Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
Replies
-
Bella - I love your rainbow meals!! So inspiring!3
-
Bella that all sounds soooooo good!1
-
-
2
-
Husband asked for Mac and Beef casserole for dinner and I had noodles last night….I sliced a Zuchinni up for myself and layered it with cheese, spaghetti sauce ( yes, PAV it’s Prego ) and mushrooms, onions, and peppers….it is in the oven and smells so good….John and daughter will eat the pot of pasta!…my snack today was an entire 16oz of honey dew….delicious 128 calories!1
-
Harrumph -- just watch it with that PREGO stuff... you don't want accidents! They could make things real messy!
Mind you... zucchini with (what kind of?) cheese, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and even no-name spaghetti sauce doesn't sound bad AT ALL. 1 -
Harrumph -- just watch it with that PREGO stuff... you don't want accidents! They could make things real messy! Mind you... zucchini with (what kind of?) cheese, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and even no-name spaghetti sauce doesn't sound bad AT ALL.
Shredded mozzerella…..56 g. = 160 calories!…..and yeah, Prego can be messy….one time I dropped a jar of it inside the pantry….what a mess….almost as bad as my spaghetti squash explosion a few years ago….2 -
I am thinking of partially imitating you if I have time to cook it tonight, or over the next few days if I don't!2
-
I am thinking of partially imitating you if I have time to cook it tonight, or over the next few days if I don't!
I layered it all in a dish, used cooked ground lean beef, and covered with foil stuck in oven at 350 for about forty min….I forgot the black olives but it was delicious and filling!….I wish I had cut the Zuchinni in bite sizes because I was a mess after I slurped it up…oh and I blotted the Zuchinni slices with a paper towel before I used it!1 -
Connie - I took a cue from you and bought some Fiber One bars today for dessert. I've been craving cookies and baked goods, and have had such a hard time finding any that are low in saturated fat. But the chocolate chip cookie brownie and the cinnamon coffee cake one are doable! And that coffee cake one....so good. I maybe ate 3 of them. Oops.
Husband cooked us up some delicious sockeye salmon for supper. (I'm excited to get to Alaska in a few weeks - we should be there for one of the salmon runs and will hopefully come back with a box of fresh caught salmon). I made up a delicious side of lentils and barley cooked in homemade veggie stock, aromatics, and herbs. It made a ton, so I'll be snacking on that all week. It is so simple but so good. That homemade veggie stock is key. So much flavor!4 -
The lemon fiber one bar is good, too….in England, they have a carrot cake one!1
-
Turns out, Fiber One bars have some fiber in them.
I had a ton of calories left from my walk today...and filled them with several fiber one bars. Maybe more than a few. My stomach is gurgling so much. 4 -
Yup... the fiber one bar BOXES are very similar to the effect that HALF A CLAMSHEL of cherries 🍒 seem to have... not sure how I would know this!
Being a simple boy... I used the nuker and "made" a PC ~1.2kg family cannelloni box out of which I consumed 56.19% (three of the six beef cannelloni basically, but a higher percentage of the sauce: 590g cooked and about 624 Cal) and SOME of the lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion, dill pickle, red wine vinegar, oregano, lemon pepper... random miniscule amount of knorr mushroom stock sprinkled on top salad I made for me... with plenty left over for midnight snackies!!!3 -
Lessons learned. No wonder my husband left me sleeping on the couch when he went upstairs to bed last night
...I had another one for breakfast
5 -
Been there, done that, eliezalot! I treat high fiber items, as well as those with large amounts of sugar alcohols, with an abundance of caution nowadays... 😅4
-
Breakfast was a fiber one bar, 170 g fat free greek yogurt, 4 oz of blueberries, and 10 g of honey.
Lunch will be leftover salmon with lentils and barley.
I think supper will be chaat salad. I've been craving it all week!2 -
Cycled to the next town to meet friends for a pub lunch, so I've had to estimate my lunch calories today.
Breakfast was my usual: 60g slice of multigrain toast topped with 20g Pip and Nut Peanut Butter. I also added a 95g banana to give me a few extra carbs ahead of my cycle ride.
Elevenses (15 minutes pre-cycle ride): One of my homemade cycling flapjack squares
Lunch: 'Dirty loaded chips' - i.e. lovely chunky fries topped with a couple of tablespoons of 5 bean chilli, chopped tomato and onion and maybe two tablespoons each of guacamole and sour cream. I ate all the toppings but left half the fries. I also had a diet Coke.
The portion looks larger than it was, because the plate was only a side-plate, not a dinner plate.
Dinner is being prepped by my husband as I type, and will be quick and easy: 80g toasted ciabatta topped with a half can of Branston Baked Beans and 6g butter...which I'll follow with defrosted berries (50g each of strawberries, blueberries and raspberries), 7 blackberries fresh off the briar, and 80g 5% fat Fage.
