! Was ordered with extra onions! The "groomed" picture definitely look a LOT more tidy than the real life item! But it WAS tasty... and making itself feel "present"! :lol:

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  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    Last night we walked up to an in the beach seafood place (about 12-13 minute walk each way) .

    I had grilled red Snapper with a couple French fries (they were underwhelming) and some coleslaw.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    The grilled snapper sounds good though!
  • Yoolypr
    Yoolypr Posts: 3,341 Member
    My nephew is a professional photographer who does mainly food photos for ads and menus. The stories he tells about “grooming” food and food stylists! Thin separators between burger layers, tweezing sesame seeds, a little food coloring to amp the tomatoes and lettuce….. digging through cereal boxes for perfect flakes or raisins.
    Anyway 830 cals - wow 😮. That’s over half my allotted maintenance daily calories. Nothing is that wonderful.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    Tonight... Waffle House after 2 rounds of mini golf. It was 8pm already and the restaurant we were planning on going to was another 0.6 miles past our condo (other direction from the mini golf) and the waffle House is right across from us, lol. So two scrambled eggs, "city" ham (7 carbs? Just why?) and half the extra crispy hashbrowns. Got a decaf coffee to go which I am nursing right now.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    I'm surprised your waffle place had a "reasonable" sized meal Nic!

    Yooly... if only you knew the half of it in terms of the food massacres that happen down this way! Me thinks that, at least for now, this puppy plays closer to the 3K than the 1.5K league! So lots of room for stupid moves!:wink: How are you feeling?
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  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    Well, like I said, I only ate half the hashbrowns and then I skipped both pieces of toast.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    Sorry Nic: was not criticizing. Just surprised. Even with hasbrowns and toast it sounded within the parameters of reasonable! Some of the breakfast places I've been to seem to be too much at times. Without the toast and with half the hash definitely not excessive. Hey. Just had an idea. Even if you don't qualify age wise, ***some*** restaurants will allow you to order from the seniors menu which is smaller in quantity! I know I've done it! 😎
  • Yoolypr
    Yoolypr Posts: 3,341 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Even if you don't qualify age wise, ***some*** restaurants will allow you to order from the seniors menu which is smaller in quantity! I know I've done it! 😎

    All depends on definition of “senior”. Some places it’s 50 yo. Or if your server is 18 or younger, anyone over 40 qualifies because you look mighty old to them.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    I asked. They were going to let me order off the kids/seniors menu, but it was only 1 (one!) egg.
  • Yoolypr
    Yoolypr Posts: 3,341 Member
    I asked. They were going to let me order off the kids/seniors menu, but it was only 1 (one!) egg.

    Maybe order the kid meal and a side order egg? Sometimes when eating out with hubby he gets an extra but shares with me.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    Wow! That was my exact reaction! I will take the seniors meal with one egg---plus two eggs poached soft on the side please!😎 Or share, of course, like you did. I mean the end result is the same. But the side thing works better when you're the only one there! 🤷‍♂️
  • Yoolypr
    Yoolypr Posts: 3,341 Member
    Kung Pao chicken with brown rice at a small local place in Belltown - Seattle. Ate the whole thing cause breakfast and lunch were airline pretzels and I was hungry. It was waaay too much food, oil & salt. Not sorry!
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    I chopped 4 chicken sausage meatballs into small bits, cooked up with 4oz of chopped white mushrooms. Made a sauce with plain tomato sauce, cottage cheese and parmesan, garlic salt and pepper all blended together smooth. Added my egg white noodles and had sausage and mushroom "pasta" with creamy, cheese red sauce.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    Huh Adventuresome.

    Two tiny cookies 7g!🤯 Cadbury Chocolate 38g 🤷‍♂️ plain potato chips 56g😵‍💫 420g kale and bean soup 103g kimchi and 100g nongshim Kimchi noodle soup in 550g water discarding 20g of the dry noodles. And 643g of garden fresh cucumbers oh oh eaten with a 28g bag of Doritos. Pot of coffee a Tim tam and a bottle of coke Zero! 🤯🤯🤯😎 not sure what sort of random day this adds up to!!!! Fairly random! I think Greek yogurt with more cucumber for some protein later!!! And hours left to go!😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    Egg white frittatas to the protein and calorie budget rescue!
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,134 Member
    Yum!
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    Roasted pork loin (seasoned with Kinder's garlic salt), mashed potatoes (instant) beefed up with cottage cheese, canned green beans (what can I say, I love 'em), plus some roasted pork gravy.

    Comfort food :)
  • Adventurista
    Adventurista Posts: 2,134 Member
    edited September 6
    Yum!

    Bagged up 1 oz mixed nuts for snackage. A blended variety from a few different kinds, salted, unsalted, bakers walnuts, mixed... i want to pick up a few more before I bag more; brazil and pistachios.
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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    Yum!

    The totally random day is yum? EEEEEK! I think your well conceived, planned, and executed meals are yum!!!!

    Today is slightly less random so far! But only slightly! Pot of coffee and a single 3.7g mini mini choco cookie (so 30Cal for both)... cause it was the last one in the drawer! McD's vanilla cone (looked to be in the 300 Cal range) on the way to subway for a foot-long veggies only sub (yes for the peppery jack cheese, all the veggies, pepper only, no sauce).... and that's it so far.

    Though I *am* getting a bit peckish :blush:
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    4oz sauteed mushrooms, 3oz Precooked chicken, 1 package egg white noodles, then an "Alfredo" sauce made with 2oz milk, 2oz cottage cheese, 10g g parmesan and some seasonings. Served with liberally applied black pepper.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
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    Romaine, tzatziki+2% greek yogurt, precooked chicken, reduced-fat feta, cucumber, tomato and onion.

    Dinner later is cheesy ham scrambled egg/whites
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    Cheesy ham egg whites sounds good I've been abusing the veggies done right or whatever they're called :) egg white frittatas... 57g 70 Cal. Actually not as much protein and more fat as a percentage than you would think or if I were making from scratch. But they do seem to hit the spot and are a quick meal with or without bread wrapping!
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    That salad is so nicely chopped!

    quite filling for the calories.... mash from a satchel with water from a kettle... and.... freshly "caught" porcini mushrooms collected by a friend who then prepared them in things we don't want to know about but which MAY have included onions and "light" cream (cough cough).

    Still. I figure that in spite of the cream, the 350g of "creamy mushrooms and onions" probably did not top 300 Cal... so still a good bargain... probably!
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,899 Member
    Today I had instant mashed potatoes topped with sirloin steak tips in a mushroom gravy
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,794 Member
    Kitchen isn’t really done yet but it’s at the stage where I can actually think of cooking something on my fancy single hot plate … Since there’s still significant electrical issues here including a stove outlet that doesn’t function.

    I’m going to make green soup - It’s been so freaking long. The food I’ve been eating here has been atrocious on the health front. I think but you know really who knows?
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,311 Member
    Green sounds lovely! 😎