The great little local place (Papi's tacos) we ate at tonight called this chicken salad and it was the special tonight. $9.99 and it was perfect. I ate all the meat/avocado and probabky 1/3 of all the vegetables (sauteed peppers and onions, pico de gallo, lettuce and cilantro). I also had 7 fresh, hot, salty Tortilla Chips with a hot green tomatillo salsa.

Looks awesome! Yum!

Last night we walked up to an in the beach seafood place (about 12-13 minute walk each way) .

I had grilled red Snapper with a couple French fries (they were underwhelming) and some coleslaw.

My nephew is a professional photographer who does mainly food photos for ads and menus. The stories he tells about “grooming” food and food stylists! Thin separators between burger layers, tweezing sesame seeds, a little food coloring to amp the tomatoes and lettuce….. digging through cereal boxes for perfect flakes or raisins.
Anyway 830 cals - wow 😮. That’s over half my allotted maintenance daily calories. Nothing is that wonderful.

I'm surprised your waffle place had a "reasonable" sized meal Nic!

Yooly... if only you knew the half of it in terms of the food massacres that happen down this way! Me thinks that, at least for now, this puppy plays closer to the 3K than the 1.5K league! So lots of room for stupid moves! How are you feeling?

Sorry Nic: was not criticizing. Just surprised. Even with hasbrowns and toast it sounded within the parameters of reasonable! Some of the breakfast places I've been to seem to be too much at times. Without the toast and with half the hash definitely not excessive. Hey. Just had an idea. Even if you don't qualify age wise, ***some*** restaurants will allow you to order from the seniors menu which is smaller in quantity! I know I've done it! 😎

I asked. They were going to let me order off the kids/seniors menu, but it was only 1 (one!) egg.

Wow! That was my exact reaction! I will take the seniors meal with one egg---plus two eggs poached soft on the side please!😎 Or share, of course, like you did. I mean the end result is the same. But the side thing works better when you're the only one there! 🤷‍♂️

I chopped 4 chicken sausage meatballs into small bits, cooked up with 4oz of chopped white mushrooms. Made a sauce with plain tomato sauce, cottage cheese and parmesan, garlic salt and pepper all blended together smooth. Added my egg white noodles and had sausage and mushroom "pasta" with creamy, cheese red sauce.

Egg white frittatas to the protein and calorie budget rescue!

Roasted pork loin (seasoned with Kinder's garlic salt), mashed potatoes (instant) beefed up with cottage cheese, canned green beans (what can I say, I love 'em), plus some roasted pork gravy.

Comfort food

Adventurista wrote: »

Yum!

The totally random day is yum? EEEEEK! I think your well conceived, planned, and executed meals are yum!!!!

Today is slightly less random so far! But only slightly! Pot of coffee and a single 3.7g mini mini choco cookie (so 30Cal for both)... cause it was the last one in the drawer! McD's vanilla cone (looked to be in the 300 Cal range) on the way to subway for a foot-long veggies only sub (yes for the peppery jack cheese, all the veggies, pepper only, no sauce).... and that's it so far.

Though I *am* getting a bit peckish

Romaine, tzatziki+2% greek yogurt, precooked chicken, reduced-fat feta, cucumber, tomato and onion.

Dinner later is cheesy ham scrambled egg/whites

That salad is so nicely chopped!

quite filling for the calories.... mash from a satchel with water from a kettle... and.... freshly "caught" porcini mushrooms collected by a friend who then prepared them in things we don't want to know about but which MAY have included onions and "light" cream (cough cough).

Still. I figure that in spite of the cream, the 350g of "creamy mushrooms and onions" probably did not top 300 Cal... so still a good bargain... probably!

Kitchen isn’t really done yet but it’s at the stage where I can actually think of cooking something on my fancy single hot plate … Since there’s still significant electrical issues here including a stove outlet that doesn’t function.

I’m going to make green soup - It’s been so freaking long. The food I’ve been eating here has been atrocious on the health front. I think but you know really who knows?