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Here’s one for all you Food Porn lovers! The Skillful Art of Healthy Eating

MarciBkonTrk
MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
edited November 2024 in Recipes
I have decided to keep a pictorial diary of the foods/meals that I eat as I make my journey back to health. Some pictures will be new recipes that I am creating for the bariatric cookbook that I am writing, some will just be because I think the plate looks like a work of art. I was raised to believe that eating should always be considered an event. My grandmother's philosophy was if a dish for a meal got ruined then add another piece of crystal, silver, or china to the table and no one will notice. So here goes my first entry...
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  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    Last night my husband made chicken vegetable soup which we paired with grilled cheese made on nine grain and seed bread. It was so good that I had to have a rerun for lunch. I decided that the soup was so good that it deserved a special presentation. So here's today's lunch: A steaming mug of chicken & veggie soup, grilled (to perfection) cheese, and fresh blueberries.

    What's a meal without candlelight?
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  • Glowiie1
    Glowiie1 Posts: 85 Member
    NOM NOM NOM!!!!!
  • kellycasey5
    kellycasey5 Posts: 486 Member
    Those clear mugs are to die for! Where did you get them? They are soup-tastic!
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    kellycasey5 wrote: »
    Those clear mugs are to die for! Where did you get them? They are soup-tastic!

    I got them a couple of years ago from Bed, Bath, and Beyond. It's a soup set with four mugs and four plates. For me a pretty setting and presentation is just as important as the food itself.
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    Today's breakfast...

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    Ham and cheese scramble with whole grain/seed bread and a touch of coconut oil instead of butter.
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    Lunch today...Cashew chicken salad, red bean salad, and glazed blueberries. I guess you can tell by my pictures is that I am a blueberry fan. Everything on this plate is diabetic friendly, weight loss surgery friendly, and heart healthy.

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  • DeeNyceRN
    DeeNyceRN Posts: 104 Member
    Beautiful! Almost looks too pretty to eat :)
  • kducky22
    kducky22 Posts: 276 Member
    Yum!! Keep the pictures coming!!
  • kbsangel1986
    kbsangel1986 Posts: 153 Member
    MarciBkonTrk wrote: »
    Lunch today...Cashew chicken salad, red bean salad, and glazed blueberries. I guess you can tell by my pictures is that I am a blueberry fan. Everything on this plate is diabetic friendly, weight loss surgery friendly, and heart healthy.

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    Recipe for both salads?
  • katrinapri
    katrinapri Posts: 256 Member
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  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    There's already a thread for this...

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/823358/what-do-your-meals-look-like-show-me-pictures#latest
  • kducky22
    kducky22 Posts: 276 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    There's already a thread for this...

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/823358/what-do-your-meals-look-like-show-me-pictures#latest

    No harm in having more :)
    I can follow more than one tread
  • lizardbeans
    lizardbeans Posts: 2 Member
    Dining, you're dining! It's beautiful, visually and viscerally pleasing! Keep up the good work.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    kducky22 wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    There's already a thread for this...

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/823358/what-do-your-meals-look-like-show-me-pictures#latest

    No harm in having more :)
    I can follow more than one tread

    No harm, just no point.
  • kducky22
    kducky22 Posts: 276 Member
    kbsangel1986 wrote: »
    MarciBkonTrk wrote: »
    Lunch today...Cashew chicken salad, red bean salad, and glazed blueberries. I guess you can tell by my pictures is that I am a blueberry fan. Everything on this plate is diabetic friendly, weight loss surgery friendly, and heart healthy.

    Recipe for both salads?

    Agreed! I would love the recipe for the red bean salad, that looks delish!
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    edited February 2015
    Thanks everyone! I know that there is a site for pictures however I am writing a cookbook and wanted to start a thread specific to my recipes. A lot of times I do post in both places. I will post the recipes as soon as they are copyrighted. One of the things I do need is testers for my recipes. I will post the recipes soon I promise.
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    Katrinapri, I love your picture. I wanted to quote you but the picture is obscuring the quote button. But I wanted you to know how pretty your meal looks.
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    edited February 2015
    The pulled pork is a recipe my husband and I developed. Of course I had to have my mixed power greens. I have discovered dandelion greens and they are fabulous. I plan to incorporate them into more of my meals. But the coleslaw and potato salad are from the deli. I have three tools in my kitchen that are an absolute necessity for me..an ice cream scoop (measures a half-cup), a cookie scoop (measures a quarter-cup), and a melon baller (measures about a tablespoon). Oh and of course my kitchen scale. Since this lunch is a little heavy on fat I used a bread plate and only had a quarter cup of the potato salad and coleslaw.

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  • alltheweigh170
    alltheweigh170 Posts: 287 Member

    This is also a good site for food porn lovers - http://beautifulpicturesofhealthyfood.tumblr.com/
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    I guess what qualifies as food porn is highly subjective
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    Acg67 wrote: »
    I guess what qualifies as food porn is highly subjective

    Yep I guess so! B)
  • mistikal13
    mistikal13 Posts: 1,457 Member
    Acg67 wrote: »
    I guess what qualifies as food porn is highly subjective


    Agreed
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    alltheweigh170 wrote: »
    This is also a good site for food porn lovers - http://beautifulpicturesofhealthyfood.tumblr.com/

    Thanks I'll check it out.
  • nesian_twin
    nesian_twin Posts: 198
    edited February 2015
    That meal you created looks soooo delicious but what caught my eye the most was the glass chicken soup bowl so fancy and beautiful! I want one, where can I get one? lol - it just looks so much more appealing, I am going to find me a glass or crystal bowl for soup and I'm curious about the drink, what was the drink?

  • toadg53
    toadg53 Posts: 302 Member
    is that a bloody mary with your soup/grilled cheese meal? it sure looks like one ... and a delicious one at that. not to mention the whole meal looks divine. thnx for sharing.
  • Yawnetu
    Yawnetu Posts: 53 Member
    Would you prefer that others not add their own pics to your thread, or does that give you presentation ideas? Not to mention recipe ideas?
  • LilyPearl0560
    LilyPearl0560 Posts: 10 Member
    Yes, please keep the pictures and recipes coming.
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    edited February 2015
    nesian_twin wrote: »
    That meal you created looks soooo delicious but what caught my eye the most was the glass chicken soup bowl so fancy and beautiful! I want one, where can I get one? lol - it just looks so much more appealing, I am going to find me a glass or crystal bowl for soup and I'm curious about the drink, what was the drink?
    It's a soup mug and plate set of four. I got it from Bed, Bath, and Beyond a few years ago. It's my favorite thing to use for soups. And the drink is an iced green tea. That glass came from Dollar Tree.
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    toadg53 wrote: »
    is that a bloody mary with your soup/grilled cheese meal? it sure looks like one ... and a delicious one at that. not to mention the whole meal looks divine. thnx for sharing.
    Actually it's a glass of iced green tea.
  • MarciBkonTrk
    MarciBkonTrk Posts: 310 Member
    Yawnetu wrote: »
    Would you prefer that others not add their own pics to your thread, or does that give you presentation ideas? Not to mention recipe ideas?

    Please anyone feel free to share pictures, recipes, ideas. I'm open to all of it.
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