Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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For supper today - Shepherd's Lentil Pie from the freezer - a new batch with a cauliflower/potato mash topping. I'm pretty excited to try it!2
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Half of a roast beef sub for lunch. The other half for dinner with a salad. They claim it’s 380 calories for the whole thing 👍. I haven’t had a sandwich in forever. I do miss bread!2
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Cauliflower for me too today, as the main dish tho. We call this Κουνουπίδι γιαχνί or Κουνουπίδι καπαμά. Essentially a cauliflower stew with or without potatoes (went without, for this time).
of course, the 2 pound salad side still applies..turnips are still in season here, so I've been adding them to salads since Jan.
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I may have to get your SALAD RECIPE someday. Every time I end up making "salads" they seem to end up more calories than they're worth. Which doesn't happen if i make a "salad" out of "vegetables"
The other day I made a beetroot, tiny peas, onion salad: great satiation to calories ratio! But regular "salads"? A little bit of cheese here, a tiny fingerful of nuts there, maybe some dried this or that or another... and the calories increase!2 -
Thing with salads is to avoid the add ons. Just veggies- no bits of cheeses, nuts, meats, dried stuff. That’s where the calories hide. Oh and the salad dressing has the be measured.
We all need Dante’s BIG SALAD recipe. Especially the dressing.
Guess Lent is going well for Dante...2 -
Well...here is a variant you might like. This one gets you a little more than 3 pounds of ready to eat salad, for about 500 calories. 23g of fiber and 21g of protein to boot (as well as a ton of vitamins and minerals of course).
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that all looks so delicious, Dante!2
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Cottage cheese in the dressing or on the side?1
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I’ll try the cottage cheese in my salad this evening. I usually have all veggies anyway. The turnip is an interesting ingredient. I didn’t know these can be eaten raw. I’ll give that a try too! Thanks Dante.2
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You can eat it raw, including the greens, and with the skin on actually (the peel, especially in larger turnips has a mildly bitter, earthy taste that I like. It is also loaded with nutrients).0
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Same with me, Yooly. I had never thought of adding turnip to a salad. Though cottage cheese is something Ive incorporated often. Thank you, Dante.2
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I did some googling. Apparently raw turnip is a thing. Who knew? I should have guessed because a common salad ingredient in Mexican salads is jicama. It’s a root veggie related to turnip with a sweet apple-like taste.
So I’ll definitely try turnips! A whole new food adventure.3 -
So I really messed up my meal plan at the end of the week. My greens went bad so I didn't have a base for falafel bowls. I forgot to buy a baking potato to have with steak. So I ended up ordering in last night and will have leftovers tonight and tomorrow. I guess the upside is that I found more yummy food at a great place near me. I already loved their pad thai, but I got pad see ew and a coconut chicken curry over noodles this time and both are so good. It will be really nice when the weather gets better because this place is like a 2-3 minute walk from my place. And reasonably priced for the amount of food.
Need to work on my meal plan today for next week. Going to a convention next weekend so need to figure out food I can bring with me to that cause I can't afford to eat out multiple meals for 3 days!2 -
Athijade don’t know if you’re flying or driving to the convention. If there’s a microwave and fridge in the room there’s lots of choices to take along. Packets of oatmeal, ramen cups, dry soups, .... not the greatest choices but they’ll do the job.
Before retirement, I traveled quite a bit. If there was a grocery or 7 Eleven nearby I could pick up salads, fruit or sandwiches to stock in the fridge for dinner later.
Today was shrimp and grits - defatted version. A sprinkle of bacon and smoked Gouda on top. And a good shot of Tabasco! Also the usual daily salad.
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Hold it there Texas! You had breakfast shrimps? If grits are filling... how come I don't hear of them more often?!?!?!
Weird day today! Ended up consuming the second (last) tray of green giant cauli mash. Even though this was the "bacon" version, the "prompted by Laurie" red potato cauli mash I made the other day was WAY superior!
Sorry. Too tired. Good night/good morning!
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Shrimp and grits is a lunch/dinner meal in the south. Plenty of good recipes out there. Most involve butter, cheese and bacon too with a red sauce. Very filling but WOW calories. So all of the extras- except sauce-were on the side for us.
Grits are are ground cornmeal product. I imagine like mush? Or porridge? It’s more common here than oatmeal and served for breakfast too. Or a side dish of grits and cheese. Plain grits are about the same calories as oatmeal without the slimy feel.0 -
I like grits - but haven't had them in a long while....hmmm.....
My cauli-potato mash was prompted by you, PAV. It is good if we are prompting each other to healthy filling foods!!!!2 -
@Athijade is that a meandering around convention or do they have breakout sessions and sandwiches and coffee for some of the sessions?
Meandering. It is a comic and entertainment convention. It is here in Chicago so will be taking the train downtown Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. No access to a fridge or microwave. I will be going to panels, meeting celebs, shopping... all that fun stuff.
I do need to see what is near the convention center as the food there is always over priced. But I will need to pack snacks so I can quickly eat something between panels and stuff.3 -
All kind of worthy snacks out there Athijade. Find something compact, filling and that fits in your calorie goal. Whole lot of protein bars fit into a purse!
Usually convention centers are surrounded by high price restaurants because there’s a big captive hungry audience trapped in the center.0 -
A greek salad for today.
I'm out of feta cheese, and the next can I have ordered won't be ready till late April (we get it from a relative that herds around 100 sheep, and makes feta every 4 months or so).
So as a stopgap, I grated some XynoMizithra on top for good measure, and was surprised to find it fit rather well!
You learn something every day!4 -
That is one lovely salad Dante! I like how you have so much variety in your salads. Not just the usual lettuce, tomato, cucumber mix.
And the thought of having homemade feta cheese is awesome. You are so fortunate to have access to local fresh foods. Texas is a desert where produce is brought in from various corners of the world and is of dubious age and quality- even in the best stocked grocery stores.4 -
Beautiful, Dante!!!2
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Today is the last day of birthday celebrations younger son & his gal, former husband and his wife coming by. I'm going all out and pulling two types of soup from the freezer plus making a third potato/leek/white bean soup. Inspired by PAV (and a sale at the grocer's) I'm using red skinned potatoes - with the skins on. That should make it colourful!
Corn chips, hummus, celery and red peppers on the side.
Crustless pumpkin pie with whipped cream and raspberries in lieu of cake
Former husband suggested that this sounded like a dinner for our son - and yes, it is, because him being tickled with the meal will make me happiest on my birthday.
It has been some two weekends and a week. Looking forward to settling into a more normal reality next week. Maybe even work in my yard a bit (fingers crossed). Last week, there was massive work done out there to replace a section of lateral sewer. Front yard and entrance to the back is a depressing mess. of mud and gravel and broken fence and gate and boxes full of dug up perennials. But, I'm almost at the place where I can think of it as something I can tackle. Last week it just made me cry. Thank goodness for all those calories 4 -
Sounds an awesome dinner
And that salad like awesome Dante and I bet less calories than with feta as you probably used less cheese by weight3 -
Looking forward to a normal eating day tomorrow 2
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Let's talk about crust less pumpkin pie 🤔🤔🤔😝1
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delicious 1
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You like living dangerously, don't you! Let's assume that I would be intrigued as to how such a pie was constructed!!!!
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