Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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Athijade I miss going home to indiana so much….I used to road trip solo twice a year but the past few years I haven’t gotten to….not sure when I will get to again…I grew up S. of Indianapolis in Seymour….I still have a working farm there that I own with my cousins…my best memories are long hot lazy days at my grandparents with my cousins in the summer…times were so much simpler….playing outside all day, running in the cornfields playing hide n seek, catching crawdads in the creek and walking on the railroad tracks….and of course eating fresh corn and tomatoes and cucumbers with every meal my gramma made for us!5
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Prewashed radish packages from the supermarket? Previously frozen? 🙀😘1
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Wouldn't think so - unless the reefer on the trailer was malfunctioning!2
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For me tonight - the salad I was supposed to have for lunch and a suggested serving (
) of the President's Choice brand Eggplant Parmigiana. Wish me luck at stopping at a suggested serving! 6 -
You can do it, Laurie. 😊
The plan for tonight is chicken Caesar salad but depending on what time I get home and how tired I am, it may be minus the chicken.2 -
I didn't do it - but my calories for the day are still good.
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I made whole wheat spaghetti with sauce last night... but the sauce had ground beef, diced zucchini, and diced mushrooms in it. So I call it a win.
This morning though I am not feeling great. Really fatigued. Sipping on a Sprite and nibbling on Cheez Its because my stomach doesn't like me. So not a healthy breakfast, but it's all I can stomach atm.5 -
Hope you felt better the rest of the day1
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In honor of mother’s day, we went to In N Out where I indulged in one of their fabulous 🍔burgers. I had a double single (one cheese) and 1/3 🍿order of fries. It cost half a day’s calories but I only do it a few times a year so ....
Tonight it’s non fat yogurt with a sprinkle of Raisin Bran. Not many veggies were consumed today 🥺
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Elder Son took me out for lunch and we split an order of onion rings and each had a slice of a deep dish pizza. We brought the rest of it home, and Son and Girlfriend have each had a piece for dinner. I will have a piece myself once I feel hungry again.
Boyfriend thinks I look slimmer through the midsection, so I must be doing something right.5 -
Leftovers and snippets of food that will go bad unless eaten before we leave for vacation. So it was a bit of enchilada casserole, raw carrots, big lettuce salad and a sweet potato. A few sautéed onions on the side. Okay calorie wise.
The next week will be too many restaurants and homemade goodies from the relatives. 🥺. Moderation and wise choices will hopefully get me through it. That and the fact that hubby can eat his meal and polish off anything I don’t want. He will gain not one ounce!3 -
Tea is veggie lasagne 🤗 Wish I was away this week! Have a lovely time!3
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Bunnie lasagna? You're selling. I'm not buying! 😹🤣2
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Yooly you coming here or not yet?1
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Tonight we had chicken cutlets marinaded in an Italian marinade, grilled, with mashed cauliflower, broccoli with cheese sauce, and rolls. I of course had rice pilaf.
Tomorrow he is getting a meal (premade) of hamburger steak with mushroom gravy, mashed cauliflower, and buttered green beans. Tomorrow lunch for us is pulled pork sandwiches, with chips.
Tomorrow night is beef with broccoli for half of us, and beef with pea pods for the other half, with rice and crab rangoons and egg rolls for them that can eat them. (Alas. I miss egg rolls.) The meat is already sliced and in a bag of marinade. That's thawing out, and I'll just dump the whole thing into a pot and boil it. Then I drain that, and take a second bag of marinade that hasn't had meat in it, put that in a pan and thicken it with cornstarch, and add the meat to that. That way the coagulated juices from the cooked meat aren't all up in my sauce. I'll steam the vegetables and add them separately.
The rice is precooked, so I'll just get out four ounce bags for Girlfriend and Son and two ounce bags for Boyfriend and I, and heat those in the microwave then plate it all up. The crab rangoons and egg rolls are frozen, and all I have to do is dump them on a pan in a low oven (200 degrees) for about an hour. This is easy for me as I have a 4 pm timer and a 4:30 pm timer for dinner at 5. I just remind myself at the four pm alarm that there's stuff to go in the oven, and it works out fine. We really like this type of dish, and it's about as easy as it can be doing it this way, so it's worth the extra step of the separate sauce.5 -
What a system, Alexandra! You've got this so very organized, always.2
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I am struggling with meal ideas. It's like nothing sounds good or I am just too tired to care. I used to love meal planning and cooking. Now it feels like a chore.
One thing I am liking is doing bowls. This week (today actually) I am making hibachi chicken and shrimp bowls. The base will be plain rice and I will top it with teriyaki chicken and shrimp, sweet carrots, and sauteed mushrooms and onions. Then drizzle on some Yum Yum Sauce (a creamy slightly sweet sauce). Super filling for not a lot of points since the proteins and veggies are 0. Next week I am going to do a burrito bowl but not sure what I will put in it yet. Pretty much I aim for lots of veggies and a lean protein over a simple base with a fun item like a sauce on top.
But I need some new ideas... something to spark enjoyment again.2 -
I hit that every once and awhile. Usually connected to fatigue - because it takes energy to make something interesting. When I get it together my "fix" is music. In anticipation I choose a CD to play (I know that dates me) for prep/cooking time. And once that is on - it all comes together. But. Sometimes. Putting on that CD is darn near impossible.3
