That looks faaaabulous, @yakkystuff !! yum!

omgosh that looks so great !!!

I've been playing with a freggie tracker for a while now. I finally (with a bunch of help from ChatGPT) have a copy I can share. It's still very much a work in progress, but I did post a link to share it, in another thread :).

Hey there! Just made a broc salad! Yum! Glad to be apart of this group! So inspiring and colorful! I just love rainbows! There was snow on the ground this morning! I want to get outside and get my hands in the dirt! Come on SPRING!! ☀️

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@SafariGalNYC Sunburn, yikes! Maybe get some aloe? I awakened to snow and ice tingling the windows here in MA. 🌨️ it’s mid April but now I’m kinda glad I didn’t plant in the garden yet. I’m originally from NY and lived in the city for about 10 years. Is that where you’re from? I’d love to visit Cali, one of these days.
Having some oatmeal and dates with walnuts this morning as I’ll be heading out for a long shift at work. Have a great day everybody! 😉

YAY, 🙌some ☀️TODAY! I made herbed tofu scramble! Gettin’ those greens in where ever I can! 😉

And me scrambled tofu @Rainbow2300

What type did you cube and how did you spice?

We have been exploring egg alternative meals for the near 'too high priced' future.

Hubby suggested pizza of course :D - Experimented with mini naan rounds and corn tortilla wraps to make with grilled meats, cheese and veggie loaded. He seems to like them.

Tofu likely to be a me thing though. It looks so colorful and flavorful Rainbow!

Veggie (posted yesterday) & meat blends (below, 93% mixed ground beef & turkey spiced) prepped yesterday, used to build a bowl for lunch today

Last night was taco tuesday with leftover meats & veggies

Today, Lunch was another chopped salad with tuna and some of the leftover meats & veggies.

Home late so did a quick stir together Greek Yogurt, blueberries, chocolate protein powder, pb2 powder, splash juice and a piece of the pumpkin banana bread (I remembered to include pumpkin this time, lol)

@mkksemail I’m from LI but lived in NYC for 10 years. Are you up in Maine? I live in central MA.

Waiting on dinner and i could go for that salmon bagel dish!!!

Costco sells a box of individual servings with 3 flavors; mixed berry, strawberry and french vanilla. This label is from a 4 pack for a single 1-cup 90cal container.

The french vanilla is working well as a substitute in baking or for added protein. I used it in both of the banana/pumpkin breads and was thinking even the berry flavors ought substitute well without skewing the flavors much.

For the pumpkin banana bread, a 1/8th serving out of a 8x8 pan came out 335 cals. Split and shared at breakfast with coffee that had chocolate protein powder for the protein macro balance.

I pulled ideas from multiple recipes and tried the typical 3 bananas with 2c flour, a cup pumpkin pak, 1 french vanilla greek non-fat yogurt 90 cal sized container.

Substituted and cut fat to a tbsp butter and substituted and cut sugar to a tbsp molasses. Also added ginger and cardamon to the spiced, so it had a gingerbread note.

The 2nd attempt with 3 bananas (increased from 2) & the added pumpkin was a lot denser and wet, so next time back to 2 bananas, and think I'll try adding baking soda in addition to the baking powder. It's a rather forgiving thing to experiment with.

Yep, used the regular Libby canned pumpkin, (not pre-spiced for pie)

Added own spices - i like a strong spice, and browsed recipes for ideas

Pre-heat 350, prep 8x8 pan with spray or oil.

Combine Dry ingredients stir into the 2c flour -

Tbsp each of baking powder and cinnamon,

2 tsp each of: nutmeg, ginger, cream of tartar, (figure next time i'll add 2 tsp baking soda too.)

1 tsp each allspice, mace and cardamon.

1/2 tsp preferred salt

Then, combine Liquid ingredients separately (not with flour):

First, combine the 1 1/2 tbsp melted butter and Tbsp molasses.

Then pour this into rest of wet ingredients & stir together:

Cup plain non-fat greek yogurt

2 Tbsp imitation vanilla (or Tbsp real vanilla extract.)

1 cup canned pumpkin

2 (or 3) small to medium sized smashed bananas

1c chopped walnuts,

1/4 cup chopped raisins (or craisins or tart cherries.)

3rd gently combine dry and wet ingredients until just combined (don't overwork), pour into the 8x8 pan, bake at 350. Check at 45 min to 1 hour - do the knife, fork or toothpick test for doneness. My last one took 1hr 40m because of that extra banana and pumpkin i forgot 1st time, I think.

Yum! Have not tried falafel - looks good!

Picked up cilantro today, and pinto and black beans to try making the refried beans recipe shared in that crockpot discussion thread in the forums.

Leftovers today - shared open face italian meatballs type sandwiches on sourdough with picked chicken and last of the green beans.

Not sure what's up tomorrow other than prep for the family feast on Sunday. Picked up some bones to use with the hambone for soup later this week, and more asparagus, baby red potatoes.