Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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Trail mix works great at home - for me. I do hesitate taking my trail mix packets while traveling because of people who may have peanut allergies. I didn’t take that seriously until I met someone with a severe peanut 🥜allergy- to the point where he would even react to surfaces that had previously had peanuts on them. Like airplane 🛩️trays which don’t get wiped down between flights! 😨
I wipe down everything 🧼- seat, tray, arm rest whatever is in my space! Started doing that traveling during 😷Covid.0 -
I've regressed a lot more (like two or THREE steps) towards the "yippy skippy on contact" side of things over the past 10 years but, for sure, caloric balance and satiety is easier to deal with one or TWO steps to the left! Thankfully some of the rest of the 10-year old package seems to be holding out more or less ok—with sufficient adjustments and nudges ;-)
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Made myself a nice toasted sandwich on keto bread, with deli chicken, Swiss cheese, mustard, tomato and lettuce. Tasty.
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Ha! I did SIMILAR!
Got "fluffy" (you don't want fluffy 'cause fluffy is way too easy to overeat! Fluffy is the "store baked" white bread which is only good on the day it's made and maybe the next)…. so grabbed two slices of fluffy (55g), added 78g of "pulled roast chicken"—yes the super expensive we didn't thrown out the leftover chickens so we charge extra for them cold stuff! Now. Let's take a poll! Did I add mustard or dill pickles or a slice of cheddar like I was planning to? NOPE. I just sliced 60g of cucumber that I saw when I opened up the fridge! Sooooooooo bread chicken cucumber oh henry bar coffee… done till dinner!
There may or may not exist a grey Houston sized elephant in this room!
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Shoot PAV - if you skipped the OHenry candy bar, you could have had another whole chicken sandwich! Two sandwiches for the same 600 calories 🥪🥪
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And that's why, kids, we log before we eat… and not randomly whenever (at least if we really really really really really really really really really don't want to miss anything ;-)
As I was contemplating visiting the kitchen and my glass-lock of logged into yesterday 'left overs' from the 758g of California mix, I was wondering how come I haven't bitten the dog's tail off yet!
So… there was a little gold wrapped bundle I dove into as soon as I got in the kitchen while making coffee this morning… now logged and suitably adjusted by .6 Cal to reflect its influence!
Note that cronometer has settings that allow you to add up things slightly differently than MFP. Instead of starting as sedentary and allowing for exercise activity from fitbit to adjust things once it exceeds the MFP sedentary target you can start from 'BMR'.
BMR is lower than sedentary because sedentary includes some basic movement and self care. So my target starts lower than it would on MFP but starts to increment sooner and continues to increment to midnight even with negative calories enabled (technically if asleep it would stay constant instead of decreasing).
Anyway. All this to say that the day will end up closer to an expenditure of 2500 to 2700 and not 2000…. so there's lots of eating left depending on whether I am going to ever try to do anything about the annoying "last" ~3lbs
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Even understood that, lol
Tried roasting vegs 1st time - dressed from cupboard; evoo, rice vinegar, juice of 1/2 lime, molasses, scoop of canned red peppers, spices - onion & garlic powders, red cayenne pepper, dashes ginger & coriander.
Used this to toss pan of brussels & cut chunks of broccoli stalks, and a pan of cauliflower & broccoli florets, and the salmon.
Added some of the canned red peppers, diced poblano pepper & fresh squeezed lime to top of salmon and into the ricearoni pan cooked with broth.
Pretzel bites heated in the oven last 10 mins, did not add the salt. They were essentially a soft pretzel, like at Costco, in a bite shape. Rang my bell. Brought carbs/cals over target for a meal, but ok…Had a super active day.
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Wow that one is looking good!!!!
Have neglected the "free" California veg. Made some "potato salad". Haven't added it up yet. It is definitely for more than one day!
527.5g potatoes, 143g white onion, 155g eggs, 89.2g dill pickles, 5.5g pickled onion, 11.5g pickled peppers, 64.g green olives, 138.5g sweet green relish, 18g granulated garlic, 67g yellow mustard, 7g lemon pepper and 680g 0% greek yogurt (the rest of the 750g didn't make it into the containers ;-)
210.5g already eaten… so about 11% on a rough estimate!
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I made a sweet and sour sheet pan meal last night that was amazing. It has chicken breast, turkey kielbasa, bell peppers, onions, and pineapple. That all roasted in the oven until the chicken was cooked and the veggies were a bit softened. Then you pour over the sweet and sour sauce. Serve with some rice and it was so good.
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So I have some of my super duper potato salad still. And I went "all in" and added to it some of my left over veggies mix but also... 15.9g (so about 17-18ml, I'll have to count on my fingers later) of MAYONNAISE!!!!!!!🤯
Holy crap is Mayo ever (reconfirmed as) calorically inefficient! That was like a squirt from the bottle!!!!?
