Thank you DoubleRainbow, Jim and Traci - anytime you are visiting the Toronto area, I'd be thrilled to have you over for dinner...and as you can guess, based on my photo journal, we'd probably be having the 3 bean Chili...lol...
Saturday's Food:
My young daughter baked some Christmas goodies for my parents and for a potluck I was to attend the next day. The cookies were too deliciously dangerous to keep in the house (as evidenced by how many of them I ate). She decided on Christmas gingerbread sharks and stars...a whole Holiday Under-the-Sea Odyssey.
Pictured here:
1) 2 apples, oatmeal and brown sugar
2) brown rice, 3 bean Chili
3) 1.5 inch Whole wheat ginger-star
4) Bowl of lettuce
5) Iced ginger-star
6) Veggie sushi rolls from a local restaurant - no added anything - lightly steamed veg, white rice, nori
7) carrot-rutabaga mash, a potato with mustard, edamame
8 ) Uneaten sushi roll leftovers
9) pomelo
Not pictured:
-2 more ginger cookies - the larger shark shape
-2 pots of tea
-My loss of self-respect
Sunday's Food:
To continue the non-MWL weekend of festivities I went to the potluck that I mentioned above. It was a fabulous time! I really love getting together with this group of fellow McDougallers. The food was fantastic, and perfect as a monthly treat!
Pictured here:
1) My potluck plate: breaded eggplant, potato casserole, zucchini salad, bean salad, warm lentil salad, baked potatoes, kale walnut salad
2) My potluck dessert plate: bread pudding, fruit cobbler, blueberries and a gingerbread star
3) Dessert #2: More fruit cobbler
4) Gingerbread sharks
5) The rest of the veggie sushi rolls and some blueberries
6) More blueberries
Not pictured:
-1 small plate potluck food: 1 slice eggplant, 1/2 cup potato casserole and approx 1 cup of kale walnut salad.
-1 pot of tea
-The lump in my gut from so many bread products over the course of 3 days after a couple of weeks almost free of the them.
The fruit cobbler is Mary McDougall's recipe, and it's to die for! It's from the McDougall's newest book, The Healthiest Diet on the Planet.
I had planned to reflect about Friday's binge-y behaviour. Now, the more important work for this week is to reign in the decadence because I'm inching back towards that hole and I don't wish to fall in.
Have a lovely week all! Avoid the malls at all costs.
Amy