Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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subpar noodles should ALSO be banned... just saying!1
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Folks in my neighbourhood aren't thrilled by either2 -
But the bottom line of the subpar Thai noodle experience is that I should have simply boxed up most of it for disposal at home. Why did I eat it at all? I know better than to waste calories on bad food. Unfortunately my inner appeaser caved and tried to make it a pleasant visit with my friend without fussing about the food.1
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Than maybe that is okay, Yooly? Occassionally it won't really play a big role in maintaining your weight - but might keep your life more pleasant?2
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Making a big pot of beef stew in the slow cooker today. Hope it turns out good cause I kinda just took a bunch of recipes and threw it together. Beef cubes, potatoes, carrots, onion, onion powder, garlic powder, thyme, tomato paste, worcestershire sauce, beef stock, salt, and pepper. I will add peas and thicken it up a little before serving. Fingers crossed!4
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Good for you, Athijade! Sounds like several nutritious meals.
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It sounds like something I would enjoy eating. Though I am not sure why peas would thicken it up. Peas good and good source of protein on their own. Relatively high calorie. Cute as a button especially the baby baby ones. But how thicken?
MMMMMMMMM stew. I am LIKING the idea 'Jade!!!!! If you're just going for color, cut green beans may be a lower cal option than peas. Broccoli cut into a state of disintegration might make things thicker? Same with zucchini I guess though water shedding may be an issue with zoo! OH well.... running along now before I destroy what sounds like a really nice meal without my "additions"!!!!
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Different (for me) supper tonight. Picked up a box of Zatarain's Jambalaya Mix rice - cooked up the box, had 1/3 of that plus 1/3 a block of firm tofu panfried in a little coconut oil. Pretty good!!! Filling. Lived it up a bit with a tablespoon of sour cream to temper the heat of Sriracha
505 calories - so up there but manageable and tasty and different. I'm guessing the sodium is pretty high though.
Could easily add some veggies to the mix - but had it with a blueberry/beet/spinach smoothie so figured the bunnies were covered.
Another bonus - two nights dinner in the fridge 4 -
lauriekallis wrote: »
You are correct. I used a cornstarch slurry to thicken it, though I couldn't quite get it as thick as I wanted. So when I heat up some leftovers tonight, I will do so on the stove and make a new slurry to add. Then hopefully it will be how I like it.
It was also a bit greasy, so gonna skim some of that off now that it has cooled in the fridge. I think that was due to using a chuck roast and not trimming it as well as I should have.
Was yummy though overall!4 -
Sounds like a winner athijade!2
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Because it was a crazy busy day. Supper was a big salad and a skinless Costco rotisserie chicken
leg & thigh. Tomorrow we’re going to have breakfast at a Mexican restaurant in celebration of my newly castless (I hope) wrist. Checking the menu to find something good and moderately calorific.2 -
lauriekallis wrote: »Different (for me) supper tonight. Picked up a box of Zatarain's Jambalaya Mix rice - cooked up the box, had 1/3 of that plus 1/3 a block of firm tofu panfried in a little coconut oil. Pretty good!!! Filling. Lived it up a bit with a tablespoon of sour cream to temper the heat of Sriracha 505 calories - so up there but manageable and tasty and different. I'm guessing the sodium is pretty high though.
Could easily add some veggies to the mix - but had it with a blueberry/beet/spinach smoothie so figured the bunnies were covered.
Another bonus - two nights dinner in the fridge
We love the zatarain's jambalaya here. For 4 people, we use 1 box, 1lb chicken breast, 1/2lb of smoked turkey sausage, a red pepper, a green pepper and an onion, all diced into like 1/2" chunks.
When I was capable of eating it, I loved to add a slice of 2% American cheese to the top of the jambalaya, melt it and mix it throughout.4 -
adventuresome all around!
coffee. slice of pizza. snack sized bag of almonds (out of the box of snack sized dry roasted almonds, cashews, and peanuts that is hiding under the box of snack sized Toblerones in the pictures), some 39g of chocolate samples...... bunnies are hiding!!!!
(Mega) danger zone (Dec 19 to Jan 9) is here!