Pretty sure it was NOT worth it TBH.
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There is low fat mayonnaise - just sayin’. Or the old standby Greek yogurt? Low fat sour cream or whipped flavored cream cheese. Lots of work arounds.
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Was adding the mayo to the potato salad made with greek yogurt. to see if it would be "better". Since I've been "good puppy" and cut down a bit on my cookies and oh-henries wanted to reduce a bit the deficit a bit by not chomping on caramel covered peanuts ;-) But definitely not worth the Cals!
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Thoughts? Anyone use beyond in a soup or salad?
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Is that like canned but without the liquid or salt? honestly? For me they just had too many calories for the benefits and satiety I got out of them… I supposed for a primarily vegetarian way of eating they are (together with lentils) one of the staples.
They would be excellent in a curry! :) Or pulsed into a nice creamy hummus ;-) Or air fried with various spicy coverings!
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Chickpeas with cucumber, tomatoes, onions, green peppers with a lemon vinaigrette? Chickpeas are the protein…
Today was tuna salad with low fat Mayo on a bed of lettuce. Because it’s 💯 degrees (37C).
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Remainder of potato salad 🤣 as the dressing for 585g tomatoes (chopped, lemon peppered, and well drained), 195g of yellow and orange peppers, and 460g of fresh corn cut off the cob after cooking! (dunked in water then nuked unpeeled in the microwave! basically boiled without having to find a pot, boil water, and having to wash it!)
Actually quite tasty .… and for sure one or two meals left!!!
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Thanks! I haven't attempted hummus at home. I thought the curry trail package was ok, but maybe will grow on me. Intrigued at toasting them.
Dinner was salad & toaster oven fishsticks. Hot Hot Hot as far as eye can see. Just not much in mood for cooking today.
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The chickpeas can be done in the oven too… they just end up like crunchy peanuts etc. the seasoning would be what makes them. But they do run "up there" calorie wise…
Not sure re: curry trail mix though I supposed dried chick peas exist in that form… but I was talking about actual curry!
Stores should have little pouches of pre made curry (and other Indian meals) relatively cheap. they seem to come in two varieties: foil pack and plastic pack. Both can be warmed up by placing in a boiling water bath. But the plasticized version has the advantage of being microwavable in just 1 or 2 minutes for the meal without first having to "re-home" it. You could get one of these perhaps and supplement some of your extra chick peas!
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Right, I had a pack of the curry in plastic? for hikers. It was ok. I added some canned chickpeas. But not my cup of tea.
May try oven roasting or hummus.
See so many things about chickpeas/curry, thought I'd give a go, but not wild about it - relative to texmex, asian, italian. Enjoy lentils, black & kidney beans. Garbanzo not as much.
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Hmmm. Interesting brand and probenance. Most of the ones available in our groceries and drug store food sections are made in India whether locally or originally branded
"Channa" is common Indian food (dal being even more prevalent, with dal = lentils) I admit to occasionally eating either/both but definitely neither are high up on my preference list. I way more often eat spinach or eggplant or okra or other available options instead!🤷🏼♀️
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This weeks plan. Dinners are from Hello Fresh. I also have some protein bars and shakes to try that I found that I could actually have.
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and avocado toast or a frozen breakfast sandwich/burrito
Lunch: Frozen meals with added vegetables (I am lazy and this keeps me from eating out lol)
Snacks: Fruit, beef sticks, cheese
Dinners:
Tonight/tomorrow: Garlicky Shrimp Couscous bowls with chili roasted broccoli
Wednesday: Steak with mushroom cream sauce, roasted potatoes and carrots
Thursday/Friday: Ginger chicken lo mein
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Lunch was a cheddar/caramelized onion chicken burger patty on a keto bun with tzatziki sauce.
Supper is peppercorn pork tenderloin and fire-roasted veggies from frozen, plus some diced potatoes roasted in the air fryer.
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And a Built Puff brownie batter bar for snack
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Brownie😜
I made turkey burgers! Unknown fat content turkey, exactly 1lb (ok 455g not 453.6😇🤣😘), granulated garlic, a bit of mustard powder and an egg. 2.5g avocado oil, 6g lemon pepper. Nothing got stuck! 50% left for tomorrow👍🏼
Back I go to log the garlic!😜😎
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Changed my supper plans. Had an open-faced egg white omelet with Canadian bacon, onions, mushrooms and low-fat cheddar. I found lemon meringue yogurt at Walmart, so I'm going to have one of those later
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I think I'm keeping to the plan of the remaining two turkey burgers.
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Spent day sauteeing a variety/combos of vegs for a few days.
Dinner was shrimp scampi with fresh gluten free fettucini, fresh petite beans & broccolini, grated parm, chicken dumplings.
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Have the random blank double post returned to plague us again? I see two after PAVs last post.
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