Pretty bird, Austin.

I am heading to the office bright and early today. Get-together this evening and still need to figure out what I'm taking to share so I can go to the store on the way home.

Plan for today...
B - oats with the usual additions
L - salad, an apple
D - not sure yet, I'll see what I can eat at the gathering besides whatever I take, will have a glass or two of wine

Hi everyone!

Austin - The yogurt came out perfect! Just love it, so easy too. I use shelf stable soy milk and one probiotic capsule. I was using Cultures of Health yogurt starter but the probiotic capsule works just as well and is cheaper.

I enjoy reading everyone’s menus each day and am learning a lot about my new way of eating. Thank you all for sharing!

Have a great Saturday everyone!

Hi Magic! I buy Westsoy Soy Milk, it only has soybeans and water for ingredients. My pot holds 3 pint jars. I pour the milk into my blender and turn on the lowest setting. As it mixes I add the yogurt starter, 1 packet. Cultures of Health is a great one. I then pour the milk in the jars and put them in my Instant Pot.

Press the yogurt button, it defaults to 8 hours which is fine for me. If you like tart yogurt you can leave it to ferment longer.

Here is a link to Jill McKeever’s video which helped me a lot.

https://m.facebook.com/SimpleDailyRecipes/posts/10155570083518563

Wonders never cease. My 76 y/o sister is making homemade hummus! Not only that she likes it oil free! Plus she cooks her chickpeas in a rice cooker I bought her for xmas!

I think the whole losing weight thing will happen...the deeper one gets into this WOE it will happen. For me, I can see where certain things might make me go up slightly, go down slightly and stay the same. So being consistent with what helps me lose will be the key.

The most important thing is that I have completely given up all animal products and keep processed and or fake foods to a minimum. Speaking of the Daiya mozza here.

I made a double batch of oatmeal clusters...got 17 out of the double batch, about 71 cal each. Freezing them. Two-three a day with tea or coffee of ice cold oatmilk. Great treat to look forward to.

Today's Plan:

black coffee
oatmeal with the usual stuff homemade oatmilk
spaghetti with carrot/celery/mushrooms/onions marinara sauce
grapes and plums
Joe's Mean Green
Three Oat Clusters
Romaine salad when I get home from work.

Have a great Father's Day everyone. To my dear dad, who I miss terribly, thank you so very much for the best childhood ever. What a super dad you were, never ever too busy to help me out whenever. I love you!

Happy Tuesday!

@magic71755 - Your remembrance of your dad was so sweet. I am reminded to be grateful my dad is still here.

Your plan for today looks delish!

@bisky - I am so delighted for you, as regards your sister and hummus! I think you may be more influential than you thought!

@Mihani - " I always try to remember Dr. F's wise words from the ETL book... focus on your efforts, the results will follow." A big YES to this!

@Cindy781 - Thanks for the yogurt recipe. I'll be trying this!


My day so far:
B - smoothie (spinach, broccoli, flax seed, blueberries; I was thinking about Dr F and his advice to blend cruciferous veggies); cup of coffee; golden berries and goji berries on the side
L - steamed mustard greens topped with the last of the chickpeas and a few black-eyed peas, fire roasted tomatoes, Dr Greger Savory Spice mix; my vegan 'ceviche' (diced cooked zucchini; diced raw grape tomatoes; vinegar pickled onions -- I threw some black pepper seeds, cumin seeds and peppercorns into this batch, and they are quite flavorful); apple slices
D (planned) - massaged kale salad
S (planned; workout break during long exercise session this evening) - walnuts and apple slices

I started a couple of vegan ferment recipes on Sunday:
- I am trying out this recipe for Curtido, a fermented slaw/kraut. If you are able to misbehave and have salt, this may interest you. I left out the oil and am going to play, next time, with less salt. I mostly stay salt-free, but left it in for this recipe. It should be ready to try for the first time tonight or tomorrow.
- Hmm. Sometime soon I'll try a small batch of simple cabbage kraut with water and no salt, to see how it works.
- I am also trying out this Fermented Hot Sauce. My husband is excited. It won't be ready to try until this coming Sunday.

Menu turned out like this:

black coffee

71 ounces water today

sweet potato thin slices in the air fryer
romaine salad
spaghetti (organic brown rice and quinoa spaghetti from Trader Joes) ... #99 recipe sauces with mushrooms, onions, garlic and a huge chopped zucchini.

Dessert Orange Good Pop Vegan from Costco

Night all.

Hello, all!
My ETL day went according to plan for the rest of the day yesterday!

I had been unsure about how to handle dinner on a night when I leave for a long evening workout at 5:15 (this is a new thing), and am not home until about 9, as I try not eat that late (I aim for a 13-14 hour fasting window, and for sure feel better if I don't go to bed with a full stomach). So I went ahead and had my big salad just before I left. Class kicked off at 6 with about 45 minutes of strenuous, continuous exercise. I had been worried about it not working to have eaten before class, but it was just fine. As perspective, timing eating used to be a problem for me when I was running and eating meals that were mostly a chicken breast or egg whites; I had to allow a lot more time after eating (2+ hours) or I felt awful when working out. My usual gigantic massaged kale salad sat just fine. I felt great and had the energy I wanted.