65 or higher.... usually associated with weight gain
63 or lower.... usually associated with losing
Off to prepare some pudding or something... maybe with some apples!!!!
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Here bunny bunny bunny. Here bunny bunny bunny 2
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🥗Salad, rye crackers, peas with pearl onions and mushrooms 🍄 and about 4 oz of smoked salmon. Fighting the urge to top it off with a cookie…..
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maybe you two will inspire me to nuke some bunnies after several days? I brought up some from the downstairs freezer!
You would think I could learn or modify?
I mean it's not as if the dates are ENTIRELY coincidental or that I am unaware of them or the issues surrounding them!
19th @ 61
20th @ 63
21st at 65
22nd at 67
For me there is a pretty darn good correlation during these past 5+ years for me to be usually showing weight gains when my RHR is above 65 and showing weight losses when it dips below 63.1 -
This means you should avoid the scale!!!!!!! 1
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But I am..... It's just that I don't even need to look to know! 😵💫😳1
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I haven't checked my fitbit stats in a few days - you inspired me - but nothing in the app. Apparently the tracker needed to be "updated" - technology
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U do have to check and see how the numbers work for you (if they do) and if the levels remain meaningfully stable for you over long periods of time
And keep in mind that not looking at the scale (or not recording the results has almost never helped me keep my weight from not increasing!😳2 -
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope everyone is doing well.
We went to my brother's today, it's been a while. My brand new nephew came out of the oven a fortnight ago so I wanted to share...isn't he a cutie??! C:
Now...business time. My SIL made Greco Negro with wild rice and baby potatoes
Mom made a Pomegranate-chicken salad
I baked a Beetroot-chestnut bread
And mom also made a terrific Mille-feuille for dessert.
Man, everything was delicious, but I see a lot of plain salads in my future for the rest of the week lol. Oh well!
Merry Christmas, and a happy new year to all!
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Wow Dante! First of all that’s is one beautiful baby. I’m sure you’ll be his favorite uncle.
That meal - those photos…. Made me jealous and ready to go to Greece. I’m going to look up recipes soon. Nothing on your table was familiar but looked positively gourmet.2 -
Morning: 8oz decaf coffee with 20ml half and half and 20ml fairlife 2% milk.
Midday: Roughly 1 egg and 0.6 egg white soft scrambled with non-stick spray and butter (I scrambled a big pan of 7 eggs and about 4 whites with about a tsp of butter for the whole thing) and 1 slice of oven cooked bacon.
Evening(still to come): 1-2tbsp mashed potato, 1-2 tbsp carrot and rutabaga mash, 1-2 tbsp stuffing, 1 oz ham, 1-2 tbsp turkey gravy spread over everything but ham. Maybe a little pickled beet or two of I have room. Even the above seems ambitious to me, lol. I just want a taste of Christmas dinner. I am skipping baked macaroni and cheese, air fried Brussels sprouts and rolls.
I have also been skipping all the Christmas goodies (peppermint bark, Christmas crack and cookies, all homemade) and candies.4 -
sounds like a nice selection of everything!1
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If only I had measured Christmas dinner by tablespoons!2
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If only I had measured Christmas dinner by tablespoons!
Well, I have no choice.
In years past it would have been a plate heaped with mashed potatoes, stuffing, mashed veg, roll, probably two slices of ham and loads of turkey gravy over everything but the ham. Plus butter on the roll(s). Also a bottle of white wine over the afternoon/evening. In the afternoon we'd likely have had a meat/cheese/cracker tray out, plus a veggie and dip tray. And there would have been at least 2 pies for desert, probably chocolate cream and pumpkin.2 -
My quest for yogurt based sugar free pudding has resulted in medium level results so far. Ok but not great. Actually that may be good on its own as a result; but I digress!!!
I've noticed in the main forums someone posting about making popsicles, snow cones, and slushes using diet pop! Some of the diet pop available is extremely errr sugary😵💫 dr pepper zero being up there in my books. But cans forgotten in the freezer have never given me the impression of being usable!
Have you ever made diet pop popsicles? How???🤔1 -
"Toutons" for supper ... with baked beans ... a far too tasty Newfoundland thing
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