Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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It's at the 10-12 cup mark, not counting any out of the house 😲😰 the cups are not 250, though, they're a weird 150 or 175 ml size. I use 60g of grounds! 👍
I normally use water, sometimes unsweetened vanilla cashews. But I got these almond ones the other day and they don't need refrigeration before open.... And they've proven quite tasty and reasonable calories!
It did actually make it more tasty2 -
A dish of spicy cabbage and beans fresh from the freezer - 125 g of those little ruby gem potatoes that are so quick and easy, and a veggie sausage - dressed up with roasted red pepper sauce and a spoonful of sour cream (again! - but need to use it up). Above my dream calorie count for the day - but a good healthy deficit and a full belly - and maybe the bender is nipped? (not in the bud - but before it becomes an all encompassing vine.)3
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defense in depth & fighting all the way: @goal is excellent; a bit short of goal is great; short of goal and at maintenance is good too; not too far above maintenance is OK too but let's mobilize some fighting hamsters & break out the unruly hamster trapping arsenal; heading higher it's time to bring out the emergency hamster reserves & fully deploy all tricks we've developed! As a friend used to say: its time for tactical driving--just avoid hitting any little old ladies crossing the street... or something close to all this!
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Yeah - what he said! 2 -
Breakfast today was a fiber one bar, yogurt, honey, and blueberries.
Lunch will be an egg-white taco with guacamole and home made hot sauce.
I wasn't sure about supper, but I have a ton of veggies to use up, so stir-fry it is! Ingredients TBD, but will definitely include eggplant, red cabbage, bell pepper, onion, and tofu. I have some rice noodles I can toss in if desired (let's be honest, they are always desired).3 -
so far today, my fast breaking clementines and an amazingly delicious little green gage plum that was hiding in the fridge from the weekend. And right now - some delicious pumpkin and spinach "breakfast daal" with a nice dollop of greek yogurt and a sprinkle of pumpkin seeds and raisins - this feels really decadent. The freezer is bountiful at the moment
Supper? STBD - but probably eggs and veggies and ???2 -
I am so out of synch this week with everything going on….my food has been in control but honestly I am feeling frazzled….we are having lean burgers for dinner but I don’t have a clue what else is going to appear on our plates!…oh well it is Friday 13…3
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Channeling @Bella_Figura tonight with a rainbow stirfry (and feeling pretty proud of it!)
From the garden: Orange bell pepper, serrano pepper, bok choy, 2 small stripey eggplants, thai basil, and garlic chives.
From the fridge: Purple cabbage, onion, red bell pepper
Cooked in toasted sesame oil and stir fry sauce, topped with chili oil.3 -
In the spirit of avoiding hitting old ladies since that MAY slow us down more... I've "discovered" a low low fat brie (blue menu).... a bit rubbery, I would say... but, but, but: 60 Cal per 30g... or 350 Cal for the whole mini brie!!!
Well... since we all know what a conservative eater I am (cause that's why I'm here)... 183g were consumed so far out of the 175g package between last night and this afternoon! And some crackers, tomatoes, and plumpricotts (or are they apriplums?) some sort of plummy hybrid!
fresh corn on the cob and chicken sausages or chicken breast strips... coming right up!
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@eliezalot that looks amazing! Does this serve as your complete dinner - or do you serve it on "something"?
My egg & veggie dinner didn't materialize. I'm still battling. Brain/body/HAMSTERS are just being so stubborn. Instead I had half of the part bag of cocktail samosas I found in the freezer and 1/4 of a smallish watermelon. It is maybe a good thing. Tomorrow (no doubt) I will finish those samosas, and will not replace them any time soon. So that temptation is gone. I really want to buckle down and eat strictly whole foods for a few weeks and get the cravings under control - and then I'll start building "treats" back in.
Today was a kinda healthier food bender type of day - still eating too much for comfort, but not the standard binging fare so it is progress in its own weird way. And then I remembered I was giving myself a few days at maintenance - so all in all today is a win! I seek progress - not perfection (if only that were really true )
Walking has come to a bit of a standstill. Not sure why. Maybe the heat/maybe using all my energy not eating ... lol. I won't worry about it yet though. Even Laine - the furry one - is not particularly keen on walking. Tomorrow temperature is supposed to drop 10 degrees. We'll start the day with a good one in the cool morning air they are promising.2 -
Thanks @lauriekallis ! It was delicious! I originally was going to cook up some tofu too, and serve it all on top of some rice noodles, but I was impatient and it already looked like so much food, so we just went with the veggies. Saved enough calories to have an ice cream sandwich for dessert!
Also I love samosas
No worries about not walking in this weather either. Ick. Our heat index has been in the triple digits. I almost went for a walk this morning. But at 6:30, it was already 81 degrees and with 86% humidity. I took a nap on the couch instead.2 -
Oh no. I was right at my calories for the day. And then a mystery box showed up on my steps. A delayed Christmas present from my friend - the garlic themed gift box from her favorite local creamery. I already had half a package of garlic chipotle cheese curds with some roasted garlic sourdough and a drizzle of roasted garlic sesame oil.
Oops.
I'm now barely under maintenance, which is fine, but goodbye saturated fat goal lolol. So worth it. So good.3 -
Wow that's colorful and BEAUTIFUL!
eeeek on the samosa garlic hamsters!!! HEY!!! What's going on here?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!!!
Had spicy chicken sausages (I admit, i bought the halal ones because they were handy and the calories looked right).
And corn.
That's it.
Grilling pan. 1g of PAM. spicy chicken snausages scored so that they end up almost forming a ring when cooked. corn on the cob. apply heat. Eat. didn't even add salt or pepper (rubbed sausage on the corn though )
yes, also had a dark chocolate almond clif bar while logging dinner!