TL;DR Woohoo! More evidence that this is a great way of eating for me!

magic71755 wrote: »

Love the review, @AustinRuadhain ...you gave me the push I needed to go to Sprouts and get more fresh kale. My body loves it when I feed it a massaged kale salad daily. Just not always easy to pick it up. Some days I go late, and the kale is all soft ...not fresh. Best time is early...but sometimes, I am too early and it isn't out yet. Timing, timing, timing!

Off to Sprouts to get two bunches...one to make salad today...one goes in the Debbie Meyers green bag.

Glad your workout and eating is working so well for you!

Interesting! I get my kale at my local grocery store (organic friendly, but not their specialty), and it is always pretty perky. They have misters to keep the some of the produce humid/watered, and the kale is in that section. Maybe your kale is just dehydrated? You could try misting it a bit and see if it perks back up.

Hi y'all... work is super busy plus trying to catch up on a few things around the house. Pretty much sticking to oats with the usual goodies for breakfast, some raw veggies and fruit for lunch, and a big ol' salad with beans for dinner. Weight loss stalled again. Once I get through next week and can start making exercise a priority I think things will go better.

Today went like this
Black coffee
Green juice
Massaged kale salad
Romaine salad with quesadilla
Watermelon
Cauliflower steaks with zero sos bbq sauce
Oatmeal

I’m trying something different by having my oatmeal as my late night dessert snack I’m hoping this helps me with my snacking late at night.

Hey there! Happy First Day of Summer!

I had a good ETL day yesterday:
B - black coffee; spinach & blueberry smoothie; small side of dried goldenberries & goji berries
L - black-eyed peas; turnip greens with diced turnips, topped with some fire-roasted tomatoes; small helping of Salvadoran Cabbage Relish (Curtido); salad of cooked summer squash and raw grape tomatoes; Pink Lady apple slices
S - Kanzi apple slices and walnuts
D - massaged kale salad; more squash and tomato salad; dessert of steamed butternut squash and apple

Today's big cooking project is an ETL-friendly berry crisp that I am taking to our quarterly martial arts celebration tomorrow. I need to decide on what berries. Topping will be chopped pecans and almonds, I think. Or maybe walnuts and almonds? Not sure what would go best. I'll go do some recipe surfing to see if other peopel have opinions.

Menu today:

black coffee
Ezekiel quesadilla
green juice
kale salad
ramen with marinara
peaches
oatmeal

The oatmeal after work last night seemed to work...much more enjoyable at home than at my desk. I love the blueberries frozen so they chill the milk nicely.

HAGDE! (have a great day everyone)

Good morning, I'm off to the office today. I ended up staying home yesterday and caught up laundry and tackled a few other projects around here. I am hoping maybe by August with the new help I'll be taking most weekends off. I don't mind going in on weekends now and then, but this is getting really old.

Yesterday I ate a sandwich for every meal. Toasted ezekiel bread, pickled onions, lots and lots of lettuce, and a cashew caesar dressing for sandwich spread. They were so good I wanted to eat them all day!

That's very cool that your apple dish was a hit Austin. Sometimes people turn their noses up at my food, but if they try it they are like oh, this is good!

I too like oats any time of day, Magic. I have been adding my daily turmeric and black pepper to my oats with frozen berries and chia seeds. Love the savory/sweet flavor. I don't often use plant milk just add hot water and let them sit for a few so they stay firmer.

@Mihani - Good for you for taking care of yourself as you work all these weekends. I know you are looking forward to the extra help and having things settle down. I am so glad that's now in the foreseeable future! Your cashew Caesar dressing sounds delightful. Is that a specific recipe?

Hey @magic71755 and @Mihani , I saw this recipe for Vanilla Oatmeal Ice Cream, and thought of you. It sounds fun. I may try it on the 13 year old when he gets home from camp this week. I could add leftover cinnamon apples, and make it especially festive:
https://www.feastingonfruit.com/vanilla-oatmeal-ice-cream/

My culinary adventure this morning was finishing up a batch of fermented hot sauce that I started last Sunday. I used a mix of serrano, poblano, anaheim, jalapeno and habanero pepper (just one habanero). I discard the brine, so this does not end up salty, but I know this still might not work for some, as some will have gotten on the veggies. My next ferment, sauerkraut, I am going to make @Cindy781 's yogurt first, and use that, having found an article on no-salt fermentation. Anyway, I had a spinach and cauliflower smoothie this morning with some of my new hot sauce, and was super excited. It came out very flavorful and not super hot (I am actually a wimp about hot sauces).

Laundry is going, and my husband is going to take me to the garden center after he gets done with the next step in his woodworking project. It's going to be a lovely ETL day!

Menu
B - black coffee with a splash of cashew milk, savory green smoothie (cauli, spinach, flax, plus 2 T my new hot sauce!), plus some blueberries, golden berries and goji berries
L (planned) - mustard greens, savory baked tofu, zucchini & tomato salad
S (planned) - walnuts and apple slices
D (planned) - massaged kale salad, veggie-based dressing