Whats on your menu today?
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Ugh not even gonna discuss yesterday but today is a new day
Breakfast: fresh ground pork sausage I formed into patties with ground sage sprinkled on top, 2 eggs fried in bacon fat, and about 1/4 cup of cherry tomatoes from my garden fried in the same bacon fat
Lunch: leftover coconut-ginger pork
Dinner: shrimp kabobs with bell pepper and mushrooms. The teriyaki sauce I have is low carb, but has added sugars so thats out. Instead I'm mixing up some gluten free tamari (did you all know most soy sauces have WHEAT in them...I didn't until recently), some hot chili oil, and some fresh ground wasabi root I picked up at an asian market for some kick. I'm going to throw a couple slices of pineapple on the grill too and have one along with my kabob.0 -
Had an AWESOME sale on Chicken thighs and drumstick multipacks! Only .99/lb!!!!!
Lightly seasoned with sea salt, paprika, garlic, black pepper, cumin, a thin slice of onion on top that had a light coating of olive oil to help further crisp up the skin.
Ribbons of Zucchini, orange bell pepper strips, gahhhhhhlic, melted butter and some parmesan
EDIT: Gonna try to post a picture.... 8-D
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Fantastic steak and feta greek salad for lunch; and made a hamburger, onion, and bacon stuffed butternut squash sprinkled with a little parmesan for good measure (instead of the onions carmelized in balsamic). Recipe and picture here: http://civilizedcavemancooking.com/entrees/beef/bacon-beef-butternut-squash-2/
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Beautiful!0
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since it's not as hot this week, i plan on making cream of zucchini and broccoli soup!
this is also a great way to use up broccoli/cauli stems if you normally don't eat them. i keep a bag in the freezer because my kids don't like them, and i hate to waste them.
onion, chopped
zucchini, chopped
celery, chopped, if desired
potato, chopped, if desired
(potato makes it thicker/creamier. if your plan allows for more carbs, add it, if not, you're better off leaving it out.)
cauliflower, chopped
broccoli, chopped
homemade stock/broth or 1 can of chicken stock/broth
(i make it homemade with a rotisserie chicken from the deli, so good! and easy!)
cream! i never tried any other type of 'milky' liquid though. i imagine milk would work.. never tried almond milk though.
half stick of butter or bacon fat.
ok i never really measure stuff, i just use up what veggies are 'going bad' but it's probably like half a cauli, 1 or 2 things of broc, 2 zuch, maybe a yellow squash. and of course extra stems.
i'm also not going to tell you to add salt and pepper because if you like those, you'll add it, lol.
throw the chopped onion in with the butter/fat, let get all melty and yum,
add in the potato (if using) zucchini and celery. the celery doesn't give it much flavor, since you're gonna use a stick blender anyway, you won't even notice it. it's fine to leave it out.
add the stems of the broc/cauli too, since they take a while to cook. add in the stock/broth and cover and let the stems get all soft. add the cauli and broc. i don't let mine cook too much (i hate overcooked broccoli!) add the cream if you need more liquid now. once to the done-ness you want, take a stick blender to it, and get it all pureed (or not pureed) as you want.
you can top with cheese or bacon or.. anything you want! i love mine super thick (less stock and cream), then i add some sour cream.. mm.
anyway i think it is about 200-250 cals per serving (6 total) and 10 total carbs, 7 net after fibre. i did plug it into MFP recipe thing, and those were the totals i got from just guessing... this time i make it i will definitely measure/weigh everything.0 -
Lunch: Goats cheese salad with lettuce, cucumber, a small amount of leftover herby roasted peppers/courgette/onion. With home made mustard vinaigrette.
Dinner: 2 salmon fillets, marinated in thai green curry paste and baked with lots of fresh coriander (Cilantro) served with courgette (Zuchinni) and chinese cabbge.
Snack: pepperami salami stick, emmental cheese slices.0 -
Today I was super low on my carbs to speed up getting back into ketosis
B: bulletproof coffee with coconutmilk
L: the last of the slow cooker coconut ginger pork. Sad its gone..I could eat it every day
london broil, sliced zucchini and yellow squash, 2 bacon wrapped jalapenos (I'd normally stuff with cheese but I'm avoiding dairy). All drizzled with olive oil and sprinkled with steak seasoning and thrown on the grill. 0 -
Breakfast (Shock horror!! I ate breakkie!!)- 1 sausage and bacon 'cupcake' (Sausage meat, bacon, herbs 1 tbsp ground flax, 1/2 egg, herbs, seasonings mixed together & baked in muffin cases). Like stuffin' muffins'....
Lunch: Chicken Tikka chunks with mixed salad leaves.