I'll go away now!1 -
Channeling @Bella_Figura tonight with a rainbow stirfry (and feeling pretty proud of it!)
From the garden: Orange bell pepper, serrano pepper, bok choy, 2 small stripey eggplants, thai basil, and garlic chives.
From the fridge: Purple cabbage, onion, red bell pepper
Cooked in toasted sesame oil and stir fry sauce, topped with chili oil.
This looks really good….I would eat this!2 -
PAV why did you rub your sausage on the corn?..( snickering here! )
Laurie what is a samosa?
And Elizalot, I love those colors
And I had a mini binge….I am so screwed!2 -
conniewilkins56 wrote: »PAV why did you rub your sausage on the corn?..( snickering here! )
Laurie what is a samosa?
And Elizalot, I love those colors
And I had a mini binge….I am so screwed!
You made me laugh with that, Connie - I didn't even question that odd behaviour on PAV's part!
Samosa are lovely deep-fried Indian appetizers/snacks. Just a little spicy. Vegetarian is common - but they also come in chicken? I'll find a picture and post it.
Sorry about the binge
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Channeling @Bella_Figura tonight with a rainbow stirfry (and feeling pretty proud of it!)
From the garden: Orange bell pepper, serrano pepper, bok choy, 2 small stripey eggplants, thai basil, and garlic chives.
From the fridge: Purple cabbage, onion, red bell pepper
Cooked in toasted sesame oil and stir fry sauce, topped with chili oil.
@eliezalot That looks (and sounds!) delicious! You’re now a co-member of the Eat The Rainbow squad! 🥗🌈 🥗🌈🥗4 -
Laurie those look good, too….2
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So super not healthy food coming up!
I went to the state fair today. Was walking around for 4.5ish hours. I didn't get to eat everything on my list (not even close!), but I got some yummy stuff.
Breakfast was a grilled cheese on ego waffles.
Lunch was a peach/apple slush and a corndog with mustard.
Snack was a Bavarian cream puff.
Then I got a ribeye sandwich which I bought home and had with cheetos (free bag from a Pepsi tent).
I also have a big pretzel and cheese dip and a caramel apple with peanuts.
Oh, and I bought some local mustard BBQ sauce, summer sausage, white cheddar and caramel popcorn, strawberry hibiscus tea, and strawberry shortbread.4 -
@Athijade I hope you enjoyed every morsel of it.3
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The sausage was spicy Italian and it was shedding some fat in the pan which I applied on the corn that had none!
And in spite of the snickering, even if I were driving tactically, I wouldn't run over the little ol'prego lady ❣️😘😹
Had a lovely Bella colorful salad (1/4 left over for tonight) and a good sized ear of boiled corn. Had the butter in the freezer and rubbed my corn with frozen butter 😂😹😂😹 to the tune of under 1.5g. and made it 2g by pouring enough salt to feel my blood pressure mount 🥺
not, medically, recommended; but tasty, and very few extra calories! 🤷🏻
Perspective: salad is over 1700g of ingredients, or > 3.7lbs!😂2 -
Breakfast was just a fiber one bar and a box of raspberries.
Lunch was some leftover stir fry, to which I added some seitan
Dinner was the last jar of last year's green beans, scallops, and baby potatoes. Delicious.
This evening, I saved room for either a rootbeer float (diet rootbeer, low-cal ice cream), or a hot chocolate (skim milk, low cal/fat cocoa mix), depending on how hot/cold I am. Miserably hot outside still, but husband has the AC cranked so cold that I'm wrapped up in blanket 3 -
Left rest of salad uneaten, but I'm a good 330g into at 1 kg bag of cherries 🍒2
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Your salad looks wonderful! I'll be there to help you finish it for dinner.
Yesterday, for late breakfast/lunch I finally had the go to scrambled egg and veggie meal that saw me through the last year. Don't know why I'm resisting so much! It has such mainstay power and powers me through the day for little more than 400 calories.
For dinner had the last container of veggie and white bean stew from the freezer....then made the next batch and put 10 new meal-sized containers back in the there (lots of veggies in the fridge that didn't see the light of day during my bad eating period).
Today will be a replica of yesterday.
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Heading OUT for a patio dinner tonight at dad's insistence 😨
So "cheating" by eating the left over salad I logged yesterday without re-logging it (I'm so wanting in the logging department: a regular rebel 🐹 😉) plus two extra large local farm boiled eggs that at 150g in the shell are closer to three large eggs in size.
I figure that should keep me going till dinner, which probably won't be earth shatteringly high (1.5-2k probably) given dad likes steak house type food, so we're heading to the Keg instead of all you can eat sushi or Indian where I could do some REAL damage! 😇2 -
After my binge yesterday I am staying light today….baked pork chops and salad for dinner….2
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Change of dinner plans - woohoo! Son number two is coming so we are picking up middle eastern for him and son number one, and falafel for me. Dinner with my two boys - not much more I could ask for.
I'm working on my resolve to just have falafel balls, some pickles and tomatoes - no pita bread. If I start working on that idea now, perhaps I will build up the strength to stick to this plan before he arrives.
150-200 calories for the pita bread is really a waste. I could have a couple more deliciously deep-fried falafel instead - or some extra tahini sauce!3 -
Hope your steak house patio dinner is fun and delicious, PAV.
Glad you are back on the train, Connie.
@eliezalot - you could split the difference and have hot chocolate with a scoop of low-cal ice cream!4 -
Breakfast today was some cinnamon oat Kodiak pancakes (with blueberries). Lunch was a quorn patty sandwich on toasted roasted garlic sourdough with a slice of garlic cheddar. Supper is salmon and leftover stirfry.
I'm still hungry. I might eat closer to maintenance today if I can find something filling and worthwhile.3
