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1. I was lazy this time. Canned peas, 29oz size. Starting with dried gives superior results if you have the time. Most of my preps since January have been from dried (I'm taking a little reduced-meat journey). I have an old-fashioned jiggle-top pressure cooker that makes this easy; an Instapot would work or just an…

Tonight's (Tuesday's) dinner: pasta e ceci/tomato-less but with some extra veggies. My "batch" was 8 servings, I bowled up 2 servings for the photo. MFP recipe DB computes a serving of this version as about 400 cal, 15g protein, 7g fat, 76g carb (of which 9g is fiber). Table service included a dusting of parsley and grated…

Thanks for the compliment! There''s a lot of temptation in this thread, LOL!

Tonight's (Sunday) dinner: a simple stovetop chicken, rice, veggie dish. MFP computed an unlikely-sounding low set of macro values - I'll have to verify tomorrow. I think the fault is that the database entries for the rice probably have it portioned in wet measure, not dry so it skews the total. I'm thinking it's not so…

Enjoy your hike. Many people not from here wouldn't realize there's a lot of great hiking in NJ. Granted, it's not the Rockies, but still nice. Along with other outdoor activities. The state isn't all concrete and landfills.

@SafariGalNYC Ask them about "all dressed" chips, too, LOL. I'm more partial to ketchup chips, but the fam likes these others. My daughter's up in Ontario. @acpgee - of course, maple anything. The question is, what can you bring home to the UK through customs? Since I'm a salmon fan, I always like to grab a vacuum pack of…

Thanks. Didn't think of that. I see on their website there's a PB2 protein-only offering, no sugar or salt. Before reading your suggrstion, I was thinking I'd use less PB next time per the amount of veg & noodles and probably thin it out a little more with more added water. I actually overestimated the PB amount I needed…

Haven't been on MFB in a while, life activities take precedence over keyboarding. Tonight's dinner - it's "bachelor week" for me, so I can do some experimenting where I'm the only consumer - "Noodles in Peanut/Sesame Sauce." First time for me, but fairly easy to make, although I merged several recipes and made some…

I'm fully omnivorous, but walking a lot on the plant-based/lower-processed side of the fence for some dietary goals in this new year. I thought the cheese was odd too, LOL. I usually get full celery at the grocer, with leaves, and use them, but the bunches looked poor this past shopping trip and I got trimmed hearts…

Very interesting. I was going to add a pea soup to my "soupJanuary" rotation, but didn't. While peas are an essential food group in an of themselves to me, my wife isn't overly fond. I found a vegan snert recipe I might give a try, since I do have a bag of dried split peas ...…

On advice from @acpgee I bought a couple of celeriac (celery root) last week to try, probably in a soup form. Well, it's been a hectic week, and I hadn't gotten to that. However, tonight, in advance of an after-dinner zoom training, I made quickie baked "celeriac fries" ("chips" in the UK) as a side to my main. I still…

Exactly. I am fully omnivorous, but, especially these days, much more plant-forward than in the recent past. If you're reducing -- or eliminating -- meat and animal products such as dairy from your diet, then you surely need to be more mindful of eating to get a full set of nutrients. But they are there in the foods, and…

I'm mostly on "team whey," choosing an unflavored/unsweetened whey concentrate powder, which works fine for my applications - added to oatmeal, included in bread dough (I bake about 80% of what we eat), in some sauces, etc. In these ways, whey (see what I did there, LOL) isn't usually a big taste component, but I've…

potato pave! i'm gonna have to try it. i did get a couple of celeriac bulbs, will try them by end of the week.

I add whey protein (plain, unflavored, unsweetened/etc.) to oatmeal, add it to bread dough (I bake most of our bread), embed it into sauces and such. Sometimes I switch off to pea protein for the oats; it's pretty mild flavored, but does cook up in a different texture than whey. I often use nutritional yeast. Plain yogurt…

celeriac is not too common here. at least in my circles. i just perused a bunch of recipes for celeriac soup ... do you have a sharable one? or recommend one as a "firstie"?

Well, ok. 3 trips, 2 for a Big 4, 1 with a now-gone computer manufacturer (same pattern as Netherlands). 1st trip, stayed in Lambeth, had a heads-down working week with the locals, who all went home at night leaving me to explore with a list of suggestions, which I actually liked doing. For lunches they were all grab-food…

@acpgee upon re-reading, this sounded ominus. wasn't. I just can't remember the names of most of the London eateries I went too as well, LOL. Except one.

Looks vaguely familiar ... as I said, it's been almost 30 years, and a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then, LOL. One thing this conversation has clarified ... I think I may be superimposing the memory of the fine Italian restaurant's exterior we went to, which was on a little rise with steps and a tiny lawn…

I couldn't possibly remember the name. The street it was on had a small rise which was distinct as far as I remember (or maybe that's a memory trick, as I am typing this, I am remembering climbing some outside stairs to get into it as opposed to the really flat entries most other building had). I worked for two different…

Yeah, that sounds like the stuff all right, LOL. I went 3 times, working for two different firms - twice to Amsterdam and once staying nearer a client in the town of Amersfoort. I liked the people and the country. Have thought about touring there on a canalboat/bike (my wife has more ambitions for the bigger river…

A little humorous personal history inspired by "hodgepodge." Just noticed the word. I traveled to the Netherlands several times for business. On my first trip, around 1996, the in-country divisional host took us to a variety of great dining experiences - Indonesian ricetaffle, French, fine Italian, etc. After a few days of…

Thanks! I've heard "terrine" before. Never had the dish, I think, by either name. But seems like worth a shot.

Potato pave. New to me. Will have to try sometime.

After-work webinar this evening, so I threw together this dish in the short time available. I grew up calling these type of combos "goulash," which might surprise those looking for a paprika-rich stew, LOL. No matter, this contains ground beef, lots of veg (in this version), pasta, sauce. MFP computes a serving (this bowl)…

Forgot to mention, we went out the other night and I had an Indian dish, "Chole Pashwari" which is a spicy chickpea masala dish. Chickpeas are all around.

Thanks for the compliment. Pasta e ceci is simple chickpea alternative, with many variants. Almost anything "... with beans" can sub garbanzos. Soups. The "Spain on a Fork" channel on youtube from which I got the stew recipe has other garbanzo recipes. Chick pea flour pasta and baked goods. I made a "pasta sauce" from it.…

I've been on CPAP since 2000 (time flies! It was an unusual thing when I started). It did not cause weight gain. I *did* have weight gain in this period due to trauma (I was at WTC on 9-11), but I've taken a chunk of that off now using tools such as MFP which help track my eating and activities, and new activities such as…

Well, I didn't do a regular St. Patrick's Day meal today, but I did garnish with green parsely, so that must count, LOL. What I *did* make was a Spanish Chickpea Stew, called "Potaje de Garbanzos a la Andaluza." Vegan, and simple. Recipe found at ... https://spainonafork.com/spanish-vegetarian-chickpea-stew-recipe/ but I…

Best guess using comparable recipes in the database. It's wrong in the absolute precise sense, OK in the general sense. I don't strees too much on this as I minimize my eating out. Vacations, however, is an issue. I try to be generally "sort of good" while away from home, and use my scale weight before and after to…