Food inspiration, or what's for supper?

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    edited September 2021
    Grrrrrrrrr. Visitor to Canada Greek girl insurance is coming in at more than two small chilies and a baked potato at Wendy's a day! (Or a single big Mac the way McDonald's is increasing their prices these days by the next increase anyway!!)🙀

    According to our insurance agent neither Alianz nor Togo offer any covid coverage, even as a rider, and my phone call to Pacific Blue Cross ended up with the same result. So when Manulife said that covid was not excluded, I went with them. Even though they will not cover Greek girl if I throw her out of a perfectly functioning airplane! 🙀 (WITH a parachute, but they're still not covering her!)

    And I'm not even allowed to throw her off a working bridge, even if attached with a cord. But apparently we can go ziplining!!! 🤞
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    Cheese is never wrong except for the negative negative calories which usually don't fit in any budget that involves my candy bars! :wink:
  • PAV8888 wrote: »
    Cheese is never wrong except for the negative negative calories which usually don't fit in any budget that involves my candy bars! :wink:

    He's autistic, and so am I, so I get it. I don't know whether it's a taste thing or a texture thing or just an idea, but there it is.

    My girlfriend feels like you do about cheese. (grin)

  • Today we are eating hamburgers made to each person's order, with chips.

    Dinner tonight is crab cakes with rice pilaf and pan-seared asparagus with salt and pepper. (Son is having fried shrimp, as there are only 3 crab cakes and he would prefer that anyway.)
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    Planning dinner earlier than I usually do lol….John is having pasta with sauce and I am having sliced Zuchinni with sauce….I just can’t eat enough Zuchinni right now!…

    Oh and WOW…..I bought a bag of cauliflower rice!…yes, I am going to TRY it…..I am 70 and I need to experience everything before I croak!….
  • I've found a good way to start doing caulirice is to cook it 1:1 with regular rice, and to use things with it that are flavorful, like stews and curries and such.

    You can make Mexican "rice" by cooking it with tomato paste and chicken broth and spices and veggies, and "fried" rice is also pretty simple; I do Boyfriend a serving of "fried" rice when I make the regular fried rice for Girlfriend and I.
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    You should be a chef!
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,789 Member
    Hope you enjoy it, Connie. I usually have it under something - so what I'm after is the bulk and texture more than any special flavour and it works perfectly for that.

    This afternoon I'll have my scrambled egg & veggie meal - and tonight some vegetable/bean/barley soup I pulled out of the freezer with a 1/2 cup or cottage cheese in the centre of the bowl (winking at you, Connie).

    Tomorrow I'm really going to try to change things up. Instead of my usual tea and clementines when I first get up - I'm going to try a hard-boiled egg with whatever I need on top to get it down :)

    I've been taking an iron supplement and a collagen supplement both of which should be accompanied by vitamin C - and the collagen is ideally taken after exercise (?) and the iron can't be paired with tea....so I figure I can do all that after my morning walk. But it is just so hard to change routines!

    But today I walked with just tea (with milk) in my belly and I didn't exactly feel bursting with energy. So. I'll try some protein and fat first thing. I've never been an egg eater - but I'm appreciating their benefit. So maybe I can do it? with the help of some kimchi? sriracha? something to take away that taste (and mealy texture...lol )

    If not I'm thinking I'll try a few Brazil nuts? I LIKE those! Not as much protein, but lots of good fat. Maybe I'll alternate???
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    Egg whites, unsweetened applesauce, unsweetened cocoa... nuclear power.... Imitation mugcake for the win❣️

    You're anti wasa/any type of bread right Laurie? So that wouldn't be an option (hard boiled egg on crackers) but if you're contemplating kimchi... why not a yogurt based egg and potato salad (should have staying power, maybe🤞)
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,789 Member
    Incorporating the eggs into a potato salad might make the egg go down better! Feels like a meal though...lol....I was thinking of kimchi as a condiment - lots of flavour very few calories-lots of sodium :#

    Mugcake might be pretty nice too!
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    Look up Brazil nuts….they are an awesome nut!….you can really get a lot of nutrients from them but pretty high calorie and they will get rancid….

    Cottage cheese does not go in soup….no how, no way….