Snack: 2 mini bavarian smoked cheeses.
Dinner: 2 x lamb steaks slow cooked and topped with Chimichurri sauce, served with watercress and spiced turnip fries.0 -
B: fresh ground pork sausage, leftover grilled zucchini and yellow squash from last night, a serrano pepper from my garden and fried egg on top of it all
l: shrimp kabobs spaghetti w/ julienned zucchini as noodles and a meat sauce. It was easy to do now that I bought a mandolin slicer. I shoulda got one of these years ago! 0 -
B: Coffee with heavy cream, 2 big cups
L: Scrambled egg/bacon/spinach/cheese extravaganza (I am, amazingly, not bored with yet) A big pile of cayenne peppered up minced beef with veggies and salad
65% fat, 10% carb, 35% protein ... Pretty much what I need to keep doing
Probably more fat as I just can't be bothered to log (or measure) the cream ... It doesn't seem to be significant in my progress.0 -
L: Scrambled egg/bacon/spinach/cheese extravaganza (I am, amazingly, not bored with yet)
I don't think I'd get bored with bacon, eggs, and cheese, either!
B: 2 eggs fried in coconut oil, with a side of leftover steak. And a bit of cream cheese since I was still hungry.
L: zucchini lasagna - I subbed out the pasta with zucchini from a co-worker's garden. Yum! Carrots & almond butter for dessert. Not sure yet.
Snacks: I brought a hard-boiled egg and some macadamias if I'm hungry. Had a big workout yesterday, so that usually makes me ravenous the following day!
Coffee with half& half - Need to get some real coconut milk or heavy cream for it!0 -
B: bulletproof coffee and chia seeds
L: homemade cioppino taco salad with carne asada, homegrown tomatoes, avocado and salsa
Snack: spicy pickle wrapped in pastrami with spicy brown mustard0 -
I'm going to try not to eat eggs and bacon today ... I know, but I think I may be addicted.
It started with a couple of eggs and now I have a full-blown "problem".
So, I'm going to munch on another animal instead ... A pile of kangaroo sausages with salad for lunch (after coffee and cream to start).
This leaves me dis*gusting* short of fat intake (something I never thought I'd hear myself say) so I have no idea what to have for dinner. I might do a tuna bake with salad and go mental with the sour cream and cheese topping ... Mmmm ....0 -
Dinner tonight is planned to be:
In honor of my wife finishing her 2 week < 20g/day Atkins induction and being able to handle a few more carbs
Tossed Salad
Swiss Steak: Pounded cube steak, sauteed in butter with heavy cream sauce
Grilled eggplant slices topped with goad cheese and balsamic/EVOO vinaigrette0 -
Breakfast - sausage/turkey bacon
Pure Pumpkin Cream Cheese Shake
Lunch - Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad with bacon bits and some shredded cheese
Snack - pork rinds
Dinner - Sausage
Pure Pumpkin Cream Cheese Shake
If you can't tell, I love the pumpkin shakes...high fiber, and so yummy. It helps with the cravings for the off limits stuff because it just a tad sweet
Total Carbs - 37, NET Carbs- 190 -
B: bulletproof coffee w/chia seeds, an accidental soft boiled egg (took it out way early because I wasn't paying attention hard boiling them, ended up being awesome)
L: fresh ground wasabi I got from an asian market (they grate the root right there for you..none of that neon green powdered horseradish stuff) mixed with some olive oil and smeared onto salmon. Roasted the salmon with stirfried veggies (squash, cabbage, onions, carrot, asparagus, a couple snap peas, serrano peppers, spinach and chard), added a little lemon juice and sriracha at the end. Spicy and awesome and SO filling
d: full from lunch so I had some celery and almond butter
Snack: a couple macadamias0 -
Coffee and heavy cream to start followed by more of the same (I was in that kind of mood).
A handful of raw nuts for a snack. I have just discovered that my favoured brand may contain peanuts (a legume) and gluten so I'm off to find another supplier.
Back to the monster egg/bacon/cheese/spinach scramble for lunch today.
A big lump of Beef Porterhouse steak with mustard and salad for dinner.
Days like this make me wonder what the hell I was doing on the cereal, rice cakes and low fat spread.0 -
Coffee and cream, the usual spicy scrambled egg thing, leftover steak with salad, nuts, cheese, a whole bag of pork coo snacks, a large portion of minced beef/sour cream/salsa nacho thing but without the chips and a little ice cream to end.
I am stuffed.
Exceeded my nominal 'calorie limit' for the first time in a while, going to try eating more and seeing if I can get the metabolism humming a bit, I suspect that I have not been eating enough thanks to the legacy of the 'low fat' days and some residual calorie fear. Got to put an end to that.