I ‘banked’ 200 calories yesterday in anticipation of today’s lunch, so I think calorie-wise I’ll be fine!5 -
Oven baked Hillshire turkey kielbasa, air fryer baked potatoes with light sour cream, steamed southwestern corn, and a plate of raw cut of vegetables…light dressing to dip them in….dessert is coffee and thin biscotti…2
-
What a nice rainbow even with the fries, Bella!
Connie... what's different about southwestern corn compared to normal corn.... I'm half afraid to add up my calories.... over here we have what's known as Taber corn... which, surprisingly, comes from Taber!
So I had corn on the cob... and 253g fingerling potatoes plus 310g of pacific white shrimp with lemon pepper, mrs dash... and salt! I possibly rolled the corn and the potatoes through the "grill" where I did dad's hamburger patties (170 Cal each President Choice blue menu lean burgers).
oopsies! I guess three ears was maybe a bit much? 582g/559 Cal (of tasty delicious corn)
Well then... I guess that was an 1100 Cal dinner!3 -
Bella_Figura wrote: »Cycled to the next town to meet friends for a pub lunch, so I've had to estimate my lunch calories today...Lunch: 'Dirty loaded chips' - i.e. lovely chunky fries topped with a couple of tablespoons of 5 bean chilli, chopped tomato and onion and maybe two tablespoons each of guacamole and sour cream. I ate all the toppings but left half the fries. I also had a diet Coke.
The portion looks larger than it was, because the plate was only a side-plate, not a dinner plate.
This actually looks like a pretty small portion - unless the individual fries are huge! Also looks delicious.
3 -
PAV, southwestern corn has diced onions,green peppers and red peppers in it…it was really good….2
-
My corn had a cob and string... and corn (and salt), and it was gooood..... and I'm so oooooo thirsty!!!😹😹😹1
-
You tied a string around the corn?….I guess that makes it easier to get it out of the pot of boiling water!1
-
Ah, Friday!
I started off with a fiber one bar a pre-breakfast snack (just one). Actual breakfast was egg whites with smoked bacon tempeh, half an avocado, and half a pint of blueberries.
Lunch will be leftover chaat salad with mint yogurt chutney as dressing.
Supper will be doing something with the leftover barley and lentils...but I'm not quite sure what yet. I might form them into patties, dip into breadcrumbs, and bake? With some...marinara sauce? And a blob of pesto? Perhaps on top of some pasta or veggies? (I might need to get some beet or zucchini noodles to solve that lol). I'm open to suggestions!1 -
I haven't eaten sweet corn for years; it makes me feel bad cause there's so much sugar in the modern varieties.
Today is patty melts for lunch, and then tonight we're going to have burritos. Unless I have a meltdown from dealing with the hospital (I have a ultrasound scheduled) and we just order in. We'll see. I put the odds at 50/50 as I do not want to do this today at all, and I don't want to drive myself and I have to, and I'm already tired from a ton of precooking yesterday. (sigh)5 -
Ugh, so sorry you have to deal with that Alexandra. Take care of yourself, and if you do order in, pick something delicious!3
-
Sending you energy and positive vibes, Alexandra.
Getting back on the "just me eating" track today. Guess it will involve some kind of scrambled egg (eggs & egg whites) with a bunch of veggies on the side. Brussel Sprouts for sure....and maybe some kale? There is some in a container in the fridge that I haven't looked at since the weekend. We'll see. It is pretty magical stuff as far as lasting a long time - but I might have found its limit!
2 -
It's not until you participate in a thread like this one that you realise how boring your meals are! I tend to eat the same meals again and again and again...
So, here's today's humdrum fare:
Breakfast: A 60g slice of multigrain toast topped with mashed banana (95g) and 2 mugs of tea
Lunch: A wholemeal pitta, 40g homemade houmous, and a salad dressed with lemon juice (red cabbage, harlequin tomatoes, onion, rocket, grated carrot, yellow pepper, cucumber, fennel and baby leaf spinach).
Dinner: A plateful of vegetables tossed in olive oil, red chilli and seasoning, then air fried to perfection. It was a medley of colours: courgette, carrot, red onion, white onion, yellow and orange peppers, harlequin tomatoes and beetroot.
Dessert: 50g each of defrosted strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, banana; 100g 5% Fage greek yoghurt; 10g honey; 1 crushed meringue nest.
1.474 calories of rainbowtastic yumminess!4 -
Bella I don’t eat breakfast, and lunch is usually lean meat on flatbread….dinner is my only variety and I eat a lot of the same things….
Tonight I got husband Panda Express for his dinner….I had a small order of fries from Wendy’s with a fried chicken breast plain from there….I cut it in half and had it on flatbread with pickles!…tasted pretty good!3 -
Friend called and invited me for a front porch beer. Apparently today is National Beer Day? Or International? Who knew? And, wonderful woman she is, she picked up a cauliflower crust pizza too - because she knows I'm avoiding wheat. No scrambled eggs for me tonight! 3
