What I'm eating

[Idgie]

The taro and radish cakes are frozen products I picked up in my local Chinese grocery store. They are really good, but a little too refined to eat all the time. I've been thinking of making some myself, though. If I do, I'll post it. There's no fat in a serving of them, and the print is tiny on the package, so I didn't realize until I went right now and magnified the print that there's a little bit of oil in the ingredients way down the list. I won't buy them again, but I'm going to finish the ones that are in the freezer because they're SO GOOD.

[Idgie]

Today's plan:
B: soup; taro and radish cakes
L: kohlrabi; lentil/rice loaf; corn chili (a filling my partner made for stuffed peppers the other night)
D: soup; taro and radish cakes
S: veggies & hummus, soup

Actual:
B: taro and radish cakes (no soup)
L:
D: taro and radish cakes (no soup)
S: soup, kohlrabi

I was sooooooooo tempted to eat junk today, partly because I am in a lot of pain from a backache, so I feel like comforting myself. I didn't do it, though. I want to get well more than I want to feel temporarily comforted.

Tomorrow's plan:
B: taro and radish cakes
L: Lentil veggie soup
D: Lentil veggie soup
S: Lentil veggie soup

[Idgie]

Overslept today, so I winged it and did really well.

Today's plan:
B: taro and radish cakes
L: Lentil veggie soup
D: Lentil veggie soup
S: Lentil veggie soup

Actual:
B: Roasted potatoes (a little oil)
L: (plus fruit salad)
D: taro and radish cakes
S: veggie soup, one bite of kimchi slaw, frozen strawberries

Tomorrow's plan:
B: Veggie soup
L: Sweet potatoes and veggies
D: Sweet potatoes and veggies
S: Sweet potatoes and veggies

[Idgie]

Today's plan:
B: Veggie soup
L: Sweet potatoes and veggies
D: Sweet potatoes and veggies
S: Sweet potatoes and veggies

Actual:
B:
L: sweet potato and mango
D: veggie ramen and green tea (went out to dinner with my kid)
S: mango, daikon, sweet potato

Tomorrow's plan:
B: Sweet potatoes and veggies
L: Sweet potatoes and veggies
D: Sweet potatoes and veggies
S: Sweet potatoes and veggies

[Idgie]

Feeling hungry today. Eating what feels like a lot, but not stuffing myself or anything. (Later: turns out I ate fewer calories than usual. Guess it just seemed like a lot. Might be because I started all my meals with veggies today.)

Today's plan:
B: Sweet potatoes and veggies
L: Sweet potatoes and veggies
D: Sweet potatoes and veggies
S: Sweet potatoes and veggies

Actual:
B: (the veggies were Chef AJ's balsamic dijon brussels sprouts)
S: banana
S: 1/2 pear
L: ratatouille marinara over pasta
S: pear (no thumbsup -- 3rd serving of fruit)
S: tiny tomatoes
D:
S: veggies







Plan for tomorrow:
B: Soup, sweet potato
L: Sweet potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts
D: Ratatouille/pasta
S: Woven wheats, grapes, veggies, soup

[Idgie]

Plan for today:
B: Soup, sweet potato
L: Sweet potatoes or squash, roasted Brussels sprouts
D: Ratatouille/pasta
S: Woven wheats, grapes, veggies, soup

Actual:
B:
S: sweet potato and ratatouille
S: Roasted Brussels sprouts
L: braised kabocha
S: woven wheats were spoiled, and the Kind bars tasted terrible, so I ate some off-plan popcorn
D: steamed veggies
S: pear

Plan for tomorrow:
B: Veggies and savory oatmeal
L: Sweet potato and pickled daikon
D: Ratatouille and collard greens
S: veggies, fruit, Engine 2 burger

[Idgie]

Plan for today:
B: Veggies and savory oatmeal
L: Sweet potato and pickled daikon
D: Ratatouille and collard greens
S: veggies, fruit, Engine 2 burger

Actual:
B: While prepping fat-free hummus and cut-up veggies for a work party, I ate a pear and some cut-up veggies (bell pepper, carrot, pickled daikon)
L: (along with some curried chickpeas)
S: veggies and fat-free hummus (also had a hard candy for a sore-ish throat, but it's not a trigger food for me, and I had one small piece, so I am not taking away my thumbsup for it)
D:
S: Engine 2 burger w/ketchup; grapes

[Caroveggie]

Hi Idgie,

Thanks for posting pics.

What did you put over the Brussels sprouts in the pic you took of them? Just wondering. I could have Brussel sprouts every day.

You seem to be doing great!

[Idgie]

It's Chef AJ's recipe -- 1/4 cup each of balsamic reduction and salt-free mustard is her recipe, but I don't avoid salt, so my mustard was regular dijon.

[Idgie]

Fell asleep before planning today's meals. Here we go.

Today's plan:
B: soup and ratatouille
L: Engine 2 burger, ketchup, kabocha squash
D: Engine 2 burger, ketchup, kabocha squash
S: soup, veggies, fruit

B:
L:
S: veggies and hummus (no fat)
S: 1/2 cup of McD soup
S: tomato soup, a couple kiwi berries
D: Engine 2 burger, marinara
S: Seaweed snack

Plan for tomorrow:
B: veggies, savory oatmeal
L: soup, Engine 2 burger
D: soup, Engine 2 burger
S: kohlrabi and hummus, pickled daikon

[Idgie]

Today's plan:
B: veggies, savory oatmeal
L: soup, Engine 2 burger
D: soup, Engine 2 burger
S: kohlrabi and hummus, pickled daikon

Actual:
B: split pea soup and okra (couldn't find the oatmeal!)
L: Engine 2 burger, kabocha squash, no-fat refried beans, salsa
D: polenta & marinara (partner cooked)
S: McD soup cup

Plan for tomorrow:
B: Tomato soup and okra
L: bean soft tacos and veggies
D: Veggie soup with potatoes in it
S: Baked potato with some kind of fat-free sauce on it (lots of choices right now), and some veggies

[Idgie]

Plan for today:
B: Tomato soup and okra
L: beans and veggies
D: Veggie soup with potatoes in it
S: Baked potato with some kind of fat-free sauce on it (lots of choices right now), and some veggies

Actual:
B:
S: grapes