Still under 50g carbs today so everything should stay on target 0 -
8oz Steak strips in a fresh-made demiglace
Vegetable medley of steamed broccoli, zucchini, summer squash baby carrots in a parmesan cream sauce with fresh roasted gahhhhhlic...
Im in freakin' HEAVEN!~0 -
8oz Steak strips in a fresh-made demiglace
Vegetable medley of steamed broccoli, zucchini, summer squash baby carrots in a parmesan cream sauce with fresh roasted gahhhhhlic...
Im in freakin' HEAVEN!~
Now THAT is what we are talking about
Hey, apparently this way of eating is hard to follow so be careful
Following yesterday's relative foodfest it's 1:45pm and I am not hungry, I've been through a 2 hour cricket net session powered by just some cheese and nuts. I am just going to have to put the maths away and listen to my body. Analysis paralysis and all that.
I will confess to a 1:30am snack of leftover nachos complete with tortilla chips, and very nice they were. I am thankful I was duty bound to leave the majority for the rest of the family or I would have destroyed them after the first mouthful. That's moreish processed food for you I guess.
It woz the Olympics coverage and red wine that made me do it
I'm going to have some homemade beef, cheese and garlic rissoles later all cooked in lovely 100% Supafry animal fat and served with a pile of salad and veggies.0 -
B: chorizo and eggs, and I always scramble in some scallions. Cholula hot sauce on top, with some grape tomatoes from my garden tossed in
L: went to this wonderful cook it yourself Japanese restaurant and had some amazing ahi poke, some spicy cabbage salad which has the same ingredients as kimche but without fermentation, some bacon wrapped scallops, and filet mignon split a half dozen oysters with my friend, then had a massive sashimi platter (ate 12 pieces, and gave the other 4 pieces to my friend). Some of the best sashimi I've had in a while
SO much food today... And it was only 19g of carbs (without subtracting fiber)0 -
Slept through breakfast
L: wasabi salmon and stirfry veggies with sriracha
d: chicken taco salad with bell pepper, green onion, olives, 100cal snack pack of guacamole amd pace hot salsa
Snack: 2 pastrami rollups (2 slices pastrami for each rollup, a hot and spicy claussen pickle spear, and spicy brown mustard), and some macadamia nuts0 -
My lunch is not too interesting today- a simple cooked sliced chicken breast with mixed leaves & a yoghurt & mint dressing.
Dinner will be someting grand tonight!! I have a whole shoulder of lamb cooking slowly in my slow cooker..... basted with moroccan harissa paste. I will roughly shred this once it's super tender (after about 7 hours of cooking on low) and then mix through some chopped fresh parsley, some chopped fresh mint and scatter on some pomegranite 'seeds' for a fruity moroccan/lebanese edge. Served with chargrilled aubergine (eggplant) slices and a spinach salad.0 -
Sounds great Laura. Always love lamb.0
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I'm not a big lamb fan but that sounds amazing!
B: leftover chorizo and eggs
L: thin sliced steak and roasted beets with olive oil and pomegranate vinegar 2 turkey burger patties and grilled zucchini with olive oil and red pepper flakes
Snack: cherries0 -
Fennel and Italian spice pork sausages (processed but hey ...) with mustard ... salad, veggies, and some disGUSTingly healthy pork stir-fry to end the day.
Raw nuts and cheese at some point too when I get peckish.
I'll probably have some sweet potato too to up the calories, for 'tis my motto this week ... Eat more, do less, drop fat and laugh in the face of energy in/out.0 -
Todays highlights were a 16oz very lean trim strip steak and some awesome smoked gouda cheese. Lunch was chicken tenderloins and a nice salad w ranch.0
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I just had caribou stroganoff (mushrooms, onion, pepper, spices, red wine, coconut oil) and spaghetti squash with butter. Yum0
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Breakfast: Coconut & Coffee shake.
Lunch: Courgette (zuchinni) ribbons (raw) dressed in olive oil, lemon juice, fresh chopped red chilli, fesh chopped basil & parmesan cheese shavings- with a cooked sliced chicken breast. Followed by a pot of pitted black olives.
I'm cooking a nice meal for my bf for dinner:
Dinner- Crispy duck breast with a tamari & 5 spice glaze with chinese greens dressed in sesame oil.
Desert: Lemon 'mousse' made with full fat cream cheese, whipped cream, splenda & lemon extract....... mmmm fatty!0 -
I just had caribou stroganoff (mushrooms, onion, pepper, spices, red wine, coconut oil) and spaghetti squash with butter. Yum
Ahhhhhhh I had to google what Caribou was then. It's Reindeer? I should imagine it tastes like venison?0
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