    I wish I could post pictures on this I pad of my food lol….I do not have a cell phone ( really ) and I can only put pics from the I pad on Facebook…
  • Bella_Figura
    Bella_Figura Posts: 4,329 Member
    edited September 2021
    I agree with Connie, cottage cheese and soup don't mix....not like a nice cube of Boursin.

    Today and for the next 18 days I'll be awash with calories, as it's my 6-monthiversary today and I'm officially on an 18 day deficit break. 18 days may seem excessive, but I'm meeting my sisters for lunch on day 18 for the first time in two years, so I thought I'd extend my originally planned fortnight for an extra 4 days.

    I've noticed my energy levels dropping for the past 10 days, so I think my body will welcome the break. I've lost 20kg in 6 months, which averages out at a daily deficit of 841 calories. I still have another 21kg to lose, but I'm in no rush. I plan to eat at maintenance for the next 18 days, then pick up the deficit on 3rd October and hold it steady until Christmas Eve, then do another 10 day deficit break until 3rd January. Then deficits every 12 weeks thereafter (more frequently if required).

    Today's food was:
    Breakfast: The usual peanut butter on toast
    Lunch: A chicken and beetroot sandwich on granary bread (I was feeling very lazy)
    Dinner: A large baked potato with 6g of butter, tuna, mayo, a large rainbow salad drizzled with olive oil and my extra vecchio 25 year aged balsamic vinegar (£100 for a 100ml bottle! I use it VERY sparingly - usually just on strawberries - but today was a 'what the hell' kinda day).
    Dessert: 5% Fage greek yoghurt, granola, nutella and banana. Super scrummy!
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    Watch the selenium in Brazil nuts Connie
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    Watch the selenium in Brazil nuts Connie

    I rarely eat them….not using 33 calories for one lousy nut!….but I love the white creamy meat in them!….I have chopped them on salad before….
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    But they're big nuts 😹😂 Connie 👍
  • NerdyScienceGrl
    NerdyScienceGrl Posts: 669 Member
    Tonight, the dog and I shared a bacon cheeseburger and fries. I didn’t feel up to cooking after going to the doc and the hospital for X-rays. Some nights just require take out. Not a very balanced meal for the day but sure was tasty. I also got a small sea salt toffee blizzard, the dog get 0 of that… 😊
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    edited September 2021
    On behalf of the dog I object to the discrimination and demand my plain vanilla cone portion, please and thank you.

    .... mind you..... bacon cheeseburger does sound good for canine consumption.... hmmm... conundrum!
  • NerdyScienceGrl
    NerdyScienceGrl Posts: 669 Member
    edited September 2021
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    On behalf of the dog I object to the discrimination and demand my plain vanilla cone portion, please and thank you.

    .... mind you..... bacon cheeseburger does sound good for canine consumption.... hmmm... conundrum!

    If the ice cream didn’t have chocolate, he’d have gotten some. 😊.

    Indulgence should always be shared! Dog, cat, other human… I had a horse that thought he should eat hot dogs. 🤷‍♀️ Fewer calories is the bonus! 😂
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Last night I made pasta with roasted tomatoes, zucchini, bell pepper, onion, and feta. You know... like that "TikTok" pasta that was all the rage awhile ago. But I added more veggies into the mix. Was worried it would be dry cause I had a lot of pasta (made it for 3 days worth of food), but the feta and veggies were so flavorful it wasn't a problem. May add more tomatoes next time (fresh tomatoes do not bother me as much as processed).
  • Today is the store trip, so I'll have my usual breakfast of a toasted English muffin with butter and jam, have a pulled pork sandwich with chips when I get home, and then dinner tonight is sweet-and-sour pork with rice and mixed Asian vegetables for them who can eat them.

    There will probably be an ice cream sandwich somewhere in there, but I'm leaving that up to my inclinations as I go through the day.
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,789 Member
    Last night's cookfest was cut short by Jackie Chan's Drunken Masters II :) so the pasta sauce is still just a bunch of veggies waiting for me in the kitchen.

    If that happens this afternoon,it will be a "pasta" supper - the sauce, and mozzarella and parmiggiana cheese on french style green beans/zuchinni noodles - with some meatless balls. I know it doesn't sound it - but it is an outrageous delicious dish.

    Lunch is a bowl of breakfast daal with some 0% Greek and a sprinkle of raisins and pumpkin seed.

    Didn't manage the boiled egg this morning. To bed late, up really early, just couldn't face something new...so no "breakfast" (I was up early, but running late) but clementines and tea when I returned from picking up the Boy and delivering him to school.
  • conniewilkins56
    conniewilkins56 Posts: 3,391 Member
    Dinner tonight is lean ground beef burgers,mixed vegetables and new potatoes roasted in the air fryer….dessert, coffee and fiber one cookie…..
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    I finished all my boiled eggs last night, but I'm having trouble contemplating breakfast daal instead of coffee!🤷🏻‍♂️
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,789 Member
    I call it breakfast daal - because it was something I had for my first "meal" of the day (I wasn't really counting clementines and tea as a meal). So, no, it certainly shouldn't be "instead" of coffee!!!/

    I did end up having a boiled egg today - on its own with some splashes of sriracha - and that was doable. I boiled a few (that is pretty convenient) enough for tomorrow and Saturday (one for the Boy too!). We'll see how that goes once I get a bit more sleep under my belt. I've been spoiled with many good sleeps lately - last night's 5 hours just isn't making for a good day. :(
  • NerdyScienceGrl
    NerdyScienceGrl Posts: 669 Member
    Hey all!

    I’m hoping to pick your brains for some ideas for easy, quick prep diabetic meals.

    I am picking my Mom up from the hospital this evening and taking her home. She has type-2 diabetes and is recovering from a major surgery. Because I work in an office situation 40+ hrs a week, I don’t feel as though moving in with her is a great option with COVID circulating, but I can safely prep meals for her at my home and take them to her. My normal eating style would be fine for her, but since I only tend to eat one meal a day - late evening - and snack off and on, planning for her is difficult. My eating schedule also doesn’t jive with her taking her diabetic meds, so I’ll need to either do a few days at a time or try for longer. I’ve asked her what she’d like, and she asked for a few things and said whatever else I thought.

    Some of the things she has asked for are simple and easy with longer shelf life — hard boil some eggs, make souvlaki with tzatziki (this will have to be weekend prep), a cucumber watermelon salad, and bean salad.

    Any suggestions?

    I thought Greek yogurt, maybe cook some spaghetti squash and defrost some already made pesto… I could make her a big salad.
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    ***Portioned meals to nuke?***

    Since Greek type food is on, have you seen Dante's recipe for fasolia ladera, or my obviously superior modifications?😂 The same recipe would work for any veggie, and peas would have more protein

    However these recipes do represent higher carb count food's
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,296 Member
    edited September 2021
    Break/lunch coffee, 0% Greek, plumcots, cliff bar

    Dinner: Cajun bradwursts & baby red potatoes on the BBQ. Sauerkraut from the jar!
  • lauriekallis
    lauriekallis Posts: 4,789 Member
    That's kinda what I'm going to have tomorrow at some point....I've been nursing my last jar of sauerkraut because my kitchen is too hot to make it during the summer....but it is getting cooler....and I saw a pyramid of beautiful cabbages today....seems like it is okay to finish off that last jar! And I bought a significant quantity of beets - thinking some fermented beets are coming up real soon too! (first time for those)
  • NerdyScienceGrl
    NerdyScienceGrl Posts: 669 Member
    edited September 2021
    PAV8888 wrote: »
    ***Portioned meals to nuke?***

    Since Greek type food is on, have you seen Dante's recipe for fasolia ladera, or my obviously superior modifications?😂 The same recipe would work for any veggie, and peas would have more protein

    However these recipes do represent higher carb count food's

    I had intended to make full dishes, but not actual portion meals, for her. So she’d pick and choose and nuke what she wants, when she wants.

    I’m a little leery to give her any specific main dish that is high carb. She’d definitely enjoy Dante’s dish, but I am not sure she’d portion it and balance with other foods. She historically has been a kid in a candy store with starchy carbs …and sweeter things. She really wants the watermelon salad, and I will make it for her but that makes me more cautious, if that makes sense.

    ETA: This is a strange position for me, since I don’t normally feel accountable for her nutritional needs, but I’d like to try and discourage the temptation to order pizza and other take out while she is healing.

    I do love the idea of making Dante’s recipe *cough* with or without modifications 😂🤣